The Heights of Abraham

The Heights of Abraham is an electronica collaboration based in Sheffield and Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire in North-East England. Formed in the mid-1990s by Steve Cobby, Sim Lister and Jake Harries, they play electronica, ambient techno, and chill out.

The Heights of Abraham
OriginHull/Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Genreselectronica
ambient techno
nu jazz
downtempo
freestyle techno
chillout
Years active1992-present
Labels1992 to 1998, Pork Recordings; 1998 to present (Electric Hush album), ZTT; 1999 to Feb 2013, Twentythree Records; Feb 2013 to present, Steel Tiger Records
MembersSteve Cobby
Sim Lister
Jake Harries

Formed in 1992 their debut releases (Tides EP and Humidity LP) came in 1992 on the ambient-downtempo label Pork Recordings (also based in Hull). With David McSherry; who forms Fila Brazillia with Cobby; Cobby and Lister created their own music label, Twentythree Records.

Their album Electric Hush was voted one of the 'Top 20 Dance Albums' of 1995 by dance and club-culture magazine, Mixmag.

In February 2013 (bar the Electric Hush album), Heights of Abraham moved to Steel Tiger Records.

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • Tides EP (Pork Recordings, 1992)

Compilations

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  • Zambient One, ZTT's very personal collection of modern-day lullabies (and wake-up calls) - ZTT, June 2013
  • Fila Brazillia: The Garden Compilation Vol. 1 - Matrix Musik (2005)
  • Pork Chops - Kudos (2003)
  • Best Of Café Del Sol - Water Music Records (2002)
  • Visions Of Ibiza - Beechwood Music (2001)
  • Chill Out In The City - Water Music Records (2001)
  • The Future Sound Of Ambient Vol I & II - BNE (2000)
  • Freezone 2 - Variations on a Chill SSR Records (1995)

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