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kosheen :
biography :
once in a while, a band comes along that doesn’t just ignore the rule book, but rewrites it. since forming in the late 90’s, kosheen have proved that success doesn’t have to come on someone else’s terms. fusing the plaintive, potent vocals of singer sian evans with the darkly intimate electronica of darren decoder and markee substance (aka kosheen djs), kosheen create songs where the sounds tell the story as much as the lyrics while the boundaries of genres are blurred and challenged.
the foundations of this revolution were laid years earlier when music changed the lives of all three of the band members. darren decoder – aka darren beale – played and wrote music for years in various punk bands at school in weston-super-mare, always recording their efforts and so developing a simultaneous interest in the production side. when he went to university in 1989, though, he realised something was missing.
“i was getting bored of the sound of the guitar,” he remembers. “i was putting it through so many effects and pedals that it wasn’t even
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Kosheen, one of the UK’s booming live electronic music showstoppers, broke into prominence with their hit ‘Hide U‘ off their debut album in 2001, the platinum selling ‘Resist’, followed by crossover hits ‘Catch‘, ‘Hungry‘ and ‘All In My Head‘.
Kosheen successfully placed two UK Top Ten albums, topped the UK and European music charts and won lots of awards with their unique blend of breakbeat rhythms of drum’n’bass to a more traditional songcraft, a side of the band embodied by singer and songwriter Sian Evans.
The band, with Sian at the helm, garnered 5 studio albums and earned themselves the reputation of being one of the most iconic performing bands of their time.
This year, Kosheen is back on the road with a massive UK tour to celebrate 25 years of music, performing the best tracks spanning the career.
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Kosheen
Kosheen é uma bandabritânica de drum and bass e trip rock formada em 1999 por Sian Evans, Markee Substance e Darren Decoder.
O nome da banda é uma combinação das palavras japonesas "velho" (古, 'ko') e "novo" (新, 'shin'), embora também faça referência ao nome Cochise, o guerreiro apache da América do Norte.[1]
Discografia
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[editar | editar código-fonte]| Ano | Single | Posições nas paradas musicais | ||||||
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| UK | AUS | US Dance Sales | IRE | ITA | AUT | GER | ||
| 1999 | "Yes Men" | |||||||
| "Dangerous Waters" | ||||||||
| 2000 | "Hide U"/"Empty Skies" | |||||||
| "Catch" | ||||||||
| 2001 | "(Slip & Slide) Suicide" | |||||||
| "Hide U (Remix)" | ||||||||
| "Catch" (re-lançamento) | ||||||||