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, comprising David Titlow (born 28 November 1965) and Duncan Millar (born 26 May 1963 - Died May 2022). Their debut album, ''Rich and Famous'', was produced by Phil Harding and Ian Curnow for PWL, with songs written by Titlow and Millar. "It was dance pop, out and out; it needed to work on the dance floor," recalled Harding of actioning the brief given to him by the band. Their song " I Want to Be Your Property" was a ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hit, peaking at #66 in 1988, and they achieved additional success on the US Dance Charts where they spent four weeks at #1 on the

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Nixon and released the song "Sweet Temptation". Later, they released a number of dance tracks under the name Monica De Luxe, which entered UK Dance Charts. Titlow then went on to form the

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. Millar went on to produce further dance tracks including, as Exoterix, the first track released by

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in 1993. Later, he released an

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instrumental album under the name A One, on Indochina Records (subsidiary label of

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albums on

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, N.Y.C., achieving a UK

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nomination as Best UK Jazz Act for the first of these in 1999.

Discography

Singles

*as Nixon CA Records - NXN 1

Albums

References

External links

Duncan Millar's website

David Titlow's website
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Discography

Singles

Albums

See also

References

External links