The Beat Club is a

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music group that was founded in the late 1980s by Ony Rodriguez and Mirey Valls in

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History

Ony Rodriguez began his career in the late 1980s as a rhythm guitarist and producer with

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recording group The Voice in Fashion. Even after attaining minor commercial success, Ony Rodriguez decided to pursue his personal interests and style of music more and started the Beat Club. What began as an ongoing “free-form” studio jam with friends led to the international hit “Security”, and his departure from The Voice in Fashion. Influenced by the likes of the “Miami Bass” movement, New Order and Kraftwerk, Rodriguez's music relied less on his main instrument of the guitar and more on his love for electronics. Initially on Atlantic Records, The Beat Club was offered the opportunity to become the first recording act to be signed to New Order manager and Manchester’s Factory Record mogul, the late

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’s own personal label robsrecords. The Beat Club went on to release several recordings in the UK resulting in the singles “Security” which reached no. 92 in the UK Singles Chart (recorded by, and featuring New Order’s Bernard Sumner), “Dreams Were Made to Be Broken” and “X”. Upon the expiration of the contract with Atlantic Records, Rodriguez (along with his wife, Mirey Valls) went on to start Electrobeat Records in

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. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Electrobeat has released over a dozen albums produced by the Beat Club under various pseudonyms including Ony, Fuzzy Logic, Toys for the Revolution, Santa Fe and Urban Select.

Recent activity

In late 2006, the Beat Club released the album ''Robotica'' which included the club singles “Dream Within a Dream” and “Lost in Space”. The first quarter of 2008 saw the release of the new album ''Minimalista'', along with a possible promotional tour in 2009. In 2010, first album ''Paris'' was reissued on CD by LTM with new artwork and bonus tracks. Along with releases on Electrobeat, Atlantic, Rob's Records and ZYX Records, the Beat Club has been featured on various compilations including Champion Records UK, John Digweed's ''Azuli'' release and other mixes, in addition to a recent cover version of "Security" by the

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on their album '' Adventures in Freestyle''.

Discography

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References

Sources

# The Beat Club's Official MySpace page. Retrieved on August 8, 2007.
Electrobeat Official Website
Archived 1992–2008 Rodri Publishing (ASCAP)

Archived 1992–2008 Rodri Publishing (ASCAP)
''Miami New Times'' article, From December 12, 1995

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beat Club, The Electronic music groups from Florida Musical groups from Miami American dance music groups American electronic music duos