EUPHORIA (AUSTRALIAN BAND)

'Euphoria' was a very popular Australian Pop/Dance music trio from the early 1990s and were based in Sydney, NSW, Australia. The group was founded by producer Andrew Klippel and featured the vocals of Keren Minshull and Holly Garnett. Model Jodie Meares joined the act after Garnett left.

Contents

Profile

Controversy

Life after Euphoria

Speculation

Innovators

Discography

See also

External links

Profile

The act appeared on the Australian music scene in 1991 with their first single "Love You Right." That song was featured on the Australian soap operas "Neighbours" and "E Street." It was through that exposure, along with widespread radio airplay, that "Love You Right" would become their first #1 single on the ARIA Pop chart. Other top ten singles followed, including "One In A Million" (#1), "Do For You" (#7) and the less successful fourth single "I Will Never Leave You" (#41). All of these tracks came from their first and only album, "Total Euphoria" (#14) which was released in the Spring of 1992. A new single, "Elated" was released in 1993 but failed to have any impact, and the group subsequently disbanded.

Controversy

There was some controversy in 1991 when it emerged that the video for "Love You Right" was something of a fraud. Although the song was sung in its entirety by Keren Minshull, she did not appear in the video, which featured Holly Garnett lip synching to Minshull's vocals. Given the recent Milli Vanilli lip synching controversy, when the scandal broke it initially damaged Euphoria's credibility. As such, Minshull was given prominence in the following video for "One In A Million".

Life after Euphoria

Although the group broke up in 1993, Klippel has since become a much in demand producer, working with such artists as Human Nature and Jocelyn Brown and forming the dance outfits ''Elastic'' and ''AK Soul''. The female members of Euphoria, Keren Minshull and Holly Garnett, pursued solo and background vocal projects. Meares, who would go on to marry and later divorce James Packer, continued with her modeling career and later start her own swimwear line.
Today all four of Euphoria's music videos (Including the "Love You Right" video) can be found at YouTube.

Speculation

Rumours of Holly Garnett's suicide in the early 2000's still tarnish the dance band's history. This is yet to be confirmed.

Innovators

Thanks to the breakthrough success of "Love You Right" via TV, nightclub and video exposure, Euphoria can also lay claim for bringing Australia's emerging Dance music scene to the forefront and paving the way for home grown Dance acts like Joanne Accom, Rogue Traders, TV Rock, Madison Avenue, Puretone, and many others, to follow in their footsteps by taking their sound beyond the continent to other places like the United Kingdom and The United States.

Discography

''The work of Australian Dance Music Producer Andrew Klippel''
As ''Euphoria'':

★ 1992 LOVE YOU RIGHT ''AUS#1''

★ 1992 ONE IN A MILLION ''AUS#1''

★ 1992 DO FOR YOU / BABY, I WANT IT (featuring Young MC) ''AUS#7''

★ 1993 I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU ''AUS#41''

★ 1992 ELATED
''Album - TOTAL EUPHORIA (in 1992)''
As ''Elastic'':

★ 1994 CAUTION TO THE WIND
As ''AK Soul'':

★ 1995 I LIKE IT ''AUS#28''

★ 1996 SHOW YOU LOVE (featuring Jocelyn Brown) ''AUS#49''

★ 1997 FREE

★ 2000 SHOW YOU LOVE ''(Remix)'' (featuring Jocelyn Brown)
''Album - FREE (in 1996)''

See also

★ List of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chart

External links

★ Drunken Victim.com's profile on Eurphoria

★ Track listing at e.discogs.com