X-PRESS 2 (Rocky & Diesel) Live in Dublin Saturday April 27th

X-PRESS 2 (Rocky & Diesel) Live

(Junior Boys Own, Skint Records)
Established 1993 UK. House, Acid House

“Aggressive acid house revisionists”

Releases incl: Lazy, London Xpress, Muzik Xpress, AC/DC , Smoke Machien,Tranz Euro Xpress, Rock 2 House, Muzikzum, Give it, The Sound, Now I’m On It, I Want You Back, Bloom...

Albums: Muzikizum, Thee, the House of X-Press 2, Makeshift Feelgood, MMXV, Raise Your Hands, The Singles

Ivor Novello music award winners 2002/03. UK No1 with 'Lazy'

'The past bonds us, the future leads us’

History

Explaining the band's name, Darren Rock (aka 'DJ Rocky') explained that acid house legend Terry Farley of Fire Island (Junior Boys Own) came up with it. Rocky said, "We were originally going to call ourselves Rock 2 House, but [Farley] wasn't really into that. So he renamed us X-Press 2. He basically liked the S'Express so kind of adapted that."X-Press 2 first rose to underground prominence through the tracks "Muzik Express" and "London Xpress" which were both released on Junior Boys Own Records. X-Press 2 also gained plaudits on the club scene for regularly playing in clubs with their multi-decked (up to six decks with three DJs) sets.Their debut US single, "The Sound" peaked at number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1996. 2001 saw the release of their album Muzikizum which contained two more US dance chart entries: "Smoke Machine" (number 31) and "Lazy", which peaked at number one in 2002 and also peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in the duo's native United Kingdom, as well as winning them the prestigious Ivor Novello award in 2003. The lead vocals on "Lazy" are sung by David Byrne (formerly of Talking Heads), and on "I Want You Back" by Dieter Meier of Yello.Makeshift Feelgood appeared in 2006, featuring Tim DeLaughter, Kurt Wagner, Anthony Roman from Radio 4, Kissing the Pink and Rob Harvey.In 2013 the "K*ll 100 (Carl Craig re-mix)" was used by Raf Simons for his debut Spring/Summer 2013 show in his role as creative director for Dior.

X-Press 2 are currently signed to Skint Records, a BMG company.

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