It all began in the summer of 1989
when the producer and musician Enrico Zabler and
the DJ Tommy Schleh met at a party in London.
Together they formed the band
Masterboy.
In January 1990 is the first
single "Dance To The Beat" released, the single is in the
charts for 16 weeks and it reached the #24 in the Media Control
Single Charts.
In the fall
Masterboy goes in to the studio again to record a
single and in November 1990 the second single "Shake It Up And
Dance" is released. This single reaches the #32 in Media
Control Single Charts.
In March Enrico
and Tommy begins the work with their first album.
During this time they also plays at Gigs, Radio-festivals, in
TV-Shows and on parties.
So in July the third single "I
Need Your Love" is released.
In August Pet Shop
Boys announces that they like "Shake It Up And
Dance" so much, that they want to release it in the UK on
their own label Spaghetti Records.
In September the debut-album
"The Masterboy Family" is released.
Also released in 1991 was the
single "Cause We Do It Again".
Masterboy is
touring in and outside Germany. Meanwhile Enrico
and Tommy is constantly looking for new and
innovative ideas, sounds and beats for new productions.
The singles "Keep On
Dancing" and "O-oh Noche Del Amor" was
released.
From October to January 1993
Masterboy is in the studio to record and produce
their second longplayer.
In July the second album is
released and it was entitled "Feeling Alright". Also
released in July is the first single,
"Fall In Trance", from the new album. The single goes in
to the charts in several countries.
In August the single
"Everybody Needs Somebody" is released. This single is the
first single to feature the singe Trixi. This
single also did very well on the european charts with several Top
10, Top 20 and 11 Top 30 placings.
In February the single "I Got
To Give It Up" was released. The single was in the charts for
20 weeks (13 weeks of
the 20 weeks it was in the Top 20 charts).
In July the most successful single
to this day was released, "Feel The Heat Of The
Night".
In August their third album was
released, "Different Dreams". The album placed #13 on the
album charts as it's highest.
In September "Feel The Heat Of
The Night" had sold gold, over 300 000 copies sold.In France
the single became #2 in
the charts, it stayed there for 4 weeks and then another 6 weeks in
the Top 10. The single was a total of 8 months in
the charts. During this time Masterboy was on tour
for 4 months, they did 40 gigs in 4 months.
In November the single "Is
This The Love" was released.
In France the album "Different
Dreams" sold gold and Masterboy became the #1
foreign Dance-act.
In March
Masterboy toured in Brazil.
In June the single "Generation
Of Love" was released. In France a megamix was released and
Masterboy
played in front of 30 000 visitors and 12 million (!)
TV-viewers.
In September the single
"Anybody (Movin' On)" was released.
In October the fourth album was
released, "Generation Of Love". Masterboy
also did a tour in October in Asia
together with other eurodance artists.
In November
Masterboy and East 17 toured
France.
In France the singles "Megamix
1995" and "Different Dreams" was released.
The single "Land Of
Dreaming" was released in January, the video to the single was
on heavy rotation on VIVA and
MTV.
In March the single "Love
Message" produced by Masterboy was released.
This single was done in cooperation with
Mr. President, E-Rotic,
Fun Factory, Scooter and
U96 to support the AIDS help. The single sold gold
and got #3
on the single charts.
In the summer
Trixi announced they she was going to leave
Masterboy. Masterboy started to
look for a new singer and found Linda Rocco.
Linda Rocco was born in 1966 and had previously
worked with Dance 2 Trance and had also sung with
for example Milli Vanilli. Michael
Jackson wanted her for his 1996 tour but
Masterboy was faster.
In July the single "Mister
Feeling" was released.
During the summer
Masterboy produced ICE MC's new
album.
The single "Show Me
Colours" and the album "Colours" was released in
October.
The single "Just For You"
was released in January.
Masterboy
received an RSH-Gold award for Best Pop/Dance Act
1996 and also the title as Chartbreaker
1996 in February.
In March
Masterboy went on tour, from Russia over Asia to
South America.
In July the single "La Ola
Hand In Hand" was released. This single was a doublemaxi and
besides "La Ola Hand In Hand"
it also featured the song "Set Me Free".
After more than 7 years of work,
they decided they was going to take a break. During this time
Tommy Schleh worked on his soloproject
Klubbingman
Masterboy also
produced DJ Phantasma's singles "Welcome To
The Club and "Revolution".
During this time a
Masterboy US-album was produced, the album
contained 12 hits from the 7 years of
Masterboy.
In August the single "Dancin'
Forever" was released. It featured a new sound, a return to
the early 80th.
After this single the group
decided again to take a break to get new energy.
During this time
Enrico became a father, twice,
Tommy began building a Discothek and
Linda together with her husband started a
Singingschool in Frankfurt. During the break it became obvious that
Tommy and Enrico wanted
to go a different way musically than Linda
wanted.
Tommy,
Enrico and Linda decided that
they would be producers on other projects where
Linda would be the singer.
Now Masterboy
once again needed a singer. The musical way Tommy
and Enrico wanted to go was totally clear:
Dancefloor! Back to the roots. They contaced some agencies in
Europe to find a new singer. With an agency in Langen in Frankfurt
they gathered 5 singers and together with Enrico
they went to the studio.
None of the singers corresponded
to what Tommy and Enrico wanted.
Enrico asked the owner of the agency (that he knew
could sing) also to try. She had everything they looked for and
Masterboy had again found their singer. The new
singers name was Annabell Kay.
In July 1999 the single
"Porque Te Vas" was released.
The single "I Like To Like
It" was released in January and was the second single to
feature Annabell Kay.
In February
Masterboy together with their recordcompany
decided to released a Best Of album, due to the 10 year
anniversary of Masterboy.
In June a remake of the 1994
classic hit "Feel The Heat Of The Night" was released,
"Feel The Heat 2000".
In July the "Best Of"
album was released, the album contains all the top hits and also 3
unreleased (on CD) tracks.
A limited 2 CD set, where the second CD contained the first
official Masterboy Megamix was also
released.
The singer Trixi
returned to the group.
In March the album "The Heat
Of The Night" was released.
Also a single called "Ride
Like The Wind" was released, but due to poor feedback in the
clubs no video was made.
In October the single "In Need
A Lover Tonight" was released.
The single "Feel The Heat Of
The Night 2003" was released on September
22nd.
A best-of album entitled
"Greatest Hits Of The 90's & Beyond" was released on
October 3rd in Singapore.
