Honeyroot
| Honeyroot | |
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| Origin | Sheffield, UK |
| Genres | Ambient, dance |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Just Music |
| Associated acts | Heaven 17, ABC |
| Website | www.honeyroot.com |
| Members | |
| Glenn Gregory Keith Lowndes |
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Honeyroot is an ambient dance collaboration between Glenn Gregory and Keith Lowndes, signed to the Just Music independent record label.[1]
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[edit] Career
The project had its origins in the 1997 album, Skyscraping, by ABC. As ABC was essentially Martin Fry, after the departure of co-member Mark White, Lowndes and fellow Sheffield native Gregory of Heaven 17, were brought in for co-writing duties on the album.
Sound Echo Location, Lowndes and Gregory's first full-length album as Honeyroot, was released in the UK and Australia in 2003.[1] After initially being sold in North America only as an import, Sound Echo Location was released in the United States by New World Music in 2004.[1]
Honeyroot reached the UK Singles Chart in May 2005 with their ambient cover version of the Joy Division song, "Love Will Tear Us Apart",[2] which also appeared in the film, Red Road. 2006 saw an online only release entitled "EP1".
The Sun Will Come (2007) featured two singles, the double A-sided, "Nobody Loves You (The Way I Do)" b/w "Heavy Drops" and "Where I Belong". Though known primarily as the front man for Heaven 17, Glenn Gregory sings on just two tracks on The Sun Will Come; leaving remaining vocal duties to a variety of female singers including Briony Greenhill ("Nobody Loves You"),[3] Kim Richey, Kerry Shaw, Elsie Wooley and Lindsay Crisp.[1]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Sound Echo Location (Just Music 2005)
- The Sun Will Come (Just Music 2007)
[edit] Singles
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (2005) - UK #70
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Biography by Alex Henderson". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p601393. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 266. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Sharp, Kate. "Zen-like and suffused with joy, this is no return to the 80s for Glenn Gregory and co.". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/2rmq. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
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