Klaxons - Wikipedia. For the electromechanical device, see klaxon. For the Belgian accordion band, see The Klaxons. Klaxons are an English band, based in London. Following the release of several 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 2.

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January 2. 00. 7. The album won the 2. Nationwide Mercury Prize.[1] After playing festivals and headlining tours worldwide (including the NME Indie Rave Tour) during late 2.

July 2. 00. 7.[2] Klaxons' second album, Surfing the Void, was released on 2. August 2. 01. 0. Their third album, Love Frequency, was released on 1. June 2. 01. 4.[3]History[edit]Formation (2. Jamie Reynolds grew up in Bournemouth and Southampton.[4] He dropped out of studying philosophy at Greenwich University[5] to work in a record shop, Essential Records in Southampton, before moving to London after being made redundant.[6] Simon Taylor- Davis and James Righton grew up in Stratford- upon- Avon, meeting at Stratford- upon- Avon High School.[7] The trio formed in New Cross, London, after meeting through Reynolds' girlfriend.[8] Righton had been working as a teacher at the time.[9]James taught Simon how to play guitar,[6] and with Reynolds' redundancy money they purchased a studio kit.[8] They recorded and performed live under their early guise of "Klaxons (Not Centaurs)", name inspired by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's futurism text The Futurist Manifesto[1. Initially the band played with drummer Finnigan Kidd in 2. Kidd left to play with fellow New Cross band, Hatcham Social.

Replacement live drummer Steffan Halperin joined in February 2. Prefix Magazine in early 2. He remains mostly absent from the band's music videos, appearing only in the early video "Atlantis to Interzone" and briefly in the 2. Gravity's Rainbow". Around this time, the band began playing under their new, shortened name of Klaxons.[1. Myths of the Near Future (2.

Klaxons' debut single, "Gravity's Rainbow" was released in March 2. Angular Records.[7] Only 5. 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.[1. The band's second single, "Atlantis to Interzone", was released on 1.

June of the same year. It was their first release for independent record label.

Merok Records, and led to further coverage in NME magazine. The song enjoyed radio coverage from Zane Lowe and daytime airings from Jo Whiley, who repeatedly, and mistakenly, called the song "Atlantic To Interscope".[1. Zane Lowe also wrongly credited the song as "Atlantis To Interscope".[1. They released their first EP, Xan Valleys, on 1. October 2. 00. 6.[1.

It was released on Australian record label Modular Recordings, and contained their first two singles alongside various remixes.[1. The band played their first North American dates in New York's East Village in October 2.

The band signed to Polydor Records in August 2. Regarding the fee amount, James Righton said that it 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. Their first single for the label, "Magick", was released on 3. October 2. 00. 6 and reached #2. UK Top 4. 0 the following week.[2. In August 2. 00. 6, Klaxons played at the Reading and Leeds festivals. Fans sounded "Klaxons!" and cheered loudly between songs while brandishing glowsticks.

This gave credit to the "New Rave" label, coined by Angular Records' founder Joe Daniel; later used by NME magazine to describe the scene. Also in August, the Klaxons performed an acoustic set in Ibiza Weekend for UK's BBC Radio 1 at Ibiza Rocks festival with Zane Lowe. The first single from their debut album, "Golden Skans", was released on 2. January 2. 00. 7.

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It reached #1. 6 in the UK Singles Chart on download sales alone, two weeks before the official release of the CD. It climbed to #1. CD release.[2. 2] On 2.

January Klaxons performed on the BBC Radio 1. Live Lounge, performing "Golden Skans" and a cover version of Justin Timberlake's "My Love".[2. The band then released "It's Not Over Yet", a cover of a song originally by Grace. The track included the "My Love" cover as a B- side, and peaked at #1.

UK Singles Chart.[2. Their debut album, titled Myths of the Near Future, was released on 2. January 2. 00. 7. It entered the UK Album Charts at #2, behind Norah Jones's album Not Too Late.[2. Percussion and drumming on the album was provided by the album's producer James Ford,[2.

Halperin recording on "Atlantis to Interzone". On 1 October 2. 00. A Bugged Out Mix,[2. Reynolds. Klaxons singled out a new song that has strong progressive rock influences as a guide to one possible direction the album may go in, revealed recently NME magazine. 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. 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. A huge broad variety of things really.

There's one track we've been playing in soundcheck, it's this massive prog opus."[2. Klaxons performed with the singer Rihanna on her song "Umbrella" which had "Golden Skans" mixed into the background during the Brit Awards 2. London on 2. 0 February 2.

Klaxons won 'Best Album' at the 2. NME Awards held at London's Indig. O2 Arena on 2. 8 February 2. This followed having won 'Best New Band' the previous year. 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. Watch Insidious: Chapter 2 Online Insidious: Chapter 2 Full Movie Online.

Surfing the Void (2. Talk of a second album began in November 2. UK winter tour. Influences include dubstep, dance and folk music.[2. The band was featured on Steve Aoki's debut album Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles, contributing the Soulwax remix of "Gravity's Rainbow" for its release in January 2. They made their live return with a series of gigs in Europe and South America during October 2. Valley of the Calm Trees" and "Moonhead".[3.

In an interview with NME magazine in November, the band confirmed they were heading to France to record with James Ford, aiming to be completed by December for release in early 2. The band made an appearance at Modular Records's Never. Ever. Land festival that toured around Australia in December 2.

At the beginning of 2. Madame Jojo's in London, their first in the capital since the NME Big Gig the previous year.

During the set, the band featured new songs "Imaginary Pleasures" and "In Silver Forest", together with the previously aired "Moonhead" and "Valley of the Calm Trees".[3. In March 2. 00. 9, it was reported that the band had been told to re- record parts of their second album, after it was rejected by label Polydor. The Sun newspaper confirmed that the label deemed it "too experimental" for release,[3. Reynolds stating that "..

In an interview with BBC News, Reynolds revealed that "Moonhead" and new track "Marble Fields and the Hydrolight Head of Delusion" were "probably going to make it", and that they were working with "Simian Mobile Disco production" during April–May 2. Reynolds added that "Valley of the Calm Trees" had been retitled "The Parhelion", to reflect its lyrical content.[3. James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco confirmed working with the band later in the year, stating in an interview with Newsbeat that they were "..

On 2. 2 May 2. 00. Coventry's Kasbah nightclub, their only scheduled headline UK performance.[4.

The concert, to take place on 3 June, sparked rumours that the band may feature at the 2. Glastonbury Festival.[4. The band supported Blur at their comeback show at the Manchester Evening News Arena on 2. June,[4. 2] before playing a surprise set at Glastonbury the following day. The set included further new songs "Hoodoo Bora", "Future Memory" and "Echoes".[4.

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