X-Perience is a

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band from

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, Germany. Their music style varies between

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and ethnopop. The band members are Claudia Uhle (vocals, lyrics), Matthias Uhle (composition, keyboards) and Alexander Kaiser (lyrics, keyboards). Singer

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, Matthias' sister, left the band in 2007 and was replaced by Manja Kaletka, but returned in 2019.

History

X-Perience was founded in 1995. Their first single CD was called "Circles of Love", released on their own label. Axel Henninger, who had worked with

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before, produced the track. "Circles of Love" became a regional hit in Berlin, mainly through the radio station Fritz. This caught the attention of the major record label

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, who offered the band a contract. WEA re-released "Circles of Love" in 1996 on a larger scale, and this single managed to enter the German Top 100. The group released a second single, "

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". Along with the song, a video was shot, which went into heavy rotation on

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and

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. "A Neverending Dream" became a huge hit at the end of 1996, peaked at #4 in the German charts and reached gold status with over 250.000 copies sold. Since the song's release, it has been covered several times most notably by the well-known dance act Cascada in 2006. Their debut album ''Magic Fields'' was released in 1997. It peaked at chart position #22 in Germany. In Finland, X-Perience became especially popular, with the album reaching platinum status. The title track "Magic Fields" was released as a third single in 1997, along with a video that was shot in South Africa. Although the song did not reach the heights of "

", it also was a hit on TV, radio, and in the charts. The second album, '' Take me Home'', was released in the fall of 1997. Like the debut album, it reached #22 in the German charts. Its most successful single became the dance track "I Don't Care". In 1998, X-Perience won the radio award " R.SH Gold". After a break of three years, X-Perience came back in 2000. ''

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'', released by

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, featured a song called "The Meaning of Life", a duet with Neue Deutsche Welle and Gothic icon Joachim Witt. The single " Island of Dreams" was used as a title track for the adventure show ''Expedition Robinson'', a German version of

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. In 2006, X-Perience got a new contract with

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in Hamburg. They released their single "Return To Paradise" and the fourth album '' Lost in Paradise'', including new versions of the first three X-Perience hits, mixed by

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. The album also included a duet with

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(Ultravox, Visage) called ''Personal Heaven'', which was released as another single. After the 2007 single release ''

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decided to leave the band. The new voice of X-Perience was revealed on June 3, 2009, on their official website. Manja Wagner became the new singer and the band released a new song, ''Strong (Since You're Gone)''. This song plus four other new songs were published on the official X-Perience Facebook profile in the following months. A new album with Manja Kaletka on vocals was planned, but never released. On December 22, 2019, the band announced the departure of Manja Kaletka and a comeback with Claudia Uhle in 2020 on their Facebook page. The teaser single "Dream A Dream" was released on April 10, 2020, "I Feel Like You 555" was the first radio single in 13 years and was released on May 15, 2020. The fifth album "555" is produced by Valicon and was released via Valicon Records on August 21, 2020. A new single called "We Will Live Forever" was announced for a release in April 2021 but was postponed to 2022. Meanwhile, a new mix of '' Cruisin' Wild'' was released as final single of the album on January 28, 2022. On January 16, 2022, singer

revealed in a TikTok-livestream that the band began working on a sixth album for 2023.

Discography

Albums

* '' Magic Fields'' (WEA) – 1996 * '' Take Me Home'' (WEA) – 1997 * ''

'' (Polydor) – 2000 * '' Lost in Paradise'' (Major Records) – 2006 *''555'' (Valicon Records) – 2020

Singles

* "Circles of Love" (WEA) – 1996 * "Circles of Love" (Remixes) (WEA) – 1996 * "

" (WEA) – 1996 * "A Neverending Dream" (Remixes) (WEA) – 1996 * "Magic Fields" (WEA) – 1997 * "Mirror" (WEA) – 1997 * "I Don’t Care" (WEA) – 1997 * "I Don’t Care (Remixes)" (WEA) – 1997 * "Game of Love" (WEA) – 1998 * "Island of Dreams" (Polydor) – 2000 * "Am I Right" (Polydor) – 2001 * "Return to Paradise" (Major Records) – 2006 * "Personal Heaven" feat.

Basic + Premium Edition (Major Records) – 2006 * "I Feel Like You" (Major Records) – 2007 * "I Feel Like You 555" (Valicon Records) – 2020 * "A Neverending Dream (555 Version)" (Valicon Records) – 2020 * "Don't You Forget" (Valicon Records) – 2020 * "Never Look Back (Never Give Up)" (EP, Valicon Records) – 2021 * "Cruisin' Wild" (Valicon Records) – 2022

Limited/promotional releases

* "Circles of Love" (limited, own label World of Enigation) – 1995 * "Limited Edition" (X-Shaped Promo-CD) (WEA) – 1997 * "Journey of Life" Canceled/Promotional Single (Polydor) – 1999 * "It’s a Sin" Promotional Single (Polydor) – 2003 * "Dream A Dream" Teaser Single (Valicon Records) – 2020

References

External links

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