Ricardo da Force
Jervis Ricardo Alfonso Lyte, known professionally as Ricardo da Force, was an English male vocalist, rapper, and DJ, 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 called "The Force" along with Shola Phillips.
Later in his life, he was resident DJ at 'The Apartment' in Dubai.
Lyte died on 8 March 2013 while in Barbados.
Discography
Band | Song | Year | Role / Peak pos. | Ref |
Manic MC's | "The Beat" | 1990 | ||
Adamski | "The Space Jungle" | 1990 | credited performer / UK #7 | |
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 | |
"Let The House Goes On" | 1991 | |||
Adamski | "Back To Front" | 1992 | ||
Fire Island | "Fire Island" | 1992 | ||
Vitamino | "What I've Got" | 1992 | ||
Dr Baker | "Global Kaos" | 1992 | ||
"Set Ya Free" | 1992 | |||
Inside Heaven | "Sex Is The Answer" | 1993 | ||
International Foot Language | "Life On Loop" | 1993 | ||
Club zone | "Hands Up" | 1994 | ||
Clubzone | "Passion of the Night" | 1995 | ||
N-Trance | "Electronic Pleasure" | 1995 | ||
N-Trance | "Stayin' Alive" | 1995 | rapping / UK #2 | |
Trancylvania | "Colour of Love" | 1995 | NOR #6 | |
Greed | "Pump Up the Volume" | 1995 | UK #51 | |
"Why?" | 1996 | UK #58 | ||
Ramp | "Rock The Discotek" | 1996 | ||
N-Trance | "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 | |
Atomic Kitten | "I Want Your Love" | 2000 | Initial copies contained a sample of The KLF's "Justified & Ancient". |