The Chemical Brothers Go OrganicSubmitted By: Colin
Galbraith
The Chemical Brothers are made up of childhood friends Tom
Rowlands and Ed Simons, and are a Grammy Award winning electronic music
sensation. Originally referred to as the The Dust Brothers until a legal threat
from another band of the same name, they changed their name in 1995 after a
successful tour of the U.S. The Chemical Brothers are one of the few bands that
successfully made the transition to arena-sized concerts, and the fact they are
an electronic act makes this feat even more impressive. Along with The Prodigy,
The Chemical Brothers have become known as pioneers of the big-beat electronic
dance genre, and have a reputation unsurpassed for their use of complicated
sound and light effects to produce amazing live gigs. In the studio, they have
been releasing albums since 1995, when they first put out Exit Planet Dust.
Shortly after its release they were snapped up by Virgin Records, under which
they started their own offshoot label, Freestyle Dust. During that year's
Glastonbury Festival, Rowlands and Simons met up with Noel Gallagher from Oasis,
who told them how much he liked their debut album, and that he would like to
sing on a future track. They got together and recorded Setting Sun, the song
being released in October 1996. It gave the duo their first number one single,
and also starting a popular trend they would continue, of working with guest
vocalists. In 1997 the Chemical Brothers released their second album, Dig Your
Own Hole, after recording it at their studio in south London. During that summer
they toured extensively, playing clubs and festivals, particularly in the United
States. In Tokyo, they became residents in the Liquid Rooms. After a break of
almost two years, the Chemical Brothers returned with a new single which
signalled a subtle change in direction. Hey Boy, Hey Girl was immediately a more
commercial record, and as a result went to number 3 in the UK charts and gained
them huge publicity. The third album, Surrender, was released in June 1999,
again featuring the likes of Noel Gallagher on backing vocals. The album reached
number 1 in the UK and received widespread recognition from all sections of the
music press. Memorable gigs at Glastonbury and a UK tour followed. The album
Come With Us was released in 2001, but it was less well received than any of
their previous work. This didn?t prevent it topping the UK charts in its first
week of release however, as they proved their fan base was loyal to the core.
Early in 2003, the Chemical Brothers went back into the studio to work on new
material, including The Golden Path, a collaboration with Wayne Coyne, lead
singer of The Flaming Lips. This came out in September 2003, around the same
time their Singles 93-03 (best of) album was released. The following year, they
were back in the studio to work on their fifth studio album, Push The Button,
again featuring collaborations with Tim Burgess, Kele Okereke and Anwar
Superstar, amongst others. The album was released in January 2005 and saw good
initial sales, but it wasn?t until July 2007 that the Chemical Brothers released
their best-selling sixth album, We Are the Night. To help promote this, the
Chemical Brothers embarked on a hugely sucessful UK tour this December. Their
latest single from the album, The Salmon Dance, is out now. Discography 1995:
Exit Planet Dust1997: Dig Your Own Hole1999: Surrender2002: Come With Us2005:
Push the Button2007: We Are the Night
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