Club Asylum is the name of

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musician Jeremy Sylvester. They were originally a duo which consisted of Sylvester and Paul Emanuel. After the duo decided to go their separate ways, Sylvester continued to produce and remix under the Club Asylum moniker as a solo artist, and is still active to the present day.

Biography

Sylvester and Emanuel first met during the early days of the

scene at the London-based house and garage

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Nice 'N' Ripe. The duo scored their first chart entry in 1998 with "Freek Me Up", a

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vinyl release of the

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song "

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", which reached No. 92 on the

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. This sparked interest from major labels such as

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and Strictly Rhythm. Their UK garage remixes of songs would prove popular in the scene, with official garage re-releases charting in the UK, including

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's " Tell Me It's Real" charting at No. 16 on the official singles chart and No. 4 on the

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and

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's " Love Shy" at No. 28 and No. 3 on the dance chart. Other popular remixes include "

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" and "Run to Me" by

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and "Sweeter Than Wine" by

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. "Imagine" was a No. 1 dance hit in 2000 and was included in ''

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s "25 essential UK garage anthems" list.

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included "Run to Me" in their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time". "Sweeter Than Wine" reached No. 46 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 2 on the UK Dance Singles Chart in 2001. Club Asylum have remixed notable songs including Another Level's "

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", All Saints' "

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's "

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's " Everybody Dance" (all from 1998) and

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's " What's So Different?" (1999). Outside of Club Asylum, Jeremy Sylvester has produced, remixed and released material under many other aliases and as part of other groups/collaborations, including X-Factor 7 with

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and Tuff Asylum with Karl 'Tuff Enuff' Brown. In 2013, Sylvester appeared alongside many other garage pioneers in a documentary exploring the legacy of UK garage, ''Rewind 4Ever: The History of UK Garage''.

References

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