Lucilectric Explained

Lucilectric
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	Berlin, Germany
Genre:	Alternative rock, rock/pop
Years Active:	1993–1999
Label:	BMG/Sing Sing, EMI, EMI Electrola
Associated Acts:	Üebermutter
Website:	lucilectric.de
Past Members:	Luci van Org

Lucilectric was a German pop/rock duo founded in 1993 by Luci van Org and producer . 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 Luci van Org and, 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".

After Lucilectric, Luci van Org would go on to work as a television presenter and host.^[4] In 2001 she formed the gothic alternative band Übermutter,^{[5] [6]} while Goldkind continued to produce music, most notably for Nina Hagen and Die Fantastischen Vier^[7]

Discography

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

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions http://swisscharts.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20071029144156/http://charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php https://web.archive.org/web/20081201091227/http://austriancharts.at/				Album
		DE	CH	AT	NL
1994	"Mädchen"	2	5	3	5	Mädchen
	"Hey Süßer"	33	28	1	align="center"	-	Mädchen
1996	"Liebe macht dumm"	89	align="center"	-	20	align="center"	-	Süß und Gemein
1996	"Bildung"	92	align="center"	-	align="center"	-	align="center"	-	Süß und Gemein

Awards

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

References

• Book: Sanford, John . Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture. Routledge . 2001 . 0-415-26352-2. .

External links

• Concert photos at RockPalast
• Alles Luci - unofficial site with bio information and photographs
• Lucilectric at KulturLaden

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charts-Surfer:Suchergebnis . 20 February 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090202012909/http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php/ . 2 February 2009 .
2. Web site: Musicline.de - Chartverfolgung - LUCILECTRIC. 21 February 2009.
3. Web site: Lucilectric - Mädchen - swisscharts.com. 21 February 2009.
4. Web site: Last.fm - Kultur - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten . 31 January 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090917185018/http://lastfm.spiegel.de/music/Lucilectric . 17 September 2009 .
5. News: Last.fm - Kultur - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Lucilectric. Der Spiegel . 7 April 2008 . 21 February 2009.
6. Web site: MTV\Biografie\Üebermutter\music. 21 February 2009. Biography of van Org, with background on Lucilectric. MTV Germany. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090917111913/http://www.mtv.de/music/19345489/bio. 17 September 2009.
7. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p226573/songs|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((Ralf Goldkind > Songs > Songs Composed By)))]. 21 February 2009.