''L.A. Style'' is the debut album by the group
of the same name and produced by
Wessel van Diepen
Wessel Dietrich van Diepen is a Dutch radio host, music producer, and former TV presenter. Under the pseudonym DJ Delmundo, he is part of Danski & Delmundo, the production duo behind acts like the Vengaboys and Alice Deejay. With a total of 10 UK ...
, Michiel Van Der Kuy, Frans Merkx, Alfons "Fonny" de Wulf) and Ray Decadence. It was released in 1993 on
Arista.
The album made
''Billboard'' charts history when in 1992 their single "
James Brown Is Dead
"James Brown Is Dead" is a song by Dutch electronic dance music duo L.A. Style, produced by Wessel van Diepen and Denzil Slemming. It was released in August 1991 as the lead single from their debut album, '' L.A. Style'' (1993). The song was a ...
" became the first electronic dance song to appear in ''Billboards weekly pop rankings.
The album marked the first appearance of
trip hop
Trip hop is a musical genre that has been described as a psychedelic music, psychedelic fusion of hip hop music, hip hop and electronica with slow tempos and an atmospheric sound. The style emerged as a more experimental music, experimental var ...
vocalist
Nicolette as a featured and lead artist. Nicolette & FX appears on the single "I'm Raving" with the rest of the album rapped by lead artist FX a.k.a. Frans Merkx.
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Website. Retrieved 27 December 2006.
Track listing
# "
James Brown Is Dead
"James Brown Is Dead" is a song by Dutch electronic dance music duo L.A. Style, produced by Wessel van Diepen and Denzil Slemming. It was released in August 1991 as the lead single from their debut album, '' L.A. Style'' (1993). The song was a ...
"
(Denzil Slemming) – 5:38
# "Balloony"
(Foco & Frans Merkx) – 4:30
# "Jesus on Channel 4"
(Frans Merkx),(Gus Roan, Koen Tillie) – 3:48
# "I'm Raving"
(Maxx Mondino, Nicolette Okoh, Slemming) & (Frans Merkx)(Frans Merkx) – 5:16
# "It's Your Life, Baby"
(King Arthur, K.C. Level, MC EZ-F / FX (Frans Merkx], Mondino, Slemming) – 3:46
# "L.A. Style Theme"
(Slemming) – 3:46
# "Twilight Zone"
(Slemming) – 3:20
# "Toys (Use It)"
(King Arthur, Mondino, Slemming)&
Xrans Merkx)– 3:23
# "Everybody Dance"
(Oliver Adams, Foco, Frans Merkx) – 4:21
# "American Dream"
(Slemming) – 3:13
Charts
Album
Singles
Notes
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1993 debut albums
L.A. Style albums
Arista Records albums