The Heights of Abraham
English electronica collaboration
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The Heights of Abraham is an electronica collaboration based in Sheffield and Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire in North-East England. Formed in the mid-1990s by Steve Cobby, Sim Lister and Jake Harries, they play electronica, ambient techno, and chill out.
- Pork Recordings (1992–1998)
- ZTT (1998–present, Electric Hush album)
- Twentythree Records (1999–2013)
- Steel Tiger Records (2013–present)
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| Origin | Hull/Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
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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
- Humidity (Pork Recordings, 1993)
- Electric Hush (Pork Recordings, 1995)
- Electric Hush (ZTT, 1998, reissue)
- Two Thousand and Six (Twentythree Records, 2005)
EPs
- Tides EP (Pork Recordings, 1992)
Compilations
- Freezone 2 - Variations on a Chill SSR Records (1995)
- The Future Sound of Ambient Vol I & II - BNE (2000)
- Chill Out in the City - Water Music Records (2001)
- Visions of Ibiza - Beechwood Music (2001)
- Best of Café Del Sol - Water Music Records (2002)
- Pork Chops - Kudos (2003)
- Fila Brazillia: The Garden Compilation Vol. 1 - Matrix Musik (2005)
- Zambient One, ZTT's very personal collection of modern-day lullabies (and wake-up calls) - ZTT, June 2013
See also
External links
- Zambient One, ZTT's very personal collection of modern day lullabies (and wake-up calls) features Dolphins, a track by Heights of Abraham - released by ZTT, June 2013
- Heights of Abraham official web site
- 'Electric Hush' by The Heights of Abraham voted a Top 20 Dance Album 1995 by Mixmag
- https://www.techno.de/mixmag/97.11/Pork.a.html Techo.de Archived from the original.
- Heights of Abraham Discography
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