Clubland was a Swedish/British house music act assembled in 1990 by BTECH label boss/producer Jan Ekholm and British duo Dave Rawlings and Ronnie Herel of Quartz. British musician Morgan King joined them later as a songwriter. Lead vocals for the first album Themes from Outer Clubland were variously performed by the American hip house duo 2 in a Room, British rapper Stepz, and Swedish singers Zemya Hamilton and Kayo Shekoni. In 1991, Ekholm reformed the act with members now comprising singer Zemya Hamilton and Morgan King.
Biography Between 1991 and 1992, five songs charted on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, with three of those hitting number-one: "Let's Get Busy" (credited to Clubland featuring Quartz) (1990), "Hold On (Tighter to Love)" (1992) and "Hypnotized" (1992). Another single, "Set Me Free", hit number-one on the US Hot Dance Singles Sales chart and number 2 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. In 1993, they won a Swedish Grammy for Best Album with their second album, Adventures Beyond Clubland.
Zemya Hamilton (Zemya Sylveta Larsson Auna) died on 24 December 2015 from multiple sclerosis, aged 50.
Discography Albums Themes from Outer Clubland (1991) Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton (1992) Adventures Beyond Clubland (1992) Secrets of Inner Clubland (Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton) (1995)
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Album AUS NED SWE UK US USDance 1990 "Let's Get Busy (Pump It Up)" (featuring Quartz) 139 32 — 86 — 1 Themes from Outer Clubland (Keep It Pumping) 1991 "Pump the Sound (Like a Megablast)" (Europe only) — — — — — — "Hold On (Tighter to Love)" — — 17 — 79 1 1992 "I'm Under (Love Strain)" (Europe only) — — — — — — Adventures Beyond Clubland "Set Me Free" — — — — 90 2 "Hypnotized" — — — — — 1 "Come Rain, Come Shine" (US only) — — — — — 39 "Hot for You" (featuring Quartz) (UK only) — — — — — — Single only 1995 "Cry" (Sweden only) — — 8 — — — The Secrets of Inner Clubland "Peace of Luv" (Europe & UK only) — — 24 148 — — "Gimme Love Gimme All" (Europe only) — — — — — — "Open Your Eyes" (Japan only) — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
See also List of number-one dance hits (United States) List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
External links Official website for Clubland and their label BTECH
Discography at Discogs.com