Ajax (band)
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Ajax is a New York-based band, led by female singer Arleen Mitchel. The outfit released the single "Mind the Gap" in 1989, on Wax Trax! Records
. A full-length self-titled debut LP followed, which combined industrial and acid-house music. The album, and its two singles failed to chart.
Mitchel revived the name in the 1990s, most successfully on the 1995 single "Ex-Junkie" which became a minor club hit. "Ex-Junkie" is the bands first (and to date last) entry on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club charts, peaking at number 48.
Wax Trax! Records
Wax Trax! Records was an independent record label in the United States. Wax Trax! began as a record shop in Denver, Colorado opened by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher. They sold the store in 1978 and, in November of that year, opened a new one under the same name at 2449 North Lincoln Avenue in...
. A full-length self-titled debut LP followed, which combined industrial and acid-house music. The album, and its two singles failed to chart.
Mitchel revived the name in the 1990s, most successfully on the 1995 single "Ex-Junkie" which became a minor club hit. "Ex-Junkie" is the bands first (and to date last) entry on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club charts, peaking at number 48.
Albums
| Year | Title | Label |
| 1990 | Ajax | Wax Trax! |
| 1995 | Aphrodite | Zoo Entertainment |
Singles
| Year | Song | Chart U.S. Dance Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Mind the Gap" | - | Ajax | Wax Trax! |
| "One World" | - | Ajax | Wax Trax! | |
| 1994 | "Evening Chanting" | - | non-album single | Infinite Love |
| 1995 | "Ex-Junkie" | 48 | Aphrodite | Zoo Entertainment |
| 1995 | "Experience No. 2" | - | Aphrodite | Zoo Entertainment |
- Chart information courtesy of Billboard.com and Allmusic.com
External links
- [ AllMusic]
- Discogs
- Ajax Fan Page
- MySpace