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{{Short description|Australian band}}
{{Other uses|Ground level (disambiguation){{!}}Ground level}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ground Level
| image = Ground Level 1996.jpg
| alt = Head shot of two people. At left is a red-brown haired woman looking to her left. She wears a very large circular earring in her right ear lobe. At right is a dark, curly-haired man who is staring forward. He wears a dark top and has side-burns.
| caption = Ground Level: Jean-Marie Guilfoil (left) and David Walker, in Melbourne, 1996.
| image_size = 250
| landscape = yes
| alias =
| origin = [[Melbourne, Victoria]], Australia
| genre = [[electronic music|Electronic]]
| years_active = {{start date|1990}}–{{end date|1996}}
| label = [[Vicious Vinyl]], [[Pulse 8]], Intercord Tontrager GmbH, Sonic, [[Instinct Records|Instinct]]
| associated_acts = Lisa Maxwell, John Kenny
| website =
| current_members =
| past_members = Jean-Marie Guilfoil, David Walker
}}
'''Ground Level''' was an [[Australia]]n-based [[electronic music]] performance and production duo: David John Walker ([[Melbourne, Victoria]], Australia) and Jean-Marie Guilfoil ([[Madison, Wisconsin]], United States). Their single, "Dreams of Heaven" was an underground dance club release which peaked at No. 54 on the mainstream [[UK Singles Chart]] in January 1993. They released an album, ''New Moon'' in 1995.

==Background==
Ground Level formed in Melbourne as the electronic duo of David John Walker<ref name="APRADreams">{{cite web | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | title = "Dreams of Heaven" at APRA search engine | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Dreams%20of%20Heaven | access-date = 18 November 2011 }}</ref> and Jean-Marie Guilfoil. In 1990, they issued their first single, "Deputy of Love", as a 12" three-track under the name, Ground Level featuring D J Walker, on an independent label. By 1992, they had signed with [[Vicious Vinyl]] and released "God Intended" in January, which was written and produced by Walker. "Out of Body" appeared in June, followed by Ground Level's fourth single, "Dreams of Heaven", which peaked at No. 54 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in January 1993.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]] | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 237}}</ref><ref name="UKSingles">{{cite web | url = http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/ground%20level/ | title = Ground Level {{!}} Artist {{!}} Official Charts | publisher = [[UK Singles Chart]]. [[The Official Charts Company]] | access-date = 19 November 2011 }}</ref> According to Vicious Vinyl label owner, Andy Van (aka Andy Van Dorsselaer see [[Madison Avenue (band)|Madison Avenue]]), the single was one of their biggest successes "[it] was a very, very big hit. It got to No. 3 on the dance charts in the UK."<ref name="Cheng">{{cite news | url = http://www.songquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/2001/March13_13_12_54.html#ixzz1e7VMSHKV | title = Andy Van, Producer for Madison Avenue, Richmond, Australia | work = Song Quarters | publisher = HitQuarters | last1 = Cheng | first1 = Vivien | date = 19 March 2001 | access-date = 19 November 2011 }}</ref>

The group released six singles and an album, ''New Moon'' (1995), through Vicious Vinyl in Australia. Their singles were released in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Europe]] through Faze 2 on the [[Pulse 8]] record label, Intercord Tontrager GmbH (merged with the [[EMI Electrola]] roster in 2000) and Sonic Records, part of [[Instinct Records]]. Ground Level's singles also appeared on [[compilation album]]s in Europe, [[Japan]], and the United States, where "God Intended" was featured on Sonic Records' ''Killer Techno'' US compilation.<ref>{{Discogs release|162712}}</ref> Their sixth single, "Searching for the Truth" was performed with co-writer John Kenny (ex-[[Rockmelons]]).<ref name="APRASearching">{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = "Searching for the Truth" at APRA search engine | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Searching%20for%20the%20Truth | access-date = 18 November 2011 }}</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums with selected details
! Title
! Details
|-
! scope="row" | ''New Moon''
|
* Released: 1995
* Format: CD
* Label: Vicious Vinyl (VVLP003CD)
|}

===Charted singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of charted singles, with selected chart positions
! rowspan="2" | Title
! rowspan="2" | Year
! colspan="1" | Chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28528/ground-level/|title=Ground Level|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=26 April 2025}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Dreams of Heaven"
| 1993
| 54
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ground+Level Discogs Ground Level Releases]

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[[Category:Australian pop music groups]]
[[Category:Australian electronic music groups]]
[[Category:Male–female musical duos]]
[[Category:Australian musical duos]]
[[Category:Victoria (state) musical groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1990]]

Ground Level - Revision history

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