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Biography
Refimprove|date=January 2009 Electribe 101 was a United Kingdom|British -based electronic music musical ensemble|group in the late 1980s and early 1990s, management|managed by Tom Watkins (music manager)|Tom Watkins of Bros , Pet Shop Boys , and 2wo Third3 fame.
Career
Named after a Soviet Union|Soviet refrigerator and the Roland SH-101 synthesizer , the band was composed of four electronic composer s and Record producer|producer s from Birmingham (Brian Nordhoff, Joe Stevens, Les Fleming, and Roberto Cimarosti) and a female vocalist from Hamburg , Germany ( Billie Ray Martin ).
Before signing with Mercury Records|Mercury / PolyGram Records in 1988, the group released its first single (music)|single , "Talking With Myself," without much success. However, before its next single release, Martin guested with Eric Robinson of Eric and the Good Good Feeling on the S'Express Gramophone record|record "Hey, Music Lover."
The Top 40|Top 10 success of "Hey, Music Lover" sparked interest from the music journalism|music press in Martin's band, although Eric and the Good Good Feeling's album flopped.Fact|date=January 2009 Electribe 101 signed with Mercury Records|Mercury / PolyGram Records , and its single (music)|single "Tell Me When The Fever Ended" was issued. It reached number 32 in the UK Singles Chart .cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 180
In 1990 Electribe 101 released its debut album , Electribal Memories . The group also re-released its single "Talking With Myself," which reached #23 on the UK Singles Chart. In late 1990, the band released its version of the Jesse Rae song "Inside Out" (a hit record|hit for Odyssey (band)|Odyssey ) and toured as support act for Depeche Mode.
Starting work on recording their second album, the band had differences of opinion with Mercury and tensions grew between the band's members. Mercury declined to release their second album and Electribe 101 split in early 1992. Not wanting to carry on under the Electribe 101 name without Martin who embarked on a solo career, the band renamed itself The Groove Corporation and signed with the Network Records subsidiary label Six6.
"Talking With Myself" - ( Mercury Records|Mercury / PolyGram Records ) 1988
"Tell Me When The Fever Ended" - (Mercury/PolyGram Records) 1989 UK Singles Chart|UK #32
"Talking With Myself" - (Mercury/PolyGram Records) 1990 UK #23
"You're Walking" - (Mercury/PolyGram Records) 1990 UK #50
"Inside Out" - (Mercury/PolyGram Records) 1990
"Rain" as 'The Groove Corporation' - (Six6/ Network Records ) 1994 #72
"Talking With Myself" (1998 remix ) - (Mercury/PolyGram Records) 1998 UK #39
Albums
Electribal Memories ( Mercury Records|Mercury / PolyGram Records ) 1990 UK Albums Chart|UK #26 - reissued as The Best of Electribe 101 featuring Billie Ray Martin in 2002.
Co-operation - as the Groove Corporation (Six6/Network Records) 1994
References
reflist Category:British electronic music groups Category:English dance music groups Category:British techno music groups Category:Ambient music groups Category:Music in Birmingham, West Midlands
