Gat Decor

{{Short description|English electronic music group}}

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| origin = Hammersmith, London, England

| genre = Progressive house, electronic

| years_active = {{start date|1992}}–{{end date|1997}}

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| website = {{URL|www.gatdecor.com}}

| current_members = Simon Slater
Laurence Nelson-Boudville
Simon Hanson

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Gat Decor (or Gat Décor) were an English electronic music group popular with the 1992 song "Passion". The song is considered to be one of the best-known works of the early progressive house genre.

The main contributors of the team are the British DJs and producers, Simon Slater, Laurence Nelson-Boudville and Simon Hanson.{{cite book |title=Superstar DJs Here We Go!: The Rise and Fall of the Superstar DJ |last=Phillips |first=Dom |year=2009 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-4070-2695-4 |page=122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jkZcEnPyj0C |accessdate=4 March 2012}} The name 'Gat Decor' was derived from an anagram of 'Tag Records', a record store based in Soho, London.

Although Gat Decor does not have an extensive catalog (two proper singles and a handful of remixes), the act and "Passion" are widely considered influential to electronic dance music in the early 1990s;{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} and Slater still continues to license "Passion".

Discography

=Singles=

  • 1992 "Passion" (#29 UK)
  • 1996 "Passion" (remix) (#6 UK)
  • 1996 "In the Head" / "Barefoot in the Head"

=Remixes=

  • 1992 Euphoria "Love You Right"
  • 1992 The Odd Company "Swing in Trance"
  • 1992 D'lusion "Take You There"
  • 1993 Latitude "Building a Bridge"
  • 1993 JFK "Here They Come Again"
  • 1993 Country & Western "Positive Energy"
  • 1994 Jean-Michel Jarre "Chronologie Part 6"
  • 1994 The Good Strawberries "Eyes on a Summer Day"

See also

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References

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