Oui 3

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Oui 3
Origin United Kingdom
Genre(s) Hip-Hop, Acid Jazz, Trip Hop
Years active 1991 – 1995
Label(s) MCA Records
Former members
Blair Booth
Philipp Erb
Trevor Miles

Oui 3 are an English/American/Swiss band who primarily produce dance music. The band is best known for their songs "Break From the Old Routine" (which reached number 17 in the UK singles chart in July 1993) and "The Joy of Living" as well as their Buffalo Springfield-sampling 1993 hit "For What It's Worth" (which reached number 26 in October 1993).

The three group members were Blair Booth, Philipp Erb and Trevor Miles. Blair Booth is an American singer, songwriter and arranger she had previously surfaced as the songwriting partner of former Specials singer Terry Hall in 'Terry, Blair & Anouchka', at the end of the eighties. She went on to work with a number of other notable figures in the British music industry such as, Billy MacKenzie (The Associates), Nick Heyward and Marc Almond. [1]

Meanwhile, Swiss programmer Philipp Erb had spent most of the eighties as an engineer and programmer for a whole host of artists, including a period with Genesis P. Orridge's Psychic TV. The pair teamed up with South London rapper Trevor Miles.

Their début album Oui Love You was released in 1993 and featured Jah Wobble on the title track. The album was produced and mixed by the trio, some tracks were mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent, Youth and Phil Bodger.

A second album remains unreleased. Blair Booth has continued to write and record her own material, but little has been heard musically from Erb or Miles of late. Faithless have since cited Oui 3 as an influence.[1]

[edit] Discography

Albums

  • Oui Love You (1993)

Singles

  • "For What It's Worth" (1993) - #28 [2]
  • "Arms Of Solitude" (1993) - #54
  • "Break From The Old Routine" (1993) - #17
  • "For What It's Worth" (1993) - #26
  • "Facts Of Life" (1994) - #38
  • "Joy Of Living" (1995) - #55

[edit] Links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b http://www.discogs.com/artist/Oui+3 Oui 3 Biography and Discography at discogs.com
  2. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=6713 Oui 3 UK Singles Chart positions at chartstats.com
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