[1][2] Electribe 101 was formed in 1988 when four Birmingham based musicians and club owners (Joe Stevens, Les Fleming, Rob Cimarosti and Brian Nordhoff) who were searching for a singer to bring alive the music they'd been creating in their studio answered an ad in Melody Maker: "Soul rebel seeks musicians – genius only".

[3][6][8] Meanwhile, Martin had also sought out Mark Moore, who had had a massive hit with "Theme from S-Express" in mid-1988 and was busy putting together an album for S'Express.

"Hey Music Lover", a loose interpretation of the Sly & The Family Stone track "I Want to Take You Higher" from 1971, was released as the third and final single from the album (Feb 1989).

Based on its success [9][10] and the buzz "Talking with Myself" had created, Electribe 101 caught the attention of the legendary manager Tom Watkins who got the group signed to Mercury label, also owned by Phonogram.

Journalist David Stubbs summed up the group's sound aptly, calling it "lush and sobely entrancing, the very shadow of soul.

[3][7] Despite all the adversities, Electribe 101 recorded a follow-up album in 1991, but it was left unfinished when group was dropped by Phonogram, in the company's end-of-the-year 'cull' in 1991.

Many were re-recorded by Billie Ray Martin for her 1995/96 solo debut album Deadline for My Memories, while two songs ("Persuasion" and "Wishing You Well") had already been released on her 1993 singles.