Dream Frequency

{{short description|English electronic music group}} {{More footnotes|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} '''Dream Frequency''' are an English electronic music group, formed in Preston, Lancashire, England. Founded by Ian Bland in the late 1980s as one of his numerous projects, together with American singer Debbie Sharp, the duo performed initially at local events in the English rave clubs such as Shelley's.

In early 1992, the project gained their first hit single with "Feel So Real", which peaked at No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart.<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= 168}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, "Take Me" reached No. 39 in the UK chart; the latter was released as a promo in the United States but failed to chart there. In 1994, their further efforts "Good Times" / "The Dream" (No. 67) and "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" (No. 65) also made brief forays into the UK chart.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

At the time, Ian Bland was also involved with fellow chart acts, Beat Renegades, Quake featuring Marcia Rae, and Red.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

After a long pause, Dream Frequency became active again at the beginning of the new millennium, and was still represented both nationally and internationally. Bland was also one half of Dancing Divaz, and also one half of Quake and Dejure. Bland is currently producing under Hollywood Hills and runs his own label Maison Records.

==UK chart singles== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Single !colspan="2"|Chart Peaks !rowspan="2"|Album |- style="font-size:smaller" !width="40"| UK <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26255/dream-frequency/ |title=Dream Frequency - UK Chart |publisher=The Official Charts Company |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> !width="40"| AUS <ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2024/06/week-commencing-8-june-1992.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 8 June 1992 |website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref>

|- | rowspan="1"|1990 ! scope="row"| "Live the Dream" | 99 | - |align="left" rowspan="4"|''One Nation'' |- | rowspan="1"|1991 ! scope="row"| "Love, Peace and Harmony" | 71 | - |- | rowspan="2"|1992 ! scope="row"| "Feel So Real" | 23 | 113 |- ! scope="row"| "Take Me" | 39 | 62 |- | rowspan="1"|1993 ! scope="row"| "So Sweet" | — | - |align="left" rowspan="3"|Singles only |- | rowspan="2"|1994 ! scope="row"| "Good Times" | 67 | - |- ! scope="row"| "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" | 65 | - |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Other sources== *{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|publisher=Guinness Publishing|location=London|year=1995|page=1241|isbn=978-1-56159-176-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JdGAAAAMAAJ&q=%22dream+frequency%22+%22Take+me%22|accessdate=10 April 2009}} "Dream Frequency. On the back of popular club tunes like "Feel So Real" and "Take Me", Debbie Sharp and Ian Bland have conquered a niche market, especially in being among the few dance acts to avail themselves of the live arena. They generated several column inches when they were originally sought out by Madonna's Maverick label ..." *{{cite news|url=http://www.bordertelegraph.com/articles/6/33388|title=Dream Frequency at Move|date=28 January 2009|work=Border Telegraph|accessdate=21 July 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708083946/http://www.bordertelegraph.com/articles/6/33388|archivedate=8 July 2011|df=dmy-all}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dream+Frequency|title=Dream Frequency|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=21 July 2009}}

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