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Name
  
Patrick Meyer

Music director
  
La Rosette arrosee

Role
  
Songwriter

Music groups
  
T99, Technotronic

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Albums
  
Pump Up the Jam: The Album, Pump Up the Hits, Trip on This: The Remixes, Recall, Body to Body

Similar
  
Acts of Madmen, C‑Mos, Ya Kid K, Daisy Dee, Phil Wilde

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Patrick De Meyer is a Belgian songwriter, composer and producer who has written and performed with several successful elecronica acts, most notably Technotronic, T99, Daisy Dee and 2 Unlimited. Also known under the aliases Thomas De Meyer, The Beat Machine, Black Kiss, Fatal Error, G-Force, Go!, Tecno-Rockers, Tragic Error He is also considered a pioneer of early techno and electronica due to his involvement with several ground breaking acts including Technotronic and 2 Unlimited in the late eighties, and early nineties.

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De Meyer has also composed and performed with groups such as: Aeroplane, Attack!, Concrete Beat, Gate Crasher, GYFU, Heathrow, Jarvic 7, Love Boots, Massive Overdose, Mega Mind, Men In Progress, No-Zone, O-Zone, The Party, QA 0-127, Smack Design, Soft Lips Inc., Soul Patrol, Strength To Strength, Synergy, T99, Technotronic, Turbo 99, Unison, Unlimited Soul, White Widow

Patrick de meyer feat yoni sue the moment


Technotronic

De Meyer was a member of the highly successful and highly influential dance project Technotronic, who had the 1989 smash hit "Pump Up the Jam", which was certified triple platinum and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It is widely credited with being the first house song to break into the mainstream commercial arena. De Meyer played additional synthesizers on "Pump Up The Jam" as well as programming work on several other Technotronic albums including; Recall, and Body to Body.

T99

In the 1980s, De Meyer produced three solo albums under the pseudonym T99. However, in 1990, De Meyer collaborated with producer Olivier Abbeloos to release the rave anthem, "Anasthasia", which reached #14 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1991. T99 released only one album, Children of Chaos, which featured "Anasthasia". Several samples from the album can be found in tracks by 2 Unlimited and Kylie Minogue.

Daisy Dee

Daisy Dee (a Dutch singer, actress and television host) recruited De Meyer to compose and produce her 1991 hit "Crazy" and her follow up 1992 smash hit single "Pump It All the Way Up"

2 Unlimited

De Meyer helped to compose the track "Twilight Zone" in 1992, for the Dutch eurodance outfit 2 Unlimited. The song was one of 2 Unlimited's biggest hit reaching #2 (UK), #1 (Netherlands), #20 (Germany), #15 (Switzerland), #10 (Austria), #3 (Spain), #2 (Ireland), #9 (Sweden), #15 (Canada) and #11 (Australia). In the UK, it sold 234,000 copies and was certified gold. It also reached #49 on US Billboard Hot 100.

Other

  • De Meyer was credited with the production team for the 1999 movie Rosetta.
  • De Meyer played drums for the Belgian band Van de Ven & Men on the albums You are the one and You didn't have to lie.
  • Songs

    Pump Up the Jam
    Move This
    Anasthasia
    Get Up
    This Beat Is Technotronic
    Tough
    Move It to the Rhythm
    Fatal Error
    Work
    Maximizor
    Yeah - Yeah
    Rockin' Over the Beat
    Like This
    Spin That Wheel
    Techno Medley
    I Want You by My Side
    Bluestring
    Hey Yoh Here We Go
    Loadster
    Body to Body
    Come On
    Move That Body
    Take It Slow
    The Skydreamer
    Invisible Sensuality
    Release Yourself
    Cold Chillin'
    Are You Ready
    Turn It Up
    G-train
    The Mariachi
    The Parker

    References

    Patrick De Meyer Wikipedia