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-based acid jazz

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that was active between 1988 and 1997. The group was the first signing to

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and

Gilles Peterson Gilles Jérôme Moehrle MBE (; born 28 September 1964), better known as Gilles Peterson (), is a French broadcaster, DJ, and record label owner. He founded the influential labels Acid Jazz and Talkin' Loud, and started his current label Brow ...

's Acid Jazz

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. The original members were Rob Gallagher (

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- credited as Roberto Galliano), Constantine Weir (vocals), Michael Snaith (The Vibe Controller) and Crispin Robinson (

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). Other important members included Valerie Etienne, who participated in the

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of all their albums, along with other musicians such as

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on keyboards, Crispin Taylor on drums, Ernie McKone on

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, Mark Vandergucht

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, and Steve Ameedee, otherwise known as Uncle Big Man (dancer).

Career

The group's first single, a reworking of

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's '' Freddie's Dead'' called ''Frederick Lies Still'', was released in June 1988. It was also the first release on the Acid Jazz label. Their second release was on ''Let the Good Times Roll'' by ''The Quiet Boys'' in 1989. ''The Quiet Boys'' was an alias used by acid jazz pioneer Chris Bangs who then went on to

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Galliano. Galliano's first album release was '' In Pursuit of the 13th Note'' in 1991, which was produced by Bangs. Their second album '' A Joyful Noise Unto the Creator'' was released in 1992. Galliano achieved the peak of its success in 1994 with '' The Plot Thickens'' which peaked at number eight in the

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. Two UK top 40 singles were released from the album ''Long Time Gone'' (a cover of a

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song from the self titled first album by

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) and ''Twyford Down''. The latter was a comment on the road building protests taking place at the time and the protest at

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in particular, and they were joined onstage by anti-roads protestors to make appeals to the audience. The album was well received making the NME's list of top 50 albums of the year. Following its release Galliano performed on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 1994 and returned to play the NME Stage in 1995. Galliano's fourth and final studio album '' :4'' was released in 1996. This included track, ''Slack Hands'', which was used in the title sequence of Kevin Reynolds' 1997 film, '' One Eight Seven'', starring

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. Galliano broke up in 1997. Gallagher together with Etienne formed Two Banks of Four, Gallagher also performs solo using the name Earl Zinger.

Discography

Studio albums

*'' In Pursuit of the 13th Note'' - 1991 -

Talkin' Loud Talkin' Loud was a record label, originally founded by Gilles Peterson in 1990 after he left Acid Jazz Records. The label name is based on Peterson's Dingwalls club night "Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Something", itself a reference to James Brown and ...

*'' A Joyful Noise Unto the Creator'' - 1992 - Talkin' Loud ( UK No. 28) *'' The Plot Thickens'' - 1994 - Talkin' Loud (UK No. 8) *'' :4'' - 1996 - Talkin' Loud

Live albums

* ''Until Such Time (Recorded Live In Europe '92) - 1993 - Talkin' Loud'' * ''Live at Liquid Room (Tokyo)'' - 1997 - Talkin' Loud

Compilation albums

*''What Colour Our Flag'' - 1994 - Talkin' Loud *''Thicker Plot (remixes 93-94)'' - 1994 - Talkin' Loud

Singles

References

External links

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