Bassomatic

Bassomatic

Bassomatic

British band

This article is about the band. For the cipher, see BassOmatic. For the "Super Bass-O-Matic '76" sketch, see Dan Aykroyd.

Bassomatic (sometimes written as Bass-O-Matic) were a British band from Sheffield, South Yorkshire that recorded house music in the 1990s. A project of William Orbit, the band included vocalist Sharon Musgrave and rapper MC Inna Onestep amongst others.[1] For the second album, singer Sindy Finn replaced Sharon Musgrave on vocals.[1] Both albums were produced at Guerilla Studios, founded by William Orbit with Laurie Mayer and Grant Gilbert, and released by Virgin Records.

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Their first album was 1990's Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass, the title track derived from Pink Floyd's "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun".[1] This album was re-released in 1997. A subsequent album, Science and Melody, was released in 1991.[1]

Bassomatic's biggest hit single was "Fascinating Rhythm" in 1990, which reached No. 9 in the UK Singles Chart,[2] and performed well on the UK Dance Chart.

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References

  1. [1]
    Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 35. ISBN 0-7535-0427-8.
  2. [2]
    "Official Charts Company: Bass-o-matic". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
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    "Bassomatic Discography". discogs. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
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    "Bass-o-matic – Dutch chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 1 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
  5. [5]
    "Bass-o-matic – US Dance Club Songs Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2014.


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