Ricardo da Force
Ricardo da Force | |
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| Birth name | Jervis Ricardo Alfonso Lyte |
| Also known as | Mutch Love, Ricardo Lyte, Ricky Rick[1] |
| Born | April 30, 1967 |
| Died | March 8, 2013 (aged 45) |
| Years active | 1990–2000 |
Jervis Ricardo Alfonso Lyte[2] (30 April 1967 – 8 March 2013), known professionally as Ricardo da Force, was an English male vocalist and rapper, most notable for contributing vocals to house and dance music tracks of The KLF and N-Trance. He got his stage name from a track he rapped by the band X-10-CIV (actually a Harrow based production collective Smith, Grainge, McFarlane aka SGMc) called "The Force" along with Shola Phillips of "The Orb" fame.
Lyte died on March 8, 2013 of a brain haemorrhage while in Barbados.[3][4]
Discography
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| Band | Song | Year | Role / Peak pos. | Ref |
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| Manic MC's | "The Beat" | 1990 | ||
| Adamski | "The Space Jungle" | 1990 | ||
| X-10-CIV | "The Force" | 1991 | Rapper | |
| The KLF | "3 a.m. Eternal" | 1991 | credited performer / UK #1 | |
| The KLF | "Last Train to Trancentral" | 1991 | credited performer / UK #2 | |
| The KLF | "Justified & Ancient" | 1991 | credited performer / UK #2 | |
| Vibes Alive | "The Spoken Word" | 1991 | co-writer | |
| (solo) | "Let The House Goes On" | 1991 | [5] | |
| Adamski | "Back To Front" | 1992 | ||
| Fire Island | "Fire Island" | 1992 | ||
| Vitamino | "What I've Got" | 1992 | ||
| Dr Baker | "Global Kaos" | 1992 | ||
| (solo) | "Set Ya Free" | 1992 | ||
| Inside Heaven | "Sex Is The Answer" | 1993 | ||
| Clubzone | "Hands Up" | 1994 | ||
| Clubzone | "Passion of the Night" | 1995 | ||
| N-Trance | "Electronic Pleasure" | 1995 | ||
| N-Trance | "Stayin' Alive" | 1995 | rapping / UK #2 | |
| Trancylvania (featuring Ricky) | "Colour of Love" | 1995 | NOR #6 | |
| Greed | "Pump Up the Volume" | 1995 | UK #51 | |
| (solo) | "Why?" | 1996 | UK #58 | |
| Ramp | "Rock The Discotek" | 1996 | ||
| N-Trance (featuring Rod Stewart) | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | 1997 | ||
| N-Trance | "D.I.S.C.O." | 1997 | ||
| N-Trance | "Paradise City" | 1998 | ||
| N-Trance | "Broken Dreams" | 1998 | ||
| England Supporters Band | "The Great Escape 2000" | 2000 | rapping | [6] |
| Atomic Kitten | "I Want Your Love" | 2000 | Initial copies contained a sample of The KLF's "Justified & Ancient". |
In March 2000, DaForce released a solo album on cassette called "Force Poverty and Riches", that included the rap songs "Introkitforce", " Poverty and Riches", "What's da Racket", "The Year 2020", "Blazed 2damax", "Specimen...!", "Daforciphied Outro" and "All 4 da Luv of Money".[7]
References
- ^ "Ricardo Da Force Discography at Discogs". Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Works written by: LYTE JERVIS RICARDO ALFONSO". ACE Title Search. ASCAP. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
- ^ Karine Sanche. "Ricardo Da Force biography, discography, recent releases, news - The Eurodance Encyclopædia". Eurokdj.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Ricardo Da Force, Rapper for The KLF and N-Trance, Is Dead - Big Shot News Flash!". Newsflash.bigshotmag.com. 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Ricardo* - Let The House Goes On (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 133. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Poverty and Riches [Cassette] - Da Force". AllMusic. 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
External links
- Ricardo da Force discography at Discogs
- Ricardo da Force at AllMusic
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