Utah Saints
Formed in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, Utah Saints comprises Jez Willis (b. 14 August 1963, Brampton, Cumbria, England; ex-Cassandra Complex) and Tim Garbutt (b. 6 January 1969, London, England; also a DJ at the Bliss club in Leeds). Both were formerly members of MDMA, who practised an unlikely and unappetizing hybrid of electro-gothic dance music. They released five 12-inch singles on their own Ecstatic Product label, the band name taken from the chemical description for the "Ecstasy" drug, though they initially claimed never to have actually used it. However, both were more than familiar with developments in the club scene. After MDMA Willis drifted into DJing, specializing in 70s disco evenings (Garbutt had already performed widely in such a role from the late 80s onwards). Together they established their name at their own "Mile High Club" nights at The Gallery in Leeds; these were such a success that corresponding events also transferred to York and then London. They then returned to recording, taking the Utah Saints name from the Nicolas Cage movie, Raising Arizona (it had previously been employed on a MDMA b-side). The duo's move to house music, using samples and a driving backbeat, proved much more successful than the efforts of their former incarnation.
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Albums
- (1992) Utah Saints
Top Tracks
- Something Good
- What Can You Do for Me
- Trance Atlantic Glide
- I Want You
- New Gold Dream (81-82--83-84)
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