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Hot Chip

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Genres: electronic, indie, electropop

Biography

Hailing from London, Hot Chip entered the picture with the release of their 2000 debut, This Is Animal Music. The EP was issued by Victory Garden Records, a label owned and operated by members of London's resident lo-fi rock institution Southall Riot. The This Is Animal Music EP was a hypnotic wash of subtle -- nearly subliminal -- pulse-like techno beats, acoustic guitars, and plinky pianos, but the vocals were the true star of the show (no small feat in a musical climate overrun with disaffected Lou Reed-esque mumblers and bland Eddie Vedder impersonators). The voices of Alexis Taylor, and Joe Goddard are a fine study in contrast. Taylor offers dreamy, effortless falsettos that cut to the heart of the beauty of performers like Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake (minus any of the pretentiousness of Radiohead or even Coldplay, or the bland vocal acrobatics of Remy Zero). Meanwhile, scattered throughout the record (and in the occasional duet), Goddard offers a tone that sounds a bit more world-weary and at times almost gruff in comparison to Taylor, calling to mind Damon Albarn's cool monotone tendencies. Self-released by Hot Chip in 2002, "Sanfrandisco E-Pee" showed the band dabbling in more playful sounds, from the beatbox dubbing of the title track to the closing notes of "Fanta," in which Taylor pleads with the listener to "make sounds of the summer." There are moments of gorgeous melancholy as well, but on the whole, the album feels a bit more hopeful than This Is Animal Music did. The group signed to revered N.Y.C. record label DFA in 2005 and released the Over The Hills And Far Away EP, as well as the excellent 2006 full-length The Warning. Hot Chip kept busy in 2007 by supporting The Warning with singles and consistent touring, and released a DJ-Kicks: Tiga mix album. Late that year, the single "Ready for the Floor" heralded the arrival of Made In The Dark, which featured some of the band's most focused grooves and poppiest melodies to date. The mellower One Life Stand followed in 2010, along with a remixes collection later that year. ~ Karen E. Graves, Rovi

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  1.  
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    She said 'How did we get ourselves so lost?'
    And I said 'I don't know,
    But we will not be leaving tonight.
    When you hold me I, I feel better'
    I only want one night, together in our arms
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    I Feel Better - (3:01)  -  89,247 plays
  2.  
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    Laid back, laid back
    Laid back, we'll give you laid back
    Laid back, laid back
    Laid back, I'll give you laid back
    Over and over, and over, and over, and over
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    Over And Over - (3:50)  -  67,788 plays
  3.  
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    Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
    Say it, say it, say it, say it, say it, say it, say it now
    Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
    Say it, say it, say it, say it, say it, say it, say it now
    Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
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    Ready For The Floor - (3:53)  -  73,519 plays
  4.  
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    Tell me where you've been to
    Nowhere that you shouldn't do
    Tell me what you're good for
    I can tell you something too
    Where have you been staying?
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    One Life Stand - (4:09)  -  62,334 plays
  5. Thieves In The Night - (6:06)  -  35,928 plays
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