BKS is a Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

-based techno

Techno

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...

 group created by radio DJ Chris Sheppard

Chris Sheppard (DJ)

Chris Sheppard is a Canadian, as well as a former radio DJ and musician. He was one of the leading figures in the Canadian dance music scene in the 1980s and 1990s....

, with other members Hennie Bekker

Hennie Bekker

Hennie Bekker is a Juno nominated Zambian born composer, arranger, producer and keyboardist based in Toronto, Canada. His career has run the spectrum from jazz fusion and film scoring to New Age and techno...

 and Greg Kavanagh
(BKS = Bekker, Kavanagh, Sheppard).
The band are most famous for collaborating with hockey

Ice hockey

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 personality Don Cherry on the song "Rock Em Sock Em Techno", which was named by MuchMusic

MuchMusic

MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...

 as the worst video of 1993, although the video sold in excess of 550,000 copies, making it one of the most successful selling music videos of all time. The band's other hits included "Take Control" and "The Square Dance Song" (a collaboration with Ashley MacIsaac

Ashley MacIsaac

Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac is a Canadian professional fiddler from Cape Breton Island.His album Hi™ How Are You Today?, featuring the hit single "Sleepy Maggie", with vocals in Scottish Gaelic by Mary Jane Lamond was released in 1995...

). Their singles "I'm in Love with You" and "Living in Ecstasy", both club hits, remain strong club and radio mix show favorites. Their single "Astroplane" won a Juno Award

Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

in 1996. BKS sold millions through the revolution of the DJ and MuchMusic promoted CD compilations.

Discography

• 1992 For Those About to Rave... We Salute You
• 1993 Dreamcatcher
• 1996 Astroplane

Singles

• 1992 "Living in Ecstasy"
• 1992 "Talkin' Bout Love"
• 1994 "I'm in Love with You"
• 1995 "Take Control"
• 1995 "The Square Dance Song (I Wanna Go Higher)" (featuring Ashley MacIssac)
• 1996 "Astroplane"