Messiah were a
British
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
techno
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/
acid house duo formed in
London
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in 1988 by members Mark Davies and Ali Ghani.
Biography
Known for their heavy use of
sampling quotes from films, melodic female vocals, and aggressive synthesizer lines, the group released two full-length albums and several singles during the 1990s. Two singles reached the top 20 of the
UK Singles Chart
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.
Discography
Albums
* ''21st Century Jesus'' (1993, Warner Music UK; American Recordings US)
* ''Messiah Presents Progenitor'' (1997,
Thirsty Ear
Thirsty Ear Recordings is an American independent record label. It was founded in the late 1970s as a marketing company for the then-unnamed alternative music field, and expanded to issue its own records in 1990.
Thirsty Ear came to prominence ...
)
Singles
References
External links
Messiahdiscography at
Discogs
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English techno music groups
English house music duos
Hardcore techno music groups
Musical groups established in 1988
Some Bizzare Records artists
Thirsty Ear Recordings artists
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