Disco 2000 (band)
| Company type | Pop ensemble / musical group |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder | Jimmy Cauty, Bill Drummond (as part of KLF Communications projects) |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Area served | United Kingdom, Europe |
Key people | Cress (Cressida Cauty), Mo (June Montana), Jimmy Cauty, Bill Drummond |
| Products | Singles: "I Gotta CD", "One Love Nation", "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" |
| Parent | KLF Communications |
Disco 2000 was a British pop ensemble and served as a side project linked to The KLF. The group's vocals were delivered by Cress (Cressida Cauty, born Bowyer), who was married to KLF co-founder Jimmy Cauty, and Mo, June Montana, previously the lead singer of Jimmy Cauty's former band Brilliant. From 1987 through 1989, Disco 2000 issued three singles via the KLF Communications label, none of which managed to enter the UK Singles Chart top 75.
History
In 1981, Jimmy Cauty and Cressida Bowyer performed together in the band Angels 1–5 before eventually marrying. By 1987, Jimmy Cauty partnered with Bill Drummond to create The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs). This duo founded the independent label KLF Communications to distribute The JAMs' releases. As an additional venture, they formed the pop act 'Disco 2000', featuring "Cress" (Cressida Cauty) and "Mo" as lead singers. Their first single, "I Gotta CD" (1987), was followed by "One Love Nation" (1988) and "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (1989); these singles experienced modest chart performance, with "Uptight" reaching number 86 in the UK. Music videos accompanied both "One Love Nation" and "Uptight". Additionally, under the name 'Discotec 2000', the group contributed the song "Feel This" to the 1989 Eternity Project One compilation LP.
Cressida and Jimmy Cauty later resided in a squat that housed the KLF Communications studio known as Trancentral. While Drummond and Cauty concentrated on their work with The KLF, Cressida took on management responsibilities for KLF Communications and contributed to design and choreography tasks for both The KLF and her personal artistic endeavors.
Reviews
In 1988, NME journalist Barbara Ellen lauded Mo and Cress of Disco 2000 as "raucous, wicked, hideously beautiful she-cats with diamonds for brains," emphasizing their striking charisma. In November 1987, NME editor James Brown characterized their single "I Gotta CD" as "a captivating KLF offshoot," noting its addictive qualities such as metal guitar solos and memorable choruses. He later observed an increasing "dance-awareness" within KLF Communications releases, including tracks like "I Gotta CD," "Whitney Joins The JAMs", and "Down Town".
On the other hand, in 2005, International DJ magazine listed Disco 2000's rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" among the twenty worst dance music covers, criticizing its fusion of '80s house beats with female rap vocals. In contrast, Trouser Press retrospectively described the song as "entertaining," comparing it to "Bananarama on a rap tip."
Discography
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I Gotta CD
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One Love Nation
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Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Cover version of Stevie Wonder's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" | |
| Feel This
Included on the "Project One" compilation by Eternity |
Formats and track listings
| Format (and regions) | Track number | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| I Gotta CD | ||||
| 7" white-label promotional single (UK, limited to 500 copies) | cd | |||
| 12" single (UK) | CD | L | ||
| One Love Nation | ||||
| 12" single (UK) | o | O | OC | |
| Uptight (Everything's Alright) | ||||
| 7" single (UK, European Community) | u | h | ||
| 12" single (UK, Germany, European Community) | U | H | ||
| CD single (European Community) | u | h | U | H |
Legend
| cd – "I Gotta CD (7" edit)" (3:47) | OC – "One Love Nation (Club Mix)" (5:18) |
| CD – "I Gotta CD" (6:50) | u – "Uptight (Everything's Alright) (Banana 2000)" (3:40) |
| L – "I Love Disco 2000" (5:25) | U – "Uptight (Everything's Alright) (Discorama Mix)" (4:45) |
| o – "One Love Nation (Radio Edit)" (3:40) | h – "Mr Hotty Loves You (edit)" (4:28) |
| O – "One Love Nation (Full Length)" (6:09) | H – "Mr Hotty Loves You" (6:14) |