Elevator Suite is a three piece electronic

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group. They were formed in January 1999 by the English DJ Andy Childs, his friend DJ Paul "Robbo" Roberts, and Steve Grainger, who was working as a record producer of a small

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in Totnes, Devon.Elevator Suite – Music at Last.fm
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, jazz and

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. Their first

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was "Man in a Towel" which gained popularity in the UK and was followed by two more songs ("Barefoot" and "Weekend Wonderboy"). Their first two singles were both crowned as BBC Radio 1’s 'Record of the Week', and thereafter they toured Europe in support of Morcheeba. Their debut album, ''Barefoot & Shitfaced'', was released on 25 October 1999 on Infectious Records. Their track, "Back Around", peaked at No. 71 in the UK Singles Chart in August 2000. They released their self-titled second album on 9 October 2007 on

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. Included on this album is a

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of The Beatles' song, " Eleanor Rigby". The 2007 line-up consists of Roberts on vocals, Dan Brown on

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(formerly of Ilya), Childs (vocals/tambourines/producer/arranger), Dan Moore (keyboards – has played with Cousteau,

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, and Roni Size), and Jock (

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s – an illustrator for DC Comics). The latter's publication ''The Losers'' is being developed into a

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with Jack Nicholson. "The Wheel" was released as a single on 26 November 2007, and included

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es by Phil Hartnoll of

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, and Alex Metric.

Discography

* ''Barefoot & Shitfaced'' (1999) * ''Elevator Suite'' (2007)

References

External links

Elevator Suite
on Myspace
Elevator Suite
on Last.fm
Artist page on Pure Mint's site
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"Elevator Suite" album review on thebeatsurrender.co.uk
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