The Heights of Abraham

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The Heights of Abraham
Origin
chillout
Years active1992-present
Labels1992 to 1998, Pork Recordings; 1998 to present (Electric Hush album), ZTT; 1999 to Feb 2013, Twentythree Records; Feb 2013 to present, Steel Tiger Records
MembersSteve Cobby
Sim Lister
Jake Harries

The Heights of Abraham is an electronica collaboration based in

chill out
.

Formed in 1992 their debut releases (Tides EP and Humidity LP) came in 1992 on the ambient-downtempo label Pork Recordings (also based in Hull). With David McSherry; who forms Fila Brazillia with Cobby; Cobby and Lister created their own music label, Twentythree Records.

Their album Electric Hush was voted one of the 'Top 20 Dance Albums' of 1995 by dance and club-culture magazine, Mixmag.

In February 2013 (bar the Electric Hush album), Heights of Abraham moved to Steel Tiger Records.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Two Thousand and Six (Twentythree Records, 2005)
  • Electric Hush (
    ZTT
    , 1998, reissue)
  • Electric Hush (Pork Recordings, 1995)
  • Humidity (Pork Recordings, 1993)

EPs

  • Tides EP (Pork Recordings, 1992)

Compilations

  • Zambient One, ZTT's very personal collection of modern-day lullabies (and wake-up calls) -
    ZTT
    , June 2013
  • Fila Brazillia: The Garden Compilation Vol. 1 - Matrix Musik (2005)
  • Pork Chops - Kudos (2003)
  • Best Of Café Del Sol - Water Music Records (2002)
  • Visions Of Ibiza - Beechwood Music (2001)
  • Chill Out In The City - Water Music Records (2001)
  • The Future Sound Of Ambient Vol I & II - BNE (2000)
  • Freezone 2 - Variations on a Chill SSR Records (1995)

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