The Grid

The Grid formed after Richard Norris met Dave Ball in 1987 during the recording of 'Jack The Tab', one of the UK's first Acid House albums. The album was co-produced by Norris and Genesis P.Orridge. The Grid released 10 singles from 1988 - 1995, all of which made the UK charts, including 'Floatation', 'Crystal Clear', 'Texas Cowboys', 'Figure Of 8', 'Rollercoaster' and the million-selling 'Swamp Thing'. They released three albums ('Electric Head', '456' and 'Evolver') and a compilation ('Music For Dancing'). The Grid have remixed and produced numerous artists including Brian Eno, Yello, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Billy Ray Martin, Happy Mondays, Boy George, Robert Fripp, Sun Ra, Marc Almond and more. Grid tracks have been used extensively on television ('Coronation St', 'Emmerdale', 'Home and Away', 'Footballer's Wives', 'Eastenders' etc), and in film ('Pret A Porter', 'Pecker', 'Meeting The President').



The band took a break in 1995. Dave Ball went on to remix Faust, David Bowie and the Pet Shop Boys and produce Kylie Minogue, while Richard Norris has produced and remixed tracks for artists including Joe Strummer, Perry Farrell and Black Grape. His electronic band the Droyds have remixed Ladytron, Client and Armand Van Helden. He has recently completed the official Paul Oakenfold autobiography (out now!) whilst Dave is just about to release a new collection of Soft Cell remixes on Mercury/Universal with Marc Almond called "Heat - the remixes" (with Grid remixes!) which was released in 2008. 2010 brings new mixes of 'Floatation' by Prins Thomas, Round Table Knights, Slof Man and the Grid themselves, out late summer on New State.



The Grid got back together in 2005 and released an album 'Doppelganger' on Some Bizzare in 2008. They have recently remixed Soft Cell ('Sex Dwarf' and 'So'), Jackie Chan, Mighty K, Client and Atomizer and have worked on new tracks with Marc Almond.



Watch this space for regular uploads of new and rare Grid material; check out the Grid mixes of Man Parrish 'Hip Hop Be Bop' and the B52's 'Private Idaho' (B52's mix available at www.planetclique.net).The Grid single "Put Your Hands Together" was released to great response & the new album "Doppelganger" was released in 2008 on Some Bizzare. It is available via ITunes, Amazon, Beatport & all the usual digital sites & also available at both HMV & Zavvi as well as on their download sites.



FLOATATION REMIXES BY PRINS THOMAS, ROUND TABLE KNIGHTS, SLOF MAN AND THE GRID OUT LATE SUMMER 2010.



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