The Grid
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The Grid | |
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Origin | England |
Genres | House, techno, ambient house |
Years active | 1988–1996 2003–present |
Labels | East West, Virgin, Deconstruction, Some Bizzare |
Associated acts | Soft Cell |
Members | Richard Norris David Ball |
Past members | Sacha Rebecca Souter (singer/vocals) |
The Grid are an English electronic dance group, consisting of David Ball (formerly of Soft Cell) and Richard Norris,[1] with guest contributions from other musicians. They are best known for the hits "Swamp Thing", "Crystal Clear", "Rollercoaster" and "Floatation".
Contents
Band members
- Richard Norris (born 23 June 1965, London) – keyboards
- David Ball (born 3 May 1959, Blackpool, Lancashire) – keyboards
- Sacha Rebecca Souter (born 26 November 1963, Durham, County Durham) – vocals
History
The Grid formed in 1988, after both Ball and Norris had worked with Psychic TV on the Jack the Tab – Acid Tablets Volume One album. They recorded the track "Meet Every Situation Head On" together as "M.E.S.H.". The Grid had their first success with their debut single, "Floatation", released on East West Records in 1990. They went on to release a string of ten UK hit singles and four albums,[1] and toured the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia. The group's 1994 album Evolver reached No. 14 in the UK Albums Chart.[1] The lead single from this album, "Swamp Thing", features elaborate banjo lines played by Roger Dinsdale. "Swamp Thing" proved to be a commercial success in the UK, Europe and Australia, reaching No. 3 in the UK[1] and Australia and selling a total of one million copies.[citation needed]
In 1996, Norris and Ball agreed to a hiatus 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 films.[citation needed] 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, followed in 2008. Both were released on the Some Bizzare label. The album featured vocals by the British musician, Chris Braide.
Discography
Albums
Year | Album | UK Albums Chart[1] | Label |
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1990 | Electric Head | – | East West Records |
1992 | 456 | – | Virgin Records |
1994 | Evolver[2] | 14 | Deconstruction Records |
1995 | Music for Dancing | 67 | Deconstruction Records |
2008 | Doppelgänger | – | Some Bizzare Records |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
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AUS | AUT | BEL (Vl) |
GER | IRE | SWE | UK [1] |
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1989 | "On the Grid" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | |||||
"Intergalactia" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Electric Head | ||||||
1990 | "Floatation" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 60 | ||||||
"A Beat Called Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | |||||||
"Origins of Dance" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 96 | Single only | ||||||
1991 | "Boom!" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 456 | |||||
1992 | "Figure of 8" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | ||||||
"Heartbeat" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | |||||||
1993 | "Crystal Clear" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | ||||||
"Texas Cowboys" | — | — | 40 | — | 18 | 36 | 17 | Evolver | ||||||
"Swamp Thing" | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
1994 | "Rollercoaster" | — | — | 45 | — | 11 | 31 | 19 | ||||||
1995 | "Diablo" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | Music for Dancing | |||||
2007 | "Put Your Hands Together" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Doppelgänger | |||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
References
External links
- Pages with reference errors
- Use British English from August 2015
- Use dmy dates from January 2015
- Articles with hCards
- Articles with unsourced statements from April 2011
- Articles with unsourced statements from January 2009
- English dance music groups
- English electronic music groups
- English house music groups
- English techno music groups
- Remixers
- Virgin Records artists
- Electronic music duos