E'Voke

E'voke were a British female vocal duo from the mid 1990s, who had several club and chart hits in the UK. The two members - Marlaine Gordon and Kerry Potter - both went to the Sylvia Young Theatre School and upon graduating went on to star in the BBC sitcom, Us Girls. Gordon also went on to appear in EastEnders between 1994 and 1995 playing the part of Lydia. In 1994, they released their first single on the FFRR label, a dance cover version of Stevie Wonder's "I Believe". Although it was not a commercial hit, it did fairly well in the clubs and featured on Direct-Hit remix service. The track was produced by Barry Leng and Duncan Hannant who went on to write E'voke's original hits. In late 1995, they released the track "Runaway" on Frreedom Records which reached number 30 in the UK Singles Chart in November. In 1996, E'voke scored their biggest commercial and club hit with "Arms of Loren". Two mixes were created. The Steinway mix, which is still played today in clubs, being the more commercial and the Nip N Tuck mix being the main radio edit. Once again, the song was released on a different record label - Manifesto Records. The track reached number 25 in the UK chart in August 1996.