tip: hot chip

[antigone]

At the tender age of 7, Alexis Taylor began listening to Prince and dancing on his bed to the sounds of Dirty Mind and The Black Album, a habit which has continued into adult life. Meanwhile, Joe Goddard began heavily grazing on hip-hop records in the early 1990s, a diet which consolidated into an unusually passionate relationship with records by the Souls of Mischief and Madlib. The duo collided during an impromptu wrestling match in the school playground, and the result was 'Hot Chip'.

Soon enough, the funk began to tell, and with the addition of artist Owen Clarke (who used to dine with Alexis during 'packed lunch') on synthesizer, Felix Martin on drum machine and percussion, and Al Do-it on pretty much anything he could lay his hands on, Hot Chip have embarked on a new era of sonic exploration.

The band like to think of themselves as a modern day pop group with the spirit of Brian Wilson, the passion of Public Enemy and the niceness of the Neptunes. Hot Chip have a sound balanced between the soulful and the experimental, and they try to have a sense of humour too.



tijd om er maar eens een topic over te openen, want dit collectief verdient meer aandacht. vorig jaar verscheen het debuutalbum 'coming on strong' aanstekelijk, zomers en groovy.

de oplettende kijker heeft ze vorig jaar al gespot op dour festival of 05 days off.

downloadtips:

i dont know the half of how to have a hope of holding back
keep falling
shining escalade
the beach party
crap kraft dinner

[innogen]

Volgens mij heb ik wel eens een videoclip van ze op mtv gezien? Ze stonden heel de tijd voor een groen scherm met allerhande andere achtergronden en mannetjes die hen gingen bewegen enzo.

Ik vond dat lied wel tof iig

[Snuitermans]

Ik zal eens wat downloaden.