Cornershop

Cornershop is a British group of Rock formed with Leicester in 1992 by Wolverhampton, of its true name Tjinder Singh (singer, type-setter, player of Dholaki), his/her brother Avtar Singh (low, song), David Chambers (battery) and Ben Ayres (Guitare, Claviers, Tamboura). Three first being ex-members of General Havoc a group of Preston which had left individual ( Fast Jaspal ) in 1991.

The name of the group refers to the stereotype of the immigrant Indien in England which often has a small shop, the graver of the corner of the street (equivalent of " the Arab of the coin" in France).

Their music is a mixture of Indian music, independent British rock'n'roll and electronic music.

History

With the beginning of the year 1990, whereas the popular singer Morrissey is disparaged by the British press (in particular by NME) because of his refusal to contradict the charges of racism in his opposition, the members of Cornershop burn a photograph of the singer in front of the offices of the recording company EMI.

The first individual In The Days off Ford Cortina is a mixture of pop noisy tinted Indian sonorities, the sound somewhat softens with the exit of the first album Hold One It Hurts in 1994. David Chambers leaves the group in 1994, group who reappears in 1995 with the exit of individual the 6 a.m. Jullander Shere and of the album Woman' S Gotta Have It . The departure of Avtar Singh at the end of 1995 brings to deep changes: Anthony Saffery (Sitar, keyboard and Harmonium), Nick Simms (battery) and Peter Bengry (percussions) unite in Cornershop.

Cornershop is more largely made know thanks to the success of the remix of their song Brimful off Asha by Fatboy Slim. This song, drawn from their album When I Was Born for the 7th Time of 1997, is a homage to famous and prolific Indian singer Asha Bhosle, and to the music industry of this same country in general (the such singer Mohammed Rafi, also quoted). Paula Frazer makes to an appearance as chorus-singer on the title Good To Be One The Road Back Home . It is also to note that some titles of the album were by-products, even completely produced, by the producer hip-hop daN Nakamura (aka daN The Automator).

In 1999 they leave an album inspiration Disco: Disco music and the Halfway to Discontent under the name of Clinton. This album inspires the opening of the London club Buttoned down disco music, whose name is the title of the third song of the album.

The following album, under the name of Cornershop, leaves in 2002: Handcream for has Generation .

According to their official site the group works since 2003 on a film about the industry of the independent music with London. In February 2006, four years after their last album, leaves new individual a Wop the Groove . A new album is awaited for 2007.

Discography

Albums:

Hold One It Hurts (1994)
Woman' S Gotta Cuts It (1995)
When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997)
Disco and the Halfway to Discontent (under the name of Clinton) (1999)
Handcream for has Generation (2002)

Individual:

"In The Days Off Ford Cortina" (1993)
" Lock Stock & Double Barrel" (1993)
" Reader' S Wives" (1993)
" Born Disco music, Died Heavy Metal" (1994)
" Seetar Man" (1994) (individual Split with Blood Sausage)
" 6 a.m. Jullander Shere" (1995)
" My Dancing Days are Done" (1995)
" 6 a.m. Jullander Shere: The Grid and Star Liner mixes" (1996)
" W.O.G. - The U.S Eastern Western mixes" (1996)
" To ridge The Soul" (1996)
" Good Ships" (1997)
" Brimful off Asha" (1997)
" Brimful off Asha (Norman Cook Remix) " (1997)
" Brimful off Asha/Brimful off Asha (Norman Cook Remix) " (1998)
" Sleep one the Side" Left; (1998)
" Candyman" (1998)
" Let us injure Learned From Rocky I to Rocky III" (2002)
" Staging" (2002)
" Topknot" (2004)
" Wop the Groove" (2006)

Bonds

official site of Cornershop
to the BBC
interview

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