Phixx - Electrophonic Revolution (2004)

Phixx were an English-Irish boy band formed in 2003 from the five runners=up on British TV show 'Popstars: The Rivals', made up of Andrew Kinlochan, Chris Park, Mikey Green, Peter Smith, and Nikk Mager. In February 2003 they signed to Hyperactive Management, who had previously been successful with Liberty X, and in October they released their first single, 'Hold On Me', on the Concept Records label, which charted at number 10 in the UK. March 2004 saw the release of their second single, 'Love Revolution', which was followed in June by a cover of Duran Duran's 'Wild Boys'. During the release week, one version of the single was disqualified from the chart for being a few seconds too long, so the single dropped from the midweek chart position of 9 to number 23, but an appeal was made to the chart regulators and both versions were eventually counted, giving a final position of number 12. Just after the release of 'Wild Boys', Peter Smith announced he was leaving to pursue a solo career, and to give him more time to write music. In autumn 2004, Phixx toured South Africa, where they were already popular, and they released their debut album, 'Electrophonic Revolution', becoming the best-selling album for their South African record company Sheer Music. In December 2004 the band recorded a Christmas song written by Matt Baker for the children's show Blue Peter, and it was made available as a free download from the Blue Peter website in the weeks leading up to Christmas, but it was never released for sale. In January 2005 they released the Judie Tzuke-penned 'Strange Love' as their fourth UK single, but in May Nikk Mager also left the band. They continued to perform around England and Ireland as a three piece, and spent six months in the recording studio, writing and recording new material, but in November 2005, Chris Park announced that the remaining members of Phixx would be breaking up for good in 2006, in order to work on their own solo projects. Because of this their album never received a world-wide release following its success in South Africa, and so the majority of their fans never got to hear it. For anyone with fond memories of Phixx, here is their debut album from 2004, with the addition of three bonus tracks.  

Track listing

01 Hold On Me
02 Love Revolution
03 Wild Boys
04 Strange Love
05 Original Sin
06 Superstar
07 Judgement Day
08 Red Light
09 Relentless
10 Voyeur
11 Temptation
12 Let's Go All The Way
13 City Of Night
14 When I Fall
15 Don't Walk Out
16 Creepin'
17 Synchronised
18 Eyes Wide Open