MARDEN HILL
Genres: Jazz Related Electronica, Hip-Hop • United Kingdom

Mark Daniels and Christopher Bemand first teamed up in 1994 as part of the seminal British acid jazz band, Marden Hill. Their provocative first single, "Come On" (described by one zealous reviewer as a '"Green Onions" for the '90s'), was quickly snagged by the nascent label Mo'Wax, becoming one of the label's first commercial successes. The song was also included on the band's debut album, Blown Away (re-released one year later in the United States as Hijacked), an eclectic affair released on the On Delancey Street label. The album earned strong critical appraisals, and spawned, as a description for the music, perhaps one of the most influential terms of the mid-'90s music scene: trip-hop. After Marden Hill went their separate ways in 1997, Daniels and Bemand struck out on their own to experiment with a multimedia concept built around two lowlife cartoon alter egos, Beamish & Fly. from allmusic