Gat Decor
| Gat Decor | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hammersmith, London, England |
| Genres | Progressive house, electronica |
| Years active | 1992–1997 |
| Website | www |
| Members | Simon Slater Laurence Nelson-Boudville Simon Hanson |
Gat Decor (or Gat Décor) were an English electronic music group popular with the 1992 song "Passion". The song is considered to be one of the best-known works of the early progressive house genre.
The main contributors of the team are the British DJ's and producers, Simon Slater, Laurence Nelson-Boudville and Simon Hanson. The name 'Gat Decor' was derived from an anagram of 'Tag Records', a record store based in Soho, London.
Although Gat Decor does not have an extensive catalog (two proper singles and a handful of remixes), the act and "Passion" are widely considered influential to dance music in the early 1990s; and Slater still continues to license "Passion".
"Passion" is Gat Decor's best-known work. Originally released in 1992 on Effective Records, the 12-inch single contained the original, instrumental version (The Naked Mix) along with Darren Emerson's remix on the B-side. This was Emerson's first remix. The 1992 release was an immediate success in underground dance clubs, and eventually became a hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 29. "Passion" is notably one of the first songs to be referred to as "progressive house". Nick Warren has described the single as one of the first to create a distinctive British house sound. The distinctive "piano-house" progression in its second half was played by Simon Slater who said, "The piano break was played by me and the break is actually 1 semitone up from the bass line which is unusual but it worked an was kept like it is in the track as you know it. Then I delayed the track and added delays to create the piano rhythm."
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