The Movement was an American techno band from Los Angeles, California consisting of Costa Rican-born AJ Mora, Canadian-born Richard "Humpty" Vission and DJ Hazze.[1] The band was only two years in activity, between 1992 and 1994.
The Movement | |
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Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Genres | Techno |
Years active | 1992–1994 |
Labels | Arista |
Past members | AJ Mora Richard Vission DJ Hazze |
The Movement is generally considered a one-hit wonder. Their first single, released on Kahn's L.A.-based Sunshine record label, was "Jump!" in 1992. The record reached number one on Billboard Magazine's Hot Dance Club Play chart.[2] It also reached the top 10 on the magazine's Hot 12" Sales chart, crossed over to pop radio, hitting number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, albeit with a re-working of the chorus ("Jump Motherfucker Jump!" which became "Jump Everybody Jump!"). Kahn signed a deal with Arista Records in New York to distribute the single and the subsequent album, which he also produced.
The song "Jump" included a sample of the hit "Tu Pum Pum" by Panamanian rapper El General, courtesy of New Creations Enterprises.
Kahn continued to produce and release artists on the Sunshine label, including Skee-Lo, whose rap single "I Wish" was hugely successful before jointly re-releasing the single on the Sunshine and Scotti Bros. label, along with Skee-Lo's first album, also produced by Kahn, which was nominated for a Grammy as Best Rap Album.
Vission continues to be a successful producer, remixer and DJ, and he had more dance and Hot 100 hits in 1998 as a member of Pure Sugar.
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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US | AUS [3] |
SWE [4] |
UK [5] | |||
"Jump!" | 1992 | 53 | 7 | 26 | 57 | The Movement |
"B.I.N.G.O." | — | 84 | — | — | ||
"Shake That" | 1993 | — | — | — | — | |
"Bounce" | 1994 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |