Nexus 21
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Mark Archer and Chris Peat from Stafford, England, had already worked together on various releases on the Blue Chip label when they finally teamed up as a duo and formed Nexus 21 in 1989. Also recording as C&M Connection in the same year with only one 12” release on the Blue Chip label, “Another Night”, and two further tracks on Network, ‘Biorhythms’ and ‘Flutes’.
The first Nexus 21 release was “(Still) Life Keeps Moving”, a vocal techno tune today regarded as an early classic. They followed this up with their outstanding sole LP “The Rhythm Of Life”, which was strongly influenced by Detroit techno, but also included acid house, electro and breakbeats elements.
After the release of the album, Blue Chip folded, and Nexus 21 found a new home in the just founded Network Records. Meanwhile, R&S snapped up “Logical Progression” and “Techno City” from The Rhythm Of Life and released them on 12”. KMS released a set of Detroit remixes of “(Still) Life Keeps Moving” by Carl Craig / Mark Kinchen / Kevin Saunderson.
The first Archer / Peat releases for Network were licensed versions of Another Night and the Detroit remixes. Then the pair tried out yet another alter ego and released the “Overload EP” as Altern 8. They came back to being Nexus 21 for the deep techno of “Self Hypnosis”, their contribution to the Bio Rhythm compilation. A remix of Self Hypnosis then appeared on the “Progressive Logic EP”, alongside “Together” (from Bio Rhythm 2) and two tunes from The Rhythm Of Life, one remixed.
The first Nexus 21 release was “(Still) Life Keeps Moving”, a vocal techno tune today regarded as an early classic. They followed this up with their outstanding sole LP “The Rhythm Of Life”, which was strongly influenced by Detroit techno, but also included acid house, electro and breakbeats elements.
After the release of the album, Blue Chip folded, and Nexus 21 found a new home in the just founded Network Records. Meanwhile, R&S snapped up “Logical Progression” and “Techno City” from The Rhythm Of Life and released them on 12”. KMS released a set of Detroit remixes of “(Still) Life Keeps Moving” by Carl Craig / Mark Kinchen / Kevin Saunderson.
The first Archer / Peat releases for Network were licensed versions of Another Night and the Detroit remixes. Then the pair tried out yet another alter ego and released the “Overload EP” as Altern 8. They came back to being Nexus 21 for the deep techno of “Self Hypnosis”, their contribution to the Bio Rhythm compilation. A remix of Self Hypnosis then appeared on the “Progressive Logic EP”, alongside “Together” (from Bio Rhythm 2) and two tunes from The Rhythm Of Life, one remixed.
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misterJIB
check out Mark's new tune, really reminiscent of those halcyon nexus 21 bleeps http://www.last.fm/music/Mark+Archer/_/21-41 Stafford in the area!
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justintuijl
saw them live as Nexus 21 at brixton academy (london) back in the day '91 I think, they really made good stuff until they found altern 8 made more money
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