Senser


Senser are a politically charged UK rap rock band, originally formed in South West London from a group of friends in the late 1980s. The initial line-up comprised Nick Michaelson, Heitham Al-Sayed, Kerstin Haigh, John Morgan, James Barrett and Alan "Hagos/Haggis" Haggarty and in 1992 they were joined by Spiral Tribe D.J, Andy Clinton. The band toured in support of psychedelic rockers the Ozric Tentacles in 1992. In 1993, the band were signed to Ultimate Records.

History

In 1993, Senser released two indie singles on Ultimate – "Eject" and "The Key".
In March 1994, Senser released their third single, "Switch", which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 39. Senser's first album, Stacked Up, was released in May 1994, and entered the UK Albums Chart at number 4.
At the beginning of 1995, Senser toured the UK supported by Skunk Anansie before setting off to tour the United States with Moby. It was during this tour that the band decided to split over musical differences. Al-Sayed and Morgan left to form a new band with Haggis called Lodestar. The remaining members of Senser found a new drummer, Paul Soden, and set about writing Senser's second album.
During the spring of 1997, they recorded the second album. And in the summer of 1997 De-Senser released "Om".
In the summer of 1998, Haigh was able to tour and the band released the second album, Asylum. Once again musical differences became apparent and in February 1999 the band decided to split.
In 2003, the original lineup reunited originally to perform at one show, but decided to re-form and record again. They released their third studio album SCHEMAtic in 2004. A concert performance was released in 2006 as Live At The Underworld.
In 2009, they released How To Do Battle.
In 2013, they released their fifth album To the Capsules via Pledgemusic and toured with Erika Footman on vocals in place of Kerstin Haigh.
In 2014, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut Stacked Up, the band re-released the album in expanded edition with a remastered version of the original tracks on the first CD, and bonus tracks from the era on the second disc.

Soundtracks to films

"The Key" was used as part of the cult extreme 90s ski film, The Tribe.
Senser's song "States of Mind" from Stacked Up was used as the soundtrack to the well-known demoscene production State of Mind by Bomb.
In 2012, one of their songs was also used in the soundtrack to the film Learning Hebrew: A Gothsploitation Movie.

Discography

Albums

Stacked Up Ultimate/A&M
UK No. 4
Asylum Ultimate
UK No. 73
Asylum "Senser Vs. De:Senser"
Parallel Charge Strike Back
SCHEMAtic One Little Indian
How To Do Battle Imprint
To The Capsules

Singles

Current members