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Refimprove|date=January 2011Infobox musical artist | name = S'Express| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = United Kingdom | genre = House music | years_active = 1988–1994| label = Capitol Records|Capitol / EMI|EMI Records Rhythm King Records|Rhythm King / Sire Records|Sire / Warner Bros. Records Kitsune Records | associated_acts = Billie Ray Martin | website =| current_members = Mark Moore | past_members = Sonique (artist)|Sonique Michellé Mark D Jocasta Pascal Gabriel | notable_instruments ='''S'Express' (pronounced ess-express ; sometimes spelled 'S'Xpress or S-Express ; otherwise known as Victim of the Ghetto ) were a United Kingdom|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 ", based on Rose Royce 's "Is It Love You're After", was also one of the earliest recordings to capitalize on a resurgence of sampling (music)|sampling culture and went to number one in the United Kingdom as well as the Hot Dance Club Play chart in the United States (also scraping into the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at #91).
Biography
The main player in the act was disc jockey|DJ / Record producer|producer and remix er Mark Moore . In 1989, the group released its debut album, Original Soundtrack (album)|Original Soundtrack , which featured a line-up of Mark M (Moore, noise engineer), Michellé (microdot clarinet and vox), Mark D (trumpet, noise, boogie factor), Jocasta (hi-hat hairspray, background vox), and Pascal ( Pascal Gabriel , noise engineer). The album consisted of slightly longer versions of S-Express's "Theme" and its follow-up hits "Superfly Guy" (UK #5) and "Hey Music Lover" (UK #6), along with an album's worth of new compositions. Singer Billie Ray Martin also appeared on several tracks on its debut.
By the release of the second album Intercourse , the act was reduced to a duo of Moore with new vocalist and DJ Sonique (artist)|Sonique . Although not as successful as its debut, Intercourse spawned several mid-charting UK singles and club hits, most notably "Nothing to Lose", co-written with Martin Gordon , as were several other tunes on the record. Sonique, already a successful DJ, eventually embarked on a solo career and produced one of the biggest club hits of the late 1990s (" It Feels So Good "). Moore went on to release many singles, remixes and albums on his own and also formed the band Needledust.
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of acid house, Mark Moore resurrected S'Express from the "cryogenic chamber", http://www.myspace.com/markmoore MySpace.com - Mark Moore - London, UK - Electrique / New Wave / Electronique - www.myspace.com/markmoore and released a song on the French Kitsune record label called "Stupid Little Girls."
Mark Moore has also remixed Client (band)|Client , Soft Cell , and the B-52's .
Discography
Albums
1989 Original Soundtrack (album)|Original Soundtrack - (Rhythm King, LEFT CD8)- UK Albums Chart|UK #5cite 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= 477
1 remixes by Tony De Vit , Aquarius and Carl Craig available in Australia through Central Station Records (also released in the UK and Europe), and accredited to Mark Moore presents S'Express.
2 released on download and 12" vinyl only.
See also
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.markmoore.com/ Mark Moore's Official Website
http://www.sonique.co.uk/ Sonique
https://www.facebook.com/markmoore.sexpress Mark Moore/S'Express Facebook
http://twitter.com/markmoore01/ Mark Moore's Twitter
http://www.worldmusicdatabase.org/profile.php? id=S%B4%20Express& tag=ONzfhOcf-g9MjRi S'Express at WorldMusicDatabase
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