D'Influence
Encyclopedia
D'Influence is a British
production team
and acid jazz
band. Formerly of The Echo Label they founded their own label, Freakstreet Records. Members include Kwame Kwaten
, Sarah Anne Webb, Ed Baden-Powell, and Steve Marston.
They have produced hits
for British R&B artists Mark Morrison
(Return of the Mack), Shola Ama
(Much Love) and Ultra Naté
(New Kind of Medicine); remix
ed for the American
hip hop artist Jay-Z
("Wishing on a Star", Bring It On: The Best of Jay-Z
); and performed live with Icelandic singer-songwriter
Bjork
(Later with Jools Holland
).
D'Influence (variously billed as D-Influence and D*Influence) also had a small number of minor UK hit singles of their own. These included Top 40 successes with "Hypnotise" (1997, UK #33) and "Rock With You" (1998, UK #30).
United Kingdom
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production team
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and acid jazz
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
band. Formerly of The Echo Label they founded their own label, Freakstreet Records. Members include Kwame Kwaten
Kwame Kwaten
Kwame Amankwa Kwaten is a musician, record producer, manager and music industry consultant.-Early years:Kwame Kwaten started his artistic career in the middle of the eighties at the Warminster Athenaeum as part of the school band Outcry. He spent the next few years learning his trade in many ...
, Sarah Anne Webb, Ed Baden-Powell, and Steve Marston.
They have produced hits
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
for British R&B artists Mark Morrison
Mark Morrison
Mark Morrison is a British R&B singer. He was the most successful UK R&B singer of the mid-90s and the first black male solo artist to reach number one in the 90s. His single "Return of the Mack" became a #1 or Top 10 hit in several European countries in 1996...
(Return of the Mack), Shola Ama
Shola Ama
Shola Ama is an English singer who scored her biggest hit in 1997 with a cover of Turley Richards' "You Might Need Somebody".-Early life and career:...
(Much Love) and Ultra Naté
Ultra Naté
Ultra Naté is an American house music, Dance-pop and sometimes R&B musician who has achieved a respectable amount of success on the pop charts with songs such as "Free" and "If You Could Read My Mind" as part of Stars on 54....
(New Kind of Medicine); remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
ed for the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
hip hop artist Jay-Z
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
("Wishing on a Star", Bring It On: The Best of Jay-Z
Bring It On: The Best of Jay-Z
Bring It On: The Best of Jay-Z is a greatest hits compilation album released in 2003 by rapper Jay-Z. It was released in Japan by BMG in 2003 and later re-released in the United Kingdom in 2004 by Camden Records. It features songs from Jay-Z's first three albums. Its songs are presented in...
); and performed live with Icelandic singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Bjork
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
(Later with Jools Holland
Later with Jools Holland (Björk DVD)
Later with Jools Holland is an official DVD released by Björk on August 23, 2003. The DVD contains seven rare performances of Björk from 1995 to 1997 that have all been recorded on the Later with Jools Holland program...
).
D'Influence (variously billed as D-Influence and D*Influence) also had a small number of minor UK hit singles of their own. These included Top 40 successes with "Hypnotise" (1997, UK #33) and "Rock With You" (1998, UK #30).
Albums
- Good 4 We (1992)
- Prayer 4 Unity (1995)
- London (1997) - UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
#56 - D'Influence Presents D-Vas (2002)
External links
- [ "D'Influence"], AllMusic.com.
- "D-Influence", SoulWalking.