Mercury 1989. Mercury 876 231-1
Electribe 101 were a short-lived project championed by Peel, as was so much on this blog, but which folded due to an unjust lack of commercial success and stupid arguments with their label.
They were, in theory a house music band, composed of 4 electronics geeks from Birmingham and a rather wonderful but improbably named German singer; Billie Ray Martin. The result was a slick but soulful sound which sounded rather incongruous when Peel played it, but he was spot on about how good they were.
Billie Ray Martin, as befits someone with such a great voice has had a long and interesting career since, but I’m not at all certain what happened top the rest of the band. By an odd co-incidence this track was written by Larry Heard, aka Mr Fingers.
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Very happy to have these remixes. Brings back memories of clubbing. Thanks. More Electribe 101 to come?
I’m afraid not, this is all I have. Not sure why I didn’t buy more…