Peter Ford, better known as Baby Ford, is a British

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, known particularly for his contributions to the birth of

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. He has also released material under aliases with Mark Broom (Casino Classix, El Mal, Solcyc, & Perbec), Thomas Melchior (Soul Capsule & Sunpeople), and Eon (Minimal Man).

Career

Ford is influenced by

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musicians such as

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Ron Trent Ronald "Ron" Trent (born May 23, 1973) is an American house music DJ and record producer. Music career After experimenting with beat machines and a small keyboard in 1986, he began recording the track "Altered States" while still in high scho ...

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, and

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, and was one of the founders of the

scene in the

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. His early work was released on

Rhythm King Rhythm King Records Ltd was a British independent record label, founded in the mid-1980s by Martin Heath, Adele Nozedar, DJ Jay Strongman and James Horrocks. It was based in Chiswick, London. History Beginnings Starting out as an offshoot of D ...

, including the club tracks "Oochy Koochy (F.U. Baby Yeah Yeah)" (a No. 58

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hit seen as the first British acid house record), and "Chikki Chikki Ahh Ahh" (UK No. 54). These two first

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appeared on the 2x12" EP "Ford Trax" (BFORD3.) Both appeared in remixed form on the EP, and the original singles were

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ed on a variety of different formats (12" and CD) and energized the burgeoning UK acid-house scene.

Sire Records Sire Records (formerly Sire Records Company) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Records. History Beginnings The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer ...

in the US signed Baby Ford, as well as several other artists, on the Rhythm King label. Sire had been impressed with the label, but reportedly had concerns about how to effectively market Rhythm King artists in the US, as acid house had not broken into the US mainstream. The second

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''Oooh, the World of Baby Ford'' contained three singles, the most popular of which was a cover of Marc Bolan & T. Rex's " Children of the Revolution" (a UK No. 53 hit in 1989). It was also a club hit across the globe, as was 1990's "Beach Bump" (UK No. 68). The US released the "Let's Talk It Over" EP in 1990, with exclusive live tracks. The tracks were recorded on Baby Ford's tour of the US, where he opened for

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on several dates of their Violator tour. The '' BFord9'' album in 1992 revealed a different side of Ford's electronic influences. The release incorporated minimal techno with trance-like elements, long before these genres became popular later in the decade.

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contributed a mix of "In Your Blood" on ''BFord9'' and "Fetish" was a

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hit in both the UK and the US. Several of the songs on ''BFord9'' were re-released by

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on his Re-Phlex label in the late 1990s in a remixed format on "Normal EP". Many of these remixes were recorded in 1992. Baby Ford,

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, and

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continued their explorations into minimal electronic music throughout the 1990s and well into the next decade through the iFach, Pal-SL and Trelik Record labels. ''iFach Vol. 1'' contained the first five releases on the iFach label. Releases appeared on

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, and Insumision/ Transglobal. He co-managed the labels Trelik and iFach, and worked with Trelik's Ian Loveday. His

ing work includes tracks by Stefan Robbers and

S'Express S'Express (pronounced ''ess-express''; sometimes spelled S'Xpress or S-Express) were a British dance music act from the late 1980s, who had one of the earliest commercial successes in the acid house genre. "Theme from S'Express", which containe ...

Discography

Albums

*''Ford Trax'' (

, 1988, BFORD3) *Ooo' The World of Baby Ford'' (Rhythm King (UK),

(US), 1989, BFORD5) *'' BFord9'' (Transglobal (Rhythm King) (UK), Sire (US), 1992) *''Headphoneasyrider'' (

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, 1997, BFORD12) *''Sacred Machine'' (Klang Electronic, 2001) *''Basking in the Brakelights'' (EFA, 2003) *''Birds'' (Pal, 2007)

Singles and EPs

*"Oochy Koochy (F.U. Baby Yeah Yeah)" (Rhythm King 1988) (BFORD1) - UK No. 58 *"Chikki Chikki Ahh Ahh" (Rhythm King 1988) (BFORD2) - UK No. 54 *"Children of the Revolution" (Rhythm King 1989) (BFORD4) - UK No. 53 *"Beach Bump" (Rhythm King 1990) (BFORD6) - UK No. 68 *"Change" (Rhythm King 1990) (BFORD7) *"In Your Blood" (Rhythm King 1992) (BFORD8) *"Fetish" (Rhythm King 1992) (BFORD10) *"Move-On" (Sire US 1992) (US-only release) *"Slow Hand" (PAL-SL 1) (BFORD11) *"Tall Storey" / "Now and Then" (Source Records) (BFORD13) *"Night D3 Died EP" (PAL-SL 4) (BFORD14) *"Normal EP" ( Rephlex 1999) (BFORD15)

References

External links

Baby Ford siteDiscogs: Baby FordThe Garage Recording Studio: Baby Ford
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