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Klaxons

(L-R)Jamie Reynolds,James Righton & Simon Taylor-Davis of Klaxons at the Eurockéennes 2007
Background information
Origin London, England, UK
Genres Dance-punk
Indie rock
New Rave
Years active 2005-present
Labels Angular
Merok
Modular
Polydor
Geffen
Ed Banger
Website Official website
Members
Jamie Reynolds
James Righton
Simon Taylor-Davis
Steffan Halperin
Former members
Finnigan Kidd
.Klaxons are a dance punk band, based in London.^ Klaxons are a band from London, England.
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 ^ London dance punk band Klaxons wins Mercury Prize .
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 ^ Klaxons are a Mercury Prize winning English band, based in London.
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 .Following the release of numerous 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007. The album won the 2007 Nationwide Mercury Prize.^ Their successful debut, Myths Of The Near Future, scooped the prestigious Mercury Prize in 2007.
  • BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Talking Shop: Klaxons 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC news.bbc.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ Myths of the Near Future, the full-length debut, was then released in early 2007 on both sides of the Atlantic.
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 ^ Myths of the Near Future is Klaxons' only studio release.
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 [1] After playing festivals and headlining tours worldwide (including the NME Indie Rave Tour) during late 2006–2007, the band started working on their follow-up album in July 2007.[2]

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History

Formation (2005–2006)

.Jamie Reynolds grew up in Bournemouth and Southampton in his early twenties.^ Jamie Reynolds, grew up in Bournemouth and Southampton and was active in several bands from his early teens, most notably the band Thermal.
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 ^ Jamie Reynolds grew up in Bournemouth and Southampton in his early twenties.
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 ^ Jamie Reynolds (26) grew in Bournemouth and Southampton.
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 [3] .He dropped out of studying philosophy at Greenwich University[4] to work in a record shop, before moving to London and being made redundant.^ But he went on to do his A-levels and to study philosophy at university.
  • The Klaxons: New noise warning - Features, Music - The Independent 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ He dropped out of studying philosophy at Greenwich University to work in a record shop, before moving to London and being made redundant.
  • Klaxons – Golden Skans | Fearlessmusic.com 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.fearlessmusic.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Things came together spectacularly when he moved to London and was made redundant.
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 [5] .Simon Taylor-Davis and James Righton grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, meeting at Stratford-upon-Avon High School.^ Simon Taylor (24) grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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 ^ Simon Taylor-Davis grew up in Stratford Upon Avon where he met James Righton, who was a year below him in school.
  • Klaxons Biography, Information, Discography, Pictures, etc. 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.popstarsplus.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Simon and James grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, where they attended the same school.
  • Klaxons – Golden Skans | Fearlessmusic.com 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.fearlessmusic.com [Source type: General]

 [6] .The trio formed together in New Cross, London, after meeting through Reynolds' girlfriend.^ Based in New Cross, London, the Klaxons emerged at the forefront of the "new rave" movement that sprang up in the U.K. during 2005 and 2006.
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 ^ Klaxon are the successful new band from London with four members, Jamie Reynolds, James Righton, Simon Taylor-Davis, and Steffan Halperin.
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 ^ See More It's fair to say that Klaxons, a band formed in New Cross in 2005, have a weight of expectation upon them.
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 [7] .Righton had been working as a teacher at the time.^ Righton had been working as a teacher at the time.
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 [8] .Whilst based in New Cross, the band shared a house with members of Pull Tiger Tail, playing a gig together as 'Hollywood Is a Verb' in 2004.[9] Live tracks from the gig are available on the band's MySpace page.^ They shared a house with members of Pull Tiger Tail in New Cross, London, briefly playing a gig together as ‘Hollywood Is a Verb’ in 2004.
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 ^ Live tracks from the gig are available on the band’s MySpace page.
  • Klaxons – Golden Skans | Fearlessmusic.com 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.fearlessmusic.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Brooklyn's Studio B on April 13th, Klaxons, NME 's Best New Band of 2007 aggressively played most of their debut album, Myths of the Near Future .
  • Interview with U.K. dance-rock band Klaxons - Nerve.com Screening Room 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.nerve.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 [10]
.James taught Simon how to play guitar,[5] and with Reynolds' redundancy money they purchased a studio kit.^ The group used Reynold's redundancy money to buy studio kit and record their music.
  • Amy drowns her sorrows at Mercury Awards as Klaxons take prize | Mail Online 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.dailymail.co.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ James taught Simon how to play guitar, and with Reynolds’ redundancy money they bought a studio kit.
  • Klaxons – Golden Skans | Fearlessmusic.com 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.fearlessmusic.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The band used Reynold's redundancy money to buy studio kit and record their music.
  • Klaxons feeling a little bit Mercurial| Music | This is London 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.thisislondon.co.uk [Source type: General]

 [7] .They recorded and performed live under their early guise of "Klaxons (Not Centaurs)", a quote from Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's futurism text The Futurist Manifesto.^ The name came from a quote from Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s futurism text The Futurist Manifesto.
  • Klaxons – Golden Skans | Fearlessmusic.com 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.fearlessmusic.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Their original name of Klaxons (Not Centaurs) comes from a line in the art text The Futurist Manifesto.
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 ^ They began recording and performing live under their early guise of “Klaxons (Not Centaurs)”, including an appearance at the 2006 Camden Crawl.
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 [11] .Initially the band played with drummer Finnigan Kidd in 2005,[12] until Kidd left to play with fellow New Cross band, Hatcham Social.^ Initially the band played with drummer Finnigan Kidd in 2005, until Kidd left to play with fellow New Cross band, Hatcham Social.
  • Klaxons – Golden Skans | Fearlessmusic.com 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.fearlessmusic.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Brooklyn's Studio B on April 13th, Klaxons, NME 's Best New Band of 2007 aggressively played most of their debut album, Myths of the Near Future .
  • Interview with U.K. dance-rock band Klaxons - Nerve.com Screening Room 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.nerve.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Based in New Cross, London, the Klaxons emerged at the forefront of the "new rave" movement that sprang up in the U.K. during 2005 and 2006.
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 .Replacement live drummer Steffan Halperin joined in February 2006,[13] with the band announcing him as an official member in an interview in Prefix Magazine in early 2007.[14] He remains mostly absent from the band's music videos, appearing only in the early video "Atlantis to Interzone" and briefly in the 2007 re-release of "Gravity's Rainbow".[15] Around this time, the band began playing under their new, shortened name of Klaxons.^ Steffan Halperin, the drummer, was the last to join the band.
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 ^ Listen to Klaxons track, Gravity Rainbow (Van She’s remix) and watch the video to their song, Atlantis to Interzone .
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 ^ Atlantis to Interzone = best Klaxons song ever.
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 [16]

Early releases and debut album (2006-2008)

On the cover of NME, their first of many for the band
.Klaxons' debut single, "Gravity's Rainbow" was released on 29 March 2006 on Angular Records.^ The Klaxons debut single "Gravity's Rainbow" was released in April, 2006 in a 500-copy vinyl limited edition on Angular Records.
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 ^ By April 2006, Angular Records, the British indie label that hosted Klaxons' first show, released their first single, "Gravity's Rainbow."
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 ^ The Klaxons' debut single, Gravity's Rainbow was released on March 29, 2006 on Angular Records.
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 .Only 500 copies were released, and all were printed on a 7-inch vinyl decorated by the band themselves.^ Only 500 copies were released, and all were printed on a 7-inch vinyl decorated by the band themselves.
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 ^ Only 500 copies were released, and all were printed on a 7" vinyl decorated by the band themselves.
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 ^ The Klaxons debut single "Gravity's Rainbow" was released in April, 2006 in a 500-copy vinyl limited edition on Angular Records.
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 .Radio 1's Steve Lamacq was the first DJ to play the band, and invited them to play a Maida Vale Studios live session on the strength of the single.^ How important was the push that BBC Radio’s Steve Lamacq gave that first single?
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 ^ Radio 1’s Steve Lamacq was the first DJ to play the band, and invited them to play a Maida Vale Studios live session on the strength of the single.
  • Klaxons – Golden Skans | Fearlessmusic.com 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.fearlessmusic.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Brooklyn's Studio B on April 13th, Klaxons, NME 's Best New Band of 2007 aggressively played most of their debut album, Myths of the Near Future .
  • Interview with U.K. dance-rock band Klaxons - Nerve.com Screening Room 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.nerve.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 [17] .The band's second single, "Atlantis to Interzone", was released on June 12 of the same year.^ KLAXONS Atlantis Interzone 12" .
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 ^ The band’s second single, “Atlantis to Interzone”, was released on June 12 of the same year.
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 ^ The band's second single, "Atlantis to Interzone", was released on June 12 of the same year.
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 .It was their first release for independent record label Merok Records, and led to further coverage in NME.^ By April 2006, Angular Records, the British indie label that hosted Klaxons' first show, released their first single, "Gravity's Rainbow."
  • Meet the NEW rave. Same as the old rave? - The Boston Globe 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.boston.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The band have released a mere 500 copies of each of their two seven-inch singles - "Gravity's Rainbow", named after the Thomas Pynchon novel, and "Atlantis to Interzone", which references William Burroughs - on small independent labels (Angular and Merok).
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 ^ Later in June came their second single, "Atlantis to Interzone" that got good coverage from the radio and the music magazine NME. The band's first EPs was also released later that year in October 2006.
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 .The song enjoyed radio coverage from Zane Lowe and daytime airings from Jo Whiley, who repeatedly, and mistakenly, called the song "Atlantic To Interscope".[18] Zane Lowe also wrongly credited the song as "Atlantis To Interscope".[19] They released their first EP, Xan Valleys, on 16 October 2006. It was released on Australian record label Modular Recordings, and contained their first two singles alongside various remixes.^ October 16, 2007 at 18:41 .
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 ^ Setlist from when song was wrongly credited.
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 ^ Wednesday, October 18, 2006 .

 [20] The band played their first North American dates in New York's East Village in October 2006.[21]
.The band signed to Polydor Records in August 2006, following offers from numerous different record labels.^ Following the release of numerous 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as...

 ^ In 2006, the band signed to Polydor Records.
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 ^ By April 2006, Angular Records, the British indie label that hosted Klaxons' first show, released their first single, "Gravity's Rainbow."
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 [22] .Regarding the amount, James Righton said that the fee was "absurdly off the mark", and that the band signed for considerably less on the condition they would be given their own label imprint, Rinse Records.^ They are currently signed to Rinse Records, their own branch of Polydor Records.
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 ^ In 2006, the band signed to Polydor Records.
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 ^ The label saw them as a pop-band so they had to re-record the record.
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 .Their first single for the label, "Magick", was released on 30 October 2006 and reached #29 in the UK Top 40 the following week.^ October 12th, 2006 at 8.30 pm .
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 ^ Their first single for the label, "Magick", was released on October 30 and reached #29 in the UK Top 40 the following week.
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 ^ Currently in the UK Top 40 at No.
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 [citation needed]
.In August of that year, Klaxons played at the Reading and Leeds festivals, playing in the Carling tent on each festival site.^ In August of that year, Klaxons played at the Reading and Leeds festivals, playing in the Carling tent on each festival site.
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 ^ The Carling tent, at both festivals, is the smallest stage and as a result large numbers of people were forced to watch from outside the tent.
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 ^ They’ve also been gigging non stop, having recently headlined the NME Presents Tour as well playing storming sets at Reading and Leeds festivals.
  • Magickal Klaxons - UKMusic.com - Upfront and Ruthlessly Independent 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.ukmusic.com [Source type: General]

 .The Carling tent, at both festivals, is the smallest stage and as a result large numbers of people were forced to watch from outside the tent.^ The Carling tent, at both festivals, is the smallest stage and as a result large numbers of people were forced to watch from outside the tent.
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 ^ After this year's Reading Festival the new rave scene really exploded when the crowd burst out of the Carling tent in a sea of glowsticks after the Klaxons' set.
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 ^ I hope Mini returns from his vacation soon :( The Windows division has a large number of people that were promoted to "Senior" PM/Test/Dev in the past year.
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 .Fans sounded "Klaxons!"^ Fans sounded "Klaxons!"
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 and cheered loudly between songs, brandishing glowsticks, seemingly giving credit to the ."New Rave" (see below) bandwagon label.^ "New Rave" (see below) bandwagon label.
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 ^ The band coined the "new rave" term after they formed just over a year ago and, sensing a new scene in the air, the NME has grabbed the bandwagon's reins.
  • BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Sound of 2007: Klaxons 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC news.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ The new rave bandwagon has led some to label the band as a mere novelty act but Simon believes they can turn this to their advantage.
  • Klaxons | musicOMH 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.musicomh.com [Source type: General]

 .This term was coined by Angular Records founder Joe Daniel and later used by NME to describe the burgeoning scene.^ This term was coined by Angular Records founder Joe Daniel and later used by NME to describe the burgeoning scene.
  • Klaxons Biography, Information, Discography, Pictures, etc. 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.popstarsplus.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The band coined the "new rave" term after they formed just over a year ago and, sensing a new scene in the air, the NME has grabbed the bandwagon's reins.
  • BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Sound of 2007: Klaxons 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC news.bbc.co.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ The band mentioned it again in an interview and NME ran with the term, hyping it into a buzzword to describe Klaxons and various other groups.
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.The first single from their debut album, "Golden Skans", was released on 22 January 2007. It reached #16 in the UK Singles Chart on download sales alone, two weeks before the official release of the CD. It climbed to #14 the next week, eventually peaking at #7 after the CD release.^ It reached #16 in the UK Singles Chart on download sales alone, two weeks before the official release of the CD. It climbed to #14 the next week, eventually peaking at #7 after the CD release.
  • Klaxons Biography, Information, Discography, Pictures, etc. 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.popstarsplus.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Klaxons' debut album peaked at number two in the album charts .
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 ^ October 16, 2007 at 22:02 .
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 .On January 24, Klaxons performed on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, performing "Golden Skans" and a cover of Justin Timberlake's "My Love", to great acclaim from Jo Whiley.^ Watch Klaxons' video for 'Golden Skans' .
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 ^ Muddyfox22 , czapaczapinski and 7 other people loved Klaxons – Golden Skans .
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 ^ Cle86 loved Klaxons – Golden Skans .
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 [23] .The band then released "It's Not Over Yet", a cover version of a song originally by Grace.^ The band then released "It's Not Over Yet", a cover version of a song originally by Grace.
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 ^ Saving their famed cover until near the end, Grace’s ‘It’s Not Over Yet’ is a ballistic synth-punk attack on the song, playing it as a modern anthem for pogoing dancefloor dervishes.

 ^ Klaxons' covers of two seminal rave tunes, Grace's "It's Not Over Yet" and "The Bouncer" by Kicks Like a Mule, translate these tunes from club staples to rock anthems.
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 .The track included the "My Love" cover as a b-side, and peaked at #13 in the UK Singles Chart.^ The track included the "My Love" cover as a b-side, and reached #13 in the UK Singles Chart.
  • Klaxons Biography, Information, Discography, Pictures, etc. 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.popstarsplus.com [Source type: General]

 ^ It reached #16 in the UK Singles Chart on download sales alone, two weeks before the official release of the CD. It climbed to #14 the next week, eventually peaking at #7 after the CD release.
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 ^ It reached #16 in the UK Singles Chart on download sales on 14 January (two weeks before the release of the CD) and climbed to #14 the next week, eventually reaching #7 after the CD release.
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 [24]
.Their debut album, titled Myths of the Near Future, was released on 29 January 2007. It entered the UK Album Charts at #2, beaten only by Norah Jones's album Not Too Late.^ Myths of the Near Future is their argument.
  • Audiversity: New Music: Klaxons, LCD Soundsystem 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC audiversity.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Their successful debut, Myths Of The Near Future, scooped the prestigious Mercury Prize in 2007.
  • BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Talking Shop: Klaxons 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC news.bbc.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ Seriously Myths of The Near Future best album of the year easy.
  • “NME” Makes Some Noise For The Klaxons « Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC idolator.com [Source type: General]

 Percussion and drumming on the album was provided by the album's producer James Ford,[25] with live drummer Halperin recording on "Atlantis to Interzone".
.On 1 October 2007, the band released A Bugged Out Mix, a double album featuring 27 tracks mixed exclusively by Reynolds.^ On September 20, it was revealed that the band were to release a double album featuring 27 tracks mixed exclusively by the Klaxons.
  • Klaxons Biography, Information, Discography, Pictures, etc. 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.popstarsplus.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Albums featuring this track .
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 ^ Brooklyn's Studio B on April 13th, Klaxons, NME 's Best New Band of 2007 aggressively played most of their debut album, Myths of the Near Future .
  • Interview with U.K. dance-rock band Klaxons - Nerve.com Screening Room 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.nerve.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.Klaxons singled out a new song that has strong prog influences as a guide to one possible direction the album may go in, revealed recently NME. Guitarist Simon Taylor said: "We wanna make something that's bigger and softer and louder and lo-fi and heavier produced - just lots of contradictions.^ Klaxons: 2012 Inspired the New Album .
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 ^ That something different that makes Klaxons stand out could be pinpointed as their rave influence.
  • Klaxons | musicOMH 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.musicomh.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Guitarist Simon Taylor hinted that their new sound would be "prog".
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 I think it's gonna be like the last record but swollen. .We've been listening to a lot of European prog music and dubstep and dance and folk.^ Although he was into indie music he was also listening to ‘Dance Nation’ compilations and going to youth club happy hardcore discos.
  • Klaxons on Kevchino 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.kevchino.com [Source type: General]

 ^ I've finally broke down and listened to this and CSS after repeated recommendation for a long time by someone who, music-wise, I trust implicitly.
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 ^ They've done a lot for rock, but they've done more for dance music by giving it a sense of timelessness rather than timeliness.
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 A huge broad variety of things really. .There's one track we've been playing in soundcheck, it's this massive prog opus."^ They had these massive pop songs and there are some we cover, like one by Grace called It's Not Over Yet.
  • Klaxons | musicOMH 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.musicomh.com [Source type: General]

 [citation needed]
Klaxons performed with the singer Rihanna on the song "Umbrella" which had "Golden Skans" mixed into the background during the Brit Awards 2008 held in London on 20 February 2008.
.Klaxons won 'Best Album' at the 2008 NME Awards held at London's IndigO2 Arena on 28 February 2008. This followed having won 'Best New Band' the previous year.^ Thirsty : February 2008 : Interview with Klaxons .
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 ^ The Klaxons have recently won the "best new band" Shockwave NME (New Music Express) Award for 2007.
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 ^ Klaxons: 2012 Inspired the New Album .
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 .Klaxons also won 'Best International Album' and 'Best International Track' for "Golden Skans" at the first American NME awards, which were held in Los Angeles, California.^ Cle86 loved Klaxons – Golden Skans .
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 ^ Klaxons - Golden Skans 42.
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 ^ Watch Klaxons' video for 'Golden Skans' .
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Second album (2008-present)

.The band first began talks of a second album in November 2007, during the band's winter tour of the United Kingdom.^ The band's debut album Myths of the Near Future was released on January 29, 2007 following the release of single "Golden Skans" on January 22 of the same year.
  • [klaxons] 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC flasher.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The band’s first studio album, Home, had some success which lay with its lead single, “I Believe”.
  • Klaxons – Golden Skans | Fearlessmusic.com 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.fearlessmusic.com [Source type: General]

 ^ They released their first album, Sink or Swim, on XOXO Records in May 2007, and their second album, The ‘59 Sound, in August 2008.
  • Klaxons – Golden Skans | Fearlessmusic.com 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.fearlessmusic.com [Source type: General]

 .Taylor-Davis said influences included dubstep, dance and folk music, mentioning that the band were playing an untitled "prog" track during soundcheck.^ The band has been active since 2005 and plays music in the alternative rock style, also known as Indie Rock , and the new rave style of music that is similar to the American dancepunk genre.
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 ^ Despite being a rock band at the core, they're heavily influenced by dance music especially the late'80s/early'90s U.K. rave movement.
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 ^ Klaxon are the successful new band from London with four members, Jamie Reynolds, James Righton, Simon Taylor-Davis, and Steffan Halperin.
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 [26] .The band features on Steve Aoki's debut album Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles, contributing the Soulwax remix of "Gravity's Rainbow" for its release in January 2008.[27] After a long break the band made their live return with a series of gigs in Holland, Poland, Estonia, Russia, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil.^ Their debut album, Partie Traumatic, was released in July 2008 and debuted at [...
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 ^ Gravitys rainbow (Kavinsky remix) .
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 ^ Releases The band has released three EPs and their debut album, Datarock Datarock, was released [...
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 At these shows they debuted two new tracks: "Valley of the Calm Trees" and "Moonhead".[28] The band also made an appearance at Modular Records's NeverEverLand festival that toured around Australia in December 2008.[29]
.At the beginning of 2009, it was reported that the band had been told to re-record parts of their second album, after it was rejected by their record label.^ They're on a major record label - it's not like they were asked to re-record, they were told.
  • Klaxons to re-record second album | News | NME.COM 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC web.nme.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The label saw them as a pop-band so they had to re-record the record.
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 ^ NEXT STORY PREVIOUS STORY Klaxons to re-record second album .
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 .The Sun confirmed that Polydor deemed the record "too experimental" for release,[30] with Reynolds stating that "...we've made a really dense, psychedelic record" and that "it isn't the right thing for us [the band]".[31] In November 2009 the band flew to Los Angeles to begin recording once again with Ross Robinson as the producer [32].^ We’ve made a really dense, psychedelic record,” said an eerily contrite Jamie Reynolds, the band’s singer and bassist, “and it isn’t the right thing for us, I understand and know that.

 ^ 'Magick' is released on 30 October on Polydor .
  • The Klaxons: New noise warning - Features, Music - The Independent 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ In 2006, the band signed to Polydor Records.
  • Klaxons Biography, Information, Discography, Pictures, etc. 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.popstarsplus.com [Source type: General]
.In an interview with the BBC in April 2009, Reynolds revealed that the songs "The Parhelion" (previously entitled "Valley of the Calm Trees"), "Moonhead" and a new song "Marble Fields And The Hydrolight Head Of Delusion" would 'probably' make the final tracklist.^ In an interview with the BBC in April 2009, Reynolds revealed that the songs “The Parhelion” (previously entitled “Valley of the Calm Trees”), “Moonhead” and a new song “Marble Fields And The Hydrolight Head Of Delusion” would ‘probably’ make the final tracklist.
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 ^ Moonhead's probably still going to make it because he's a psychopathic, hypomaniac.
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 ^ Reynolds said that now they had embarked on writing new songs to add to the album.
  • Klaxons to re-record second album | News | NME.COM 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC web.nme.com [Source type: General]

 [33]. Other titles that have been gathered from live set lists include "Imaginary Pleasures", "Silver Forest" [34], "Echos", "Venus", "Hoodoo Bora" and "Future Memory".
.On December 31, 2009, Klaxons performed and DJed at the "Get Loaded In the Dark" event at Brixton Academy.^ Klaxons – “As above so below” (justice remix) « GBH MP3 Music Blog on Monday, December 21, 2009 at 8:17 pm [...
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 ^ Klaxons Crazy Glasto-Performance 29.06.2009 .
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 ^ Klaxons (Andy Cotterill) Event, performer or DJ: Club or bar name: Find clubs & bars: Bars .
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 .Other acts on the bill included Simian Mobile Disco and BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac.^ These days, the Chemicals have a whole new set of peers (including, ironically, two other ex-Manchester University students in Simian Mobile Disco) and the presence of such young bucks as the Klaxons on their album shows an astute, if subtle, courting of the new school.
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 ^ We're a Simian Mobile Disco production now.
  • BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Talking Shop: Klaxons 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC news.bbc.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ AAC files are predominately compatible with Apple products including the iPod, iTunes and Mac, but they can also be converted to formats that can be played on other digital media players.
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.On the 25th February 2010 it was confirmed that the band will play the Festival Internacional de Benicassim in July.^ After playing festivals and headlining tours worldwide (including the NME Indie Rave Tour) during late 2006–2007, the band started working on their follow-up album in July 2007.
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 ^ January 25th, 2010 at 8:15 pm 344 Which version of You Got the Love is played in the last episode of last series.
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 ^ Quote from: Chevelle on February 04, 2010, 04:51 PM Instead of trying to explain what I'm looking for, I'll just post some of the bands I like.
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 .Early this year it was confirmed that Klaxons will play on Bažant Pohoda Festival 2010 in Slovakia.^ Klaxons New Album Due In 2010 8 months ago Artist: PLAY Klaxons If you have been following Klaxons from their beggining, you are dying to hear some new material.
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 ^ Klaxons, Cut Copy Head To Neverland about 1 year ago Artist: PLAY Klaxons .
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 ^ In August of that year, Klaxons played at the Reading and Leeds festivals, playing in the Carling tent on each festival site.
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Musical style

Klaxons in concert, 2007.
.HMV describes Klaxons as "acid-rave sci-fi punk-funk",[citation needed] a phrase lifted directly from Tim Chester's Radar feature in NME, while their MySpace page touts 'Psychedelic / Progressive / Pop'. However, they are one of the isolated acts being referred to as New Rave, a genre term coined by Angular Records founder Joe Daniel, who released the trio's first single.^ They have deconstructed post-punk, Brit-pop and, yes, rave.
  • Audiversity: New Music: Klaxons, LCD Soundsystem 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC audiversity.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Apparently HMV have labelled you ‘acid-rave sci-fi punk-funk’.
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 ^ This is one amazing indie/space rock/psychedelic/pop record.
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 .Though the band's sound is rock-based, they draw upon some less common influences - notably the rave culture of the 1990s, which they appropriate and redefine in a post-modern fashion.^ Though the band's sound is decidedly art rock, they draw upon some less common influences - notably the rave culture of the 1990s, which they appropriate and redefine in a post-modern fashion.
  • Klaxons Biography, Information, Discography, Pictures, etc. 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.popstarsplus.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Combining rave culture, ’90s skate fashion and Japanese anime influences, designer Carri Munden (aka Cassette Playa) has dressed M.I.A. , the Klaxons and a number of other artists with her neon-heavy clothes.
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 ^ Leading band as a part of the so-called 'Nu-Rave' movement in the UK, who mix indie-rock guitars with an edge of early-90's rave influences.
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 .Their influences are perhaps most represented in their covers of rave hits "The Bouncer" by Kicks Like a Mule and "Not Over Yet" by Grace.^ Their influences are perhaps most represented in their covers of rave hits "The Bouncer" by Kicks Like a Mule and "Not Over Yet" by Grace.
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 ^ They may have given two rave hits an indie makeover - "The Bouncer" and Grace's "Not Over" - and employ the sirens characteristic of rave at the start of "Atlantis to Interzone", but they have little in common with acid house.
  • The Klaxons: New noise warning - Features, Music - The Independent 6 February 2010 11:56 UTC www.independent.co.uk [Source type: General]

 ^ Certainly the Klaxons used wailing sirens and covered Kicks Like a Mule's novelty 1992 rave hit The Bouncer, but wasn't it just indie rock in disguise?
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 Both tracks have since been released by the band, the first as part of a double a-side with "Gravity's Rainbow" in March 2006 and the latter as a single on June 25, 2007 titled "It's Not Over Yet".[citation needed]
.While the band is consistently hailed as the defining act of the sparsely-populated New Rave movement, Klaxons have worked to avoid being typecast as champions of the genre.^ While the band are consistently hailed as the defining act of the sparsely-populated Nu Rave movement, Klaxons have worked to avoid being typecast as champions of the disputed genre that may or may not exist.
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 ^ Brooklyn's Studio B on April 13th, Klaxons, NME 's Best New Band of 2007 aggressively played most of their debut album, Myths of the Near Future .
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 ^ Based in New Cross, London, the Klaxons emerged at the forefront of the "new rave" movement that sprang up in the U.K. during 2005 and 2006.
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 Even so, Klaxons member Jamie Reynolds expressed no regrets at the dubious honour, saying that "...it's great that it started as an in-joke and became a minor youth subculture".[35]

Discography

Albums

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

Year Title Peak Positions
UK		 Album
2006 "Gravity's Rainbow" / "The Bouncer" — —
"Atlantis to Interzone" — Myths of the Near Future
"Magick" 29
2007 "Golden Skans" 7
"Gravity's Rainbow" 35
"It's Not Over Yet" 13
"As Above, So Below" —

Awards

References

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