Senser

Senser, a politically-charged UK band originally formed in South West London from a group of friends in the late 1980s, shot to a short-lived fame in the early 1990s. Senser's musical style has repeatedly been described as "uncategorisable", but is nevertheless most often classified as Rapcore.

Senser's debut album, Stacked Up[?] (1994), featuring the single "Age of Panic[?]", achieved sales of over 400,000 units; however by the long-awaited second album (Asylum, 1998), Senser had lost three of its members to Lodestar, and failed to make any noticeable impact.

The break-up of Senser came at a time when they were tipped to rule the Dance/Rock cross-over scene, and prior to the emergence of The Prodigy, whom many feel usurped Senser's rightful throne. The responsibility for this is most frequently attributed to lead vocalist Heitham Al-Sayed, who is known to have dominated the group and largely controlled its direction. Al-Sayed attributes the break-up to a conflict in musical style between himself and other members of the band, saying in an interview with Metal Hammer[?] that "About eight or nine months before I actually decided to do a different project, I was starting to feel that the music that we were doing had reached the end in trying to say what I wanted to say in that particular way."

Senser's song "States of Mind[?]" from Stacked Up[?] was also used (illegally) as the soundtrack to the well-known IBM PC demo State of Mind[?] by Bomb[?].

Recently, Senser has re-formed with their original membership, and recorded a third album, Parallel Charge (2001), which was promised to contain new material along with reworkings of tracks from the first two albums. Eventually, however, no new material was produced and the final production CD contains only the reworkings.

Discography

• Stacked Up[?] (1994)
  1. States of Mind[?]
  2. The Key
  3. Switch
  4. Age of Panic[?]
  5. What's Going On
  6. One Touch One Bounce
  7. Stubborn
  8. Door Game
  9. Peanut Head
  10. Peace
  11. Eject
  12. No Comply
  13. Worth
• Asylum (1998)
  1. Book of Flies
  2. Charming Demons
  3. Adrenaline
  4. Strange Asylum
  5. Burn Out
  6. Desensitised
  7. Lizard
  8. Oyster
  9. Weatherman
• Asylum Limited Edition (1999)
  1. Book of Flies
  2. Charming Demons
  3. Adrenaline
  4. Strange Asylum
  5. Burn Out
  6. Desensitised
  7. Lizard
  8. Oyster
  9. Weatherman
  10. Charming Demons (DJ "Awe" mix)
  11. Eye Laleid
  12. Tried and Tested
  13. Om (Harry Hogg mix)
  14. Rows of People
  15. Gabba Man
• Parallel Charge (2001)
  1. Age Of Panic[?]
  2. Charming Demons
  3. States Of Mind[?]
  4. Strange Asylum
  5. Switch
  6. Breed
  7. The Key
  8. Adrenalin
  9. Eject
  10. Lizard
  11. Stubborn
  12. Book Of Flies
  13. Breed
  14. Desensitized

Members

• Heitham Al-Sayed (Rap (Lead Vocalist)/Percussion, 1992 - 1995, 2001)
• Nick Michaelson (Guitar, 1992 - 2001)
• "Haggis" (Sound Engineer/Progammer/Producer, 1992 - 1995, 2001)
• James Barret (Bass, 1992 - 2001)
• John Morgan (Drums, 1992 - 1995, 2001)
• Kersten Haigh (Vocals and Flute, 1992 - 1995; Lead Vocals and Flute, 1995 - 2001)
• Andy "Awe" Clinton (DJ, 1992 - 2001)
• Paul Soden (Drums, 1995 - 2001)

External Link

• Official website (http://www.senser.co.uk/) (Out of date)