S'Express

The S'Express project was one of the first swallows to fly to the top of the charts in the wake of the acid house fever that swept Britain in the late eighties. The Express was helmed by disc jockey and producer Mark Moore, who regularly brought in musicians and vocalists from outside. The first and most successful single was the 1988 track "Theme From S'Express". The hit, built around samples from the old Rose Royce disco track "Is It Love You're After", topped the British charts and set the tone for the further triumphant march of sampled dance music. Moore and his comrades soon recorded the album "Original Soundtrack", two more singles from which hit the top ten. Compared to other pioneers of acid house, Moore, perhaps, understood the best in pop music, in his tracks were vocals, brass, catchy "hooks" and other paraphernalia of pop hits.

In 1991, S'Express released their second LP, Intercourse, inviting the future pop star Sonique to the project (she sang almost all the vocals on the disc). Although the success of the first singles did not repeat itself, Moore's tracks again appeared in the pop charts. However, long-playing projects were not accepted in dance music at that time, and Mark without regrets drove the Express into the depot, switching to DJing, remixing, and then new musical formations. "Theme From S'Express" was successfully reprinted several times, and by the 20th anniversary of the project, Moore subjected the S'Express to a short-term resuscitation. A new single "Stupid Little Girls" was released on the fashionable French label Kitsune, but this music had, in fact, nothing to do with the S'Express that thundered in the late eighties. By 1994, the project actually ended its existence.