Tilt (British band)

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TILT
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TILT performing in June 2023
Background information
Origin Coventry, England
Genres Electronic dance music
Years active1993–present
Labels Warner Music
Perfecto Records
Deconstruction Records
MembersMick Park
Nic Britton [1]
Past membersMichael Wilson
John Graham
Andy Moor
Website https://www.tiltofficialuk.com

Tilt is an English group of electronic record producers, composed of Mick Park and Nic Britton.

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Formed in Coventry, by Mick Park and Mick Wilson in 1990, they became residents at The Eclipse, the first legal all night rave venue in the UK. Their time at Eclipse was inspirational, playing alongside Sasha, and motivating the boys to produce their own musical material. In 1993, they met with John Graham and Tilt was formed. 3 years later, out of their studios in Stoke-on-Trent, their first hit single "I Dream", released on Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Records.

After multiple successful singles including "My Spirit", "Places", and the captivating "Butterfly", along with "Rendezvous", which they recorded with Paul van Dyk, they saw themselves signed to Hooj Choons, the label of dance labels in that era.

The Hooj Choons label released "Invisible", Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart. [2] The unforgettable & timeless cover version of Robert Miles' "Children" and their "Dark Science EP" and at this point had reckoned seven UK chart hits.

In 1997, the boys collaborated with the legendary Sex Pistols Manager Malcolm McLaren on Lakme 'The Bell Song' - which received critical acclaim. Graham left Tilt in 1999 to pursue his solo career and Parks and Wilson continued to release singles until joined by Andy Moor which saw the release of the album, Explorer , on Hooj Choons subsidiary label, Lost Language.

Moor and Wilson subsequently left the band to pursue their own paths and in 2011, Nic Britton re-joined Mick Park as TILT with releases on Black Hole Recordings.

The production of ‘No Other Day’ featured Maria Nayler ("Angry Skies" & "Headstrong") and re-released the Oakey favourite "The World Doesn’t Know" for Lost Language’s 100th release.

Mick Park and Nic Britton the celebrated their huge remix of Cosmos "Take Me With You" supported by BBC Radio One and Kiss (UK radio station) and have since collaborated with Ben Shaw, Sam Mollison and Dominique Atkins (aka) 'Grace' and have released productions on Mesmeric Records, Black Hole Recordings, Perfecto Records, Pro B-Tech and Lost Language all being championed from a plethora of DJ's including Carl Cox, John Digweed, Hernan Cattaneo, Nick Warren, Paul Oakenfold & Pete Tong to name a few!

After releasing their 'Best Of' album "Stop The World Revolving", 2014 was a flurry of activity. The production of an E.A.R (Electronic Artists Revealed) tutorial for Mac Pro and work on their album "Resonator" (Pro B-Tech), which hit No.2 in the Beatport charts and involved working with multiple artists, this resulted in a tour with a live visual show to critical acclaim from the dance community.

After fantastic reviews from their 2015 release "Quad" on Stripped Recordings. TILT toured with Paul Oakenfold at sell out venues, including Ministry of Sound, Session & Cream and started a monthly residency with Frisky Radio with their programme 'Trip Switch' showcasing the hottest underground tunes.

New challenges awaited with long standing collaborators Natasha Cadman and Silinder and delightful collaboration with the Queen of Soul and Gospel Music, Ruby Turner (Jools Holland) her first dance record production, "Deeper In Love", released on Perfecto House Records in 2017.

Tilt are no strangers to the Irish connection (Psalm 33 with Sinead O'Connor-Tilt & Redanka's Jah remix) and 2019 saw them remix U2 "Summer of Love"(Island Records) with huge support from BBC Radio One, Paul Oakenfold, Rusty Egan and Solarstone and widespread acclaim meant they would go on to do 5 projects for the esteemed rockers.

Averse to 'sitting still' 2019 was the birth of their own imprint record label / clothing brand ‘Guerilla Movement’with merch flying off the shelves, proving their versatility and in 2020 released their mix with Redanka commissioned by Bono of "Where the streets have no name"

2021/22 reunited Park with Wilson on a remix of "Gangsters" (The Specials), used by the Coventry City of Culture for their 2021 celebrations.

The last 2 years have kept Tilt ever busy with scoring the music for their first film 'Wolflands. Recent projects include collaborations with Robbie Williams, Happy Mondays front woman Rowetta and Inder Goldfinger (Ian Brown) for UNKLE feat Ian Brown Tilt remix, with James Lavelle

With a career spanning 3 decades, it's about time they toured... (coming 2024)

Selected discography

Albums

Singles

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References

  1. ↑ "Tilt". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 560. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
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