Groove Armada is an electronic music pair from London, England, consists of Tom Findlay and Andy Cato.
Groove Armada initially developed within the mid-1990s once they were acquainted to one another by Andy Cato’s wife and shortly launched their particular club, also known as Groove Armada, named after a disco from the ’70s.
Once 1997 rolled around, they had introduced a number of tracks, such as “4 Tune Cookie” as well as the track that 1st introduced them small celebrity, “At the River”, that included samples from the track “Old Cape Cod” by Patti Page. The track went on to get one-of Groove Armada’s best known songs, and it has really been located on countless compilations.
Their very 1st recording entitled “Northern Star” was launched in ’98 on the label Tummy Touch Records, and was accompanied by their own 2nd recording named “Vertigo” in ’99, that had a more conventional and much more refined tone, hence making the United Kingdom Album Chart’s top 20 and being accredited silver in the United Kingdom.
Their subsequent studio recording Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) was launched in ’01, and as its name implies marked a move from relax to more high energy songs – as shown by the Grammynominated track “Superstylin'”. An additional mix record accompanied, now for that Another Late-night show, and in ’02, less-than 1 year following Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub), Groove Armada created “Lovebox”, which contained a number of styles which included funk music.
A greatest-hits record, referred to as “The Best of Groove Armada”, showed up in ’04 – the final of the launches with Pepper Records – prior to their studio recording Soundboy Rock was launched in ’07. The recording noted a remarkable deviation from the multi genre-affected prior recording, showcasing songs including “Groove Extracts” and “Get Down”, which adhered to present United Kingdom garage style songs with rock components, as well as “Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)” presenting the verses of ex-Sugababes vocalist Mutya Buena, heralded by on-line audio manual Popjustice among the greatest tunes of ’07.
After the effective Soundboy Rock tracks, an up-to-date best-of set called Greatest-hits was launched in October of 2007. This is combined with GA10: 10 Year Story, a 2CD rarities series introduced in November of 2007 to commemorate their 10th anniversary for a group. The group have spoken in depth regarding the collection, and mentioned it as an “emotional experience”, picking their individual most-liked songs and combinations on their background.
Throughout 2009, Findlay and Cato frequently validated the presence of the approaching new record. While in the Bacardi Express tour within Australia, Findlay stated it will be known as Black Light and “is definitely going to get the deeper side of Groove Armada, that is ultimately being released following a dozen years.” The very 1st track, launched on November 23rd of 2009, was “I Won’t Kneel”, presenting Groove Armada’s brand new singer, SaintSaviour. The record’s 2nd track, “Paper Romance”, premiered on February 22nd of ’10, and also the recording was introduced in Europe on February 28th of that same month.
During October of 2010, Groove Armada unveiled a remix recording entitled “White Light” which included current studio re-recordings of choice live variants of several tracks from Black-light in addition to other traditional Groove Armada tracks.
Nevertheless, in 2011, Andy Cato was crowned the very first artist to create a ring-tone expressly for a charitable organization (WaveLength Charity) which provides TVs and radios to vulnerable and isolated people.