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The band released a new EP, Christiana Obey, and also recorded a session for Brentwood radio station Phoenix FM in April 2013. In October 2010, the band performed a comeback gig at O2 Academy Islington followed by several dates in Eastern Europe and the Middle East in 2011. The track has been produced by Andy Gray and Alan Moulder. In June 2010 the remix was released and reached No. 1 on the Upfront Club chart. They also issued a remixed version of " Ready to Go" entitled "Ready to Go 2010".

In the same year Republica performed a string of gigs. In early 2010, pictures appeared on the band's official Facebook page showing the band rehearsing in a studio. They played " Ready to Go", "Drop Dead Gorgeous" and a cover of " You Got the Love". In September 2008 Republica reunited at Windsor at a Contra Mundum concert. She also collaborated with Junkie XL for his 2003 album Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin. In 2002 BMG released the compilation Ready to Go: The Best Of against the band's wishes.Īfter the band went on hiatus, Saffron worked with The Cure, appearing on the single "Just Say Yes" from their Greatest Hits album. On their official site it was posted the message "Republica are not recording at this time". Deconstruction's back catalogue was swallowed up by BMG and Speed Ballads was never released in the United States. The band suffered when their label, Deconstruction Records, folded shortly after the release of Speed Ballads. Its lead single, "From Rush Hour With Love", peaked at No. 20 in UK Singles Chart. The second album, Speed Ballads, was released in 1998 and reached No. 37 in UK Albums Chart. That same year, Saffron performed vocals for The Prodigy's "Fuel My Fire" from their album The Fat of the Land. In 1997, they contributed a cover of " Are 'Friends' Electric?" to the Gary Numan tribute album Random. Emerging after a wave of female-fronted rock bands (such as Elastica, Lush, Sleeper, Echobelly and Kenickie), they had, like Curve and Garbage, a notably more aggressive and electronic sound. The group attracted positive press coverage. The fourth single " Drop Dead Gorgeous" peaked at No. 7 in UK Singles Chart. This version would become their signature single and would go on to peak at No. 13 in UK Singles Chart. The band added Johnny Male, formally of early 1990s One Little Indian act Soul Family Sensation, as an official member on guitar, with " Ready to Go" being remixed as more a rock-sounding dance track. Their debut album Republica was released in July 1996 and would go on to reach No. 4 in the UK charts after being re-issued in 1997. In April 1996, their single " Ready to Go" would be the first to chart in the UK Top 75, when it reached Number 43 in the Official Charts. Republica released the first single "Out of This World" in 1994, followed by the single "Bloke" in March 1995. She was also lead vocalist on N-Joi's hit "Anthem" in 1990. She also appeared in the video for the Chesney Hawkes' hit " The One and Only" and in the video for N-Joi's single "Mindflux". The Nigerian-born Saffron was an actress at one point, performing for two years in London's Starlight Express.

Republica live at San Antonio, TX in December 1996įormer Flowered Up keyboard player Tim Dorney and Andy Todd founded Republica.