Gat Decor (or Gat Décor) were an English electronic music group popular with the 1992 song "
Passion". The song is considered to be one of the best-known works of the early
progressive house genre.
The main contributors of the team are the
British DJs and
producers, Simon Slater, Laurence Nelson-Boudville and Simon Hanson.
The name 'Gat Decor' was derived from an
anagram
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of 'Tag Records', a
record store
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based in
Soho,
London.
Although Gat Decor does not have an extensive catalog (two proper singles and a handful of
remix
A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The o ...
es), the act and "Passion" are widely considered influential to electronic dance music in the early 1990s; and Slater still continues to license "Passion".
Discography
Singles
* 1992 "
Passion" (#29 UK)
* 1996 "
Passion" (remix) (#6 UK)
* 1996 "In the Head" / "Barefoot in the Head"
Remixes
* 1992
Euphoria
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"
Love You Right"
* 1992 The Odd Company "Swing in Trance"
* 1992 D'lusion "Take You There"
* 1993 Latitude "Building a Bridge"
* 1993 JFK "Here They Come Again"
* 1993 Country & Western "Positive Energy"
* 1994
Jean Michel Jarre "Chronologie Part 6"
* 1994 The Good Strawberries "Eyes on a Summer Day"
See also
*
Phunky Phantom Phunky Phantom is electronic and dance music producer Laurence Nelson-Boudville, who was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Biography
His one U.S. chart entry came in 1997, when he hit #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with the song "Get Up, Stand Up ...
References
External links
Official siteOfficial Myspace
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English house music groups
British musical trios
Club DJs
Musical groups from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Remixers
Progressive house musicians