Ian Bland has been into the dance scene in one form or another since '87, when, as a clubber, he was jacking to the house sounds of Chicago. By 1990 he was making, as well as dancing to, house music; and formed Dream Frequency, releasing 'Live the Dream' (name taken from the infamous Blackburn rave at the time) on Citybeat/XL Records to underground acclaim. They almost got signed to Madonna's Maverick label in 1993 until they found out that vocalist Debbie Sharp was pregnant and stopped negotiations.

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