Kosheen
Background information
Origin	Bristol, England, UK
Genre(s)	Drum and Bass Trip Hop Rock
Years active	1999–Present
Label(s)	Moksha Records 2000 - current Sony BMG 2001 - 2003 Universal 2005 - current
Website	www.kosheen.co.uk
Members
Sian Evans Markee Substance Darren Decoder

Kosheen are a British trip hop, drum and bass and rock group based in Bristol, England. The trio consists of producers Markee Substance (b. Mark Morrison 1974, Glasgow) and Darren Decoder (b. Darren Beale 1974, Bristol), with singer Sian Evans.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Resist (1999–2002) 1.2 Kokopelli (2003–2005) 1.3 Damage (2006–Present) 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 3 Triva 4 External links

History

Resist (1999–2002)

Their first album, Resist (released in September 2001 and reaching number 8 in the UK album chart) spawned the singles (Slip And Slide) Suicide, Hide U, Catch, Hungry and Harder.

Kokopelli (2003–2005)

Their second album, Kokopelli (released in August 2003 and named for a mythical Native American spirit) focused less on drum-and-bass beats and more on guitar riffs and darker-toned lyrics. It outperformed its predecessor in the UK album chart by reaching number 7 and with single All In My Head also reaching number 7, but did not sell as well as its predecessor.

Damage (2006–Present)

Their 3rd album, Damage, is due to be released in the UK on September 10, 2007. It was orginally set to be released in 2006, however it was pushed back to early 2007. Preview tracks from the forthcoming album are available from the official website. The first single taken from the album, Overkill, is set to be released in the UK on August 27, 2007.

After the release of their 2007 album, Damage, Kosheen are embarking on a full UK tour with dates in the summer throughout Europe.

Discography

Albums

• Resist (2001 - Moksha Records/Sony BMG (UK & ROW) / Kinetic (USA only)) #8 UK, #29 AUS
• Kokopelli (2003 - Moksha Records/Sony BMG) #7 UK, #67 AUS
• Damage (2007 - Moksha Records/Universal)

Singles

• 1999 - Yes Men
• 1999 - Dangerous Waters
• 2000 - Hide U/Empty Skies #73 UK
• 2000 - Catch #86 UK
• 2001 - (Slip And Slide) Suicide #50 UK
• 2001 - Hide U (Remix) #6 UK, #23 AUS
• 2001 - Catch (Re-release) #15 UK, #27 AUS
• 2002 - Hungry #13 UK, #53 AUS
• 2002 - Harder #53 UK
• 2003 - All In My Head #7 UK, #37 AUS
• 2003 - Wasting My Time #49 UK
• 2004 - Avalanche (Download)
• 2007 - Overkill (Is It Over Now?) (European Edition)
• 2007 - Overkill (UK Edition)
• 2007 - Guilty TBC

Triva

Their first album, Resist, was heavily promoted in the 2002 edition of the Nokia Game. A short loop of Harder could be heard from all parts of game's virtual world.

The name of the band is a combination of the Japanese words for "old" (古, romanized transliteration ko) and "new" (新, shin).

External links

• Official website
• Official Kosheen myspace
• Official Kosheen Djs myspace
• Kosheen in Spanish