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D'Influence (also D-Influence and D*Influence) is a British production team and acid jazz band. Formerly of The Echo Label, they founded their own label, Freakstreet Records. Original members include Kwame Kwaten, Sarah-Ann Webb, Ed Baden-Powell, Ned Bigham and Steve Marston.[1]

Biography

D'Influence emerged in 1990 from the UK club scene. The group went on to issue their debut album titled Good 4 We in August 1992. The album reached No. 7 on the Blues & Soul Top British Soul Albums chart. The song "Good Lover" from the LP got to No. 11 on the Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles chart.[2][3][4]

D'Influence later issued in 1995 their sophomore studio album,

UK Dance Singles Chart.[7][8] Another single, "Waiting", peaked at No. 26 on the UK R&B Singles Chart.[9]

The group's third studio album, titled London, reached No. 8 on the UK R&B Albums Chart and No. 6 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[10] Album cut "Hypnotize" reached No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 3 on the UK Dance Singles Chart and No. 8 on the UK R&B Singles Chart. Another single, "Rock with You" reached No. 30 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 4 on the UK Independent Singles Chart and No. 6 on the UK R&B Singles Chart.[11][12]

In 2017, the band regrouped for one-off concerts at various top London clubs and summer festivals in the UK. Reviewing their 'generation-spanning' set at

Love Supreme festival, Mike Hobart of the Financial Times praised "the slinky, bass-heavy grooves that sustained their success in the 1990s." He also proclaimed that D'Influence "last played a festival 17 years ago, their current revival coming about after a promoter saw... their annual get-together jam on Instagram. The band has lost none of its sass."[13]
2018 saw further performances in the UK, Africa and Europe.

Other work

As a group, D'Influence have produced and remixed

Later with Jools Holland
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Discography

Charts[14][3]
Title UK Pop UK R&B B&S UK Indie Year
Good 4 We - - 7 - 1992
Prayer 4 Unity 98 17 - 1995
London 56 8 6 1997

References

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  2. ^ Gallivan, Joseph (23 July 1992). "British soul: the new generation". independent.co.uk. The Independent.
  3. ^ a b "Top British Soul Albums". No. 621. Blues & Soul. 22 September 1992. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. ^ "Top British Soul Singles". No. 616. Blues & Soul. 14 July 1992. p. 10. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. EastWest Records
    . 1995.
  6. Official Charts
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  7. EastWest Records
    . 1995.
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  9. ^ "D'Influence - Waiting". officialcharts.com.
  10. ^ "D' Influence - London". officialcharts.com.
  11. ^ "D' Influence - Hypnotize". officialcharts.com.
  12. ^ "D' Influence - Rock With You". officialcharts.com.
  13. ^ Hobart, Mike (3 July 2017). "Generation-spanning jazz at the Love Supreme festival". Ft.com. Financial Times.
  14. ^ "D' Influence". officialcharts.com.

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