DNA was an English electronic music production duo composed of Nick Batt and Neal Slateford, best known for releasing a remix of Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner" in 1990.
As well as "Tom's Diner", the duo remixed two other Suzanne Vega tracks: "Rusted Pipe" in 1991, and a radio mix of "Rosemary" in 2000. After a brief lull, the duo reappeared with a mix of the Loreena McKennitt track "The Mummers' Dance", which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart in 1997.
Batt worked extensively with Goldfrapp on their albums Felt Mountain, Black Cherry and Supernature, receiving an Ivor Novello Award for co-writing the Black Cherry track "Strict Machine".
Personnel Neal Slateford (born in Bath), co-founder of Lovehoney. Nick Batt (born Nicholas Batt, lives in Bath), now running the Sonic State music technology website and podcast.
Discography and remixography Albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions AUS Taste This Released: 1992 Label: EMI 190
Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Album N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. Peaks in the United States: "Tom's Diner": "Lily Was Here": 1990 "Tom's Diner" (featuring Suzanne Vega) 2 8 1 3 16 1 2 11 4 8 1 5 Singles only "La Serenissima" 34 — — — 15 18 — — — — — —1991 "Rusted Pipe" (featuring Suzanne Vega) (Italy and United States promo only) — — — — — — — — — — — — "Lily Was Here (DNA Remixes)" (David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer) (US only) — — — — — — — — — — — 11 "Forget Me Not$ (DNA Remix)" (by Tongue 'n' Cheek) 26 — — — — — — — — — — — "Shocked (DNA Remix)" (by Kylie Minogue) 6 7 — 18 — — 2 — — — — — "Rebel Woman" (featuring Jazzi P) 42 — — — — — — — — — — —1992 "Can You Handle It" (featuring Sharon Redd) 17 172 — — — — 29 — 62 41 — — Taste This "Blue Love (Call My Name)" (featuring Jo Nye) 66 — — — — — — — — — — — "Summer Breeze (The DNA Mixes)" (by Geoffrey Williams) 56 — — — — — — — — 32 — — Single only "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
Other remixes: 1990: "Love and Affection" – Sinitta 1991: "Ride the Bullet" (Remix) – Army of Lovers (appears on the CD maxi-single of "Crucified") 1991: "Get the Message" (1991) – Electronic 1991: "Running Back to You" (Remix) – Vanessa L. Williams 1993: "Light of the World" (1993) – Kim Appleby 1995: "I Specialize in Love" – Exposé (remixed by Darrin Friedman, original found on 1992 album Exposé) 1997: "The Mummers' Dance" (Single version) – Loreena McKennitt 1998: "Coconut" – Dannii Minogue (remixed by Flexifinger, original found on The 1995 Sessions)
References
External links Nick Batt at Discogs SonicState on YouTube