S'Express

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S'Express (pronounced ess-express; sometimes spelled S'Xpress or S-Express; otherwise known as Victim of the Ghetto) 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", based on Rose Royce's "Is It Love You're After", was also one of the earliest recordings to capitalize on sampling culture and it topped the UK Singles Chart as well as the Hot Dance Club Play chart in the United States (also scraping into the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number ninety-one).

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The main player in the act was DJ/producer and remixer Mark Moore. 1989 saw the release of their debut album Original Soundtrack, which featured a group line-up of Mark M (Moore, noise engineer), Michellé (microdot clarinet and vox), Mark D (trumpet, noise, boogie factor), Jocasta (hi-hat hairspray, background vox) and Pascal (Pascal Gabriel, noise engineer). The album compiled S-Express's "Theme" and its follow-up club hits "Superfly Guy" and "Music Lover," along with an album's worth of new compositions. Singer Billie Ray Martin also appeared on several tracks on their debut.

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 their debut, Intercourse spawned several mid-charting UK singles and club hits, most notably "Nothing to Lose." Sonique, already a successful DJ, eventually embarked on a solo career and produced one of the biggest pop and 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.

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[edit] Singles

  • 1988 "Theme from S'Express" (UK #1, AUS #11, GER #2)
  • 1988 "Superfly Guy" (UK #5, AUS #35, GER #13)
  • 1989 "Music Lover" (UK #6, GER #29)
  • 1989 "Mantra for a State of Mind" (UK #21)
  • 1990 "Nothing to Lose" (UK #32)
  • 1991 "Find 'em, fool 'em, forget 'em" (UK #43)
  • 1996 "Theme from S'Xpress - The Return Trip" (Tony De Vit 1996 Remix) (UK #14, AUS #42) (available in Australia through Central Station Records and accredited to Marks Moore Presents S'Xpress)

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