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Kosheen
Kosheen are a British electronic music group based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The group consist of singer-songwriter Sian Evans, songwriter-producer Markee Ledge and producer-songwriter Darren Decoder. The name Kosheen derives from the name of a North American Apache warrior, Cochise. When in Japan, it was discovered that a combination of the Japanese words for "old" (古, romanised transliteration "ko") and "new" (新, "shin") would make "Kosheen" in Japanese. History ''Resist'' (1999–2002) Their first album, '' Resist'', was released in September 2001 on Moksha recordings/BMG and reached number eight in the UK album chart. ''Kokopelli'' (2003–2005) Their second album, '' Kokopelli''—released in August 2003 on Moksha Recordings/Sony and named after a mythical Native American spirit—focused less on drum and bass beats and more on guitar riffs and darker-toned lyrics. It outperformed its predecessor in the UK album chart by reaching number seven, and the single "Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markee Ledge
Markee Ledge (born ''Mark Davies''; 1974 in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland) is a founding member of British electronic music group Kosheen. Markee began his musical production career on Ruffneck Ting as Substance releasing projects such as 'Homeboyz', 'Damn Right' and 'LF-Ant' and with vocalist Hazel, on his first album release "Substance Spectrum" was released on RuffNeck Ting Records in 1998. Markee was instrumental in the Bristol Drum and Bass scene in the mid 1990s, Including starting the seminal 'Ruffneck Ting' and running Breakbeat Culture Record Shop and Label. Forming a partnership with Decoder, the pair released many drum and bass classic tracks as Decoder & Substance and were supported by the top players in the drum and bass scene, including Fabio & Grooverider, Andy C, Kemistry & Storm & Doc Scott, releasing music on 31 Records and DJ SS's ''World of Drum and Bass'' Compilation and well as many EPs on their Breakbeat Culture Imprint. In 1999, wanting to break o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sian Evans
Sian Evans is a Welsh singer. Throughout the 2000s, she was front woman and singer-songwriter of the band Kosheen, a trip-hop/drum & bass group that, during that decade, placed two albums within the Top Ten of the UK Albums Chart. She has also joined a list of Welsh artists to have topped the UK Singles Chart with collaboration on the track " Louder" with DJ Fresh Daniel Edward Stein (born 11 April 1977), better known by his stage name DJ Fresh, is an English musician, DJ, record producer, best known for making electronic music. He is one of the principal members of the drum and bass group Bad Company, .... Kosheen disbanded in 2016. Discography Studio albums with Kosheen As featured artist References External links Official website 1971 births Living people British dance musicians 21st-century Welsh women singers Welsh singer-songwriters Welsh electronic musicians {{UK-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokopelli (album)
''Kokopelli'' is the second album by British band Kosheen released in the UK through Moksha Recordings on 11 August 2003. The album saw the band lean towards the rock music genre. Band member Darren Beale states they named the album after a Native American deity named Kokopelli."Kosheen interview – BBC Southampton 22/09/03" . ''Kosheen.com''. Retrieved 22 February 2009. He states that "He was a spiritual character and he used to travel from the all villages and reservations to spread fertility, you know, to make their crops grow. I suppose he was like a witch doctor as well and he used to do some music and dance. We were kind of into American history and culture anyway but then |
Resist (Kosheen Album)
''Resist'' is the debut album by English electronic music group Kosheen. The album was first released on 25 June 2001 in the Benelux countries as a limited edition by Moksha Records. The UK edition was then released on September 17 as a sixteen-track record by Sony BMG. The Japanese edition, released in 2003, was a double-CD set containing fifteen B-sides and remixes, plus the exclusive track "Tell Me". The BBC used the song "Catch" in trailers for Series 1 of '' 24''. "Hide U" and "Pride" were both featured in the soundtrack for ''FIFA Football 2003 ''FIFA Football 2003'', known as ''FIFA Soccer 2003'' in North America, and simply ''FIFA 2003'' is a football simulation video game produced by Electronic Arts and released by EA Sports. It was released in 2002. ''FIFA 2003'' is the tenth game ...''. Track listings All songs written by Sian Evans, Darren Beale, Mark Morrison 11 & 15 extra writers Jon Hall & Rod Bowkett Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damage (Kosheen Album)
''Damage'' is Kosheen Kosheen are a British electronic music group based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The group consist of singer-songwriter Sian Evans, songwriter-producer Markee Ledge and producer-songwriter Darren Decoder. The name Kosheen derives from the name ...'s third studio album, released on 23 March 2007. The album was originally due to be released in 2006, however it was pushed back to 2007. The first single released was "Overkill". Track listing European edition Released on 23 March 2007 (All songs by Sian Evans, Darren Beale, Mark Morrison) #"Damage" – 6:30 #"Overkill" – 3:38 #"Like a Book" – 3:35 #"Same Ground Again" – 4:40 #"Guilty" – 3:30 #"Chances" – 3:35 #"Out of This World" – 4:51 #"Wish You Were Here" – 4:57 #"Thief" – 4:36 #"Under Fire" – 3:58 #"Not Enough Love" – 5:17 #"Cruel Heart" – 4:14 #"Marching Orders" – 5:01 #"Your Life" – 4:03 UK edition Released on 10 September 2007 (All songs by Sian Evans, Darren Beale, Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence (Kosheen Album)
''Independence'' is Kosheen's fourth studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ... released on October 1, 2012. The digital copy of the album from iTunes includes two additional instrumentals, 'Zone 10' and 'Zone 15', as well as a remix of their single 'Spies' by Moth Equals. Track listing Independence - The Remixes A limited edition compilation of 8 remixed songs from 'Independence' was released on the 9th of August 2013 by Kosheen. References 2012 albums Kosheen albums {{2010s-electronic-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decoder (artist)
Decoder is the collective stage name of drum and bass/jungle producers Darren Beale and Mark Caro. Biography Beale started his career in 1991 using various aliases creating some old school hardcore tracks. He continued with fine tuning the deep jungle sounds under the Orca and Koda aliases on Lucky Spin Records and its sister label, Deejay Recordings, releasing "Tranquility to Earth" in 1994. In 1995 he first used the Decoder pseudonym, pioneering the dark or 'tech step' style of drum & bass, often on Mark Caro's label Tech Itch Recordings. 1997 saw release of Decoder's ''Decoded EP''. Decoder's releases appeared on various labels, including Breakbeat Culture with Markee Ledge as Decoder & Substance, Tech Itch Recordings, BS1 Records, Hard Leaders, 31 Records and Audio Couture. Decoder also produced for Peshay's ''Miles From Home''. Beale's next release, the ''Encrypted EP'', reached number three in Fabio & Grooverider's "Rollers Top Ten" chart in 1998. The ''Encrypted EP' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louder (DJ Fresh Song)
"Louder" is a song by British producer DJ Fresh. It features vocals from Welsh singer and former Kosheen frontwoman Sian Evans. The song serves as the theme song for the Lucozade Sport Lite campaign. It was released on 3 July 2011 on Ministry of Sound. "Louder" is considered an important landmark for dubstep music as it was the first of the genre to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart. The song was featured on the soundtrack to Studio Liverpool's '' Wipeout 2048'' and used as the promotional theme for Fox8's reality programme ''Cricket Superstar''. Music video The music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on 23 May 2011. It was shot by director Ben Newman as part of the Lucozade Sport Lite campaign. Critical reception Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review stating: "Like sipping on a bottle of the electrolyte-infused liquid, its wobbly drum 'n' bass lines are guaranteed to satisfy many a club-goers craving for a three-minute fix of hang-ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Fresh
Daniel Edward Stein (born 11 April 1977), better known by his stage name DJ Fresh, is an English musician, DJ, record producer, best known for making electronic music. He is one of the principal members of the drum and bass group Bad Company, alongside Darren White ( dBridge), Jason Maldini and Michael Wojcicki (Vegas). He also owns and runs the drum and bass label Breakbeat Kaos with Adam F. DJ Fresh released his third studio album, '' Nextlevelism'', in October 2012 on Ministry of Sound Recordings, which includes the two number one hit singles " Louder" and "Hot Right Now" – the UK's first dubstep and drum and bass number ones respectively – " The Power", " The Feeling", "Gravity" and " Gold Dust". DJ Fresh scored his fourth top five single with "Earthquake", a collaboration with Mad Decent label boss Diplo, featuring Dominique Young Unique, "Dibby Dibby Sound", a collaboration with St. Louis producer Jay Fay also featuring the garage vocalist Ms. Dynamite, "Gravity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moksha Records
Moksha Recordings is an English electronic music record company. They mainly release alternative electronic music, an example of this would be S.O.L Arranguez (1996), which uses the classical guitar and vocals from Concierto de Aranjuez mixed with modern house music. They have also released music for big bands like The Shamen and Kosheen Kosheen are a British electronic music group based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The group consist of singer-songwriter Sian Evans, songwriter-producer Markee Ledge and producer-songwriter Darren Decoder. The name Kosheen derives from the name .... The record company was founded in 1986 by Charles Cosh and is still going today. External links Website Discogs {{Authority control British record labels Electronic music record labels Record labels established in 1986 1986 establishments in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays (previously Sundays). It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (top 5) and found on the OCC website as a Top 100 or on UKChartsPlus as a Top 200, with positions continuing until all sales have been tracked in data only available to industry insiders. However, even though number 100 was classed as a hit album (as in the case of The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums) in the 1980s until January 1989, since the compilations were removed this definition was changed to Top 75 with follow-up books such as The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums book only including this data. As of 2021, the OCC still only tracks how many UK Top 75s album hits and how many weeks in Top 75 albums chart each artist has achieved. To qualify for the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a private company limited by shares jointly owned by BPI and ERA. The Chart Information Network (CIN) took over as compilers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
