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There is at least five groups called Atmosfear. One is a funk/jazz-funk/soul group.
Aanother is a metalcore band from Sweden, the third a progressive metal band from Germany, the fourth is a death metal band from Mumbai (India) and the last is an downtempo/instrumental/beat maker from the USA.
1. Atmosfear were a UK jazz funk band formed in 1979. They consisted of bassist, and keyboardist Lester J. Batchelor, drummer Ray Johnson, guitarist Andy Sojka, saxophonist Stewart Cawthorne, and producer Jerry Pike. A year later singer and guitarist Tony Antoniou joined the main line up. Regular support musician / members of the band were keyboardist Peter Hinds, who has also been a member of UK jazz-funk pioneers Light Of The World and Incognito, and percussionist Leroy Williams, a member of UK soul band Hi-Tension and who also played with Level-42. They were sometimes joined by horn man Alan Rapoport, Frank Roccoti, Carol Kenyon, and Rick Dejong.
Their most notable release was Dancing In Outer Space, which reached the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart in 1979. Another double A-side single followed called Motivation / Extract which also charted in the lower regions of the UK singles chart. This track also became Radio One DJ - Pete Tong’s club track of the year when it was released where Pete spun the discs at a club close to Brands Hatch.
Aanother is a metalcore band from Sweden, the third a progressive metal band from Germany, the fourth is a death metal band from Mumbai (India) and the last is an downtempo/instrumental/beat maker from the USA.
1. Atmosfear were a UK jazz funk band formed in 1979. They consisted of bassist, and keyboardist Lester J. Batchelor, drummer Ray Johnson, guitarist Andy Sojka, saxophonist Stewart Cawthorne, and producer Jerry Pike. A year later singer and guitarist Tony Antoniou joined the main line up. Regular support musician / members of the band were keyboardist Peter Hinds, who has also been a member of UK jazz-funk pioneers Light Of The World and Incognito, and percussionist Leroy Williams, a member of UK soul band Hi-Tension and who also played with Level-42. They were sometimes joined by horn man Alan Rapoport, Frank Roccoti, Carol Kenyon, and Rick Dejong.
Their most notable release was Dancing In Outer Space, which reached the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart in 1979. Another double A-side single followed called Motivation / Extract which also charted in the lower regions of the UK singles chart. This track also became Radio One DJ - Pete Tong’s club track of the year when it was released where Pete spun the discs at a club close to Brands Hatch.
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