Mark Moore (born 12 January 1965) is a British

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record producer and DJ. He was founder of dance/ sampling pioneers

S'Express S'Express (pronounced ''ess-express''; sometimes spelled S'Xpress or S-Express) was a British dance music act from the late 1980s, who had one of the earliest commercial successes in the acid house genre. " Theme from S'Express", which contain ...

, and runs the

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s Electrogogo, and Can Can.

Biography

Moore began his DJ career in 1983 playing at the fashionable London club, 'The Mud Club', run by Philip Sallon. Later that year as his popularity grew he was given a slot at the alternative, mixed/gay night 'Asylum' at

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, which later became 'Pyramid' at Heaven. He soon became a successful DJ often appearing in Time Out's 'best DJ' polls. As well as playing new-wave

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, such as

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, Cabaret Voltaire,

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and

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; Moore was one of the first DJs in the UK to support and play

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music and

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. In 1987, Moore's remix of " Step by Step" by Taffy was released by

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's Transglobal Records as "Step By Step (Moore Heavenly Mix)". In 1988, Moore launched S'Express with co-writer/co-producer

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. The first single "

Theme From S'Express "Theme from S-Express" is an acid house song by British electronic dance music group S'Express, from their debut studio album, ''Original Soundtrack'' (1989), written and produced by Mark Moore and Pascal Gabriel. One of the landmarks of early ac ...

", released on Rhythm King, went to number 1 in the UK Singles Chart, and is credited by Muzik magazine as 'kick starting the UK house scene'. This was followed up with "

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", which reached number 5 in the UK Chart. Moore and

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formed a friendship, when Moore asked Orbit to

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the S'Express

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, "Hey Music Lover", and the duo worked together mixing

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's "Batdance", "Electric Chair" and "The Future" plus

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's " Deep in Vogue", "Something's Jumpin' In Your Shirt" and "Call A Wave". Moore also had a working relationship with

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Mark McGuire. He would feature up-and-coming

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as vocalist on "Hey Music Lover", giving her early exposure before her band, Electribe 101, released its debut album. An admirer of the composer

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, Moore asked Glass to remix "Hey Music Lover", which the composer did in singular style. A friendship was also formed with

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when he first came to London aged 19 and Craig worked on the second S'Express album "Intercourse". Moore also had made a cameo appearance as a

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DJ on

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's debut album ''

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''. Moore was heard playing the 'fluffy bagel mix' of "Superfly Guy" on "Get Outta Bed Radio!" That mix can by found on the ''Hip Hop and Rapping in the House''

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released in the late 1980s. Other cameos include appearing on the ''

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'' TV show as part of the She Rappers sketch, which can be seen on 'The Best of French And Saunders' DVD. During 2002, he was involved with the Needledust project with Robert Michael and Tim Southgate. From 2003 to 2007, he helmed the Electrogogo club in

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. In 2005, Moore set up the record label Umami Records. From 2005 onwards, Moore has released new music and remixes under the monikers Mark Moore & Eon, Mark Moore & Kinky Roland and UltraViva (with David Motion). Moore has also remixed

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, Boystown Gang, The Real Thing,

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, the

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band,

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, Mlle Caro & Frank Garcia, Next Door But One and Chanty Poe, amongst others. In 2008 S'Express came out of cryogenic slumber and released "Stupid Little Girls" on the Kitsuné label to mark the 20-year anniversary of the

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and (according to Moore) to 'confuse the history books'. Moore also writes articles for magazines. He has a weekly music column with Princess Julia in ''QX International''. Published articles include: interviews with

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(Waters gave Moore permission to sample his voice on the start of the S'Express track "Brazil") and

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(for ''ID'' magazine); a

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feature for ''Fused''; 'Acid House London: The Mark Moore Experience' for ''Clash'' Magazine; 'Punk Rock Saved My Life' for ''Super Super''

S'Express discography

Albums

* 1989 ''

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'' – (Rhythm King, LEFT CD8)- UK No. 5 * 1991 '' Intercourse'' – (US, Sire, 9 26520-2) (UK, Rhythm King / Epic, 468567 2) * 1998 '' Ultimate S'Express'' – (Camden / BMG, 74321 603402) * 2004 '' Themes from S'Express - the Best Of'' – (BMG, 82876 581972) * 2016 '' Enjoy this Trip'' – (Needle Boss Records, B01FGV67I6)

Singles

* ¹ remixes by

Tony De Vit Antony de Vit ( ; 12 September 1957 – 2 July 1998)
– accessed May 2011 was an English DJ and music producer. He is co ...

, Aquarius and

and accredited to Mark Moore presents S'Express. * ² released on download and 12" vinyl only.

References

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