Basic Element
The Swedish group Basic Element is one of the many children of the era of Eurodance, which in the early nineties was the main music on dance floors. The history of this group is very indicative: in 1992, Peter Telenius and Cesar Zamani joined forces and wrote several tracks, but for a full-fledged Eurodance band they needed a vocalist (the genre formula categorically assumed female vocals in the choruses). The first vocalist, with whom the debut album "Basic Injection" was recorded, Peter and Cesar found through an employment agency. A year later, Zetma went on maternity leave and the guys, like directors of a soap opera, made a replacement on the go. Released a year later, in 1995, the album "The Ultimate Ride" was written with the vocals of Saunet Sparrell. Basic Element disks sold well not only in Europe, where at that moment the fashion for Eurodance reached its peak, but also in Japan.
After the release of the second album, disagreements began in the group, as a result of which Cesar Zamani left the band. Remaining at the helm, Peter recorded the album "Star Tracks", shifting the sound towards disco, but the record was not a commercial success. The return to Eurodance sound did not give the expected results and the next change of the vocalist: the train left, the musical fashion changed long ago. Peter had no choice but to postpone the project until better times. The best times came in 2005. The Swedes first released a remake of the old hit “This Must Be a Dream”, and then released a revival album “The Empire Strikes Back”, the pilot single of which was the song “To You”. The sound of the group now resembled a hybrid of classic Eurodance and modern club electro house, and the line-up changed once again: singer Andrea Mirander and rapper Jonas Wesslander took over as vocalists. The main markets for Basic Element were now Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The album "The Truth" was released in Poland, Russia and Finland, and the single "Touch You Right Now" got into the rotation of music radio stations and TV channels.
After the release of the second album, disagreements began in the group, as a result of which Cesar Zamani left the band. Remaining at the helm, Peter recorded the album "Star Tracks", shifting the sound towards disco, but the record was not a commercial success. The return to Eurodance sound did not give the expected results and the next change of the vocalist: the train left, the musical fashion changed long ago. Peter had no choice but to postpone the project until better times. The best times came in 2005. The Swedes first released a remake of the old hit “This Must Be a Dream”, and then released a revival album “The Empire Strikes Back”, the pilot single of which was the song “To You”. The sound of the group now resembled a hybrid of classic Eurodance and modern club electro house, and the line-up changed once again: singer Andrea Mirander and rapper Jonas Wesslander took over as vocalists. The main markets for Basic Element were now Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The album "The Truth" was released in Poland, Russia and Finland, and the single "Touch You Right Now" got into the rotation of music radio stations and TV channels.
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