Friday 28 October 2022

Two Cowboys

Two cowboys is an Italian Euro House project consisting of Maurizio Braccagni and Roberto Gallo Salsotto and best known for the UK Dance #1 hit, "Everybody gonfi-gon". They also remixed a number of tracks in the mid-90s for such acts like Berri and DJ Dado.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1994    7	Everybody Gonfi-Gon

What happened next?
Both Maurizio and Roberto went on to have successful careers as producers. Maurizio created his own label MABRA Records and studio in 2006.

T-Spoon

T-Spoon is a Dutch Eurodance project founded in 1991 by rapper Shalamon Baskin (aka Shamrock) and co-founder Remy de Groot (aka Prince Peration). They are best known in the UK for "Sex on the beach" that reached #2 in 1998 and reworking "Tom's Diner" as "Tom's Party". 90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1998    2	Sex on the beach
Jan 1999   27	Tom's Party

What happened next?
T-Spoon last known release was "Summertime" in 2016. More recently, Remy de Groot explained that the name actually came from a western TV show in which the sheriff was called Teaspoon.

Tricky Disco / Technohead

Tricky Disco / Technohead is an English group consisting of Lee Newman and Michael Wells. As Tricky Disco, they had a song wih eponymous, "Tricky Disco". As Technohead, they had multiple hits including "I want to be a hippy".

90 Hits (Discography) as Tricky Disco:
Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1990   14	Tricky Disco
90 Hits (Discography) as Technohead:
Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1996    6	I want to be a hippy
Apr 1996   18	Happy Birthday

What happened next?
Tragically Lee Newman died of cancer in 1995. Wells continued to work numerous projects. One of his later ventures was S.O.L.O. with a number of tracks released in 2017. As Technohead, the "Wasted EP" was released in 2019.

Tricky

Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws (better known as Tricky) is an English born (Jan 27) musician and actor. He began his career as an early collaborator of Massive Attack, before embarking on a solo career with his debut album and considered as a pioneer of trip hop music. He teamed up with the American hip hop outfit, The Gravediggaz in 1995 on the Hell EP.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1995   34	Overcome
Apr 1995   28	Black Steel
Aug 1995   12	The Hell EP (vs The Gravediggaz)
Nov 1995   26	Pumpkin
Nov 1996   36	Christiansands
Jan 1997   28	Tricky Kid
May 1997   29	Makes Me Wanna Die
May 1998   25	Money Greedy / Broken Homes

What happened next?
Tricky's most recent work was as featured with Silent Strike & Lucia on the 2022 song, "Skip".

Touch and Go

Touch and Go was a collaboration between television composer David Lowe, trumpeter James Lynch and featured vocalist Vanessa Lancaster. (Radio presenter and music journalist Charlie Gillett and co-founder of Oval Music Gordon Nelki were involved in the project as A&R consultants.)

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1998    3	Would you?

What happened next?
David Lowe has been mainly working on Television and Radio projects over the years. He has contributed to a number of British programmes includeing the BBC News, The One Show and Grand Designs.

Sunday 23 October 2022

Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton is an American born (Oct 7) singer and actress. Known for her husky alto voice, has won seven Grammy Awards and has sold over forty million records worldwide. She started off as a group with her sisters, the Braxtons. Besk known for "You're makin' me high", which reach #1 on both the Canada and US dance charts as well as the US singles chart. "Un-break my heart" and "I don't want to know" also peaked at #1 on the US dance chart. "Un-break my heart" was also reached the top of US Hot 100 chart.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1994    2	Breathe Again
Apr 1994   15	Another Sad Love Song
Jul 1994   30	You Mean The World To Me
Dec 1994   33	Love Shoulda Brought You Home
Jul 1996    7	You're Makin' Me High
Nov 1996    2	Un-Break My Heart
May 1997    9	I Don't Want To
Nov 1997   22	How Could An Angel Break My Heart (with Kenny G)

What happened next?
Toni Braxton would a couple of hits in noughties with "He wasn't man enough" reaching UK#5. Her most recent album was "Spell my name" which feature the US R&B number 1 hits, "Do it" and "Gotta move on". Toni appeared on the sixth season of the American version of the "Masked Singer" as Pufferfish but was third to be eliminated.

Tinman

Tinman is project put together by Paul Dakeyne. Best known for track, "18 strings", which reached #1 on both the UK and Canada dance charts. Other aliases: Hedo, Terpsichord, Tinman, Tinman Out, Zone Ranger.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1994    9	Eighteen Strings

What happened next?
Tinman has recorded numerous dance tracks but under multiple aliases like Hedo, Terpsichord, Tinman Out and Zone Ranger.

Time Frequency

Time Frequency is a Scottish rave band, formed in 1990 by producer Jon Campbell. Famous for a "hands-in-the-air" sound, typified by Techno rhythm & piano breakdowns such as contemporaries N-Joi & Bizarre Inc. Their biggest hit was the 1993 remix of Real Love (which reached #8 in the UK charts), although they are also remembered for New Emotion & The Ultimate High. All these songs featured Mary Kiani as vocalist.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1993   36	New Emotion
Jun 1993   17	The Ultimate High / The Power Zone
Nov 1993    8	Real Love
May 1994   25	Such A Phantasy
Oct 1994   32	Dreamscape '94

What happened next?
Time Frequency re-released "Real Love" in 2002 but narrowly failed to chart (UK#43). Their most recent single was "Home" in 2018.

Three Drives

Three Drives is a Dutch trance group founded by Erik de Koning and Ton van Empel (DJ Ton T.B.) in 1997. Best known for their EP "Greece 2000".

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1999   12	Greece 2000

What happened next?
Three Drives had a couple more tracks reach the UK Top 75 with "Carrera 2" reaching #57 in 2003 and "Air traffic" reaching #75 in 2004. In June 2014, van Empel decided to leave the group. According to discogs.com, their most recent offering was "somewhere out there" in 2017.

Taboo

Taboo was a German Eurodance project from Nico Dee and Piero Brunetti and best knoen for Canada Dance #1 hit, "I dream of you tonight".

What happened next?
"I dream of you tonight" appears to be the only release as Taboo. However, Dee and Brunetti on many different projects include one they worked together on, Culture Trance.

Thursday 20 October 2022

System F

System F is a project of dutch trance DJ and producer Ferry Corsten (also known as Gouryella).

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1999   14	Out of the blue

What happened next?
System F would have another top 20 hit with "Cry" in 2000. Ferry Corsten had producing and recording tracks over the years. Most recent effort was with Morgan Page featuring Cara Merlin on "Wounded".

Sweetbox

Sweetbox is a German pop-dance music project created by producer Heiko Schmidt and Roberto "Geo" Rosan (Geo) The act merged a number of different music styles. The debut release was "Booyah (Here We Go)" in 1995 together with vocalist Kimberly Kearney (Tempest). The project is best known for the international hit, "Everything's gonna be alright", a song derivated from "Air" out of Suit No 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Tina Harris was the vocalist on the track but despite the success, left the group.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1998   5	Everything's gonna be alright

What happened next?
Geo left the project in 2007 but rejoined in 2020 along with previous singer, Jade Villalon and recorded an album, "Da Capo" in 2020.

Sub Sub

Sub Sub are a Manchester based group consisting of twin brothers Andy Williams and Jez Williams, and Jimi Goodwin. Their biggest hit was "Ain't no love" featuring vocalist Melanie Williams (unrelated?), which reached UK#3 in 1993.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1993    3	Ain't no love (Ain't no use)

What happened next?
In 1998, the group completely changed styles to alt-rock as they renamed themselves as Doves. They went on have success in 2000s with "There goes the fear" reaching #3 in 2002 and "Nlack and white town" reaching #6 in 2005. Doves are still together with the most recent album being "The Universal Want" in 2020. Melanie Williams is currently a vocalist in another group, "Butterfly Jam".

(Adventures of) Stevie V

"Adventures of Stevie V" was a project of English born (Aug 9) dance music producer, singer and songwriter Steven Vincent (better known as Stevie V). The project consisted of Stevie, Mick Walsh and singer Melody Washington. The project is best known for the song, "Dirty Cash", which reached #2 in the UK and was #1 on both the Canada and US Dance charts.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1990    2	Dirty Cash
Sep 1990   29	Body Language

What happened next?
The project released a second album, "Satisfy me" which unfortunately didn't satisfy the public and the project was wound up. Stevie V would go on to teach music technology at Bedford College, Bedford as well as running the Beatbox International Recordings label.

Stevie B

Steven Bernara Hill (better known as Stevie B) Singer, songwriter and producer Stevie B. was among the leading lights of the Miami dance music (freestyle) scene of the late 1980s, later reaching the top of the US chart with the megahit "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)."

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1991    6	Because I love you (The Postman Song)

What happened next?
Stevie B still performs and his most recent singles from 2020 were "Now that we found love again" and a remix of "If you leave me now" with Trinere.

Sunday 9 October 2022

Sphinx

Sphinx was a project from the duo consisting of Rob Dougan and Roland Armstrong (Rollo). The only single released by Sphinx was 'What Hope Have I' in 1995. Vocals were performed by Sabrina Johnston. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Dance chart in 1995.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	USD	Song
Mar 1995   43	 1	What hope have I

What happened next?
Rob Dougan and Rollo have gone on to become a successful composer and music producer respoectively. Dougan is best known for "Clubbed to death" that was used the original Matrix movie (1999).

Spacedust

Spacedust is production project from Duncan Glasson and Paul Glancy. The commercial dance act profited on the juridic void over the Thomas Bangalter record "Gym Tonic" (released by Bob Sinclar). Their single "Gym And Tonic" reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1998. The video for the song, despite being made in the late 1990's, is known for being cheaply made and has featured on a worst video list before.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1998    1	Gym and Tonic
Mar 1999   20	Let's get down

What happened next?
Glasson went on to remix a few tracks in the early 2000s. Glancy founded Spirit Production.

Shy FX

Andre Williams (better known as Shy FX) arrived on the scene with the underground ragga-jungle anthem "Original Nuttah" (with UK Apachi). He recorded a couple of songs "Gangsta Kid" and "Sound Of The Beast" under S.O.U.R. records. Shy FX started his own Ebony Recordings label soon after, releasing more classic Jungle tunes like "The Message" and "Wolf" in 1997. The former was UK Dance #1 as was "Bambaata" om 1999.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1994   39	Original Nuttah (UK Apachi featuring Shy FX)

What happened next?
Shy FX would have his biggest hit to date in 2002 when collaborating with T Power on "Shake ur body" reached #7 in the UK. He had a couple more hits with "Don't wanna know" (UK#19, 2002) and "Feelin' u" (UK#34, 2003). In 2005, Shy FX focused on his Digital Soundboy venture. He has worked with numerous artists notably Cara Delevingne and Sweetie Irie on "Raggamuffin Soundtape" in 2019. His most recent work was "Amazing" with Voltage featuring Agent Sasco and is currently touring the UK.

Shut up & Dance

Shut up and dance are English DJ duo consisting of Carlton Hyman (Smiley) and Philip Johnson (PJ). When no record label would sign them, they decided to start their own label, Shut Up and Dance Music. Best known for revamping "Walking in Memphis" into the UK #2 hit "Raving I'm raving" in 1992.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1992    2	Raving I'm Raving
Apr 1995   25	Save it 'til the mourning after

What happened next?
Shut up & Dance are still more or less about. Their last release was "New Script" in 2021.

Shanks & Bigfoot

Shanks and Bigfoot is a project from the duo of Danny Langsman and Steven Meade. Best known for the UK chart topper, "Sweet like chocolate". They also recorded under the name, Doolally.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
May 1999    1	Sweet like chocolate

What happened next?
Shanks and Bigfoot had a follow-up single, "Sing a long" make #12 on the UK chart in 2000.

Sasha

Alexander Paul Coe (better known professionally as Sasha), is a Welsh born (Sep 4) DJ and record producer. He is best known for his live events and electronic music as a solo artist, as well as his collaborations with British DJ John Digweed as Sasha & John Digweed. He is best known for UK Dance chart-topper "Be as one" featuring Maria Nayler.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1994   19	Higher Ground
Aug 1994   32	Magic (with Sam Mollison)
Mar 1996   17	Be As One (with Maria)

What happened next?
Sasha continues mix and DJ. His most recent release was reworking Photek's "Aviator".