Me One (born Eric Martin on 19 August 1970), also known as MC Eric, is a Welsh musician, rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer, who rose to prominence for his work for the Belgian-based recording act
Technotronic.
Early life
Born in
Cardiff, Wales, Martin is the son of
Jamaican parents;
his mother an English teacher from
Kingston
Kingston may refer to:
Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
and his father a
Pentecostal Church minister from
Saint Mary Parish. Martin was educated in Cardiff,
London and
New York City. He holds
dual
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Paired/two things
* Dual (mathematics), a notion of paired concepts that mirror one another
** Dual (category theory), a formalization of mathematical duality
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* Dual (grammatical ...
Jamaican and British citizenship.
Work with Technotronic
Martin (as MC Eric) was a member of
techno/
Eurodance
Euro-Dance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG, Euro-electronica or Euro) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe. It combines many elements of hip hop, techno, Hi-NRG, house music, and Euro-Disco. This ...
act
Technotronic, providing lead vocals on the 1990 hit single "
This Beat Is Technotronic".
At the height of their career, they toured with
Madonna
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on her
Blond Ambition World Tour in the 1990s.
2000s–present
Martin's debut album under the name Me One was released in May 2000 on
Universal-Island UK.
[ The 12-track release was titled ''As Far as I'm Concerned'']In My Room
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" which interpolates the Beach Boys song of the same name. The latter was released as a single, along with "Game Plan" and "Old Fashioned".
Aside from his solo work, Martin has written with (or for) Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and after fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style, with a focus ...
, Maxi Priest, the Roots
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, Capleton, Lynden David Hall and the Sugababes.
In 2011, he signed a recording deal with Glasgow-based record label Innovation Music.[Innovation Music Official site - Artists page: ]
References
1970 births
Living people
Black British male rappers
Welsh people of Jamaican descent
Welsh male rappers
Welsh male singers
Musicians from Cardiff
20th-century Black British male singers
21st-century Black British male singers
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