Skylab (band)
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Skylab is a United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 based ambient
Ambient music
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/electronica
Electronica
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 outfit formed in 1993. They have been featured on multiple compilations from the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series of albums produced by the Red Hot Organization
Red Hot Organization
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, and have worked with the likes of Steve Dahl
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. Their membership at the time of their album debut were Toshio Nakanishi
Toshio Nakanishi
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, K.U.D.O., Howie B and Mat Ducasse.

Other notable collaborators include Barry Adamson
Barry Adamson
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, David Holmes
David Holmes
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, and Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
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LPs

  • #1, released via L'Attitude/Astralwerks (1994)
  • (Large as Life and Twice as Natural), released via Eye Q (1999)

EPs

  • Exotika, released via Astralwerks (1995)
  • Oh! Skylab, released via L'Attitude (1995)
  • These Are the Blues, released via Astralwerks (1996)
  • Accident, released via Voodoo (1996)
  • The Trip [#2], released via Eye Q (1996)
  • The Trip [#1], released via Eye Q (1997)
  • Killer Loop, released via Voodoo (1997)
  • Bite This, released via Eye Q (1997)
  • The Witness, released via Voodoo (1997)
  • Judas, released via Eye Q (1997)
  • ?, released via Eye Q (1998)
  • Crocodile #1/Magenta, released via Eye Q (1998)
  • Lunatic, released via Voodoo (1998)
  • Piece of Mind, released via Pro (1999)
  • Nickers of a Girl, released via Eye Q (1999)
  • Accident (Remix), released via H&G (1999)
  • Daybreaks, released via Phatt Phunk (1999)
  • EP, released via Skylab (a Miami Rock band formed in 2003 by Nelson Morales and David Young) (2004)
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