Biography

Unique 3 "The first & hardest on the UK House scene" [Pete Tong - Radio 1]

"This isn’t music, this is a physical force" [Mixmag]

"The new age, [Unique 3] stand as a testament to the new spirit of risk and adventure" [Paulo Hewitt NME]

"The Theme’ gave bass tones a whole new meaning" [Music Mag]

"Commitment to the underground" [Record Mirror]

Unique 3 has been cited by such luminaries as The Chemical Brothers, Coldcut, Goldie & LFO amongst others as inspiration, Unique 3’s early 80’s ’Bleep House’ creating the start point for House Music as we know it today & the thousands of House Records that followed & imitated it.

Unique 3's groundbreaking early UK Electro/Hip-Hop bridged the gap from US Hip-Hop into a vibrant new sound that was to change music forever: ’Activity’ by Unique 3 was the first dance track to sample the AMEN break & went on to become one of the most sampled records ever whilst being cited as one of the very few original ’break-beat’ tracks which later spawned ’Jungle’ then ’Drum & Bass’ & paved the way for Nu-Skool Breaks.

The inclusion of Unique 3’s - ’The Theme’ on both The Chemical Brothers album of tracks that inspired them to make music: ’Brothers Gonna Work It Out’ & on Warp Records collection of early House tracks that inspired them to set up their world famous label, an album aptly titled:’Inspirations’, stands testament to this. - Virgin/10 Records Press Department

Unique 3 were recently reminded of their major role in the creation of earlyHouse Music scene when ’The Theme’ was voted the number 1 track played at the The Hacienda in the ’90s, voted number one by the world famous Deejay team who played there!

Unique 3 broke the national top 20 with their left-field UK B-Boy/Hip-Hop track- ’Musical Melody’ (not an easy feat back then) & enjoyed 4 top 5 club chart hits & 2 club no.1’s.

Unique 3s Deejay sets are a legendary journey of deep jackin', bass bleeding electro house beats

Press on Unique 3's latest album release: 'Invasive Signals'

DMC - "A Riotous Joyride"
KNOWLEDGE MAGAZINE - "Invasive Signals Is A Moody, Yet At Times Euphoric Masterpiece ... This Album Sounds Like Nothing Else Out There Right Now"
INHALE - " Invasive Signals Is Probably As Close To A Complete Dance Music Artist Album ... This Is Unmissable"
DJ MAGAZINE - " Refreshingly Diverse & Futuristic"
'BLAH, BLAH, BLAH' -  "A Future Classic From A Legend"
EQ - "Each Of These Tunes Is Sonic Dynamite ... Buy This Now"
TUNETRIBE - "Freshness & Diversity Rarely Found In Today's Saturated Musical Landscape"
IDJ MAGAZINE - "Shows Up Most Of Today's Beats As Desperately Conservative"
DANCENOVA - "A Piece Of Work That Evokes All The Colour & Character Of One Of Dance Music's Definitive Players"

 

Unique3 - Hip Hop DJ Set - Rio Campus - Bradford 1988
Unique3 - Live
Unique3 - Electrofied! Mix