Client (band)
| Client | |
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 Client performing at the Krefeld culture factory (2005) |
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| General information | |
| origin | London , England |
| Genre (s) | Electropop , disco , electroclash |
| founding | 2001 |
| Founding members | |
| Kate Holmes ("Client A") | |
| Sarah Blackwood ("Client B") (until 2010) | |
| Current occupation | |
| Kate Holmes ("Client A") | |
| Nicole Thomas ("Client N") (since 2013) | |
| former members | |
| Emily Mann ("Emily Strange", "Client E") (2005-2007) | |
| Live members | |
bass |
Charlotte Hatherley ("Client C") |
bass |
Emma Fox ("Client F") |
bass |
Mush Berrier ("Client M") |
bass |
Ruth "Ru" Owen ("Client R") |
Client is a British electropop - band .
history
Client started in 2001 as a duo consisting of Kate Holmes (aka "Client A", ex-Technique) and Sarah Blackwood (aka "Client B", ex- Dubstar ). At the end of 2005, the duo became a trio: Emily Mann joined the band as bassist under the name Emily Strange (aka Client E). In 2007 they were supported by Robert Görl ( DAF ) on the drumpad and the fad gadget guitarist Günther Bernhard. Client E left the company in 2007. Live the band is supported by a changing third member Client C (aka Charlotte Hatherley, ex Ash) Client M (alias Mush) or Client R (alias Ruth).
Client first became known when they appeared in 2001 alongside Fad Gadget in the opening act for Depeche Mode . Depeche Mode keyboardist Andrew Fletcher signed them to his Toast Hawaii label . In 2005 they were support for Erasure .
Clients are characterized by their lively club and concert activity. With Radio , Pornography and In It For The Money they already had three chart entries in the British charts. In 2007, Drive made it into the German charts as the first client single.
In 2010 Sarah Blackwood left the band. In 2013 the video for the new single You Can Dance with the new singer Nicole Thomas aka "Client N" was released. In 2014 the studio album Authority was released .
Discography
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Studio albums
- 2003: Client
- 2004: City
- 2007: Heartland
- 2009: Command
- 2014: Authority
Internet albums
(only or primarily available as a download)
- 2004: Going Down (remixes from the album "Client")
- 2006: The Rotherham Sessions (demo versions of songs from the 3rd album)
More albums
- 2005: Live at Club Koko
- 2006: Metropolis (Remixes and B-Sides from the album "City")
- 2008: Untitled Remix (Remixes and B-Sides as well as unreleased collaborations from the Heartland era)
Singles
- 2003: Price of Love
- 2003: Rock and Roll Machine
- 2003: Here and Now
- 2004: In It For The Money
- 2004: radio
- 2005: Pornography
- 2006: Zerox Machine ( Adam And The Ants Cover)
- 2006: Lights Go Out
- 2007: Drive
- 2007: It's not over
- 2009: Can You Feel (Download-Only)
- 2009: Make Me Believe In You (Download-Only)
- 2013: You Can Dance
Collaborations
- 2004: Pete Doherty - Down to the Underground
- 2004: Carl Barât - Pornography
- 2004: Martin L. Gore - Overdrive
- 2005: Réplica - Sorry
- 2005: Moonbootica - Falling (appeared on the album Moonbootica )
- 2005: Die Krupps - Der Amboss feat. Client (appeared on MCD True Work, True Pay )
- 2007: Douglas McCarthy by Nitzer Ebb - Suicide Sister
swell
- ↑ http://www.client-online.net
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chart sources: DE UK
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of March 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Client on Facebook
- Client at laut.de
- Client at Discogs (English)