S'Express

S'Express (pronounced ess-express; sometimes spelled S'Xpress or S-Express) were a British dance music act from the late 1980s, who had one of the earliest commercial successes in the acid house genre.
"Theme from S'Express", which contained elements from Rose Royce's "Is It Love You're After", was one of the earliest recordings to capitalize on the emergence of sampling culture. The song went to number one in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in April 1988. It made the Hot Dance Club Play chart in the US (also scraping into the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number 91).
The main player in the act was disc jockey and producer Mark Moore. In 1989, the group released its debut album, Original Soundtrack, which featured a line-up of Moore, Pascal Gabriel, Jocasta, Mark D, Linda Love, and Michellé. The album consisted of slightly longer versions of S-Express's "Theme", its follow-up hits "Superfly Guy" (UK No. 5) and a cover version of Sly And The Family Stone's "Hey Music Lover" (UK No. 6; its b-side was remixed by minimalist composer Philip Glass).
By the release of the second album Intercourse, the act was reduced to a duo of Moore with new vocalist and DJ Sonique. Although not as successful as its debut, Intercourse spawned several mid-charting UK singles and club hits, including "Nothing to Lose", co-written with Martin Gordon, as were several other tunes on the record. Sonique, already a successful DJ, eventually embarked on a solo career and produced one of the biggest club hits of the late 1990s ("It Feels So Good"). Moore went on to release many singles, remixes and albums on his own and also formed the band Needledust.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played the group's debut single in 1988 and predicted that their track, Theme From S-Express, on his 09 March 1988 show, would be a big hit, which turned out to be true, as it peaked at number 1 in the UK singles chart. No other tracks from the ensemble seemed to have been played by the DJ. After his death, it was later found that Peel had their debut album in his Record Collection: S.
==Shows Played==
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*09 March 1988: Theme From S-Express (12") Rhythm King
*04 April 1988: Theme From S-Express (12") Rhythm King
== See Also ==
*Record Collection: S
* UK Singles Chart Number Ones
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists