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20 year old producer Numan Khan "He’s the 18-year-old kid from Manchester who has had the music industry whispering for the past year or so, hailing him as the next Joker. It’s easy to call him a dubstep producer, but let’s just let his music do the talking shall we." - MTV "This 18 year old from Manchester has been impressing us for a while now with his remixes and original productions, which drip with the colour of Joker and Gemmy’s grime / dubstep hybrids, but have a deep-lying weight to them which occasionally puts us in mind of dubstep...

Bill Sharpe from early 80s soul/funk group Shakatak teamed up with synth pop pioneer Gary Numan in 1984. This unlikely combination scored a UK Top 20 hit in 1984 with 'Change Your Mind'. Several follow-up singles; 'New Thing From London Town', 'No More Lies' and 'I'm On Automatic' plus an album 'Automatic' all charted but made considerably less impact. .

The Sharpees were an American soul group with Vernon Guy, Benny Sharp, Stacy Johnson, and lead singer Herbert Reeves. Originally from St. Louis, they made their name in 1965 with the record "Do The 45". They stayed together in one form or another until 1972 when Herbert Reeves was murdered. They typified the harder edge sound of Chicago Soul. A super job by Eddie Silvers on the arrangement for the One-derful! Records of Chicago. .