# Krush

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{{Short description|British dance music group}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{distinguish|DJ Krush}}
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'''Krush''' were a UK [dance music](/source/dance_music) group, who had a [crossover](/source/crossover_(music)) [hit single](/source/hit_single) with "[House Arrest](/source/House_Arrest_(song))" in 1987.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>

==Career==
The group consisted of musicians Mark Gamble, Cassius Campbell and record producers [Mark Brydon](/source/Mark_Brydon) and Robert Gordon. Ruth Joy was the featured vocalist.
  
"[House Arrest](/source/House_Arrest_(song))", a [sample](/source/sampling_(music))-based dance track, was a No. 3 hit on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) in December 1987 into January 1988.<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= 308}}</ref> Alongside similar releases by artists such as [Bomb the Bass](/source/Bomb_the_Bass) and [S'Express](/source/S'Express), "House Arrest" is considered a pioneering example of British house music.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}  It has since been licensed to numerous [compilation album](/source/compilation_album)s.

Their second single "Walking on Sunshine" was a [club](/source/nightclub) hit in 1992, and peaked at No. 71 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> Brydon went on to have continued success with a variety of other projects within [house](/source/House_music)/dance music. The most notable of these was as the producer of The Funky Worm, who had a [top 40](/source/top_40) hit in the UK in 1988, with "Hustle (To the Music)".<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= 217}}</ref> However, Brydon's biggest success came from the mid-1990s onwards with vocalist [Róisín Murphy](/source/R%C3%B3is%C3%ADn_Murphy), as the producer of [Moloko](/source/Moloko). Gordon was also well known within Sheffield's music scene, and was the co-producer of [Forgemasters](/source/Forgemasters_(band))' "Track with No Name", one of the seminal tracks of the [Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass](/source/Yorkshire_Bleeps_and_Bass) scene. Gordon was also a co-founder of [Warp Records](/source/Warp_Records), until leaving the label acrimoniously in 1991.{{cn|date=February 2018}}

In 1989, Ruth Joy (real name Ruth Joy Oram) launched a solo career, releasing the single "Don't Push It" ([UK](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) No. 66)<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 3">{{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= 291}}</ref> (backed with "Gimme Your Love") on [MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records). Both tracks were produced by [Mantronik](/source/Mantronik). She followed it up with the single "Soul Power", and in 1991 she released the Carl McIntosh-produced (of the band [Loose Ends](/source/Loose_Ends_(band))) "Feel" (UK No. 67).<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 3"/><ref>{{discogs master |master=218232 |name=Ruth Joy – Feel}}</ref> All of these tracks, plus some additional ones, ended up on her 1992 album, ''Pride and Joy''.<ref>{{discogs master |master=218231 |name=Ruth Joy – Pride And Joy}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:English electronic music groups
Category:Phonogram Inc. artists
Category:Mercury Records artists

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