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Technique


There are three artists with the name Technique: 1. An English synthpop duo. 2. A Brazilian synthpop/ambient/EBM/electro duo. 3. A member of the Russian hiphop crew Kunteynir. 1. Technique is an English female synthpop band created by Kate Holms including singer Xan Tylor. The band was named after New Order's 1989 album of the same name, and they were signed to the record label owned by Holmes's husband - Alan McGee's Creation Records. Holmes and Tyler met at Butterfly, the studio owned by legendary producer and former Killing Joke member Youth, where Tyler was working as a session backing vocalist. They began work on their debut album, with synthpop veteran Stephen Hague and Oasis producer Owen Morris handling production duties alongside Holmes herself. Other notable contributors to the album included Ash frontman Tim Wheeler, vocalist Kirsty Hawkshaw and Youth himself on bass. Technique released two singles on Creation in the summer of 1999 - Sun is Shining and You & Me. Sun is Shining reached number 64 in Th UK Singles Chart in April 1999 and You & Me got to number 56 in August of the same year[1]. The album, by now entitled Pop Philosophy, was promo-ed but never officially saw the light of day after McGee decided to close the label. Technique lay dormant for several years while McGee set up his new venture, Poptones. Holmes and Tyler both contributed to Mission Control's Dub Showcase album (produced by Holmes's long-term associated Mad Professor), which featured ...

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