Rayan Gee, Nick Slater and LANX (Kevin Lancaster) met when they were very VERY young. They produced music for themselves and for the gigs they DJ'd at in their home town of Peterborough (Cambridgeshire)
but they hit it big in 1989 when multiple tracks from their self pressed album "Frequency" took hold of the emerging Rave scene.
The track that caught peoples attention were:
Homicide
Exorcist
Sweet Sensation
Sound of Eden
Frequency
If you like Shades of Rhythm you my also like
the DrumAttic Twins
From a quite country town the boys got thrown into a rave whirlwind that still carries an inertia to this very day.
Performing 2 to 4 times a week with other artists like the Prodigy,Njoi or K klass at raves like Raindance and Fantasia to clubs like the Astoria to the Hacienda it was the time of there lives, Shades were constantly on the road and this meant no more REAL work for them, their dancers, lighting and sound team "every day was a party" and it seemed at that time the whole country between the age of 18 and 30 thought exactly the same thing.
Once they had been snapped up by a major record label in this case ZTT (Warned brothers)and between partying and gigging the threesome manged to cork up considerable success on the live scene and also in the UK National charts Sound of Eden getting into the top 30 and Extacy reaching number 14 and warranting an appearance on Top of the Pops (and the less said about that the better haha).
The band recorded many more singles after Extacy but due to major record label bureaucracy the music was never released >;-!
In 1997 Nick & Lanx decided to release some of there other on their own record label Drumattic records, they had three main releases, the reaction was so good the Twins were subsequently picked up by top independant breaks label Finger Lickin Records.
All the S/O/R back catalogue is planned for re-release on none other than Finger Lickin records complete with some tantalizing remix work by the worlds finest breaks producers..........
So the show goes on!!!
S/O/R are still doing shows around the world, please check out their dates to see if they're in your area
thanks for the add! can you pls tell me if you had a song with the lyrics saying pick up the big bass drum???? i am sure yous done it as it was brilliant just like your music xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
EXCORIST. BPM'S PERFECT/ GIJJER PERFECT HOPE U GUYZ R FEELIN IN IT. DONT EVEN GO THERE, HOMCIDE, UP THERE WITH CHIME'S AND DELU OF GRANDUER. CANT SPELL FOR TOFFEE. U GOT BALLS
You guys were great.I have the VINYL of SWEET SENSATION. I think you used the sample of ALIEN my fav film on SWEET SENSATION. Unlikely you will,but i have written a breakbeat rave/dance one called SWEET SENSATION(ironic!and no similarities intended!).Be great for some feedback of yous.
hey guys thanx for the add and muzic over the years lost count how many times ive seen you at raves back in the day seems so long ago,88-91 please come back
we did meet, ya vocalist sang at Rythm Room Hull.. last summer... i dint even know till he sang & sounds of eden.. sounded spot on!! amazin & looked in DJ box... there he was!! Everyone was too messed up to notice... but i'm just there for music & dancing... even at 6.00am I new it was you's xxx
Love the tunes eversince seen guys at rezerection in newcastle. Is it right you's are doing a gig in newcastle very soon? Please let me know so I can inform the masses.. Cheers Alan
Thanks for the add.If you get chance swing back and check out RAVERS DREAM its my most breakbeat.Obviously you guys get asked this all the time,so hopes aren't high. Keep doing what you do!
Thanks a lot for the ad, your music was an inspiration to me back in the day and Sweet sensation and Sound of Eden brought back so many good memories from back in the day. Thank you for the music!
Homicide
The band recorded many more singles after Extacy but due to major record label bureaucracy the music was never released >;-!
