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Electribe 101 was a British based electronic music group in the late 1980s / early1990s, managed by Tom Watkins of Bros, Pet Shop Boys, and 2wo Third3 fame.Named for a Soviet refrigerator (not the Korg line of musical instruments - the band predates those by a decade), the band was comprised of four electronic composers/producers from Birmingham (Brian Nordhoff, Joe Stevens, Les Fleming, and Roberto Cimarosti) and a female vocalist from Hamburg in Germany (Billie Ray Martin).

Before signing to Mercury Records in 1988, they released their first single Talking With Myself without much success. However before the next single release, Billie Ray Martin guested with Eric Robinson of Eric and the Good Good Feeling on the S'Express record, Hey Music Lover.

The Top Ten success of Hey Music Lover sparked interest from the music press in Billie Ray Martin's band, though Eric and the Good Good Feeling's album flopped on Exquinox. Electribe 101 were signed to Mercury/Phonogram and a press blitz (justified in this case) concerning their groundbreaking singles commenced as "Tell Me When The Fever Ended" (their first release on Mercury) was hitting the racks.

In 1990 Electribe 101 released their debut album called Electribal Memories to critical acclaim. The groups tracks were compared heavily to the music of Larry Heard a.k.a. Fingers Inc. and later as Mr.

Fingers. Both Heard and fellow house pioneer Frankie Knuckle contributed remixes. "Electribal Memories" was a slinky house based album in a style similar to other early 90s acts such as The Beloved and Sunsonic.

Electribe 101 stood out for their mixture of hip-hop beats (used as samples to garnish their grooves), techno house, avante-garde poetry and classic American soul.In late 1990, the band released their reading of the classic Jesse Rae song Inside Out (a hit, amongst others, for the group Odyssey in the early 1980s.

Perhaps due to fallings out with their management and a lack of a unified vision for the groups future, promotion was inadequate and the song failed to reach the Top 75. It has become an underground classic, as have all of their single releases.

Though accounts vary as to why, the group split during sessions for the never-completed second album. Not wanting to carry on under the Electribe 101 name without Billie , the band renamed themselves The Groove Corporation and signed to the Network sub-label Six6 - already home to Kevin Saunderson and his project Inner City.

After guesting on tracks for others, Billie made a sensational solo debut when her first single for WEA, "Your Loving Arms" stormed the club charts in every European country before repeating its success on U.

S. dancefloors. A second single "Running Around Town" failed to perform as well, but the third "Imitation of Life" enjoyed a respectable release and has become a classic in its own right. Electribe 101's importance can be discerned by their presence in Ben Watt's 2005 "Essential Mix" for Radio One: the relatively short set of mostly 2004/2005 house tracks featured their 1990 single "Inside Out" in its closing grooves.

"Talking With Myself" and "Tell Me When the Fever Ended" continue to pop up in hipster-oriented "Chillout" compilations (such as the "Cafe Del Mar" series and its many knock-offs).

Electribe 101 performs club, electronic, house, lounge music and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, or other music performances. The estimated booking fee range to book Electribe 101 for your event, Please Contact. Electribe 101 has more than 52.3K listeners worldwide and really knows how to entertain your audience. Similar artists are  Ben Onono, Gelka, Rue du Soleil, Karen Ramirez, Jo Manji . Contact AAE Music agency for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Electribe 101 for an upcoming event.

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