Chicken Lips is a
dance music
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band and production team from
Stafford
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, England, that includes Andy Meecham and Dean Meredith, both formerly of
Bizarre Inc
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, a band they created in the early 1990s.
Career
Meecham and Meredith began working as Chicken Lips in 1999.
[Kelman, Andy " Chicken Lips Biography, ]AllMusic
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, retrieved 2010-08-08 Their music is more left-field
House
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than the
acid house
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that dominated in their earlier Bizarre Inc. productions.
Their music has also been described as "disco-dub".
[Kleinfeld, Justin (2003)]
RPM Q&A: Chicken Lips
, ''CMJ New Music Monthly
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'', 3 November 2003, p. 28, retrieved 2010-08-08 As producers, they have issued in stream of twelve-inch singles released through the Kingsize label.
With the addition of
Steve Kotey, owner of Bear Funk Records, the Chicken Lips became a trio.
[Rauscher, William (2010)]
Chicken Lips - Show Your Shape (The Best Of Chicken Lips)
, Resident Advisor
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, 3 August 2010, retrieved 2010-08-08
Meecham has also been involved in side-projects such as The Emperor Machine.
[Kharas, Kev (2009)]
Emperor Machine: Dark Room Dynasties And Roman Stoned
, The Quietus
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Content
''The Quiet ...
, 25 June 2009, retrieved 2010-08-08
Discography
Albums
* ''Echoman'' (2000), Kingsize
* ''Extended Play'' (2002), Kingsize
* ''Body Music – Nite:Life 015'' (2003), NRK Nite Life
* ''
DJ-Kicks: Chicken Lips'' (2003),
!K7
* ''
Re-Echoed, Re-Extended and Re-Hashed'' (2003), Kingsize
* ''
Clicks, Acid 'n' Disco'' (2005), Trust the DJ
* ''
Making Faces'' (2006), Adrift
* ''Show Your Shape (The Best Of Chicken Lips)'' (2010), Tirk
* ''
Experience Of Malfunction'' (2010), Lipservice
* "D.R.O.M.P (Remixes)" (2012), Southern Fried Records
Singles
* "Shoe Beast"
* "Git Back"
* "Jerk Chicken"
* "He Not In"
* "You're Playing Dirty"
* "Blanc Tape"
* "Many Members"
* "Bad Skin"
Remixes
* 1999
Meat Katie
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– "Can't Hear Ya"
* 1999
MFA – "Mesmerized"
* 1999
Oshun Flow – "HalfLife"
* 1999
Riptide
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– "Got2Get2Gether"
* 2000
Bentley Rhythm Ace
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Career
The band was formed in Birmingham by Richard March, formerly with the group Pop Will Eat Itself, and ...
– "How'd I Do Dat?"
* 2000
Utah Saints
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– "Power to the Beats"
* 2001
Nigo
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– "March of the General"
* 2001
Organic Audio – "Nurega"
* 2001
Playgroup – "Number One"
* 2001
Shrinkwrap – "Illegal Entry"
* 2001
Stereo MCs
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– "We Belong in This World Together"
* 2001 Street Corner Symphony – "Memories of Aphrodite"
* 2001
Suns of Arqa
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– "Tomorrow Never Knows"
* 2001
The White Rabbit
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– "Transistor Queen"
* 2002
Maurice Fulton
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presents Stress – "My Gigolo"
* 2002
Nile
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– "To Sir with Love"
* 2002
Outcast – "Last Bullet"
* 2002
Justin Robertson
Justin Robertson is an English electronic musician, DJ, author, artist and record producer.
Discography
DJ Mix albums
*Journeys by DJs
*Journeys by DJs Select Tape
*Cream Live
*Bugged Out
*Imprint
*Art of Acid
Lionrock
Albums
*An Instinc ...
Presents
Revtone – "The Brightest Thing"
* 2002 Soul Mekanik Invents
Ben-E-Lux – "If U Nu"
* 2002
Stylophonic – "Bizarre Mind"
* 2002
Underworld
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...
– "
Dinosaur Adventure 3D"
* 2003
Chicks on Speed
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Though Chicks on Speed reached cult status th ...
– "We Don't Play Guitars"
* 2003
Will Dawson – "Under the Water"
* 2003
FC Kahuna
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– "Hayling"
* 2003
Foolish & Sly – "Rainfalls"
* 2003
Jas – "Hitchhiking"
* 2003
Headman – "It Rough"
* 2003
Land Shark – "Tie Me Up"
* 2003
Ennio Morricone
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– "
Teorema
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"
* 2003
Random Factor – "What I Need"
* 2003
Rocket
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– "People"
* 2003
Sono – "Heading For"
* 2003
Triangle Orchestra – "@ 137"
* 2004
Woody Braun – "Finding Words Ain't Easy"
* 2004
Nick Holder
Nick Holder (born 1969) is an underground hip-hop and house music deejay and producer from Toronto, Ontario.
Holder began DJing in the early 1980s, and soon became influenced by the Detroit techno scene and DJs such as Derrick May and Carl Cra ...
– "Player 1"
* 2004 Ignition – "Love Is War"
* 2004
Playgroup – "Make It Happen"
* 2004
Wink
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– "516 Acid"
* 2005
Hard-Fi
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– "Middle Eastern Holiday"
* 2005
The Kills
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– "
No Wow
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"Love is a Deserter" was released a ...
"
* 2005
Mattafix
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– "To & Fro"
* 2005
Morcheeba
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– "Wonders Never Cease"
* 2005
Plant Life
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– "The Last Song"
* 2006
Alexkid with
Liset Alea
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Career Early collaborations and solo work
In 1998, Alea co-founded drum & bass/trip hop ...
– "Nightshade"
* 2006
Bell X1
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– "
Flame
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"
* 2006
Clearlake – "Good Clean Fun"
* 2006
Sébastien Tellier
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– "Broadway"
* 2006
Tiga – "(Far From) Home"
* 2006
Robbie Williams
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– "
Rudebox
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* 2007
Chin Chin – "Appetite"
* 2007 Tim Fuller – "The Slightest Touch"
* 2007
Kotey Extra Band feat.
Chaz Jankel
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– "Sooner or Later"
* 2007
Mark Ronson
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feat.
Daniel Merriweather
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– "
Stop Me"
* 2007
Next Door But One – "Art Of The Matter"
* 2007
Wolfmother
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– "
Love Train
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"
* 2008
Love Is All Love Is All may refer to:
Bands
*Love Is All (band), Swedish indie rock band
Films
* ''Love is All'' (2007 film), Dutch film
* ''Love Is All'' (2014 film), a documentary film by Kim Longinotto
Songs
*"Love Is All", a song by The Action
*"Love Is ...
– "Make Out Fall Out Make Up"
* 2008
Pnau
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– "Embrace"
References
External links
Chicken Lipson
MyspaceDiscogs: Chicken Lips
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English record producers
English DJs
English dance music groups
English electronic music duos
Remixers
Electronic dance music duos