Electra (band) explained

Electra
Origin:United Kingdom
Years Active:Late 1980searly 1990s
Label:FFRR
Past Members:Paul Oakenfold
Steve Osborne
Nick Divaris
Johny Rocca
Micky

Electra was a British electronic-music band, founded in the late 1980s by Paul Oakenfold in close collaboration with his friend Steve Osborne.

The band was made up of Oakenfold, Osborne, Nick Divaris,Johny Rocca and Micky. It released three EPs.[1] The first one, "Jibaro", was an unacknowledged cover version of a rare Latin-funk song originally composed and recorded by Elkin & Nelson,[2] a Colombian act based in Spain in the 1970s, which was a part of the original "Balearic beat" of the late 1980s.[3]

Discography

EPs

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electra Discography at Discogs . Discogs. 2013-02-02.
  2. Web site: Electra (British House Group)'s 'Jibaro' - Discover the Original Song. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105917/http://www.whosampled.com/cover/99118/Electra-(British-House-Group)-Jibaro-Elkin-&-Nelson-J%C3%ADbaro-(Enrolle)/. 4 March 2016. WhoSampled.
  3. Web site: CBS Vinyl, CD & Tape | HHV.de . www.hhv.de . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150510144248/http://www.hhv.de/shop/en/music/all/label:cbs . 10 May 2015 . dead.
  4. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 180.