The Time Frequency
The Time Frequency | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Glasgow, Scotland |
Genres | Dance, techno, rave, hardcore techno |
Years active | 1991–present |
Associated acts | George Bowie Cheryl Barnes |
Website | www |
Members | Jon Campbell Paul Inglis Lorena Dale Gavin McCloy |
Past members | Mary Kiani Jo Wilson Colin McNeil Kyle Ramsay Debbie Millar |
The Time Frequency (TTF) are an electronic dance group from Scotland.
The band was founded by Jon Campbell in early 1991.[1] They are Scotland's first techno group. Members that TTF have included are fellow keyboard players Paul Inglis, Kyle Ramsay and later Colin McNeil. Mary Kiani was the lead singer of TTF, then Debbie Millar and now Lorena Dale.
During the 1990s, they had chart success with a number of hit singles, amongst which the biggest were "The Ultimate High", "New Emotion" and "Real Love" (the last named of which, after a remix, reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart).
History[]
Jon Campbell was the singer of the synthpop band, 'Thru the Fire' from 1987 to 1990, when he left the band to form The Time Frequency. Their first release was the white label EP, "Futurama".[1] In 1992, the band released "Real Love" through the record label Jive Records.[1] They released more singles and EPs until 1994, when they released their first album, Dominator, which included many of the singles that had been released prior to 1994.
Jive Records would not pay session singer Mary Kiani enough money to be a full-time member of the act and this resulted in her no longer being hired by The Time Frequency. In 1994, she was replaced with Debbie Millar, a singer from Bournemouth. Millar sang "Dreamscape '94", TTF's two singles with Tom Wilson released in 1998 and 1999 respectively, and most songs on the second album Dominator 2.
A greatest hits album was released on 7 May 2007, titled TTF – The Ultimate Collection. It included many of TTF's popular tracks.
In 2008, TTF released their third album, follow-up to Dominator, titled Dominator 2. No singles were released from Dominator 2. Around
The Time Frequency released a new single "I Can Feel It" with vocals from.Cheryl Barnes on 31 August 2015, with the video posted to group's YouTube channel on 30 September 2015. It made its debut on Radio Clyde in June 2015. The Time Frequency then released the album Futurelands in 2017. Songs include "Keep Holding On", a featuring vocals from Cheryl Barnes, and "Come Alive", vocals by Lorena Dale, the current singer with TTF.
Jon Campbell called the group's 2018 single "Home", "my best Time Frequency song ever".[citation needed] It debuted on George Bowie's GBX, Radio Clyde on 21 April 2018.
In November 2018, Jon Campbell and the Time Frequency released the single "In Heaven", with posthumous vocals by Millar.
Discography[]
Albums[]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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SCO [2] |
UK [3] | |||||||||||||
Dominator | 7 | 23 | ||||||||||||
The Ultimate Collection |
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71 | — | |||||||||||
Dominator 2 |
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— | — | |||||||||||
Futurelands |
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68 | — | |||||||||||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Singles and EPs[]
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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SCO [4] |
UK [3] |
UK Dance [5] |
UK Indie [6] | |||||||||||
1990 | "Futurama EP" | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
1992 | "Real Love" | 5 | 60 | — | — | Dominator | ||||||||
"New Emotion EP" | 1 | 36 | — | — | ||||||||||
1993 | "The Power Zone EP" | 1 | 17 | — | — | |||||||||
"Real Love '93" | 1 | 8 | — | — | ||||||||||
1994 | "Such a Phantasy EP" | 2 | 17 | — | — | |||||||||
"Dreamscape '94" | 2 | 32 | 36 | — | The Ultimate Collection | |||||||||
1998 | "U Got the Passion" (Tom Wilson vs The Time Frequency) |
37 | 92 | — | 22 | |||||||||
1999 | "Give Me Your Lovin (Sweet Sensation)" (TTF vs Tom Wilson) |
41 | 133 | — | 42 | Non-album singles | ||||||||
2000 | "New Emotion 2000" | 40 | 117 | — | 24 | |||||||||
2002 | "Real Love 2002" | 12 | 43 | 10 | 4 | Futurelands | ||||||||
2015 | "I Can Feel It" | 46 | — | — | — | |||||||||
2016 | "Come Alive/United" | 78 | — | — | — | |||||||||
2017 | "Keep Holding On" | 50 | — | — | — | |||||||||
2018 | "Home" | 92 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||
"In Heaven" | 80 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Remixes[]
- 1992 Marc Smith – "Breakdown"
- 1992 Da Mian – "Supernature"
- 1993 Q-Tex – "The Power of Love"
- 1993 Soul City Orchestra – "It's Jurassic"
- 1993 Marcha Fresca – "Love Is... An Ocean Wide"
- 1994 N-Trance – "Set You Free"
- 1994 Saidflorence – "Buy Me"
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 347. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
- ^ Scottish studio albums chart peaks:
- "Dominator". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "The Ultimate Collection". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Futurelands". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b UK chart positions:
- "The Time Frequency UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- *Chart Log UK "Chart Log UK 1994–2010: T> The Time Frequency". zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ Scottish singles chart peaks:
- "Such a Phantasy EP". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Dreamscape '94". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "U Got the Passion". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Give Me Your Lovin (Sweet Sensation)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "New Emotion 2000". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Real Love 2002". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "I Can Feel It". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Come Alive/United". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Keep Holding On". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Home". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "In Heaven". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ UK dance singles chart peaks:
- "Dreamscape '94". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Real Love 2002". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ UK independent singles chart peaks:
- "U Got the Passion". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Give Me Your Lovin (Sweet Sensation)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "New Emotion 2000". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Real Love 2002". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
External links[]
- British techno music groups
- Hardcore techno music groups
- Musical groups established in 1990
- Scottish electronic music groups
- Scottish dance music groups
- Musical groups from Glasgow