Music Instructor was a German electro-

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project. The producers and songwriters of Music Instructor were Mike Michaels, Mark "MM" Dollar, and Mark Tabak, also known as Triple-M Crew. Triple-M has also produced other artists and bands such as Brainbug, Flying Steps, Mystica,

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, Overground, Before Four,

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and Ayman. Music Instructor often worked with many other artists, especially a group Lunatics and a

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crew Flying Steps, and was most active in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Beginnings

At first, the group made

similar to

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with the singer Holly Trance. Their first single was a cover of "

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", originally performed by

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. It was released in 1995, and was followed by the album '' The World of Music Instructor'' in 1996 with three more singles – "Hands in the Air", "Dream a Little Dream" and "Dance". They also released the single "Friends Will Be Friends", which was a cover of

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's song of the same title and appeared in the compilation ''Queen Dance Traxx''.

Electro music

At the time of the regrowing popularity of

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in 1998, Music Instructor became an electro project, and released the album '' Electric City of Music Instructor'' with the singles "Super Sonic", "Rock Your Body", "Get Freaky" and "Electric City". The first three singles featured the German breakdance collective Flying Steps, and "Get Freaky" featured the German hip-hop band Lunatics. For "Get Freaky", a special single edit was made, different from the original song, and the character

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from the ''

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'' video games appeared in videos for both singles. "Super Sonic"'s single version was also slightly different from the album version. The first edition of this album was called '' Electro City'' and contained the original version instead of the single edits. The album also featured the ''Music Instructor Megamix'' and covers of

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' "Jam on It", Freestyle's "Don't Stop the Rock",

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's "Pack Jam (Look Out for the OVC)" and Shannon's "Let the Music Play".

Post-electro

After the second album, the group remixed DJ Session One's "Dreams In My Fantasy" and released the singles "DJ's Rock Da House" (1999), "Super Fly (Upper MC)" (featuring the rapper

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from Lunatics), "Highland" (2000), and "Play My Music" (featuring Veronique) (2001).

Discography

Albums

*1995'' The World of Music Instructor'' *1998 '' Electric City of Music Instructor''

Singles

References

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