Groove Armada

Duran Duran, NER*D, Simian Mobile Disco, Ladyhawke, Friendly Fries, Fat Freddy's Drop, Florence and The Machine, and Horse Meat Disco

Venue:
Victoria Park, Poplar »

Lineup: Groove Armada, Duran Duran, N*E*R*D, Simian Mobile Disco, Ladyhawke, Friendly Fries, Fat Freddy's Drop, Florence and The Machine, Horse Meat Disco

Date: 18/07/2009

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Groove Armada

Groove Armada are...

Andy Cato - keyboards
Tom Findlay - keyboards

The former big-beat merchants Groove Armada are now turning heads with a more hip-hop flavoured sound in 2001.

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Releasing their first single, 'Planet Earth', in 1981, then going on to make expensive videos that would make MTV a viable concept, Duran Duran eventually gained credibility in the 1990s when they released the shimmering pop gem 'Ordinary World'.

Past classics include 'Rio' and 'Hungry Like The Wolf'. Keyboard player Nick Rhodes co-produced the last Dandy Warhols album.»

NER*D

N*E*R*D (Nobody Ever Really Dies) is the alter ego of highly successful production team, The Neptunes(Kelis, Ol' Dirty Bastard, P.Diddy, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Busta Rhymes...) Pharell Williams and Chad Hugo, who've formed a band with their childhood friend Shay. Stylistically they mix modern rock/metal and R&B with classic 70's funk and soul, but come out sounding very much of-the-moment and very original.»

Friendly Fires are comprised of Ed Mac, Jack Savidge and Edd Gibson.

Formed out of the ashes of ‘First Day Back’, the St Albans hardcore band, they formed while still at school. Friendly Fires make razor-sharp post-punk that burns through the memories of all the dismal, skinny jeaned ‘80s revivalists you’ve been hearing these past few years. Sounding brittle, knotty and urgent, Friendly Fires are the real deal. With no fat or padding on them at all, their songs possess an elegant sparseness.

As guitarist Edd Gibson notes: “The hardest thing I think is to know what to leave out, to know when something is enough.” But amongst all the stripped-back twists, there are also moments full of deep, blessed-out melodies. “I love lush, massive, tingly chords; the My Bloody Valentine sound,” says bassist and singer Ed MacFarlane.

Biog from Last FM

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