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Electra was a British electronic-music band, founded in the late 1980s by Paul Oakenfold in close collaboration with his friend Steve Osborne.

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Electra
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Latin house downtempo
Years active	Late 1980s–early 1990s
Labels	FFRR
Past members	Paul Oakenfold Steve Osborne Nick Divaris Johny Rocca Micky

The band was made up of Oakenfold, Osborne, Nick Divaris,Johny Rocca and Micky. It released three EPs.[1] The first one, "Jibaro", was an unacknowledged cover version of a rare Latin-funk song originally composed and recorded by Elkin & Nelson,[2] a Colombian act based in Spain in the 1970s, which was a part of the original "Balearic beat" of the late 1980s.[3]

Discography

EPs

• 1988: "Jibaro" (reached number 54 on the UK Singles Chart)[4]
• 1989: "Destiny" / "Autumn Love" (double A side single, reached number 51 on the UK Singles Chart)[4]

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