John Graham is a British

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, songwriter, vocalist who is also known under the pseudonyms Quivver, Skanna, Stoneproof and Space Manoeuvres. He was a former member of music production team

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and has recorded and toured with the Welsh electronic group,

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in the past.

History

John Graham began music production in the early 1990s. Originally, he produced and released several tunes under the name Globe before releasing several

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singles under the name Skanna. With Neil Barry, under the alias of "Quivver", he released "Saxy Lady" and "Twist & Shout" on A&M Records Lt. UK. Again under the Quivver name he released "Believe in Me" on

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. Later, he joined Parks & Wilson as part of

, who produced the top 20 hit "Invisible". In 1999, Graham left Tilt to pursue a solo career. As Space Manoeuvres with Lea Kenny, he released the popular "Stage One" on

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. Graham readopted his "Quivver" moniker to produce "One Last Time" and "She Does" on VC Recordings, a sublabel of

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. In 2001, he became a resident DJ at

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and released ''

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'', the fifth entry in the

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series on

Kinetic Records Kinetic Records was a New York City-based record label founded by Steve Lau (founding member of Sire Records act the Ocean Blue), and co-owned with Alyson Shapero. The label launched the careers of artists and DJs such as Paul Oakenfold, BT, Ray ...

. The next year he produced the follow-up to "Stage One" with "Pluto Disko" under the name Space Manoeuvres. He also founded his own record label, Boz Boz Recordings, in 2003 as part of parent label Trust the DJ Records. In 2004, Boz Boz released Graham's single "Space Manoeuvres Part 3" under Quivver. The next year, Graham released his first album ''

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'' on

Lost Language Hooj Choons is a house record label formed by Alex Simons and Red Jerry (real name Jeremy Dickens) in 1990. The first release was "Carnival de Casa" by Rio Rhythm Band, however, it was not until 1992's release of Felix's "Don't You Want Me", ...

under the moniker Space Manoeuvres. In 2005 he takes part for the ''

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'' album as vocal member. In 2006, Graham appeared on progressive house/breaks act

third LP,

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as a vocalist. Graham has also toured with the group as a semipermanent vocalist, along with Charlotte James. In 2008, Graham's album under the Quivver name, ''Dirty Nails & Vapour Trails'' was released on Critical Rhythms.

Usage of other media

*The Space Manoeuvres track "Part Three" contains dialogue from the film '' Dark City'', spoken by Kiefer Sutherland. *The Space Manoeuvres track "Stage One" contains dialogue from the trailer for ''

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''.

Selected discography

*1993 ''Heaven EP'' as Skanna *1994: "Saxy Lady" ( UK #56) (as Quivver) ( A&M Records Lt. UK) *1994: "Twist + Shout" (as Quivver) (AM:PM) *1995: "Believe in Me" (UK #56) (as Quivver) (

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) *1999: "Everything's Not You" (UK #68) (as Stoneproof) (VC Recordings) *1999: "Stage One" (UK #25) (as Space Manoeuvres) (

) *2003: ''Loveless'' (as Quivver) *2005: ''Factoid'' OSTLP04XX(as Space Manoeuvres) (

) Limited 100 edition run of unreleased mixes from Deeptone, Gardner and Southall, & Probspot.Space Manoeuvres Home page – Lost Language Records
*2005: ''Oid'' (as Space Manoeuvres) (

) *2008: ''Dirty Nails & Vapour Trails'' (as Quivver) (Boz Boz) *2015: ''The Fever'' (as Quivver - feat.

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) (

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) *2018: ''ReKonstruct'' (as Quivver) (Controlled Substance) *2021: ''Revelate'' (as Quivver) (

Bedrock Records Bedrock Records is an English record label for trance, progressive house and techno started by Nick Muir and John Digweed. Its name comes from a long running and successful club night held in Hastings and also at Heaven nightclub, London - ...

)

References

External links

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Resident Advisor pageInterview
with Progressive-Sounds
UK singles Official Charts Company from Official Charts CompanyFRISKY Artist of the Week Spotlight :: Quivver
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