187 Lockdown

{{Short description|British musical duo}} {{redirect|M Factor|other uses|M-ratio}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = 187 Lockdown | image = | caption = | background = group_or_band | origin = United Kingdom | genre = UK garage, speed garage, house (other aliases) | years_active = 1996–1998 | label = EastWest | website = | current_members = Danny Harrison Julian Jonah }} '''187 Lockdown''' was a British speed garage act, comprising Danny Harrison and Julian Jonah.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 406}}</ref> The duo produced one album, with four singles released from it, and remixed many songs from 1996 until they parted ways in 1998.

The duo also recorded under a number of other aliases, such as '''Gant''', '''Ground Control''', '''Nu-Birth''' and '''M Factor'''. Of these, M Factor was the most commercially successful, notching up a UK top 20 hit with the vocal version of "Mother".<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 2">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 335}}</ref>

After M Factor, Harrison went on to become part of the remix outfit Moto Blanco. Jonah still continues to work as a producer.

==Discography== ===Albums=== *1998: ''187''

===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !rowspan="2" style="width:2em;" | Year !rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title !colspan="5"| Peak chart positions !rowspan="2" style="width:5em;"| Album |- !style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |UK <ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3383/187%20lockdown/ |title=UK chart peaks |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=25 October 2016}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |UK Dance <ref>UK dance singles: * {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19971109/104/ |title=Gunman |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=25 October 2016}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19980419/104/ |title=Kung-Fu |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=25 October 2016}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19980719/104/ |title=Gunman (re-release) |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=25 October 2016}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/19980927/104/ |title=The Don |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=25 October 2016}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |NED <ref name="NED">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=187+Lockdown |title=Dutch chart peaks |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=25 October 2016}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |SCO <ref>Scottish singles: * {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19971109/41/ |title=Gunman |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=25 October 2016}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19980419/41/ |title=Kung-Fu |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=25 October 2016}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19980719/41/ |title=Gunman (re-release) |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=25 October 2016}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19980927/41/ |title=The Don |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=25 October 2016}}</ref>

!style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |US Club <ref name="US Club">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431847/187-lockdown/chart?sort=date&f=359 |title=US club songs chart peaks |publisher=billboard.com |accessdate=25 October 2016}}</ref> |- | 1997 | style="text-align:left;"| "Gunman" | 16 | 1 | — | 51 | — | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| ''187'' |- | rowspan="3" | 1998 | style="text-align:left;"| "Kung-Fu" | 9 | 1 | 60 | 21 | 48 |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Gunman" (re-release) | 17 | 3 | — | 41 | 8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| "The Don" | 29 | 10 | — | 55 | — |- | 1999 | style="text-align:left;"| "All 'n' All" (featuring D'Empress) | 43 | 8 | — | — | — |- |align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |- |}

====As Nu-Birth==== *"Anytime" (1997) – UK #48, UK Dance #1 *"Anytime" (rerelease) (1998) – UK #41

====As Gant==== *"Sound Bwoy Burial"/"All Night Long" (1997) – UK #67<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3019/gant/|title=GANT | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com}}</ref>

====As M Factor==== *"Mother" (2002) – UK #18<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12265/m-factor/|title=M FACTOR | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com}}</ref> *"Come Together" (2003) – UK #46

==See also== *Speed garage

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== * {{ Discogs artist }} * {{ MusicBrainz artist | id=c692d339-646b-4b66-bb17-2124d62afb5c }}

Category:English electronic music duos Category:English male musical duos Category:Speed garage musicians Category:UK garage duos Category:British electronic dance music duos Category:East West Records artists