Groove Armada are a big beat duo Andy Cato & Tom Findlay from England. They are now primarily based in London, and continue to produce & record music as well as hosting semi regular club nights in London & an annual London festival under the Lovebox banner.
The group has collaborated with a diverse array of artists including Neneh Cherry, DJ Gram’Ma Funk, Sophie Barker, Nappy Roots, Fudge Dog, Sunshine Anderson, Mutya Buena, Jeru The Damaja and Richie Havens. Tom Findlay has described working with Prince as his dream collaboration, although there are no plans for such at the moment.
Groove Armada is probably best known to the music listening public for producing music that have featured in numerous media including advertising campaigns, movies & computer games.
Groove Armada first formed in the mid-1990s after they had been introduced by Cato’s girlfriend & soon started their own club, also called Groove Armada, after a 70’s discothèque.
By 1997 they had released a few singles including "4 Tune Cookie" and the song that first brought them minor fame, "At The River", which sampled "Old Cape Cod" by Patti Page. The song has gone on to be one of Groove Armada’s most well known tracks and has since been found on numerous chill out compilations.
Their first album Northern Star was released in 1998, and was followed by their second album Vertigo in 1999, which had a more mainstream & more 'polished' sound, thus making the British chart's upper 20 and being certified silver in the UK. It also included "At The River" which was re released as a full fledged single. An album of remixed tracks from Vertigo entitled The Remixes followed in 2000, along with their contribution to the Back To Mine series.
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