A R Kane were a 1980s and 1990s British indie band . They were respectively the A - Alex Ayuli and the R - Rudi Tambala from the East of London. After 2 singles on different labels and a surprise number one hit as part of M/A/R/R/S (pump up the volume) they made two ground-breaking albums that placed them precariously in the indie scene - however they preferred the term "dream pop". These albums were "69" in 1988 and "i" in 1989. Hard to place in terms of genre, "69" was more consciously indie - "i" was clearly more slick. Both achieved wide critical acclaim. Follow up album "New Clear Child" (1994) was not received as well, the reasons were the seeming lack of a coherent direction and a feeling that the ideas were merely re hashes of works that were completed more succinctly in the earlier 2 albums. Rudy Tambala attempted to continue making music under the name Sufi. Neither is currently involved in the music industry to any great extent.