Lucilectric

Lucilectric
Origin	Berlin, Germany
Genres	Alternative rock, rock/pop
Years active	1993–1999
Labels	BMG/Sing Sing, EMI, EMI Electrola
Associated acts	Üebermutter
Website	lucilectric.de
Past members	Luci van Org Ralf Goldkind

Lucilectric was a German pop/rock duo founded in 1993 by Luci van Org and producer Ralf Goldkind. They are known primarily for their 1994 hit single Mädchen (Girl), which spent 12 weeks in the German Top 10, eventually reaching number two.^[1][2] The single also charted in the Swiss, Austrian and Dutch markets.^[3] Hey Süßer (Hey sweetheart), another of single from the same album, also reached the Top 40 in 1994. Lucilectric would go on to record two more albums and eventually separated in 1999.

History

Lucilectric was created in Berlin in 1993 by van Org and Goldkind, arguably as part of the revival of the German language rock/pop movement in the early 90s, which came on the heels of the Neue Deutsche Welle but well before the Neue Deutsche Härte emerged from the underground. Other similar groups from that same period which attained bigger commercial success through the decade and beyond include Tic Tac Toe and Die Prinzen. Although popular, Lucilectric were criticized at the time by some observers of German culture to be representative of the "trivialization of femininity".^[4]

After Lucilectric, Luci van Org would go on to work as a television presenter and host.^[5] In 2001 she formed the gothic alternative band Üebermutter,^[6][7] while Goldkind continued to produce music, most notably for Nina Hagen and Die Fantastischen Vier ^[8]

Discography

Year	Album	Chart Positions
		DE	CH	AT
1994	Mädchen Released: April 25, 1994 Format: CD and audio cassette	14	20	20
1996	Süß und Gemein Released: August 12, 1996 Formats: CD and audio cassette	-	-	45 [9]
1997	Tiefer Released: October 20, 1997 Formats: CD	-	-	-

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions				Album
		DE	CH	AT	NL
1994	"Mädchen"	2	5	3	5	Mädchen
	"Hey Süßer"	33	28	1	-	Mädchen
1996	"Liebe macht dumm"	89	-	20	-	Süß und Gemein

Awards

• BAMBI (1994)
• ECHO - Single of the Year for Mädchen (1995)

Notes

1. "Charts-Surfer:Suchergebnis". Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
2. "Musicline.de - Chartverfolgung - LUCILECTRIC". Retrieved 2009-02-21.
3. "Lucilectric - Mädchen - swisscharts.com". Retrieved 2009-02-21.
4. Sanford 2001, p. 210
5. http://lastfm.spiegel.de/music/Lucilectric
6. "Last.fm - Kultur - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Lucilectric". Retrieved 2009-02-21.
7. Biography of van Org, with background on Lucilectric. "MTV\Biografie\Üebermutter\music". Retrieved 2009-02-21.
8. "allmusic (((Ralf Goldkind > Songs > Songs Composed By)))". Retrieved 2009-02-21.
9. "Lucilectric - Süss und gemein - austriancharts.at". Retrieved 2009-02-21.

References

• Sanford, John (2001). Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26352-2..

External links

• Luci van Org's blog
• Concert photos at RockPalast
• Alles Luci - unofficial site with bio information and photographs
• Lucilectric at KulturLaden