Greater Than One is an English electronic music band, founded by husband and wife Michael Wells and Lee Newman in 1985. They released many albums under this name, and also under different names. Only a few of their singles were commercially successful, such as Tricky Disco's self titled track, which peaked at number 14 in the UK singles chart in 1990 and Technohead's I Wanna Be A Hippie, reaching number 1 in several European countries and peaking at number 6 in the UK singles chart in 1996. Since Newman's death on 4 August 1995 from cancer, Wells continues to release music under some of these names, and also as The Man and S.O.L.O. They used many aliases because, releasing so much material, they feared the press would not write about it all, if they knew it all came from the same band. Their aliases also allowed them to release different types of material on different record labels.
Links to Peel[]
Peel seemed to first got interested in the group's music in 1988, when they had more of an industrial electronic sound which they released their material on their own Kunst label. Further material from the duo and a change in musical direction by them into bleep techno and later on gabber/hardcore music also got playlisted by Peel.
Shows Played[]
- 27 September 1988: Peace (12") Kunst = Kapital
- 03 August 1989: I Don't Need God (12") Kunst = Kapital
- 29 August 1989: I Don’t Need God (12-inch single) Wax Trax
- 26 March 1990: Why Do Men Have Nipples? (LP - G-Force) Wax Trax!
- 29 March 1990: Learn With Pleasure, Knowledge Is Power (album - G-Force) Wax Trax!
- 18 April 1990: Learn With Pleasure, Knowledge Is Power (LP - G-Force) Torso
- 21 April 1990 (BFBS): (JP: 'Do you ever feel that you're intended for another planet? I know that Andy Peebles must, and there are times when I certainly do as well. Listen to this, for example, in which Greater Than One ask that age-old musical question...') 'Why Do Men Have Nipples? (LP-G-Force)' (Wax Trax!)
- 30 May 1990: G-Force (album - G-Force) Wax Trax! / Torso
- GTO
- 26 June 1990: Pure (12") Go Bang!
- 20 July 1990 (BFBS): 'Pure (Pure Energy) (12")' (Go Bang!)
- 18 August 1991: Listen To The Rhythm Flow (12" - Listen To The Rhythm Flow / The Bullfrog) React
- 23 August 1991 (BFBS): Listen To The Rhythm Flow (12" - Listen To The Rhythm Flow / The Bullfrog) React
- 26 August 1991 (Radio Bremen): Listen To The Rhythm Flow (12" - Listen To The Rhythm Flow / The Bullfrog) React
- 30 August 1991 (BFBS): Listen To The Rhythm Flow (12" - Listen To The Rhythm Flow / The Bullfrog) React
- 07 September 1991: The Bullfrog (Data Flow Mix) (12" - The Bullfrog / Listen To The Rhythm Flow (The Remixes)) React
- 24 April 1992: Elevation (Sonic Love Mix) (12 inch) React
- Tricky Disco
Tricky disco - tricky disco
- 28 June 1990: Tricky Disco (7") Warp
- 12 July 1990: Tricky Disco (12") Warp WAP 7 (Peel starts the track three times at two different speeds)
- 09 March 1991: House Fly (12") Warp
- 17 March 1991: Flypaper (12" - House Fly) Warp
- 02 December 1999: 'Tricky Disco (Plone Remix) (4x Compilation LP-Warp 10+3 Remixes)' (Warp)
- John + Julie
- 01 June 1991: Circles (Round And Round) (12") XL
- 26 March 1993: Red Alert (12") Dataflow Music
- 02 April 1993: Red Alert (12" - Red Alert) Dataflow Music
- 08 April 1993 (John Peel Is Jakki Brambles): Red Alert (single) Data Flow
- 10 April 1993 (BFBS): Red Alert (12") Dataflow
- Church Of Extacy
- 26 February 1993: 'Modulator (12")' (Dataflow)
- 07 August 1993: ‘The Passion (12 inch - Passion EP)’ (React)
- 13 August 1993: 'The Passion I (2x Compilation LP-Technohead - Mix Hard Or Die)' (React)
- 21 August 1993 (BFBS): The Passion 1 (v/a album - Technohead - Mix Hard Or Die) React
- 04 February 1995: Accelerator # 3 (12" - Jetset/Accelerator) Mokum
- 10 February 1995: Mary Jane (12 inch) Mokum
- 11 February 1995 (BBC World Service): 'Accelerator #3 (12")' (Mokum)
- 01 March 1996: 'Keep The Party Going (Compilation CD-F**King Hardcore #4)' (Mokum)