187 Lockdown was a British

speed garage Speed garage (occasionally known as plus-8) is a genre of electronic dance music, associated with the UK garage scene, of which it is regarded as one of its subgenres. Characteristics Speed garage features sped-up NY garage 4-to-the-floor rhyt ...

act, comprising Danny Harrison and Julian Jonah. The duo produced one

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, with four singles released from it, and

remix A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The o ...

ed many songs towards the end of the 1990s. The duo also recorded under a number of other aliases, such as Gant, Ground Control, Nu-Birth and M Factor. Of these, M Factor was the most commercially successful, notching up a UK top 20 hit with the vocal version of "Mother". After M Factor, Harrison went on become part of remix outfit Moto Blanco. Jonah still continues to work as a producer.

Discography

Albums

*1998: ''187''

Singles

As Nu-Birth

*" Anytime" (1997) – UK #48, UK Dance #1 *"Anytime" (rerelease) (1998) – UK #41

As Gant

*"Sound Bwoy Burial"/"All Night Long" (1997) – UK #67

As M Factor

*"Mother" (2002) – UK #18 *"Come Together" (2003) – UK #46

References

External links

* * English electronic music duos Male musical duos Speed garage musicians UK garage duos Electronic dance music duos East West Records artists {{UK-electronic-band-stub