Urban Myth Club

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Not many bands can claim Shrek as a major influence, but for Urban Myth Club, Mike Myer's green ogre changed the course of events which led to North American radio airplay, debut appearances at Glastonbury and the Big Chill main stage as well as the debut single gate-crashing the iTunes Top 30 purely on word-of-mouth. The Club formed in 2003 when electronica artist Dezz met Hollywood film composer Stephen Barton, who had recently returned to the UK having worked on blockbusters such as Gladiator. The duo created the downtempo tracks that plotted the future course of the Club. When LA called with the offer to write the music for Shrek 2 and Narnia, Stephen took a sabbatical from the Club and the idea of a collective was born. Dezz hooked up with enigmatic producer Ian Sanderson (whose infamous Cuckooland samples have been used on film, TV and by hundreds of artists including Massive Attack, Lemon Jelly, the Prodigy and Beastie Boys) and Urban Myth Club's rocket left orbit. Additional members of the collective soon followed including renowned vocalists Clare Szembek (Captain, The Funky Lowlives) and Rowan Godel. Other celebrity members remain confidential. Urban Myth Club was meant to be a secret, but a leaked album sampler found its way to a Canadian DJ who, in an unprecedented move by commercial radio, playlisted all six tracks on his show. Tastemakers in the UK and Europe were not far behind, with airplay including Radio 1, Radio 2, Xfm and a growing army of trend-se

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Helium

Open Up

The Chillout Lounge

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Huvafen Fushi Maldives Volume 2

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Café Karma Lounge - The Cream of Chilled Cuisine

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Best of Chillout Lounge

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Klassik Lounge Nightflight Vol.04 (compiled By Dj Nartak)

I Feel It

Moon and the Night - Single

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The Chillout Lounge-Compiled By Ben Mynott

I Feel It - Single

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Planet Chill 2014-01

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