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N-Trance are a techno/house group founded by Dale Longworth and Kevin O'Toole, both whom were born in Shaw and Crompton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
History
In 1991 they met at a college in Oldham whilst studying on a sound engineering course. They decided to form a band which went through a variety of names before ending up with N-Trance.
In late 1991 they came to the attention of some local labels and, after a little deliberation, plumped for PWL-offshoot 380 Records (now more familiar as Eastern Bloc Records) in January 1992. Following a frustrating year without a commercial release they got out of that deal and eventually signed to AATW in September 1993.
Their first commercial release was Set You Free - vocals by UK singer Kelly Llorenna which on this occasion reached the dizzy heights of 82 in the national chart. It was re-released in April 1994 when it peaked at no. 39 - at last a top 40 hit and that was thought to be the end of Set You Free.
Turn Up The Power was brought out in October of the same year and went straight into the national chart at 23. Featuring the voice of Loveland vocalist Rachel MacFarlane. Turn Up The Power really established them as a band who made quality music; it also served to re-awaken interest in Set You Free which was re-released in January 1995. Upon it's third release Set You Free really did fly into the chart, debuting at no. 6, it eventually peaked at no. 2 - selling a massive 600,000 units in the UK and elevated them to new heights with success across the world including top 20 status in Europe and Australia.
Having a hit of the proportions of Set You Free does present a problem, the follow-up single really does have to be something special. In N-Trance's case - it was.
Stayin' Alive featured Ricardo Da Force - formerly of the KLF. When he heard the demo for Stayin' Alive he thought it was a track that he must do. Upon it's release in the UK it debuted at no 2 - which gives some indication of how strongly it was anticipated by N-Trance's rapidly expanding fan-base and the general public alike.
Internationally, Stayin Alive was one of the biggest UK exports of 1995 reaching no. 1 in Australia and being top 5 in almost every country of the world.
N-Trance's long awaited debut album, Electronic Pleasure, was released in November 1995. It comprised 12 tracks including all the singles. The album does go a little deeper than just being three or four singles packaged with eight fillers; every track is there on merit.
People have commented on how the three first singles released have differed from each other - the Euro-style Turn Up The Power, 140bpm breakbeat techno Set You Free and the disco groove of Stayin' Alive. The variation of styles continues on the album. Other artists who feature on the album include the multi-talented David Grant and his choir; one of the World's best saxophonist's Snake Davis plus female vocalist Gillian and the superb ex-Love Decade vocalist Jerome Stokes.
Over the years a second album Happy Hour and several singles was released, some did pretty well and some didn't.
A best of album entitled Best Of N-Trance 1992-2002 was released in 2001.
The latest single released was I'm In Heaven which hit the stores in late 2004.
In 2005, they made the Top 10 with a single released under the pseudonym The Freeloaders.
Discography
Singles
- 1993 Set You Free
- 1994 Set You Free (Re-release)
- 1994 Turn Up The Power
- 1995 Set You Free (Third release)
- 1995 Stayin' Alive
- 1996 Electronic Pleasure
- 1996 (Just) Let It Go
- 1997 D.I.S.C.O.
- 1997 The Mind Of The Machine
- 1997 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
- 1998 Broken Dreams
- 1998 Paradise City
- 1998 Tears In The Rain
- 2000 Shake Ya Body
- 2001 Set You Free 2001
- 2002 Set You Free 2002
- 2002 Forever
- 2003 Destiny
- 2004 I'm In Heaven