Disco Inferno
Biography
Disco Inferno were a band formed in Essex, UK in 1989 by Ian Crause (guitar and vocals), Paul Wilmott (bass), Rob Whatley (drums) and Daniel Gish (keyboards).
After the departure of Gish (who would later join Bark Psychosis) the three-piece Disco Inferno recorded the single Entertainment with producer Charlie McIntosh. Their first album, Open Doors, Closed Windows, was released in 1991 on Che and received positive reviews, although most mentioned the heavy influence of late 1970s post punk bands, particularly Joy Division and Wire (In fact Disco Infernos manager, Michael Collins, had previously managed Wire during their 70s incarnation). Entertainment, Open Doors, Closed Windows and the Science EP would later be collected on the album In Debt.
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In 1992 the band released Summers Last Sound, widely regarded as the first in a run of classic Disco Inferno EPs which saw the bands increasing use of samples. The bands use of sampling combined with traditional instruments - particularly Wilmotts bass - continued on the EPs A Rock To Cling To and The Last Dance and reached its peak on their second album D.I. Go Pop. After the full-on assault of D.I. Go Pop the band opted for restraint on the beautiful Second Language EP which also had a new-found optimism in Crauses lyrics.
Their final single, Its A Kids World, sampled the distinctive drumbeat from Iggy Pops Lust for Life and added in a series of old childrens TV themes to good effect, but despite critical acclaim the band attracted little commercial success and split before their final album Technicolour was released in 1996. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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