Kosheen

Kosheen
Origin	Bristol, England, UK
Genres	Trip hop, breakbeat, alternative rock, electronica
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Moksha Recordings 2000–2010 Sony BMG 2001–2004 Universal 2007–2010
Website	www.kosheen.com
Members	Markee Ledge Sian Evans Darren Decoder Mitch Glover

Kosheen are a British electronic music group based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The trio consists of Welsh singer-co-songwriter Sian Evans (born 9 October 1971, Caerphilly) with co-producer-co-songwriter Markee Ledge (born Mark Davies, 1974, Springburn, Glasgow) and Darren Decoder (born Darren Beale, 1974, Bristol). When in Japan, it was discovered that a combination of the Japanese words for "old" (古, romanized transliteration 'ko') and "new" (新, 'shin') would make 'Kosheen' in Japanese.

Their first album, Resist was released in September 2001 on Moksha recordings/BMG and reached number eight in the UK album chart. It spawned the singles "(Slip & Slide) Suicide", "Hide U" (covered by Suzanne Palmer the same year), "Catch", "Hungry" and "Harder". Resist was heavily promoted in the 2002 edition of the Nokia Game. A short loop of "Harder" could be heard from all parts of the game's virtual world.

Their second album, Kokopelli—released in August 2003 on Moksha recordings/Sony and named after a mythical Native American spirit—focused less on drum and bass beats and more on guitar riffs and darker-toned lyrics. It outperformed its predecessor in the UK album chart by reaching number seven and with single "All In My Head" also reaching number seven, but it did not sell as well as its predecessor.

Their third album, Damage, released in Europe via Moksha/Universal Germany in March 2007. The UK edition of Damage, featuring two new tracks—"Analogue Street Dub" and "Professional Friend" (not included on the European edition)—was released via Moksha Recordings in September 2007. The first single from Damage, was "Overkill", and was released in March (Europe) and August 2007 (UK).

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