The Grid is an English group/production group for electronic music that consists of Richard Norris and Dave Ball (formerly of Soft Cell). Their 1994 single 'Swamp Thing', which featured elaborate banjo lines (played by Roger Dinsdale) over house beats was widely popular in the UK and Australia, reaching #44 on the 1994 Triple J Hottest 100. The Grid's 1994 album 'Evolver', which contained the Swamp Thing single, reached #14 in the UK charts. Swamp Thing was also released in 1995 on Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 2 compilation. Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... David Ball is the writer, director, and producer of the independent movie Honey—one of the first films to be licensed under a Creative Commons license. ... Soft Cell were an English synthesizer duo during the early 1980s (currently re-formed). ... The banjo is a stringed instrument, derived from the banjar, a stringed instrument of American origins, sometimes called the gourd banjo. The banjar, in turn was based on the African akonting. Some etymologists derive it from a dialectal pronunciation of bandore, though recent research suggests that it may come from... Jump to: navigation, search House music refers to a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms beginning in the early- to mid- 1980s. ... The 1994 Triple J Hottest 100, counted down in January 1995, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. A CD featuring 32 of the songs was released. ... Jump to: navigation, search Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ... The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual top 100 list, based on the votes of Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year. ... The 1994 Triple J Hottest 100, counted down in January 1995, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. A CD featuring 32 of the songs was released. ...

After splitting up to pursue individual music interests in 1996, the duo re-formed in 2003. In 2005 the pair have reportedly been recording new studio tracks.

Discography

• 'Electric Head' - 1990

• '456' - 1992

• 'Evolver' - 1994

• 'Music for Dancing' - 1995

External links

• http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/mattski/Grid/
• The Grid on allmusic.com