Hot Chip

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Hot Chip

Background information
Origin London, England
Genre(s) Alternative dance
Electropop
Dance punk
Years active 2000–present
Label(s) EMI, DFA
Website www.hotchip.co.uk
Members
Alexis Taylor
Joe Goddard
Owen Clarke
Felix Martin
Al Doyle
Former members
Hagop Tchaparian
Rob Smoughton
Scott Bennett
Daniel Paton

Hot Chip is a British electropop band. They have released three studio albums—Coming on Strong, The Warning, and Made in the Dark. The Warning was named Album of the Year by Mixmag and voted the fourth best album of 2006 by NME. They released their third studio album, Made in the Dark, in February 2008. Mixmag have already awarded it the title Album of the Month in their January 2008 issue.

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[edit] History

Hot Chip formed in 2000, though members Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard had previously worked together and had been in the same sixth form at Elliott School in Putney, London. In an interview, Goddard said that early Hot Chip music was written like sixth-form poetry, with acoustic guitars. However, the band completely changed direction because they got "so pissed off with it" and decided to try and make the most inane songs they could.[1]

After years of self-releasing records, they signed with Moshi Moshi in 2003 and released their debut LP Coming on Strong in 2004. Soon after this they started working on their second album and signed a US record deal with DFA Records, who re-released their debut album in late 2005.

In 2006 Hot Chip released their second album, The Warning. Now signed to EMI in the UK, the band gained much more mainstream appeal as well as the attention of critics. The album was shortlisted for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize[2] and was Mixmag's Album of the Year 2006. This album spawned also two UK top forty singles: "Over and Over" in March 2006 and "And I Was a Boy from School" in May 2006. "Over and Over" received attention for its music video, which was directed by Nima Nourizadeh, and was also named as the best single of 2006 by British music magazine NME.[3]

The band is also well-known for their live shows, because they often reinvent their songs on stage, creating a completely different sound to what might be the official version. Recent festival appearances include Dour Festival, Glastonbury, Sónar, Benicassim, Electric Picnic, Bestival, Lovebox, Bonnaroo, the Reading and Leeds Festivals, the Summer Sundae festival, the Big Day Out T in the Park , Summer Sundae, Splendour In The Grass Tim Festival (Brazil) [2007]and Coachella [2008]. They released a DJ-Kicks compilation in 2007, which included a new song called "My Piano", also released as a 12".

The band is also known for its DJ talent; all five members took part in a DJ set live on BBC Radio One's The Essential Mix radio program, hosted by Pete Tong, on December 29, 2007.

The band released their third studio album, Made in the Dark, on February 4 2008. The first release out of it was "Shake a Fist" which was released as a limited one-sided 12" in September 2007. The first proper single was "Ready For The Floor" in January 2008, which reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart.

In January 2008 the band appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross to promote "Ready For The Floor". Joe Goddard appeared on Never Mind The Buzzcocks on Thursday 31st January.

On Wednesday, 7 May 2008 the group performed in Radio 1's Live Lounge. They performed their brand new single, One Pure Thought and a cover of Wiley's Wearing My Rolex.

On Monday 12th May, the band performed six songs at Koko nightclub in Camden, London. The set was part of the Shockwaves Album Chart Show, to be broadcast on E4.

[edit] Members

Hot Chip at Bonnaroo 2007
Hot Chip at Bonnaroo 2007

[edit] Former members

  • Hagop Tchaparian aka The Letter G – drum machines
  • Rob Smoughton aka Grovesnor - Drums
  • Scott Bennett – guitar, backing vocals, thumb piano
  • Daniel Paton – drums

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EPs and singles

  • 2000: Mexico EP (CD)
  • 2002: Sanfrandisco E-Pee (CD-R only EP)
  • 2003: Down with Prince (12" only EP)
  • 2004: "Hittin' Skittles/Back to the Future" (limited 7")
  • 2004: "Playboy" (7", 12" and CD)
  • 2005: The Barbarian EP (12")
  • 2006: "Over and Over" #32 UK (coloured 7", 12" and ECD)
  • 2006: "Boy from School" #40 UK (2x coloured 7", 12" and ECD)
  • 2006: "Colours" Did not chart in UK (2x7", 12" and CD)
  • 2006: "Over and Over" #27 UK (Ltd. 7" w/ poster, 12", CD, ECD)
  • 2007: Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) - EP (iTunes-only download)
  • 2007: "My Piano" (12", download)
  • 2007: "Shake a Fist" (12")
  • 2008: "Ready for the Floor" #6 UK
  • 2008: "One Pure Thought"#53 UK

[edit] Other releases

  • 2005: All Filler, No Killer! (tour only release, CD)
  • 2006: Live at The Horseshoe, Toronto (tour only release, CD)
  • 2006: Live at The Horseshoe, London (tour only release, 3" CD)
  • 2006: Mixture (promo only v/a compilation, CD)
  • 2006: Mixture 2 (promo only v/a compilation, CD)
  • 2006: Remixes & Rarities (promo only)
  • 2007: DJ-Kicks: Hot Chip (v/a compilation, LP, CD)

[edit] Remixes

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC - collective - new talent 2004 - hot chip
  2. ^ Mercury judges opt for eclectic shortlist | UK news | The Guardian
  3. ^ "NME 2006 Poll". NME.com (2006). The single "Over and Over" is used as the title theme for "British TV" programme "The Culture Show"Retrieved 20 January 2007.
  4. ^ Pitchfork: Hot Chip's New Album Made in the Dark

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Hot Chip
Alexis Taylor · Joe Goddard · Owen Clarke · Felix Martin · Al Doyle
Hagop Tchaparian · Rob Smoughton · Scott Bennett · Daniel Paton
Studio albums
EPs
Mexico EP · Sanfrandisco E-Pee · Down With Prince · The Barbarian EP · Live Session
Singles
"Hittin' Skittles/Back to the Future" · "Playboy" · "Over and Over" · "Boy from School" · "Colours" · "My Piano" · "Shake a Fist" · "Ready for the Floor"
Other Recordings
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