Tilt is an English group of

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s, composed of Mick Park and Nic Britton. Formed in

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, by Mick Park and Mick Wilson in 1990, they became residents at The Eclipse, the first legal all night

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venue in the UK. Their time at Eclipse was inspirational, playing alongside Sasha, and motivating the boys to produce their own musical material. In 1993, they met with John Graham and Tilt was formed. 3 years later, out of their studios in

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, their first

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"I Dream", released on Paul Oakenfold's

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. After multiple successful singles including "My Spirit", "Places", and the captivating "Butterfly", along with "Rendezvous", which they recorded with

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, they saw themselves signed to

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, the label of dance labels in that era. The

label released "

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in the UK singles chart. The unforgettable & timeless

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' "

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" and their "Dark Science EP" and at this point had reckoned seven UK chart hits. In 1997, the boys collaborated with the legendary

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Manager

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on Lakme 'The Bell Song' – which received critical acclaim. Graham left Tilt in 1999 to pursue his solo career and Parks and Wilson continued to release singles until joined by Andy Moor which saw the release of the album, ''

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'', on

subsidiary label,

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. Moor and Wilson subsequently left the band to pursue their own paths and in 2011, Nic Britton re-joined Mick Park as TILT with releases on

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. The production of 'No Other Day' featured

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("Angry Skies" & "Headstrong") and re-released the Oakey favourite "The World Doesn’t Know" for Lost Language's 100th release. Mick Park and Nic Britton the celebrated their huge remix of Cosmos "Take Me With You" supported by

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and

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and have since collaborated with Ben Shaw,

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and

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(aka) 'Grace' and have released productions on Mesmeric Records,

, Pro B-Tech and

all being championed from a plethora of DJ's including

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, Hernan Cattaneo,

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& Pete Tong to name a few! After releasing their 'Best Of' album "Stop The World Revolving", 2014 was a flurry of activity. The production of an E.A.R (Electronic Artists Revealed) tutorial for

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and work on their album "Resonator" (Pro B-Tech), which hit No.2 in the

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charts and involved working with multiple artists, this resulted in a tour with a live visual show to critical acclaim from the dance community. After fantastic reviews from their 2015 release "Quad" on Stripped Recordings. TILT toured with

at sell out venues, including

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, Session &

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and started a monthly residency with Frisky Radio with their programme 'Trip Switch' showcasing the hottest underground tunes. New challenges awaited with long standing collaborators Natasha Cadman and Silinder and delightful collaboration with the Queen of Soul and

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(

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) her first dance record production, "Deeper in Love", released on Perfecto House Records in 2017. Tilt are no strangers to the Irish connection (Psalm 33 with

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-Tilt & Redanka's Jah remix) and 2019 saw them remix U2 "Summer of Love"(

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) with huge support from

, Paul Oakenfold,

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and

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and widespread acclaim meant they would go on to do 5 projects for the esteemed rockers. Averse to 'sitting still' 2019 was the birth of their own imprint record label / clothing brand 'Guerilla Movement’with merch flying off the shelves, proving their versatility and in 2020 released their mix with Redanka commissioned by

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of "Where the streets have no name" 2021/22 reunited Park with Wilson on a remix of "Gangsters" (

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), used by the Coventry City of Culture for their 2021 celebrations.

Selected discography

Albums

*2005: ''

'' (

) *2013: ''Stop the World Revolving'' (compilation) (Lost Language) *2014: ''Resonator'' (Pro B Tech Records)

Singles

*1995: "I Dream" (UK #69) (

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) *1997: "My Spirit" (UK #61) (Warner Music / Perfecto) *1997: "Places" (UK #64) (Warner Music / Perfecto) *1998: "Butterfly" (UK #41) (US #31) (feat. Zee) (Warner Music / Perfecto) *1999: "

" (UK #51) (

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) *1999: "

" (UK #20) (

) *1999: "Angry Skies" (TILT & Maria Nayler)(Deconstruction Records) *2000: ''Dark Science EP'' (UK #55) (Hooj Choons) *2002: "Headstrong" (feat.

) ( Baroque Records) *2004: "The World Doesn't Know" (UK #36) (Lost Language) *2004: "Twelve" (Lost Language) *2011: ''The Century EP'' (Lost Language) *2013: "My Release" (feat.

) (

) *2013: "Here Is Not Now" (feat.

) (Pro B Tech Records) *2015: "30 Hits of Acid" (feat.

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) (Pro B Tech Records) *2015: "Quad" (Stripped Recordings) *2018: "Black Samurai" (Tactal Hots Music) *2018: "Sinai" (Tactal Hots Music) *2023: "Reign" (UNKLE feat

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) with

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References

External links

Official Tilt website
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UK Official Charts Company from Official Charts CompanyUS Chart stats from Billboard.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tilt Musical groups established in 1995 Musical groups from Coventry English DJs English electronic music groups British trance music groups British electronic dance music DJs