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: For other uses of the title The Grid, see Grid (disambiguation) . Refimprove|date=October 2010Infobox musical artist | name = The Grid | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = England | genre = House music|House Techno music|Techno Ambient house | years_active = 1988–1996 2003–present | label = East West Records|East West , Virgin Records|Virgin , Deconstruction Records|Deconstruction , Some Bizzare Records|Some Bizzare | associated_acts = Soft Cell , Chris Braide | website = | current_members = Richard Norris (musician)|Richard Norris David Ball (musician)|David Ball | past_members = Sacha Rebecca Souter ( singer / vocals ) | notable_instruments =
The Grid are an England|English electronic dance music|electronic dance musical ensemble|group , consisting of Richard Norris (musician)|Richard Norris and David Ball (musician)|David Ball (formerly of Soft Cell ), with guest contributions from other musician s. They are best known for the hit record|hits "Swamp Thing", "Crystal Clear", "Rollercoaster", " Floatation (song)|Floatation ", and "Cybernetic" (with Robert Fripp and Phil Manzanera ).
Band members
Richard Norris (musician)|Richard Norris (born 23 June 1965, London ) - Keyboard instrument|keyboards
David Ball (musician)|David Ball (born 3 May 1959, Blackpool , Lancashire ) - keyboards
Sacha Rebecca Souter (musician) (born 26 November 1963, Cockerton , County Durham ) - Vocals
Biography
The Grid formed in 1988 and had their first success with debut single (music)|single , "Floatation", released on East West Records in 1990. They went on to release a string of ten UK hit single s and four album s, and concert tour|toured the United Kingdom|UK , Europe , Asia and Australia . The group's 1994 album Evolver (The Grid album)|Evolver reached #14 in the UK Albums 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= 236 The lead single from this album, "Swamp Thing", featuring elaborate banjo lines played by Roger Dinsdale. "Swamp Thing" proved to be a commercial success in the UK, Europe and Australia, reaching #3 in the UK and Australia and selling a total of one million copies.Citation needed|date=April 2011 In 1996, Norris and Ball agreed to a hiatus period in order pursue individual music interests. Norris formed the Droyds, which went on to remix tracks by musicians including Armand Van Helden and Siobhan Fahey , and wrote the official biography of Paul Oakenfold (published in 2007): Ball reformed Soft Cell with Marc Almond , and also wrote music scores for film s.Citation needed|date=January 2009 Norris has since formed the psychedelic duo, Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve, with DJ Erol Alkan, and has released a number of solo records and remixes under the name The Time and Space Machine.
The duo reunited in 2005, initially playing two gigs under the name GDM with female singer Misty Woods , before writing and recording new material as the Grid. A single, "Put Your Hands Together", was released in 2007 and an album, Doppelgänger (The Grid album)|Doppelgänger , followed in 2008. Both were released on the Some Bizzare Records|Some Bizzare label. The album featured vocals by the British musician, Chris Braide .
Discography
Albums
Year !! Album !! UK Albums Chart !! Label
1990
1992
1994
1995
2008
Singles
Year !! Single !! UK Singles Chart
1989
1989
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2006
2007
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/mattski/Grid/ Grid Central - An Unofficial Page for The Grid
http://www.banjohangout.org/archive/153859 Death of Roger Dinsdale.
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p44881|pure_url=yes The Grid on allmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/gridmusic The Grid MySpace page
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