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Artist: Sunscreem
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Sunscreem

Group Members:

Holm, Sean Wright, Darren Woodford, Lucia Holm, Rob Fricker, Paul Carnell

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One Dove, Björk, Saint Etienne, The Beloved, Faithless, Republica, The Shamen, Cathy Dennis, Army of Lovers, The KLF, EMF
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  • Formed: 1991, Essex, England
  • Genres: Electronica
  • Representative Albums: "Looking at You: Club Anthems," "O3," "Change or Die"
  • Representative Songs: "Love U More," "Looking at You," "Catch"

Biography

One of the first rave-pop groups with live-performance abilities as well, Sunscreem formed around Paul Carnell and Lucia Holm (both on keyboards and vocals) with a handful of contributors including guitarists Darren Woodford and Wayne Simms, bassist Rob Fricker, drummer Sean Wright and Baz the DJ. Holm was a session cellist -- with credits including Dream Academy's "Life in a Northern Town" -- when she met Carnell at a warehouse rave in Essex and agreed to form a band. Early singles "Walk On" and "Pressure" became moderate British hits and dancefloor favorites, while 1993's "Love U More" became their trademark song (and biggest hit). The debut Sunscreem album O3 was released in 1993, earning American release through Columbia. The "Perfect Motion" single also became a hit, but the group had disappeared from the charts by the mid-'90s. Their second album Change or Die was finally released in 1996, while the retrospective Looking at You: Club Anthems appeared in 1998. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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Sunscreem
Origin Essex, England
Genres Techno
House
Rave
Trance
Years active 1991 - 2001
Members
Lucia Holm
Paul Carnell
Nick Slingsby
Former members
Darren Woodford
Rob Fricker
Gary "Baz" Bailey
Sean Wright
Dave Valentine
Tony Rush
Wayne Simms

Sunscreem is a techno/house band from Essex, England, who scored a number of hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century. Sunscreem also has the rare reputation as a techno-based band that successfully performs concerts.[1] Over a ten year period twelve of their singles made an entry to the UK Singles Chart.[2]

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Career

The nucleus of the group is 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 Sony Soho Square record label in 1991, a song which went on to spend two weeks at #1 on the U.S. Dance chart in March 1993. They had club hits in the UK with the 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 of the Marianne Faithfull record "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 by a number of other artists including Paul Elstak, LMP, Rollergirl and Steps.

The band is known for having their songs remixed by a wide variety of dance music producers. They have been those including Leftfield, Band of Gypsies, Carl Cox, Push, Rollo Armstrong from Faithless, Red Jerry, Matt Darey, Slam, X-Press 2, Trouser Enthusiasts, Robbie Rivera, K-Klass, Armand Van Helden and Fire Island (Pete Heller and Terry Farley) amongst others.

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. They put out a remixed and mainly instrumental alternative to Change Or Die, called New Dark Times, through their own label Kali, and a variety of tracks under alternative names[3] including a selection of 12-inches referred to as 'The Anna Series'. This included the instrumental Annadin "Angel", featured on many compilations[4] such as Renaissance: The Mix Collection by Sasha & John Digweed.

The band subsequently signed to UK dance label Pulse-8. Their next single, "Catch" (U.K. Dance #1[5], 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), the Ten Mile Bank remix/compilation album, and a re-release of "Perfect Motion" with new remixes by Starchaser and Way Out West. Former lead singer Lucia Holm released a promo called "Heaven" to radio stations in 2005, but it was never fully published.

Discography

  • Love U More (1991)
  • 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)

Videography

See also

References

  1. ^ Sherman: 'Sol Music', New Musical Express, 21-03-1992
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 540. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  3. ^ M.Taylor: 'Sunscreem caught taking Annadin', Essex Chronicle, 5-5-1995
  4. ^ Information primarily from discogs http://www.discogs.com/artist/Annadin, accessed 30-09-09
  5. ^ DJ Magazine Club Chart 15-08-1997

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