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Biography
Otheruses Krush were a United Kingdom|UK dance music group, who had a crossover (music)|crossover hit single with " House Arrest (song)|House Arrest " in 1987.
Career
The group consisted of musician s Mark Gamble, Cassius Campbell and record producer s Mark Brydon and Robert Gordon. Their second single "Walking On Sunshine" was a nightclub|club hit in 1992, and peaked at #71 in the UK Singles Chart. Ruth Joy was the featured singer|vocalist . Brydon went on to have continued success with a variety of other projects within House music|house /dance music. The most notable of these was as the producer of The Funky Worm, who had a Top 40 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1988, with "Hustle (To The Music)".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= 217 However, Brydon's biggest success came from the mid 1990s onwards with vocalist Róisín Murphy , as the producer of Moloko . Gordon was also well known within Sheffield's music scene, and was the co-producer of Forgemasters , "Track With No Name", one of the seminal tracks of the Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass scene. Gordon was also a co-founder of Warp Records , until leaving the label acrimoniously in 1991.
"House Arrest", a sampling (music)|sample based dance track, reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1987 and January 1988.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= 308 Alongside similar releases by artists such as Bomb the Bass and S-Express , "House Arrest" is considered a pioneering example of United Kingdom|British house music.Citation needed|date=December 2010 It has since been licensed to numerous compilation album s.
In 1989, Ruth Joy (real name Ruth Joy Oram) launched a solo career, releasing the single "Don't Push It" ( UK Singles chart|UK #66)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= 291 (backed with "Gimme Your Love") on MCA Records . Both tracks were produced by Mantronik . She followed it up with the single "Soul Power", and in 1991 she released "Feel" (UK #67). All of these tracks, plus some additional ones, ended up on her 1992 album, Pride And Joy .
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