in 1991 eat static released three singles and the cassette album 'prepare your spirit' on their own alien records label before signing to planet dog records in 1993. their album 'abduction' was planet dog’s first release and was followed by the 'lost in time' ep which was voted single of the week in the uk's melody maker magazine. that same year they were voted best dance act in the nme readers poll. eat static's second album 'implant' was released on planet dog in 1994 and reached number 9 in the national album charts. the 'epsylon ep' was released in 1995, a year that saw eat static headline both dance stages at the uk's phoenix and glastonbury festivals as well as headlining the sell-out 'decadog' - megadog's two day tenth anniversary show at london's brixton academy. in 1996 'bony incus' was released and proved so popular that it should have entered the uk's top 40 had not a quirk of fate occurred where the single entered the uk single charts and album charts simultaneously.

in 1997 they released 'hybrid' - which featured remixes by pfm, dave angel, the infinity project and yum yum. 'hybrid' reached 41 in the uk singles chart missing that elusive top 40 place by just 60 sales. after a summer of festivals, recording and a visit to the usa, eat static released the single 'interceptor' on an unsuspecting public. much more of an outlandish drum and bass excursion, ‘interceptor’ was the first single from their third album ‘science of the gods’. a live album soon followed called b-world which showed the power and diversity of the eat static sound.

1998 saw eat static establishing a new record label called mesmobeat. the first release, ‘alien ep's’ collated the first three long deleted 12" singles on cd for the first time after massive demand from fans. the album was closely followed with "decadance" consisting of nine tracks of rare and previously unreleased material to celebrate the band's 10th anniversary. further demands from their fan base resulted in the re-release of eat static's first ever album "prepare your spirit", originally released on cassette format only and long since deleted. the double cd was enhanced with four brand new tracks and a new sleeve.

‘crash and burn’, released in may 2000, was the first studio album in over 2 years and marked a different direction for static, featuring more live instrumentation and guest collaborations with will "propellerheads" white and steve "tangerine dream" jolliffe, thus culminating in a fresh new sound. mixing in more traditional instruments like guitars and sax resulted in the catchiest tunes they have written to date. various remixes culled from this album included one for charlie watts featuring stuart zender from jamiroquai.

march 2001 saw the release of eat static's ninth album. entitled ‘in the nude’ the release co-incided with a stunning new website that went up for several website awards and was shortlisted down to four (rolling stones, kylie and the gorillaz). a uk tour ensued that featured guest dj's including old friend paul hartnoll from orbital and dave angel. the latter part of 2001 saw merv concentrating on various outside projects including the hi-fi companions which explored the cross between electronic and latin music.

eat static returned more to their trance roots in 2002 with merv dj’ing all around the world and new material being recorded for various labels including bne, tip world, solstice music and twisted. with a host of summer appearances around england, the year included an epic set at glastonbury that enticed 8000 people to the glade arena.

following the tenth eat static album, 'alien artifacts', merv was then back in the studio alongside propellerhead will white to produce yet another fresh sounding album 'joyrider' under the name the flexitones. this album delved into the worlds of 70's kitsch, funk and easy listening latino and was very well received worldwide.

in 2007 eat static released their eleventh album entitled ‘de-classified’ on the japanese label solstice music. much to the delight of their long-staying and ever-faithful following, this album is a return to their roots with its dancefloor oriented, sci-fi sound. the summer of 2007 saw them play numerous headline slots at the major festivals including glastonbury,the glade,the wickerman, endorse it in dorset, eastern haze and waveform. now in their 18th year and showing no signs of letting up, eat static will be following up their interchill album with the imminent release of their first sample cd entitled ‘around the world in 80 raves’. merv is also in the midst of completing his second album as dendron, a more harder breaks/drum n bass style thing, which should be out spring 2008 too...

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