Biography
Urban Cookie Collective achieved a major breakthrough in 1993 with ‘The Key: The Secret’, one of the most riveting dance music tracks of the season. Comprising Rohan Heath (keyboards), Diane Charlemagne (vocals, ex-Nomad Soul), Marty (MC) and DJ Pete (DJ), the project was masterminded by Heath, who had formerly worked with Yargo and A Guy Called Gerald. He had learned classical piano as a child, going electric in time to perform with the latter two outfits. He had decided on music after abandoning a PhD at Vermont University. After a tour of Japan supporting the Happy Mondays, he left A Guy Called Gerald to release ‘Hardcore Uproar’ as Together, which made number 12 in the UK charts in August 1990. After a brief stint with Eek A Mouse, he elected to concentrate on solo work, and inaugurated Urban Cookie Collective. ‘The Key: The Secret’ was originally a track written at home by Heath, in a soul/hip-hop vein, produced by Chapter And The...
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