The KLF are a British electronic band formed in London in 1987.
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10 Facts About The KLF
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The KLF released a series of international hits on their own KLF Communications record label and became the biggest selling singles act in the world in 1991.
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Drummond has claimed that the KLF were later offered the job of producing or remixing a new Whitney Houston album as an inducement from her record label boss to sign with them.
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In 1989, the KLF appeared at the Helter Skelter rave in Oxfordshire.
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In 1990 and 1991, the KLF remixed tracks by Depeche Mode, the Moody Boys, and Pet Shop Boys .
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On 14 May 1992, the KLF announced their immediate retirement from the music industry and the deletion of their back catalogue:.
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Outside the UK, The KLF releases were issued under licence by local labels.
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The KLF have been imitated to some degree by German techno band Scooter, being sampled on virtually every album Scooter have released.
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In 2003, The Observer named the KLF's departure from the music business the fifth greatest "publicity stunt" in the history of popular music.
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House music of Space and the KLF involved much original instrumentation, for which the Oberheim OB-8 analogue synthesiser was prominently used.
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