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Post by vastar iner on Apr 5, 2010 9:12:44 GMT 1
*blushes* Thanks. I've always had an affinity for the underdog, so I suppose that's why the 75s are more fascinating to me. Plus they are less known anyway so there's more to learn.
And thanks to the internet allowing them to be re-heard.
Depth Charge (27 July 1995)
An EP. Woo! J. Saul Kane, a DJ with a martial arts movie fixation, to such an extent that he distributes shaolin films. Kane has been DJing for over 20 years and ran his DC Recordings and Vinyl Solutions labels out of his shop on the Portobello Road, which ensures his dark breakbeats always find an outlet. After a few years' break, Depth Charge re-emerged last year with the intriguingly titled "Mecha Squirrel". As usual with DJs, Kane has a number of pseudonyms; The Octagon Man and Alexander's Dark Band chief amongst them.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 5, 2010 10:05:07 GMT 1
Der Dritte Raum (4 September 1999)
Some of these might get almost as repetitive as their records...DJ, techno, lots of aliases, all checked. This time Andreas Krueger, from Goettingen, recording since the early 1990s. 8 albums so far and a new single "Rosa Rausch" available in Germany this month. D3R is the main pseudonym of Krueger; his live shows often last at least a couple of hours, and involve him mixing things on a pair of Macs. Other than that, even his remixes have not impacted on the broader music world.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 5, 2010 10:34:45 GMT 1
Dtox (21 November 1992) OK, I have fallen well short on this one. Not surprising, perhaps, as the only record credited to this group is "Shattered Glass", a cover of an Ellie Warren disco track, and the b-sides were the Club Mix, Nightlife Mix, Toxic Mix, Upright Mix, Radio Mix and Instrumental Mix of the a-side. I really miss spending £2.99 for the same song seven slightly different and ever-worse times. There are at least two other Dtoxes to confuse matters, a Russian metal band and some American rappist. And to make it worse I cannot even find any other records from this label (Vitality - and there have been at least three other of those, a C&W specialist, a French one and a second one-off release). This particular Dtox is a Mancunian dance-band produced by Mark "Staggman" Stagg (who has worked with Sparks and Erasure, amongst other far less famous names), and featuring involvement from techno ambientist Stephen "Unit 93" Rowland, whose most recent album (under the name Rowla) came out last year. So, if any of the presumably 1,200 or so purchasers are on here, please upload it somewhere so we can all have a gawp.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 5, 2010 12:22:48 GMT 1
OK, when in doubt, go to the source; I have just had a brief email exchange with Stephen Rowland, who confirms that Dtox were a 4 piece, and he was asked to join to give them some musical steerage; he brought some hi-NRG elements to their music, but left because he was not so keen on exploring the more pop aspects. Given that his own music (see here) is far more ambient, that's perhaps not surprising. Dtox were one of the first bands to have computers on stage for live mixing. The Explosion (26 March 2005) Boston, Mass sk8punk band who formed in 1999 and built up a decent reputation based on support stints for various punkish outfits, including, with a nod to Biscuit Boy, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros. Debut album "Flash Flash Flash" was released on Jade Tree Records, and sparked off a bidding war, won by Virgin; senior A&R director David Wolter said "I think 'Here I Am' is a monstrous hit...it's an anthem. If we do our job, I think it’s a song that’s going to be on the radio, it’s going to be in commercials." Virgin put a lot of promo behind The Explosion in the States, headhunting Bill Carroll from Vagrant Records, reasoning that if he could turn Dashboard Confessional into a success, he could turn The Explosion into one as well. He couldn't. At least they made the UK chart; 39 in the Modern Rock Tracks was the best The Explosion could do in the States. Third album "Bury Me Standing" was ready for release when Virgin decided to cut their losses and release the band instead, album tapes in hand. Within weeks the band had split, and despite interest from a label started by Vinnie Fiorello of Less Than Jake, the album - reputed to be a lot better than "Black Tape" - remains unreleased. Two of The Explosion currently are members of The Loved Ones (frankly not a major evolution in sound), who have recorded two albums and are writing a third, and the other members are also playing in various less well known bands.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 5, 2010 14:07:16 GMT 1
Exposé (28 August 1993)
Easily the most successful act chart-wise in the list, in more ways than one. Firstly, they are the unluckiest to be in this list; five other singles spent 14 weeks in the bubbling under chart, "Let Me Be The One" peaking at 76. No-one else in the list has had that many near misses.
Secondly, they were one of the biggest groups in the US for a while. A double platinum album that spawned four top ten singles, including a Hot 100 number one; eight top tens in toto plus two other gold albums. Yet the trio's brand of bland almost totally missed the UK market as the likes of Eternal stole the market.
In a Sugababes-like manoeuvre, the group - a creation of Florida producers Lewis Martineé and Ismael Garcia - changed 100% before their first album; the duo of Ann Curless and Jeanette Jurado replaced solo-bound Sandra Casañas and Alejandra Lorenzo, neither of whom had any real success, and Gioia Bruno then replaced Laurie Miller, who moved into promotion and cruise-liner work. The second trio had the most success, but their only British hit came from their third album, on which the splendidly named Kelly Moneymaker had replaced Bruno, rendered hors de combat by a (thankfully) benign vocal chord tumour. The original trio did hit number one incidentally; all were backing singers on Will To Power's "Baby I Love Your Way".
After their third (eponymous) album failed to live up to the success of the previous two, the band was dropped, split into solo projects and recently reunited (all four!) for nostalgia tours and a lawsuit; one of the problems in being a created act is that the creator often owns the name...however, the court awarded the rights to the name Exposé to the "classic" trio, on the basis that they had made it famous, using Tina Turner as a precedent case.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 5, 2010 16:12:13 GMT 1
(starts at 2m22) George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa (2 January 1988) The only Oscar nomination in the list, and if it doesn't give you goose pimples you are dead. George Fenton is a film score composer, and Oscar-nominated for Gandhi, Cry Freedom, Dangerous Liaisons and The Fisher King; he won Emmys for his scores for The Blue Planet and Planet Earth. Jonas Gwangwa is a jazz musician who collaborated with Fenton on the soundtrack for Cry Freedom. The single that made the charts was the song used for the funeral of Steve Biko in the film of his life. Gwangwa produced and conducted the choir, Fenton the musicians; although the song was credited as "Funeral" it is actually the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika" (God Save Africa), written by Enoch Sontonga in 1897 and now national anthem of South Africa. If you want to see it in situ, there's an extract here.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 5, 2010 17:25:49 GMT 1
Fish & Tony Banks (18 October 1986)
Another one that's only here on a technicality, because both Fish and Tony Banks have been at the very top of the charts. Fish, born Derek William Dick (of WHAT were his parents THINKING?), as part of Marillon, whose "Misplaced Childhood" was number one in 1985, and Banks as keyboardist of Genesis, with number ones in both the UK album charts and US singles charts. But they tag-teamed together on this single which was a bit less successful. Fish is now working on his tenth studio album, Banks still writing and recording, although has not issued anything since 2004.
This particular song is another one from a film, this time Quicksilver, starring Kevin Bacon, which gives Banks and Fish a Bacon Factor of 1; Banks scored the film and Fish was recruited for the vocals for this song (which he also provided for other Banks solo albums, all proggies together). The cover of the single has Fish wearing a Genesis jumper and Banks a Marillion one.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 5, 2010 18:35:18 GMT 1
Flash Brothers (6 November 2004)
According to the video description, they are playing this live. Although the actual live performance seems to be restricted to "pressing play on the mp3 player and getting some stochastic karaoke singer to do the actual work". The brothers themselves are the Flaischler brothers from Nazareth. Recording since 1997, debut album (of six so far) released in 2000, and the only Israeli DJs to make the DJ Mag annual top 100 DJ lists. Still touring their live show, which, judging by this evidence, is a must-miss.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 5, 2010 20:01:46 GMT 1
4Tune500 (16 August 2003)
Collaboration between producer Matt Schwartz, who also forms 50% of Deepest Blue (and therefore has top tens to his credit) and who has recorded under the names The Drill and DADA (another top 20), and Ibiza legend Jo Mills, who has recorded under the name Pyroclastic Soul. Schwartz is a classically trained violinist who cut his production teeth working with the likes of Farley "Jackmaster" Funk and Massive Attack; Mills by working for Flying Records where she got the urge to do something herself, asked a DJ to teach her to mix, and eventually became sort of apprenticed to Deep Dish.
In 2001 Mills took up summer residency at the Circo Loco in Ibiza, where she remained for the next five years, and which led to her teaming up with Schwartz under the 4Tune500 name; this was the only one of three singles to chart (and apparently has sold a massive 15,000 copies worldwide). She has also collaborated (and I use that word advisedly) with that anti-musician Steve Mac before deciding that playing unlistenable rubbish to bladdered nymphomaniacs was not so fulfilling after all and is currently working with Pete Tong on the Looking Glass tour/concept as well as beginning to work more on the production side. Schwartz runs his own label, Destined Records, which is still churning out stuff.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 5, 2010 21:18:47 GMT 1
4 Vini featuring Elisabeth Troy (18 May 2002)
Botchit & Scarper Records was founded in 1995 by Martin Love and Vini Medley, who had founded the S.O.U.R. [Sound Of the Underground Records] label for junglists, and wanted an imprint for breakbeats. The label is still going, with 30 albums under its belt.
Sadly in late 2000 Medley died of a brain haemorrhage. The label spent the next year arranging a 50 track, 3CD compilation in honour of their fallen founder, with many contemporary figures on the dance scene (such as Shara Nelson and Roots Manuva) contributing tracks, and with 50% of the proceeds going to the Willow Foundation.
Lead track on the set - and lending its title to the collection - was penned by singer Elisabeth Troy, who had previously given the label a top 40 hit with MJ Cole and had previously hit the charts with Y-Tribe and Soundman. The song was issued as a single with various mixes from the likes of Cole, Ray Keith, Atomic Hooligan and FreQ Nasty and B.L.I.M., and released under the collective name 4 Vini.
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Post by TheThorne on Apr 6, 2010 10:03:29 GMT 1
Exposé (28 August 1993) Easily the most successful act chart-wise in the list, in more ways than one. Firstly, they are the unluckiest to be in this list; five other singles spent 14 weeks in the bubbling under chart, "Let Me Be The One" peaking at 76. No-one else in the list has had that many near misses. Secondly, they were one of the biggest groups in the US for a while. A double platinum album that spawned four top ten singles, including a Hot 100 number one; eight top tens in toto plus two other gold albums. Yet the trio's brand of bland almost totally missed the UK market as the likes of Eternal stole the market. I Liked Expose they were on "Americans Top 10 with Casey Casem" almost every week most of 88-89 but they just didnt cross over to the UK. In fact that whole Miami sound struggled until Gloria Estefan finally broke through properly but by then she was entering blandsville too. UK was too obsessed with SAW at the time but I thought Miami sound was much more interesting.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 6, 2010 13:04:26 GMT 1
With almost impeccable timing, st4rich has posted the audio for Dtox' hit on an ebay page here, so you can at least have a listen for a short while. Passion Music Limited, which seems to have been behind this hit, was formed by two founder members of Shakatak and although concentrated on jazz had some hits with slightly more leftfield genres, including some stormers provided by Future Sound Of London. So a bit more info. Goldfinger (22 June 2002) Los Angeles band, formed in 1994, sounding exactly like Green Day. And so they were quickly signed up to Universal to cash in on the then popular sound. Their first four albums made the Billboard 200, second LP "Hang-Ups" being the only one to make the top half; this single came from their fourth album, the anti-vivisectionist "Open Your Eyes", after which lead singer/songwriter/producer John Feldmann's house was raided by the FBI, seeking evidence that Feldmann was behind various Animal Liberation Front attacks. (They found some paint.) Whether by coincidence or not, the band was then dropped by Universal, picked up by Maverick, dropped after their fifth album flopped and are now on independent punk label SideOneDummy. Feldmann himself spends most of the time working for The Man; A&R rep for Warners (who of course own Maverick) and has produced/written for such edgy acts as The Veronicas, Hilary Duff and Ashlee Simpson. Feldmann is a big fan of Brighton's own Red Veg veganburgers (they are certainly very moreish) and has them shipped to California for grilling.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 6, 2010 19:12:38 GMT 1
The Good Girls (24 July 1993)
50% accuracy on the name, anyway. The Good Girls (Shireen Crutchfield, Joyce Tolbert and DeMonica Santiago) were all dancers on Soul Train in the late 1980s and when the Paula Abdul dance-lite sound took off Motown decided to get involved with more dancers. They did have some success in the R&B charts, debut album "All For Your Love" making the top forty, and spawning a couple of top ten R&B singles (including "Your Sweetness", which featured Ronnie Devoe of BellBivDevoe/New Edition in the video); however, follow-up album "Just Call Me", more grown-up sounding, with lead eponymous single, pretty much flopped and the girls never crossed over into the mainstream. Their last appearance on record seems to be providing backing vocals on Yo-Yo's album "Black Pearl", which at least gave them an appearance in the Billboard 200, albeit at 145.
Crutchfield went on to become an actress, she was Jace in "Dark Angel" and is now a fixture in soap opera The Bold And The Beautiful. Santiago is now a music agent and does part-time modelling; Tolbert is a bit-part actress, singer (she mixed the two in Be Cool as she portrayed a backing singer), voice-over artiste and has dabbled in stand-up.
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 6, 2010 21:39:48 GMT 1
Grand Prix (27 February 1982)
Melodic rock group that came together from bands like Sad Cafe and Blizzard Of Ozz in 1978 under the name Paris, and after a couple of years of solid gigging (and a name change) signed up with RCA - allegedly as a tax loss, the band complained about the lack of promotion despite a generous production budget - for their eponymous debut. Almost as soon as it was out, lead singer Bernie Shaw went back to his native Canada for his sister's wedding, and came back to find he had been replaced by Robin McAuley. Second album "There For None To See", from which the single was taken, was not successful, despite a Norris McWhirter sample. Having taken all the losses they needed, RCA dropped the band, who ended up on Chrysalis. GP's third (and final) album "Samurai" reached 65 on the album charts and provided them a minor hit on the US Modern Rock charts.
That was the last of Grand Prix on record, strictu sensu, as drummer Andy Beirne wanted to play something a bit more heavy and left for Lionheart; he left them for Scorched Earth (and now drums for Dirty Tricks), and his brief Grand Prix replacement Clive Edwards then became his Lionheart replacement. McAuley, keyboardist Phil Lanzon and guitarist Mick O'Donoghue formed Operator (with Philthy Animal Taylor of Motorhead) until then they split; by the end of the decade, Lanzon and Shaw had joined Uriah Heep (where they remain to this day), O'Donoghue had joined Ian Gillan's band and hit the album chart again, bassist Ralph Hood joined Spanish band Tarzen before leaving the business entirely and McAuley went via studio project The Far Corporation to front the McAuley-Schenker Group with guitar legend Michael Schenker. He now fronts Survivor.
And that's just the bare outlines. I haven't even mentioned GMT, Praying Mantis, Romance, The Sweet (yes, that one), Elements Of Friction, Escape, V Project...thank Cliff there are no more rock bands in the club.
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Post by vya on Apr 6, 2010 22:19:09 GMT 1
I thought they were alright - but I greatly preferred, from that whole scene (even though I'm not sure they were actually from Miami at all), Seduction - oddly another "only 1 top 75 single with one week at no 75" artist (not their best single though - that one made no 79)
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 8, 2010 13:00:56 GMT 1
Andrea Grant (featuring Darkman) (14 November 1998) Slim pickings coming up...I can't find a video of this anywhere, so I uploaded the song itself if anyone's really interested. Basically it's a cover of "Just Be Good To Me" with a smidgeon of "Back To My Roots" incorporated - not especially interesting. Grant was described at the time as "a new soul talent from Croydon", although this overproduced mush does not show that off particularly well. A Brit School graduate, Grant's management enlisted the help of well-known London MC Darkman, who had reached the top forty four years before with the execrable "Yabba Dabba Doo", and who now works as a radio DJ and salon owner, to try to give the single a boost. It did not work. Grant herself is still involved in the business. Indeed you have probably seen her; she is a regular backing singer on Strictly Come Dancing and X Factor, and is a regular on stage and in studio as a session singer - she duetted with Robbie Williams when he performed "Kids" on his 2006 live shows. She is also a member of corporate session band The Satellites. One odd chart success of hers came with Søren Rasted of Aqua's side-project Lazy-B, to which she provided vocals, who had a top forty hit in 2004 with "Underwear Goes Inside The Pants", although her involvement in that was minimal (it was mostly a rant by 'comedian' Greg Giraldo).
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 8, 2010 19:05:10 GMT 1
Haziza (28 April 2001) The charts for 28 April 2001. New entry at number 74. Spacecorn with a cover of Axel F. Spacecorn is an alias of Swedish DJ Daniel Ellenson, and he never had another week in the charts under this name. So near, and yet so far. Same charts. New entry at number 75. Haziza with the song "One More". Haziza is an alias of Swedish DJ Anneli Jonsson, and she never had another week in the charts under this name. Made it. Thing is, these two records were very closely linked. Jonsson was executive producer of Spacecorn's hit; the song was released on Fluid Records, which she co-founded with DJ Glenn Carlsson. Ellenson was the producer and co-writer of Haziza's hit, which had originally been released on Hypocrite, a sub-label of Fluid. You could therefore make a case for both Jonsson and Ellenson being members of the 74 Club and the 75 Club. In the same week. Jonsson was a dancer who met Carlsson - aka Glenn C, a DJ from southern Sweden - in the early 1990s and got together; in 1994 they started Fluid as an outlet for Swedish trance. Jonsson herself got more into the hardhouse scene and started mixing under the name Haziza (an homage to Ibiza), and Jonsson and C set up Hypocrite to cover hardhouse releases. "One More" was the first record released under that label, "Axel F" the second, before relicensing took them both to the chart. By sheer coincidence, at the same time. Hypocrite only lasted eight records (all but one with Ellenson involved) before Jonsson and C split, and as a consequence Fluid Records fell apart, taking Ellenson with it. Both Jonsson and Ellenson vanished from the music scene afterwards, but both are making tentative comebacks at a low-key level. So, probably the oddest entry. I don't know of anyone else who could be a member of both the 74 Club AND the 75 Club, but for it to happen simultaneously...
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Post by Earl Purple on Apr 8, 2010 20:45:50 GMT 1
Mitch got to NM #2 and Goldfinger had an NM #1 with a different single but no UK #75 hits have ever reached NM #1. Laptop are the closest, one week at #74 with Nothing To Declare. Heather Nova's Heart & Shoulder reached UK #76.
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Post by Earl Purple on Apr 8, 2010 20:54:50 GMT 1
I see you are doing this in alphabetical order so you haven't yet reached a band named after a Creedance Clearwater Revival track who sound a bit like Oasis and I think were produced by Noel...
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 8, 2010 22:54:45 GMT 1
No - the standard-bearers for a whole new genre of music. But something a bit more old skool first.
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