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Incognito are a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 band
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
 and one of the members of the English acid jazz
Acid jazz

Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly Music loop beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic music dance/pop music: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers and Donald Byrd are often credited as forerunners of aci...
 movement. Their debut album, Jazz Funk, was released in 1981, with twelve more album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
s following, the last of which, Tales From The Beach, was released in 2008.

The band's frontman, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
, guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 and singer is Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick
Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick

Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick is a United Kingdom guitarist, bandleader, composer and in-demand record producer. Since 1979, he has led the United Kingdom band Incognito , releasing thirteen recording studio albums, three albums of remixes and two further albums by bands largely made up of the members of Incognito....
. Other notable band members have included the singers Tony Momrelle
Tony Momrelle

Tony Momrelle is a United Kingdom Rhythm and blues singer and is the current lead vocalist of the band , Incognito .Before his stint in Incognito, Momrelle was already a solo musician who released two recording studio albums under his name....
, Jocelyn Brown
Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Brown ? sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw ? is an Rhythm and blues and dance music singer. Although she has only one Billboard Hot 100 record chart entry in her name, she has an extensive background in the music industry and is well-known in the world of dance music....
, Carleen Anderson
Carleen Anderson

Carleen Anderson is an United States soul singer who has had success in the United Kingdom. She is the daughter of the singer Vicki Anderson and stepdaughter of Bobby Byrd, and was most well known as the lead singer in the Young Disciples as well as for her own solo career....
, Imaani
Imaani

Imaani Saleem is an England singer....
, Maysa Leak and Kelli Sae.

The band has had intermittent success in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
, with their breakthrough hit a cover version
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 of the Ronnie Laws
Ronnie Laws

Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Laws is an United States jazz, blues and funk saxophonist. He is the younger brother of jazz flautist Hubert Laws....
 tune "Always There", featuring Jocelyn Brown, which made #6 in the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
.






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Incognito are a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 band
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
 and one of the members of the English acid jazz
Acid jazz

Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly Music loop beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic music dance/pop music: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers and Donald Byrd are often credited as forerunners of aci...
 movement. Their debut album, Jazz Funk, was released in 1981, with twelve more album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
s following, the last of which, Tales From The Beach, was released in 2008.

The band's frontman, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
, guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 and singer is Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick
Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick

Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick is a United Kingdom guitarist, bandleader, composer and in-demand record producer. Since 1979, he has led the United Kingdom band Incognito , releasing thirteen recording studio albums, three albums of remixes and two further albums by bands largely made up of the members of Incognito....
. Other notable band members have included the singers Tony Momrelle
Tony Momrelle

Tony Momrelle is a United Kingdom Rhythm and blues singer and is the current lead vocalist of the band , Incognito .Before his stint in Incognito, Momrelle was already a solo musician who released two recording studio albums under his name....
, Jocelyn Brown
Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Brown ? sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw ? is an Rhythm and blues and dance music singer. Although she has only one Billboard Hot 100 record chart entry in her name, she has an extensive background in the music industry and is well-known in the world of dance music....
, Carleen Anderson
Carleen Anderson

Carleen Anderson is an United States soul singer who has had success in the United Kingdom. She is the daughter of the singer Vicki Anderson and stepdaughter of Bobby Byrd, and was most well known as the lead singer in the Young Disciples as well as for her own solo career....
, Imaani
Imaani

Imaani Saleem is an England singer....
, Maysa Leak and Kelli Sae.

The band has had intermittent success in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
, with their breakthrough hit a cover version
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 of the Ronnie Laws
Ronnie Laws

Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Laws is an United States jazz, blues and funk saxophonist. He is the younger brother of jazz flautist Hubert Laws....
 tune "Always There", featuring Jocelyn Brown, which made #6 in the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. The group's 1992 single, "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" saw similar success, reaching #19 in the UK. They have also been a favourite of various re-mixers, including Masters At Work
Masters At Work

Masters At Work is the House music production and remix team of Little Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzales. They first worked together using the name, which had been given to them by mutual friend Todd Terry , in 1990....
, David Morales
David Morales

David Morales , is an internationally acclaimed Grammy winning house music disc jockey and Record producer. In addition to his production and DJ work, Morales is one of the most prolific remixers of all time, transforming many pop music songs into club-friendly dance tracks....
, Roger Sanchez
Roger Sanchez

Roger Sanchez, also known as Roger S. and The S Man, is a popular Dominican-American House music Disc jockey who has scored many hits in the European and World Charts....
 and Jazzanova
Jazzanova

Jazzanova is a Germany Berlin-based DJ/producer collective consisting of Alexander Barck, Claas Brieler, J?rgen von Knoblauch, Roskow Kretschmann, Stefan Leisering, and Axel Reinemer....
, and have released several albums consisting almost entirely of remix
Remix

A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. A remixer uses Audio mixing to compose an alternate master recording of a song, adding or subtracting elements, or simply changing the equalization, dynamics, Pitch , tempo, playing time, or almost any other aspect of th...
es.

Album discography


Studio albums

  • Jazz Funk - 1981
  • Inside Life - 1991
  • Tribes, Vibes and Scribes - 1992
  • Positivity - 1993
  • 100° And Rising - 1995
  • Beneath The Surface - 1997
  • No Time Like The Future - 1999
  • Life, Stranger Than Fiction - 2001
  • Who Needs Love - 2002
  • Adventures in Black Sunshine - 2004
  • Eleven - 2005
  • Bees - Things - Flowers - 2006
  • Tales From The Beach - 2008


Compilations, Remixes, Live recordings


  • Remixed (Remix album) - 1996
  • Last Night In Tokyo (Japanese live album) - 1997
  • Blue Moods (Japanese compilation album) - 1997
  • Future Remixed (Remix album) - 2000
  • The Best of Incognito (Japanese "Best of" compilation) - 1998
  • The Best of Incognito ("Best of" compilation) - 2000
  • Life, Stranger Than Fiction - Remixes (Remix album) - 2001
  • Love X Love ("Who Needs Love" remix edition) - 2003
  • Let The Music Play (25th Anniversary compilation) - 2005
  • Feed Your Soul (Japanese remix release by Incognito and Rice Artists) - 2005
  • Millennium Collection (20th Century Masters' "Best of" collection) - 2007
  • "More Tales Remixed" (Remix album) - 2008


Singles

  • 1980 Parisienne Girl (UK #73)
  • 1981 Incognito
  • 1981 North London Boy / Second Chance
  • 1990 Can You Feel Me
  • 1991 Always There --featuring Jocelyn Brown (UK #6, IRL #25)
  • 1991 Crazy For You featuring Chyna (UK #59)
  • 1992 Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (UK #19)
  • 1992 Change (UK #52)
  • 1993 Still A Friend Of Mine (UK #47)
  • 1993 Givin' It Up (UK #43)
  • 1993 I Hear Your Name
  • 1994 Pieces Of A Dream (UK #35)
  • 1995 Everyday (UK #23)
  • 1995 Good Love
  • 1995 I Hear Your Name (UK #42)
  • 1995 Jacob's Ladder
  • 1996 Jump To My Love / Always There (UK #29)
  • 1996 Out Of The Storm (UK #57)
  • 1999 Black Rain
  • 1999 I Can See The Future
  • 1999 It Ain't Easy
  • 1999 Nights Over Egypt (UK #56)
  • 2000 Get Into My Groove
  • 2001 Life Stranger Than Fiction Remixes
  • 2002 Can't Get You Out Of My Head
  • 2002 Morning Sun
  • 2002 Reach Out Remixes
  • 2003 Love X Love
  • 2003 On The Road
  • 2004 Everything Your Heart Desires
  • 2004 Listen To The Music
  • 2005 The 25th Chapter
  • 2005 We Got Music
  • 2007 This Thing Called Love (Remix)
  • 2007 That's the Way of the World
  • 2008 I've Been Waiting


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