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Croydon, England (1990 – present)

Saint Etienne are an indie dance/indie pop trio which formed in Croydon, England in 1990. The band was founded by journalist Bob Stanley (born December 25, 1964) and Pete Wiggs (born May 15, 1966) in Croydon, UK, January 1990. After recording 2 singles with guest singers, Sarah Cracknell (born April 12, 1967, Chelmsford, Essex) joined as a full member. The band is named after a French football team.

Saint Etienne are one of the bands who defined the early 90s indie dance genre, fusing the production values of the dance-pop that emerged in the wake of the Second Summer of Love with the clever lyrics and self-aware production of indie music.

Their early recordings were littered with generic house music clichés, such as standard TR-909 drum patterns and Italo house piano riffs, but they soon found a more original sound. They began to shift towards a more atmospheric type of electronica in 2000 with the release of Sound Of Water which divided their fanbase but have since returned to a more traditional pop sound.

They continue to write, record and release new music but spend a lot of time concentrating on producing independent films and documentaries.

Their official website is www.saintetienne.com.

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FU2RH3D wrote:
14 days ago

Foxbase Beta is SO good! =)

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DesireeGomez wrote:
14 days ago

Spring (Air France Remix)

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GREENMANPOP wrote:
22 days ago

the cover of Everything Flows is really damn good! must say i prefer it to the original.

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Thomas_Moore wrote:
25 days ago

The cover of Teenage Fanclub's Everything Flows is so ace. It's on the So Tough deluxe edition if anyone's not had the pleasure yet.

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TooLegitVolz wrote:
25 days ago

The Air France Remix of Spring is most excellent.

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sudden_rush wrote:
last month

Same here, Mario's Cafe is just heavenly.

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adamchris wrote:
last month

Mario's Cafe is one of my favorite songs ever.

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emidark wrote:
last month

I carnt sleep, amazing tune

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budgerygah wrote:
last month

They've got the album on last.fm but without the songs: http://www.last.fm/music/Saint+Etienne/Foxbase+Beta. @matcochr: I'll keep the songs tagged as they are. Last.fm has the album artwork so you can still see which version you've listened to. Besides there are so many versions of some songs (like Kiss And Make Up) and I don't tag all of them separately.

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kamikaze-g wrote:
last month

i don't get it, it's not listed on the albums up there, but the artwork is showing up correctly on my profile...

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sudden_rush wrote:
last month

I never really cared for "She's the One", but the new version is brilliant!

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jyxz wrote:
last month

'Like the swallow' on FBB is amazing - I agree!

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matcochr wrote:
last month

I wonder if we should tag Foxbase Beta in some way - all the track names are the same as Foxbase Alpha, which will clearly mess with the Last.FM chi.

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undrentide72 wrote:
last month

mine came today too, very impressed, songs that i previously skipped such as Like the Swallow have now taken on epic proportions. Have to say though, a little disappointed with Girl VII but then i had very very high expectations for what is my favourite song of Alpha

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jyxz wrote:
last month

yes - mine came today :)

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undrentide72 wrote:
last month

Has anyone received their copy of Foxbase Beta yet?

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MotherFist wrote:
September 2009

http://www.last.fm/music/Manic+Street+Preachers/_/Jackie+Collins+Existential+Question+Time+%28Saint+Etienne+Remix%29

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sanandros wrote:
September 2009

Maybe on these albums....

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GudrunGreat wrote:
September 2009

anyone knows where I can get "hit the brakes"? It's such a wonderful song and I only have it on a very old tape (yes, I still own some of those :-)

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yoh7 wrote:
September 2009

Umas das melhores banda que já ouvi *.*

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