K-Klass

Andy Williams, Carl Thomas (from Wrexham, North Wales), Russ Morgan, and Paul Roberts (from nearby Chester) met at the legendary Haçienda in Manchester in 1988, which seems to have triggered their decision to work together, although the lads had met before. While Paul & Carl, on occasion, has supported 808 State, Andy and Carl were already pretty established, but had no gear at the time - it was basically an SH-101 and a little Tandy mixer. They took about five tracks to Eastern Bloc in Manchester, the happening dance label at the time, just to see what they thought. They didn't have a name and the tracks were just numbers, but Eastern Bloc were really keen, and we put it out on a white label.
After recording the Wildlife EP, K-Klass's first hit was 'Rhythm is a Mystery', sung by Bobbi Depasois, and released in 1991. 'Let Me Show You' followed in 1993. Two albums, Universal, featuring Depasois' vocals, and K2 were released, and in 1995, K-Klass won the I.D.A. Best International Remixer award, the first UK artist to do so. Talking of remixing, K-Klass are very known for delivering exquisite remixes of other artist's tracks. The Pet Shop Boys' album Bilingual and Holly Valance's Naughty Girl are just some examples.

K-Klass - Rhythm Is A Mystery (1991)
UK#3



K-Klass - Let Me Show You (1994)
UK#13, AUS#18



Holly Valance - Naughty Girl (K-Klass Club Edit) (2002)
AUS#3, BE#47, SWE#50, AT#56, NL#61



K-Klass feat. Kinane - Talk 2 Me (2002)
BE#6, US#9, NL#37