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{{Short description|British electronic music duo}}
{{about|the band|other uses|One Giant Leap (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{EngvarB|date=March 2016}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = 1 Giant Leap 
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| alias               = 
| origin              = London, England 
| genre               = [[Electronic music|Electronic]], [[trip hop]], [[House music|house]], [[World music|world]]
| years_active        = 2001–present 
| label               = [[Palm Pictures]]  
| website             = 
| current_members     = [[Jamie Catto]]<br>Duncan Bridgeman
| past_members        = 
| background          = group_or_band
}}
'''1 Giant Leap''' is a British electronic music duo consisting of the two principal artists, [[Jamie Catto]] ([[Faithless]] founding member) and Duncan Bridgeman.

==Career==
Based in the UK, the two musicians set out to create a [[multimedia]] project that would encompass a CD, DVD and cinematic presentation that would offer a complete artistic statement. The project offers music, [[Digital data|digital]] video footage shot over the course of six months by Catto and Bridgeman, [[image]]s, rhythms and [[spoken word]] content.

The band was signed to the Palm record label and its [[1 Giant Leap (album)|eponymous CD]] was released on 9 April 2002. It features contributions from [[Dennis Hopper]], [[Kurt Vonnegut]], [[Michael Stipe]], [[Robbie Williams]], [[Eddi Reader]], [[Tom Robbins]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Baaba Maal]], [[Speech (rapper)|Speech]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Neneh Cherry]], [[Anita Roddick]], [[Michael Franti]], [[Zap Mama]], and other artists and authors. The band's [[theme (literary)|theme]] for the project is "Unity Through Diversity". A [[making-of]] was also shown on the [[Discovery Channel (UK & Ireland)|Discovery Channel]], which featured some of the effort involved in finding and working with the musicians and other people involved in the project.

1 Giant Leap's "[[My Culture]]" video for their first top ten single, featuring Robbie Williams and [[Maxi Jazz]] from [[Faithless]], received extensive airplay.

In 2004, they moved on to a deal with [[Simon Fuller]] and [[19 Entertainment]] to make a second film and album titled ''What About Me?'' The concept was the same as their initial CD and DVD—travelling the world interviewing artists and sampling music—though the second time around their journey was longer (four years) and doubling the number of contributing artists from their debut release.

== Reception ==
In a review for [[NPR]]'s ''[[All Things Considered]]'', Charles deLedesma said that the album and DVD had "an uphill marketing struggle ... because it isn't easily pigeonholed. But that's its real strength, too. This production presents a luscious, cohesive collection of images, ideas and extremely beautiful world music, which flows here with the voices of three continents."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-69481022.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216052334/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-69481022.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2013|title=Review: New multimedia project "1 Giant Leap"|first=Lynn|last=Neary|publisher=NPR {{subscription required}}|date=11 November 2002|accessdate=28 January 2013}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | [[Official Charts Company|UK]]<br><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= 406}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="Aus and NZ">{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=1+Giant+Leap&titel=1+Giant+Leap&cat=a|title = Discography 1 Giant Leap | website = australiancharts.com | access-date = 5 September 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref name="Aus and NZ"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[1 Giant Leap (album)|1 Giant Leap]]'' 
|
* Released: April 2002
* Label: [[Palm Pictures]]
* Format: CD
| 51 || 18 || 41
|-
! scope="row" | ''What About Me?'' 
|
* Released: March 2009
* Label: One World Music
* Format: CD, digital
| — || — || —
|}

===Video albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of video albums, with selected details and certifications
! Title
! Details
! Certifications
|-
! scope="row" | ''Unity Through Diversity / All Who Wander Are Not Lost''
|
* Released: 2002
* Label: 
* Format: DVD
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''1 Giant Leap''
|
* Released: 2002
* Label: Palm
* Format: DVD
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''What About Me?''
|
* Released: 2008
* Label: Channel 4
* Format: DVD
|
*[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]: Gold<ref name=ARIACert09>{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=1 Giant Leap|type=video|certyear=2009|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref>
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="8"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br ><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="My Culture">{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=1+Giant+Leap+feat%2E+Maxi+Jazz+%26+Robbie+Williams&titel=My+Culture&cat=s|title=1 Giant Leap feat. Maxi Jazz & Robbie Williams – My Culture| website= australiancharts.com | access-date = 5 September 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL<br />(FL)]]<br /><ref name="My Culture"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="My Culture"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|ITA]]<br /><ref name="My Culture"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Dutch Single Top 100|NLD]]<br ><ref name="My Culture"/><ref name="Braided Hair">{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=1+Giant+Leap+feat%2E+Neneh+Cherry+%26+Speech&titel=Braided+Hair&cat=s|title=1 Giant Leap Feat. Neneh Cherry & Speech - Braided Hair| website= australiancharts.com | access-date = 5 September 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br ><ref name="My Culture"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br ><ref name="My Culture"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "[[My Culture]]"<br />{{small|(featuring [[Maxi Jazz]] and [[Robbie Williams]])}}
|rowspan="2"| 2002
| 9 || 30 || 50 || 69 || 16 || 42 || 26 || 51
|rowspan="2"| ''1 Giant Leap''
|-
! scope="row"| "Braided Hair"<br />{{small|(featuring [[Neneh Cherry]] and [[Speech (rapper)|Speech]])}}
| 78 || — || — || — || — || 96 || — || —
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191008054436/http://1giantleap.tv/ What About Me? website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191008054436/http://1giantleap.tv/ 1 Giant Leap website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080821031955/http://www.palmpictures.com/film/1-giant-leap/ 1 Giant Leap at Palm Pictures]
*{{Musicbrainz artist|id=3eff5a3a-b011-4da3-81fe-bc8d4a11b28c|name=1 Giant Leap}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161009060828/http://theopenproject.net/ Film/Music Project inspired by 1 Giant Leap]
*[http://www.global-trance.co.uk/fr_index.html?/1_Giant_Leap.html 1 Giant Leap Discography]
*[http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb03/articles/1giantleap.asp Full History at Sound On Sound]
*[http://www.palmpictures.co.uk/store/page4.asp?suptype=1&t=4&sub_type=4&prod_id=8&col=30 1 Giant Leap at Palmpictures.co.uk]

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