Club Asylum | |
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| Also known as | The Asylum, Asylum |
| Origin | England |
| Genres | UK garage |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Members | Jeremy Sylvester |
| Past members | Paul Emanuel |
Club Asylum is the name of UK garage musician Jeremy Sylvester. They were originally a duo which consisted of Sylvester and Paul Emanuel. After the duo decided to go their separate ways, Sylvester continued to produce and remix under the Club Asylum moniker as a solo artist, and is still active to the present day. [1]
Biography
Sylvester and Emanuel first met during the early days of the UK garage scene at the London-based house and garage label Nice 'N' Ripe. [1]
The duo scored their first chart entry in 1998 with "Freek Me Up", a bootleg vinyl release of the Jodeci song " Freek'n You", which reached No. 92 on the UK Singles Chart. [2] This sparked interest from major labels such as Universal/ EMI, Virgin, PolyGram and Strictly Rhythm. [1] Their UK garage remixes of songs would prove popular in the scene, with official garage re-releases charting in the UK, including K-Ci & JoJo's " Tell Me It's Real" charting at No. 16 on the official singles chart [3] and No. 4 on the UK Dance Singles Chart [4] and Kristine Blond's " Love Shy" at No. 28 [5] and No. 3 on the dance chart. [6] Other popular remixes include " Imagine" and "Run to Me" by Shola Ama and "Sweeter Than Wine" by Dionne Rakeem. "Imagine" was a No. 1 dance hit in 2000 [7] and was included in NME's "25 essential UK garage anthems" list. [8] Capital Xtra included "Run to Me" in their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time". [9] "Sweeter Than Wine" reached No. 46 on the UK Singles Chart [10] and No. 2 on the UK Dance Singles Chart in 2001. [11]
Club Asylum have remixed notable songs including Another Level's " Freak Me", All Saints' " Bootie Call", Lutricia McNeal's " Someone Loves You Honey", Barbara Tucker's " Everybody Dance" (all from 1998) and Ginuwine's " What's So Different?" (1999).
Outside of Club Asylum, Jeremy Sylvester has produced, remixed and released material under many other aliases and as part of other groups/collaborations, including X-Factor 7 with DJ Disciple and Tuff Asylum with Karl 'Tuff Enuff' Brown.
In 2013, Sylvester appeared alongside many other garage pioneers in a documentary exploring the legacy of UK garage, Rewind 4Ever: The History of UK Garage. [12]
References
- ^ a b c "Club Asylum | Booking Agent | DJ". MN2S.
- ^ "JODECI VS CLUB ASYLUM | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ "Tell Me It's Real | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ "KRISTINE BLOND | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
- ^ "The best UK garage tracks of all time". NME. 16 September 2019.
- ^ "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems Of All Time". Capital XTRA.
- ^ "DIONNE RAKEEM". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
- ^ "Todd Edwards, Wookie and more to appear in documentary exploring the legacy of UK garage – FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music". Factmag.com. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
External links
- Club Asylum discography at Discogs
- Jeremy Sylvester discography at Discogs
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