# Unique 3

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{{Short description|English rave band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Unique 3
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| origin          = [Bradford](/source/Bradford), England
| genre           = {{hlist|[Rave](/source/Rave_music)<ref name="IDJ">{{cite web|title=Edzy (Unique 3) First man in bass |url=https://www.internationaldjmag.com/edzy-unique-3.html|publisher=International DJ Magazine|access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref>|[bleep techno](/source/bleep_techno)<ref name="Juno">{{cite web|title=Dusted Down: The Unlikely Origins Of Bleep Techno|url=https://www.juno.co.uk/reviews/2014/11/17/dusted-down-the-unlikely-origins-of-bleep-techno/|publisher=Juno Reviews|access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref>}}
| years_active    = 1988–present
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'''Unique 3''' are an English [rave](/source/rave_music) band from [Bradford](/source/Bradford), Yorkshire. Formed in 1988, they pioneered the '[bleep techno](/source/bleep_techno)' sound.<ref name="Juno" /> Their song "The Theme" captured this sound,<ref name="Juno" /><ref name="IDJ" /> and it later appeared in remixed form on [the Chemical Brothers](/source/the_Chemical_Brothers)' compilation album, ''[Brothers Gonna Work It Out](/source/Brothers_Gonna_Work_It_Out)''. Their most commercially successful record was "Musical Melody", which reached number 29 on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) in April 1990 and led to a performance on ''[Top of the Pops](/source/Top_of_the_Pops)''.<ref>{{cite web|date=26 April 1990|title=Top of the Pops 26/04/1990|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pz16|access-date=4 December 2020|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=26 April 1990|title=Top of the Pops - 26th April 1990|language=en-GB|work=BBC iPlayer|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000pz16/top-of-the-pops-26041990|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=3 September 2020|title=Interview: ORIGINALS… Edzy (Unique 3), part one|url=https://909originals.com/2020/09/03/interview-originals-edzy-unique-3-part-one/|access-date=14 December 2020|website=909originals|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
* ''Jus' Unique'' (10, 1990)
* ''Invasive Signals'' (Fat!, 2007)

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Song
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[UK](/source/UK_Singles_Chart)</small><br /><ref name="UK">{{cite web|title=UNIQUE THREE - full Official Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25768/unique-three/|website=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|access-date=29 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 1989
| "The Theme"
| align=center | 61
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1990
| "Musical Melody" / "Weight for the Bass"
| align=center | 29
|- 
| "Rhythm Takes Control"
| align=center | 41
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1991
| "No More"
| align=center | —
|-
| "Activity"
| align=center | —
|-
| 1993
| "Open Up Your Mind"
| align=center | —
|-
| 2007
| "Rocks the Bass"
| align=center | —
|-
| 2011
| "Shades of Grey"
| align=center | —
|-
| 2012
| "Serial Killer"
| align=center | —
|-
| 2016
| "Reconnoitre"
| align=center | —
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:English techno music groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1988
Category:Musical groups from Bradford

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