I-Level
British post-disco and R&B band with UK and US chart success.
I-Level was a British band blending post-disco and R&B. Their underground UK club hits included "Minefield" and "Give Me," the latter also known as "Give Me What You Can't Get Back." Additional tracks were "In the Sand" and "In the River." Licensed to Epic Records in the US, they found chart success in both the UK and America.
Quick Facts
- Origin
- London, England
- Genre
- Post-disco, R&B
- Years active
- 1982–1985
- Label
- Virgin
- Past members
- Duncan Bridgeman
- Joe Dworniak
- Sam Jones
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History
Sam Jones met Joe Dworniak at Music Works, Holloway Road Studio, where Dworniak worked as an audio engineer. Jones was then a member of the band Brimstone, and later they formed I-Level with Duncan Bridgeman. Mick Clark signed them to Virgin Records in 1982, and Lucien Grange secured a publishing deal with April Music. The band released two albums and eight singles, and were voted 'Most Promising Newcomers' by Blues & Soul readers in 1982. "Give Me" was later sampled by Sandy Kerr on "Thug Rock" (1982), AZ featuring Nas on "Gimme Yours" (1995), Lost Boyz on "So Love" (1997), and A Tribe Called Quest on "Give Me" featuring Noreaga (1998). The track also appeared on the compilation Gary Crowley's Lost 80s (2019). I-Level disbanded in 1985, and all three members continued as record producers.
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