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
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genre.
The main contributors of the team are the
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DJs
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and
producers
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, Simon Slater, Laurence Nelson-Boudville and Simon Hanson.
The name 'Gat Decor' was derived from an
anagram of 'Tag Records', a
record store based in
Soho
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,
London
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.
Although Gat Decor does not have an extensive catalog (two proper singles and a handful of
remixes), 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 "
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
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"Chronologie Part 6"
* 1994 The Good Strawberries "Eyes on a Summer Day"
See also
*
Phunky Phantom
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