Maxx is a German Eurodance project that was internationally successful in the mid-90s with the hit singles "Get-A-Way", "No More (I Can't Stand It)"[1] and "You Can Get It".
[3] The Maxx project was the result of the successful but short-lived collaboration between German record producer Juergen Wind (J.
Sar & The Real McCoy under Hansa Records/BMG Berlin, Wind and Brunner began collaborating with British songwriter Bruce Hammond Earlam (from Bruce & Bongo) to develop the debut Maxx single "Get-A-Way" under the record label Blow Up/Intercord.
Wind was George Torpey, Brunner was The Hitman, Hassas was Dakota O'niel, Köhler was Gary Bokoe and Real McCoy rapper Olaf Jeglitza was Dawhite.
Jeglitza had been falsely tied to the project due to his heavy involvement as a shareholder and as a team member in Wind's production company Freshline Records.
[4] The debut Maxx single "Get-A-Way" featured vocals from Köhler and session singer Samira Besic.
Due to unknown circumstances, Besic departed the project before filming could begin on the music video for the single.
A dancer and model named Eliz Yavuz (Alice Montana) was quickly hired to take Besic's place and mime her vocals for the video.
After joining the project as the new lead singer, she immediately began performing live shows with Köhler in Europe as Maxx.
She then recorded vocals for the follow-up single "No More (I Can't Stand It)" with Köhler in Germany.
The success of both singles lead to three recurring appearances on Top of the Pops in the United Kingdom and performances on other major music chart shows like Dance Machine in France, Superclassifica Show in Italy and other televised MTV specials in Europe.
The single heavily sampled the hit song "I Like to Move It" by Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman.
The duo also performed the single live on ZDF Television in Germany for the music program Power Vision.
Due to creative indifferences and major business disputes within the production and management team behind the scenes, the Maxx project disbanded prematurely in late 1995.
[12] On 25 August 2017, Meek made her comeback performance as Maxx at the We Love the 90's Estonia festival in Tallinn.
[13] Meek is known under her new name Elyse G Rogers; works with the full support and agreement from the original founders of Maxx, and continues touring worldwide with rapper Twitch, who performs in the raggamuffin style rap verses on stage.