About Beatsystem
Beatsystem was a record producer, songwriter and electronic music.
Beatsystem (also written as Beat System) is the name of British electronic musician Derek Pierce. Two of his singles charted on the UK Singles Chart in the early 1990s; a cover of Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" which peaked at No. 63 in March 1990 and "To a Brighter Day (O' Happy Day)" at No. 70 in September 1993.
In the mid-1990s, his work shifted from electronic dance/house to experimental ambient music, releasing his debut album 2297 on the Nottingham-based ambient label Em:t Records.
Discography Albums Beatsystem 2297 (1997), Em:t The Sound of Two Eskimos Kissing (2011), Entropy Records
Singles "Don't Hold Back on Love" (1990), 4th & Broadway "Walk on the Wild Side" (1990), 4th & Broadway - UK #63 "To a Brighter Day (O' Happy Day)" (1993), FFRR - UK #70
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