Shaft (British electronic duo)

This article is about the UK electronic group. For the UK rave act from the early 1990s, see Shaft (rave group).

Shaft
OriginBrighton, England
GenresElectronic, house, Latin house, big beat
Years active1997–2001; 2015–present
LabelsWonderboy Records, Universal, Nitelite Records, Jellybean Recordings, Urban
Past membersAlex Rizzo
Elliot Ireland
WebsiteDiscogs.com

Shaft are an English electronic music production duo, known for their covers and remixes of "(Mucho Mambo) Sway" and "Mambo Italiano". The former entered and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in August 1999, then reached number one on New Zealand's Recorded Music NZ chart in December. They followed this with the release of "Mambo Italiano" (vocal by Donna Canale), which peaked at number twelve on the UK Singles Chart but ultimately did not replicate the success of the previous single. They went on to tour the world and win a gold disc for best performing group.[citation needed] Since then, they have recorded more songs such as "Kiri Riri Boom" and "Shake Seniora".