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CORNERSHOP
- For the shops on corners, please see general store.
Cornershop is a British indie band from Leicester, consisting of Tjinder Singh (singer, songwriter, and dholaki player), Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, and tamboura), Anthony Saffery (sitar, keyboards and harmonium), Nick Simms (drums) and Peter Bengry (percussion).
History
Their name comes from a term that refers to Indian immigrants that move to England, in that they often own street corner stores. Their music is a fusion of Indian music, British indie rock, and electronic dance.
In the early 1990s, when popular singer Morrissey was being vilified by the UK music press (particularly the NME) for apparently being a racist, the band burned a picture of the singer outside the offices of EMI.
They were more widely noticed after the success of a Fatboy Slim remix of their song "Brimful of Asha", from their 1997 album When I Was Born for the 7th Time. The song was a tribute to the prolific Indian playback singer, Asha Bhosle, and the entire Indian music industry in general.
In 1999 they released a disco inspired album Disco and the Halfway to Discontent as part of their side-project, Clinton.
Their next official Cornershop release was the 2002 album, Handcream for a Generation.
According to their official website, Cornershop have been making a film about London’s independent music industry since 2003. In February 2006, some four years after their last album, they released a new single "Wop the Groove" featuring guest vocals from Happy Mondays and X Factor finalist Rowetta. A new album is expected to be released later in 2006.
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