[3] Their album Under The External was nominated for ARIA Award for Best New Talent at the ARIA Music Awards of 1996[4] British-born Ian Dixon and Wayne Elliott met in 1987 when both were students at Adelaide's Elder Conservatorium of Music, while studying music.
[5] They formed a dance, jazz group, Switzerland and completed their studies.
[5] Dixon and Elliott relocated to Melbourne, where they formed Ute.
[5] The group recorded demos and found greater interest in the English market, hence they relocated to London in the 1990s.
[5][6] The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.