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Refimprove|date=January 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Sunscreem | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Essex , England | instrument = | genre = Techno House music|House Rave music|Rave Trance music|Trance | occupation = | years_active = 1991& ndash;2001 | label = | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = Lucia Holm Paul Carnell Nick Slingsby | past_members = Darren Woodford Rob Fricker Gary "Baz" Bailey Duane Brazier Sean Wright Dave Valentine Tony Rush Wayne Simms | notable_instruments =
Sunscreem is a techno / house music|house musical ensemble|band from Essex , England , who scored a number of hit record|hits on the United States|U.S. Hot Dance Club Play|Hot Dance Music/Club Play record chart|chart throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century. Sunscreem also has the rare reputation as a techno-based band that successfully performs concert s.Sherman: 'Sol Music', New Musical Express , 21-03-1992 Over a ten-year period, 12 of their singles made an entry to 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= 540
Career
The nucleus of the group is singing|lead vocalist / keyboardist Lucia Holm and fellow keyboardist Paul Carnell. The group has also, at times, included Darren Woodford, Rob Fricker, Sean Wright, Nick Slingsby (aka "Bongo Ted") and DJ Dave Valentine.
Sunscreem released a 12" promo of "Love U More" on the S2 Records|Sony Soho Square record label in 1991, a song which went on to spend two weeks at chart-topper|#1 on the U.S. Dance chart in March 1993. They had nightclub|club hits in the United Kingdom|UK with the single (music)|singles "Walk On" and "Pressure" (also on Sony Soho Square) before releasing their successful first album O3 on multiple labels in 1993. Other singles from O3 included "Perfect Motion" and a cover version|cover of the Marianne Faithfull record " Broken English (album)|Broken English ".
"Love U More" was one of the first techno songs to hit the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 , climbing to #36 (to date it is their only Hot 100 entry). It has subsequently been covered (usually in a bowdlerised form, omitting the climactic reference to rape and toning down other images in the lyrics) by other musician|artists including Paul Elstak , La Musique Populaire|LMP , Rollergirl and Steps (group)|Steps .
The band is known for having their songs remix ed by a wide variety of dance music record producer|producers . They have been those including Leftfield , Band of Gypsies, Carl Cox , Push , Rollo Armstrong from Faithless , Red Jerry , Matt Darey , Slam (band)|Slam , X-Press 2 , Trouser Enthusiasts , Robbie Rivera , Jimmy Gomez , K-Klass , Armand Van Helden and Fire Island (band)|Fire Island ( Pete Heller and Terry Farley) amongst others.
Ahead of their second album, the group released a variety of tracks under alternative names including a selection of 12-inches referred to as 'The Anna Series'. This included the instrumental "Angel Dub" credited to Anadin|Anna Din , and featured on many compilationsInformation primarily from discogs http://www.discogs.com/artist/Annadin, accessed 30-09-09 such as Renaissance: The Mix Collection by Sasha & John Digweed . These tracks were released independently, breaking the terms of their contract with Sony and leading to an increasingly strained relationship with the label.M.Taylor: 'Sunscreem caught taking Annadin', Essex Chronicle , 5-5-1995
Their second album was called Change Or Die , and from it the band released the singles "When" (U.S. Dance #1), "Exodus", "White Skies", "Secrets", and "Looking At You" (U.S. Dance #2). Despite all these singles, the album was not commercially released in major territories outside the UK, and the band therefore negotiated their release from the Sony Records contract. Their next release was a mainly instrumental limited edition CD called New Dark Times , issued on their own label Kali, which combined new material with tracks from the "Anna Series" and remixes from Change Or Die .
The band subsequently signed to UK dance label Pulse-8. Their next single, "Catch" (U.K. Dance #1,DJ Magazine Club Chart 15-08-1997 U.S. Dance #2), was from an album entitled Out Of The Woods , but the label went bankrupt in 1997 before its completion, and the album and the second single "Cover Me" were never released.
Since then there have been a handful of releases and compilations such as the Sunscreem vs Push "Please Save Me" single (US Dance #26, UK Singles #40), and a re-release of "Perfect Motion" with new remixes by Starchaser and Way Out West. In 2002, the group released Ten Mile Bank , which combined new and remixed material in the manner of New Dark Times , many of the tracks being club mixes of songs from the still-unissued Out of the Woods . Former lead singer Lucia Holm released a promo called " Heaven (The Psychedelic Furs song)|Heaven " (a cover of the Psychedelic Furs song) to radio station s in 2005, but it was never fully published.
Discography
O3 (1993)
Change or Die (1996)
New Dark Times (1996)
Looking at You: Club Anthems (1998)
Ten Mile Bank (2001)
Club Classics (2007) (digital download)
House Classics (2008) ( iTunes exclusive)
Love U More - The Very Best Of Sunscreem (2009)
Singles
"Walk On" (1991)
"Pressure" (1991)
"Love U More" (1992)
"Perfect Motion" (1992)
"Broken English" (1992)
"Pressure Us" (1993)
The above all appeared (in different mixes) on O3 . "Pressure Us" was a remake of "Pressure".
"When" (1995)
"Exodus" (1995)
"White Skies" (1995)
"Secrets" (1996)
"Looking At You" (1996)
The above appeared on Change Or Die . "Looking At You" was released in the US only.
"Catch" (1997)
This was the only single released from the cancelled Out of the Woods album.
"No Angel" (1999)
"Exodus '99" (1999)
"Please Save Me" (credited to Sunscreem vs Push, 2001)
"Coda" (2001)
"Perfect Motion 2002"
"Perfect Motion" (credited to James Fitch featuring Sunscreem, 2008)
These are remixes of old Sunscreem tracks. "Please Save Me" is a remix of "Who Will Love Me Now? ", which was recorded for the film soundtrack The Passion of Darkly Noon (though not used; a version by PJHarvey appeared instead).
The "Anna series" were issued on 12" only. Variants of these tracks were subsequently issued (some under different titles) on Change Or Die , New Dark Times and the "Exodus" single. "Time Flies" was an extended version of "A Brief History of Nonsense" from New Dark Times , itself a radical remix of "Exodus".
In addition, DJs Darren Tate and Judge Jules had a hit in 2000 with "It's My Turn" credited to Angelic, which was their previously-issued remix of Sunscreem's "Change" with the original vocal track replaced with a new one by Jules' wife Amanda O'Riordan. The track reached number 11 in the UK singles chart.
Videography
http://www.singingfool.com/player.asp? customerid=11319& src=AMG& PUBLISHEDID=601220 Sunscreem - "Love U More" video on Singingfool.com
See also
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
http://www.luciaholm.com Lucia Holm official website
http://www.sunscreem.net Unofficial fan website
Category:British dance music groups Category:British electronic music groups Category:English house music groups Category:British techno music groups Category:British trance music groups Category:Hardcore techno music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1991
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