Eskimos and Egypt were a late 1980s to mid 1990s crossover

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 band

Musical ensemble

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 based out of Manchester

Manchester

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, England

England

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. The band's members were Paul Cundall on keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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 and synthesizer

Synthesizer

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, David Cameron-Pryde on bass and keyboards, Mark Compton on guitar and keyboards and Christopher O'Hare on vocals and keyboards. Their unofficial fifth member was long term collaborator Mark Stagg, who acted as engineer

Audio engineering

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. The band was started by Cameron-Pryde and O'Hare and original drummer Nigel Heywood, who now lives in the United States

United States

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.

Career

The band were influenced by early electronic acts such as Kraftwerk, Human league, Gary Numan and underground electronica such as SPK, Clan of Xymox, The passage and 4AD acts such as This Mortal coil. They were known as one of the first acts to incorporate live instruments into early 90's dance music, and their live shows were a mix of dance based electronica and metal guitars.

In the band's formative years they recorded

Sound recording and reproduction

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 an early 7" vinyl single

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 in 1987 called "The Cold EP", which was released on Manchester indie Village Records. The single included the tracks 'The cold' 'Screams and whispers' and 'A year' and is now extremely rare. The single was played on John Peel's Sunday night radio 1 show and attracted DEF management (Moby/Sparks/Robyn/Sonique) who went on to manage the band for the duration of their musical career. They signed to the One Little Indian record Label and released a series of singles that were well-received in dance clubs

Nightclub

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 in the UK

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, especially "The Power of G'N'R'" and their breakthrough singles "Fall from Grace" and "UK-USA".

The band's debut album

Album

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 Perfect Disease was released on One Little Indian Records

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 in 1993. Their follow up The Rest Is Silence was released in Germany

Germany

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 and Japan

Japan

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 after a label

Record label

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 change to Motor Music (Polygram). In 1997 they released Kamikaze and toured Germany with the likes of Rammstein and Faith no more. Cundall left the band as they moved more into production

Record producer

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 (producing mixes

Remix

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 for Moby

Moby

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, Sparks

Sparks (band)

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, Rammstein

Rammstein

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, The Tamperer, and produced and played instruments on 'Cruise control' an Australian and New Zealand number 1 single by New Zealand band The Headless Chickens.) They recorded a fourth album with the working title Geek which never saw a full commercial release and signalled the end for the band.

Since the split of Eskimos and Egypt, Cameron-Pryde and Compton, together with Stagg have produced tracks and albums for various bands including Sonique, t.A.T.u.

T.A.T.u.

t.A.T.u. was a duo formed in Moscow, Russia in 1999 by Ivan Shapovalov. The group consisted of Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova.Their debut single "Ya Soshla S Uma" was released in December 2000. The single had a huge success in Russia and Eastern Europe...

 and Erasure

Erasure

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. They also produced and co-wrote the music

Melody

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 and lyrics

Lyrics

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 for "The Spirit of the Hawk" by Rednex

Rednex

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; a 9 week number one single in Europe

Europe

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. They write and produce under the name FAF and Cap Com Productions. Compton manages the Manchester band Bauer and Cameron-Pryde manages the bands Kid British (Mercury Records

Mercury Records

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) and Goldheart Assembly (Fierce Panda Records) as well as unsigned artists Orchids and Dieter & The Gadabouts. After leaving Eskimos & Egypt, vocalist Chris O'Hare relocated to London. Working as a multimedia designer in the music industry, he created CD covers, websites and videos for acts such as Madonna, Enya, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Toploader. He now owns COH Associates, a successful creative consultancy specialising in delivering high quality, creative solutions for the financial services sector. Keyboard player Paul Cundall works in information technology

Information technology

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 in Manchester.

Chart single discography

• "Fall from Grace" (1993) - UK
  UK Singles Chart
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  Number 51
• "UK-USA" (1993) - UK Number 52