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the Grid

{{Short description|English house music group}}

{{other uses|Grid (disambiguation)}}

{{Lead too short|date=August 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = The Grid

| image =

| caption =

| image_size =

| background = group_or_band

| alias =

| origin = London, England

| genre = House

| years_active = 1988–1996
2003–present

| label = East West, Virgin, Deconstruction, Some Bizzare

| associated_acts = Soft Cell, Beyond The Wizards Sleeve, Circle Sky

| website =

| current_members = Richard Norris
David Ball

| past_members = Sacha Rebecca Souter (vocals)

}}

The Grid are an English electronic dance group, consisting of David Ball (formerly of Soft Cell) and Richard Norris, with guest contributions from other musicians. They are best known for the hits "Swamp Thing", "Texas Cowboys", "Crystal Clear", "Rollercoaster" and "Floatation".

Band members

History

The Grid formed in 1988, after both Ball and Norris had worked with Psychic TV on the Jack the Tab – Acid Tablets Volume One album. They recorded the track "Meet Every Situation Head On" together as "M.E.S.H.". The Grid had their first success with their debut single, "Floatation", released on East West Records in 1990. They went on to release a string of ten UK hit singles and four albums, and toured the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia. The group's 1994 album Evolver reached No. 14 in the UK Albums Chart.{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 236}} The lead single from this album, "Swamp Thing", features elaborate banjo lines played by Roger Dinsdale. "Swamp Thing" proved to be a commercial success in the UK, Europe and Australia, reaching No. 3 in the UK and Australia, and selling a total of one million copies.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

In 1996, Norris and Ball agreed to a hiatus in order to pursue individual music interests. Norris formed The Droyds with Andy Chatterley, who went on to remix tracks by musicians including Armand Van Helden and Siobhan Fahey. Norris also wrote the official biography of Paul Oakenfold, published in 2007. Ball reformed Soft Cell with Marc Almond, and also wrote music scores for films.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} Norris has since formed the psychedelic duo, Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve, with DJ Erol Alkan, and has released a number of solo records and remixes under the name The Time and Space Machine.

The duo reunited in 2005, initially playing two gigs under the name GDM with female singer Misty Woods, before writing and recording new material as The Grid. A single, "Put Your Hands Together", was released in 2007 and an album, Doppelgänger, followed in 2008. Both were released on the Some Bizzare label. The album featured vocals by the British musician, Chris Braide.

In 2018, during the second reunion of Soft Cell, Ball and Norris released a new album as the Grid, One Way Traffic, which was recorded as part of Moog Music Inc.'s "The Moog Sound Lab" program, using Moog modular synthesizers.{{cite web|url=https://cargorecordsdirect.co.uk/products/the-grid-one-way-traffic-blue-tb7-series|title=cargorecordsdirect.co.uk > The Grid 'One Way Traffic (Blue TB7 Series)' – Cargo Records UK|language=English|accessdate=2019-05-19}}

In 2021, Ball and Norris collaborated with Robert Fripp on a new album, Leviathan.

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable"
YearAlbumUK
AUS
{{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/cg02Pui | title= The Grid ARIA chart history |publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=26 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.		SWE
SWI
{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Grid|title=hitparade.ch > The Grid in der Schweizer Hitparade|language=German|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2016-09-03}}		Label
1990Electric Headalign="center"| –align="center"| –align="center"| –align="center"| –East West Records
1992456align="center"| –align="center"| 199align="center"| –align="center"| –Virgin Records
1994Evolveralign="center"| 14align="center"| 51align="center"| 27align="center"| 46Deconstruction Records
1995Music for Dancingalign="center"| 67align="center"| –align="center"| –align="center"| –Deconstruction Records
2008Doppelgängeralign="center"| –align="center"| –align="center"| –align="center"| –Some Bizzare Records
2018One Way Trafficalign="center"| –align="center"| –align="center"| –align="center"| –Moog Recordings Library
2021Leviathan (with Robert Fripp)align="center"| –align="center"| –align="center"| –align="center"| –Discipline Global Mobile

=Singles=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Certifications
(sales thresholds)

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="35"| UK
UK chart peaks:

  • All except "Origins of Dance": {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26316/grid/|title=Official Charts > Grid|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|accessdate=2016-09-03}}
  • "Origins of Dance" {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26693/timothy-leary-meets-the-grid/|title=Official Charts > Timothy Leary Meets The Grid|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|accessdate=2016-09-03}}

! width="35"| AUS
Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:

  • Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Grid|title=australian-charts.com > The Grid in Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2016-09-03}}
  • "Floatation" (ARIA) peak: {{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/08/week-commencing-20-august-1990.html|title=Week commencing 20 August 1990|publisher=bubblingdownunder.com|access-date=21 August 2021}}
  • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}
  • "Rollercoaster": {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/TwegFt7.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 11 Dec 1994|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA)|accessdate=2016-09-03}}
  • "Texas Cowboys": {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/3WwqLq5.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 05 Feb 1995|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA)|accessdate=2016-12-10}}

! width="35"| AUT
{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=the%20grid&cat=s|title=austriancharts.at > Suche nach: The Grid|language=German|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2016-09-03}}

! width="35"| BEL
(Fla)
{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Grid|title=Ultratop > The Grid in Ultratop Vlaanderen|language=Dutch|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2016-09-03}}

! width="35"| GER
{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-2843|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts > The Grid – Swamp Thing (single)|language=German|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=2016-09-03}}

! width="35"| IRE
{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/408CXtL.jpg|title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Grid' (from irishcharts.ie)|publisher=Imgur.com (original source published by Fireball Media)|accessdate=2016-09-03}}

! width="35"| NED
{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Grid|title=dutchcharts.nl > The Grid in Dutch Charts|language=Dutch|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2016-09-03}}

! width="35"| NOR
{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Grid|title=norwegiancharts.com > The Grid in Norwegian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2016-09-03}}

! width="35"| SWE
{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Grid|title=swedishcharts.com > The Grid in Swedish Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2016-09-03}}

! width="35"| SWI

rowspan=2| 1989

| align="left"| "On the Grid"

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

| align="left" rowspan="1"| Single only

align="left"| "Intergalactia"

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

| align="left" rowspan="3"| Electric Head

rowspan=3| 1990

| align="left"| "Floatation"

| 60

| 102

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

align="left"| "A Beat Called Love"

| 64

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

align="left"| "Origins of Dance"

| 96

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| —

| —

|

| align="left" rowspan="1"| Single only

1991

| align="left"| "Boom!"

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

| align="left" rowspan="4"| 456

rowspan=2| 1992

| align="left"| "Figure of 8"

| 50

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

align="left"| "Heartbeat"

| 72

| 188

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

rowspan=2| 1993

| align="left"| "Crystal Clear"

| 27

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

align="left"| "Texas Cowboys"

| 21

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 18

| —

| —

| 36

| —

|

| align="left" rowspan="4"| Evolver

rowspan=3| 1994

| align="left"| "Swamp Thing"

| 3

| 3

| 4

| 4

| 13

| 4

| 7

| 2

| 4

| 6

|

  • UK: Silver{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/m5lcqfk.jpg|title=BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Grid' (from bpi.co.uk)|publisher=Imgur.com (original source published by British Phonographic Industry)|accessdate=2016-09-03}}
  • AUS: Platinum{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/LHigR9p.jpg |title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1994 |publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA) |accessdate=2016-09-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025122130/http://i.imgur.com/LHigR9p.jpg |archivedate=25 October 2015 }}
align="left"| "Rollercoaster"

| 19

| 59

| —

| 45

| —

| 11

| —

| —

| 31

| —

|

align="left"| "Texas Cowboys" (re-release)

| 17

| 74

| —

| 40

| —

| 18

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| —

| —

|

1995

| align="left"| "Diablo"

| 32

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| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| align="left" rowspan="1"| Music for Dancing

2006

|"Slammer / Slinker"

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|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

|—

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|Doppelgänger

2007

|"Put Your Hands Together"

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|Doppelgänger

colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

{{Reflist}}

Further reading

  • {{cite magazine|title=The Grid|page=22|magazine=Music Technology|date=April 1990|volume=4|issue=5|issn=0957-6606|oclc=24835173}}

External links

  • [https://www.facebook.com/thegriduk The Grid official Facebook page]
  • [https://www.mit.edu/people/mattski/Grid/ Grid Central – unofficial page]
  • [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p44881|pure_url=yes}} The Grid at AllMusic]
  • [http://www.myspace.com/gridmusic The Grid Myspace]

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Category:English dance music groups

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Category:Deconstruction Records artists