Peach were a pop

Pop music

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/dance

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/electronic

Electronica

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 trio

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 who formed in London

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, England

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 and had several UK

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 and U.S.

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 pop and dance chart

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 hit single

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s in the late 1990s. In the US, the act was forced to alter its name to Peach Union as there was already a rock

Rock music

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 band

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 named Peach

Peach (band)

Peach was a band from England that originally recorded between 1991 and 1994. They played metal music of a progressive style. The original line-up consisted of Simon Oakes, Rob Havis, Ben Durling and Justin Chancellor...

. They are best known for their 1996 hit "On My Own".

Overview

The trio was composed of London-based singer-songwriter

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 Lisa Lamb with songwriter

Songwriter

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 Paul Statham and record producer

Record producer

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 Pascal Gabriel

Pascal Gabriel

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. Prior to Peach, Lamb had a solo

Solo (music)

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 career as a singer in London, releasing a drum and bass

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 record, "(Summer Breeze

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", 1995) and working as a jazz

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 singer; Statham had worked extensively with former Bauhaus

Bauhaus (band)

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 member Peter Murphy; and Gabriel already had a long résumé in the pop and dance music industry, most notably with S'Express

S'Express

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 and Bomb the Bass

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.

Peach released one album, Audiopeach

Audiopeach

Audiopeach is the debut album from Peach and was released in 1998. The album was the only one released by the group and contained the singles "On My Own", "From This Moment On" and "Sorrow Town". "Made in Vain" was also planned as a single, but withdrawn despite the band filming a Promotional...

, in 1998 on Mute

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/Epic Records. The track "On My Own" charted well in Europe

Europe

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, reached #69 in the UK Singles Chart

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 and #39 in the US. The same track enjoyed Top 10 success in Canada

Canada

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 (#2), Mexico

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, Israel

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 (#1) and Sweden

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. It was also featured prominently in the film Sliding Doors

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. The album received positive reviews at the time of its release.

The group disbanded without recording a follow-up album.

Since their split, Gabriel and Statham continued working together for several years, writing and producing songs for a variety of acts including Dido

Dido (singer)

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 and Kylie Minogue

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. Going their separate ways, Gabriel has subsequently worked with Miss Kittin

Miss Kittin

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, Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke

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, Little Boots

Little Boots

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, Marina and the Diamonds and Goldfrapp

Goldfrapp

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, amongst others. Lamb went on to write music for film and television, and founded a sonic branding company, creating audio identities for clients such as Tmobile, AT&T, Ben&Jerry's and Disney. On 27 November 2009 Lisa appeared at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern in South London to perform two of her Peach singles - “From This Moment On” and “Sorrow Town”.

Singles

Release Date	Single Title
September 1996	"On My Own"
November 1996	"From This Moment On"
October 1997	"Made in Vain" (withdrawn)
November 1997	"On My Own" (re-issue)
July 1998	"Sorrow Town"

Albums

Release date	Album title
June 1998	Audiopeach Audiopeach Audiopeach is the debut album from Peach and was released in 1998. The album was the only one released by the group and contained the singles "On My Own", "From This Moment On" and "Sorrow Town". "Made in Vain" was also planned as a single, but withdrawn despite the band filming a Promotional...

External links

• A Slice of Peach (Unofficial site) is an unofficial site for Peach Union fans
• MySpace site for Peach Union is a myspace site for Peach Union
• Pascal Gabriel's MySpace Pascal Gabriel myspace
• Official website of Pascal Gabriel
• Official website of Paul Statham
• Lisa Lamb's sonic branding consultancy