Faze Action

{{Short description|British dance music band}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} '''Faze Action''' are a British dance music band, composed of brothers Simon and Robin Lee.<ref name='rough'>{{cite book | last = Bidder | first = Sean | title = House: the Rough Guide | publisher=Rough Guides Ltd | date = June 1999 | location = London | pages = 114–116 }}</ref>

Over the years, Faze Action blended house music with Western classical, pan-African, and Latin music. Its music is also heavily influenced by funk, disco, and jazz.<ref name="Larkin90"/>

The Lee brothers grew up in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England,<ref name="Larkin90"/> and they were both interested in music from an early age. Robin went on to study music at Goldsmiths College in London.<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Virgin Books|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|pages=153/4}}</ref>

The pair collaborated in 1995 to produce the ''Original Disco Motion EP'',<ref name="Larkin90"/> which was supported by DJs such as François Kevorkian.<ref name="rough" /> Shortly afterwards Robin moved to Osaka, Japan, to work as an English teacher.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Meanwhile, the success of the group's debut EP won it a contract with Nuphonic Records.<ref name="Larkin90"/> The pair then in 1996 produced a single called "In the Trees", which won them increased exposure<ref name="rough" /> and is still probably its most famous track. In conjunction with a reissue of the track in the winter of 2007, a number of remixes were also released by Carl Craig, Jerome Sydenham, and Tiger Stripes.

After Robin returned to the UK,<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/faze-action-mn0000137635/biography|title=Faze Action | Biography & History|website=AllMusic|accessdate=5 December 2019}}</ref> the pair released its first album, 1997's ''Plans and Designs''.<ref name="rough" /> The pair has subsequently released a number of singles and albums; their tracks have been remixed by Rae and Christian and Cinematic Orchestra.

In the United States, an album, ''Moving Cities'' (1999), was licensed to F-111/Warner Bros. Records.<ref name="Larkin90"/>

Faze Action have a long list of remix credits that include Yellow Sox, Diana Brown, D*Note, Femi Kuti, Serge Gainsbourg, Metronomy, Ibibio Sound Machine, Francois Kevorkian and Saint Etienne.<ref name="Larkin90"/>

June 2009 saw the release of their album ''Stratus Energy'', which featured 1980s-like disco vocals and synths. Faze Action released their'' Body of One'' LP in 2014. Singles from the LP have included remixes by Phil Mison, Dicky Trisco, Chuggy and Eric Duncan.

As an eight piece live entity, Faze Action have toured extensively with an early stint across North America with Groove Armada in 2000, as a headline act for the Vibes on a Summers Day festival in Australia, Glastonbury, The Big Chill, Benicassim and more. They continue to be in demand DJs having signed to the MN2S agency early in 2015.

In 2018 a career-spanning 'best of' was released under the title ''Faze Action Presents - Disco Excursions Vol. 1'', and, as of 2024, the Lee brothers were still issuing new material.

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==External links== *[http://www.fazeaction.com/ Faze Action website] *[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Faze+Action Discogs: Faze Action] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061021113944/http://www.pauseandplay.com/fazeaction.htm Pause and Play article] *[http://www.fazeaction.com/fazeaction.swf Faze action live] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112114814/http://www.fazeaction.com/fazeaction.swf |date=12 November 2006 }} at Glastonbury 2000 *[http://www.myspace.com/fazeaction Myspace page]

Category:British electronic music groups Category:Musical groups from Buckinghamshire Category:People from Amersham