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Electra (band)

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Origin
  
United Kingdom

Years active
  
Late 1980s–early 1990s

Genre
  
Electronic dance music

Albums
  
FFRR Classics, Volume 1

Genres
  
Electronic music

Active from
  
1988

Record label
  
London Records

Labels
  
Ffrr Records, London Records

Past members
  
Paul Oakenfold Nick Divaris John Rocca Micky

Members
  
Paul Oakenfold, John Rocca, Nick Divaris

Similar
  
Arthur Baker, Jamie Principle, D Mob, Elementfour, Freeez

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

Contents

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

EPs

  • 1988: "Jibaro" (reached number 54 on the UK Singles Chart)
  • 1989: "It's Your Destiny" / "Autumn Love" (rave mix) (double A side single, reached number 51 on the UK Singles Chart)
  • 1990: "Autumn Love" / "Purple"
  • Songs

    Feels Good Dub2003
    Autumn Love1989
    Everybody

    References

    Electra (band) Wikipedia