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  • Rockers Hi-Fi
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  • Rockers Hi-Fi
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  • English dance music groups
  • English electronic music groups
  • Gee Street Records artists
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  • Formed in 1991 as Original Rockers in Birmingham, UK. Originally as a duo, they later added the rapper Farda P.
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  • Rockers Hi-Fi were an electronic dub/dance outfit formed in Birmingham, England in 1991 as Original Rockers. In 1994 they changed their name to Rockers Hi-Fi. Their music was quite popular across Europe as an extension and continuation of the dub music genre.Their first success came with a few tracks on the Beyond Records Ambient Dub series of compilations, and %22Push Push%22 became a dancefloor hit at the beginning of the 90s.They released four studio albums and also mixed and compiled an album for Studio !K7's DJ-Kicks series.Their urban sound was created by Richard %22DJ Dick%22 Whittingham who began his DJ career in Duran Duran's Rum Runner nightclub, he now hosts Leftfoot at the Medicine Bar, and Glyn %22Bigga%22 Bush who continues to produce music as BiggaBush and Lightning Head on his own Lion Head label.Their song %22What a Life!%22 was part of the soundtrack for the 1995 film The Basketball Diaries, and %22Going Under (Love & Insanity Dub) (K&D Sessions)%22 featured in the 2000s film Traffic, as well as in the mid-season finale to the first season of the television series The O.C.In 1992, Richard Whittingham and Glyn Bush founded the label Different Drummer, releasing music from both Original Rockers/Rockers Hi-Fi and others.
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  • Rocker Hi Fi
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  • Rockers Hi Fi
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  • 1994
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  • Rockers HiFi
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