Full Intention are an English house music duo consisting of Michael Gray and Jon Pearn.[1] They are best known as prolific producers and remixers. They have reworked songs for varied artists such as the Sugababes, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Frankie Knuckles, among others.

Full Intention
Also known asHustlers Convention, Greed, Disco-Tex, Miami Ice
OriginLondon, England
GenresHouse
Years active1994–present
LabelsEye Industries, Sugar Daddy Records, Dtension, Rulin Records, Virgin, Stress Records, FFRR, AM:PM, Altra Moda Music, Atlantic, Suara Records, Off Recordings, Toolroom Records, BluFin Records, Defected
MembersJon Pearn
Michael Gray

Biography

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As the group Hustlers Convention, Jon Pearn and Michael Gray produced their own house tracks and remixed many others, including "Street life" by C. J. Lewis and "Got Myself Together" by the Bucket Heads. Their first release was The Groovers delight EP in 1992 on Stress Records.

They have appeared in the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart three times with their own singles, first under the name Arizona feat. Zeitia with "Slide on the Rhythm", which reached number one in 1993, and with "America (I Love America)" under the Full Intention name, a number one hit from 1996. They are also perhaps most well known for their remix of the 1995 club classic "So In Love" by Duke.

In 1997, they released a song as the act Sex-O-Sonique called "I thought it was you", which went to number one in the 1997 UK dance singles chart on 6 December, pushing The Prodigy "Smack my bitch up" off the top spot.

Although many of their remixes for other artists have been successful club hits, they did not return to the chart as artists until 2002, when "I'll Be Waiting" featuring Shena reached number three[where?]. Both members have achieved solo success with Gray releasing singles "The Weekend" and "Borderline" which were club hits, while Pearn has formed a side project Bodyrox.

In 2009, Jon Pearn and Michael Gray released new versions of the singles "Once In A Lifetime", "I Will Follow", "Forever" under the label Full Intention Records. In 2010, they released a single entitled "America 2010", remixing their own famous 1996's song. In the late 2010s, the most popular singles of Full Intention were "Keep Pushing" (2016) and "I Miss You" (2017). In 2018, they released a single with Blaze called "Be Yourself".

Full Intention has also released a number of remixes. They released in 2018 a remix of a David Penn song with Lisa Millett entitled "Join Us". They have notably released remixes of classic house tracks like Inner City "Big Fun", Frankie Knuckles "Tears", or Black Riot "A Day In The Life".

Discography

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Albums

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  • 2006 Connected: 10 Years of Full Intention
  • 2013 Perspective Mini LP

Mixed compilations

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Singles and EPs

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  • 1994: Full Length Disco Mixes
  • 1995: Full Length Disco Mixes 2
  • 1996 "America (I Love America)" (with Nick Clow)
  • 1996 "The Return of Full Intention"
  • 1996 "Uptown Downtown" (with Nick Clow)
  • 1996 "You Are Somebody" (with Nick Clow)
  • 1997 "America (I Love America) '97" (with Nick Clow)
  • 1997 "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" (with Nick Clow)
  • 1997 "Dancin' All Night/In the Streets"
  • 1998 "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" (with Ernestine Pearce and Xavier Barnett)
  • 2001 "Can't Get Over You" (with Kat Blu)
  • 2001 "I'm Satisfied"
  • 2001 "I'll Be Waiting" (with Shena McSween)
  • 2002 "Soul Power" (with Thea Austin)
  • 2002 Blue EP
  • 2002 "I Need a House Party"
  • 2003 "No One"
  • 2003 "Your Day Is Coming" (with Shena McSween)
  • 2003 Red EP
  • 2003 Green EP
  • 2004 Orange EP
  • 2004 "It's Set to Groove"
  • 2004 "It Hurts Me/Once in a Lifetime" (with Xavier Barnett)
  • 2004 Purple EP
  • 2005 "La Musique"
  • 2005 Anniversary EP
  • 2006 "Your Day Is Coming 2006" (with Shena McSween)
  • 2006 "I Believe in You" (with Lee Muddy Baker)
  • 2006 "Soul Power 2006" (with Thea Austin)
  • 2009 "Once in a Lifetime"
  • 2009 "I Will Follow"
  • 2010 "Forever"
  • 2010 "America
  • 2010 Earth Turns Around EP
  • 2011 "Play"
  • 2011 "I'll Be Waiting"
  • 2011 "Signification" (with Haze)
  • 2012 "Jupiter One"
  • 2012 "La Musique
  • 2013 "Octavia"
  • 2013 "Icon"
  • 2013 "Madness"
  • 2013 "Sacrifice"
  • 2013 "Float On"
  • 2013 "Perspective"
  • 2013 "First Time Ever"
  • 2013 "All Right" (feat. Chelonis R. Jones)
  • 2013 "See Basan"
  • 2013 "Get the Money Right"
  • 2013 "I'll Be"
  • 2014 "Everlasting"
  • 2014 "Feel"
  • 2014 "London"
  • 2014 "Do You Feel"
  • 2014 "Let Me Be" (feat. Robert Owens)
  • 2014 "Nobody Knows"
  • 2014 "Meteor Man"
  • 2014 "Walk Away"
  • 2014 "Upside Down"
  • 2014 "I Will Wait for You"
  • 2015 "Mentum"
  • 2015 "So Confused" (feat. Mira J)
  • 2015 "Automatic"
  • 2015 "Cova Santa"
  • 2015 "What's in It"
  • 2015 "Like That"
  • 2015 "Who's Getting Down"
  • 2015 "Don't Care What You Do"
  • 2016 "Just Go Back" (feat. Chelsea Como)
  • 2016 "Keep Pushing"[2]
  • 2016 "Dancin'" (2016 re-edit)
  • 2017 "I Miss You" (Full Intention Remix)[3]
  • 2017 "It's Set to Groove"
  • 2017 "I'll Be Waiting" (feat. Shena)
  • 2018 "Be Yourself" (feat. Blaze)[4]
  • 2019 "The Guitar"

Selected remixes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Full Intention Biography". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Keep Pushing (Original Mix) by Full Intention on Beatport". Beatport. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. ^ "I Miss You (Full Intention Remix) by Full Intention on Beatport". Beatport. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Be Yourself by Full Intention & Blaze on Traxsource". Traxsource. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Secret (Full Intention Remix) - Single by Beverley Ely, DJ Anna on Beatport". Beatport. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Wanna Give It Up (Full Intention Remix) - Single by Ralphi Rosario, Linda Clifford on Beatport". Beatport. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Walking On Sunshine (Full Intention Remix) - Single by Rockers Revenge & Donnie Calvin on Traxsource". Traxsource. Retrieved 11 August 2019.