A London, UK production & remix team. Formed from the ashes of Simian in 20… Read Full Bio ↴A London, UK production & remix team. Formed from the ashes of Simian in 2005 its members are James Ford and Jas Shaw. In addition to his work with Simian Mobile Disco, James Ford is a producer and has worked for bands such as the Arctic Monkeys, Peaches and Klaxons.
Simian Mobile Disco was originally formed as a traveling DJ duet, playing on the side of their early four-piece band Simian. They ultimately released a number of low profile singles, such as "The Count" on Kitsuné Music, but arguably gained more fame for their remixes of artists such as Muse, Klaxons, The Go! Team, Air and others. In 2006, Kitsuné released SMD's underground hit "Hustler", which features a vocal performance from New York singer Char Johnson.
Musically, Simian Mobile Disco is known for heavily stylized tracks —often with minimal instrumentation— that associate themselves with a particular hook (vocal or instrumental —see mix of "Whoo! Alright, Yeah...Uh Huh" by The Rapture), which is repeated throughout the track. There is often a breakdown (occasionally more —see mix of "Magick" by Klaxons) comprising noise, drums and sometimes synths and vocals.
The band's debut album, Attack Decay Sustain Release was released on 18 June 2007 on Wichita Recordings. Among the tracks included on it are "Hustler", "Tits and Acid", "I Believe", "Hot Dog" and lead single "It's the Beat", which features Ninja from UK indie band The Go! Team on vocals. The album contains five new tracks, and the European version includes a bonus disc. The album was preceded by two mix compilations in April and May, for the "Bugged Out" and "Go Commando" series respectively.
SMD supported Klaxons at Brixton Academy on the 5 December 2007 and The Chemical Brothers at Aintree Pavilion on 9 December 2007 and Brighton Centre on 12 December 2007. SMD made a mix for Mixmag that came free with the January 2008 issue of Mixmag. While working on their second studio album, they released a collection of remixed SMD originals entitled Sample and Hold, which contains eleven tracks and was released in the UK on July 28, 2008. A North American date has not yet been announced.
In January 2009, they announced on their Myspace page that a new album was supposed to come out in 2009. Soon after that, they released a new track "Synthesise", on 12 February, through a music video (directed by Kate Moross and Alex Sushon) that "features live visual accompaniment" for the track. Two days later, a new song was broadcast on the BBC Radio 1 named "10,000 Horses Can't Be Wrong", soon followed by the release on 6 March of the official music video on their YouTube channel.
Their sophomore studio album Temporary Pleasure was finally announced on the 6 May, featuring many guests that they have encountered by their work as producers or their worldly tour including Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, Beth Ditto of Gossip, and Chris Keating of Yeasayer.
On New Years Eve 2009 Simian Mobile Disco will headline 'Get Loaded in the Dark' at the world famous Brixton Academy alongside Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1), Chase & Status, Herve and Sub Focus.
On NYE SMD headlined The Greatest Show on Earth at Motion in Bristol with the Bugged Out rig and rocked.
Simian Mobile Disco was originally formed as a traveling DJ duet, playing on the side of their early four-piece band Simian. They ultimately released a number of low profile singles, such as "The Count" on Kitsuné Music, but arguably gained more fame for their remixes of artists such as Muse, Klaxons, The Go! Team, Air and others. In 2006, Kitsuné released SMD's underground hit "Hustler", which features a vocal performance from New York singer Char Johnson.
Musically, Simian Mobile Disco is known for heavily stylized tracks —often with minimal instrumentation— that associate themselves with a particular hook (vocal or instrumental —see mix of "Whoo! Alright, Yeah...Uh Huh" by The Rapture), which is repeated throughout the track. There is often a breakdown (occasionally more —see mix of "Magick" by Klaxons) comprising noise, drums and sometimes synths and vocals.
The band's debut album, Attack Decay Sustain Release was released on 18 June 2007 on Wichita Recordings. Among the tracks included on it are "Hustler", "Tits and Acid", "I Believe", "Hot Dog" and lead single "It's the Beat", which features Ninja from UK indie band The Go! Team on vocals. The album contains five new tracks, and the European version includes a bonus disc. The album was preceded by two mix compilations in April and May, for the "Bugged Out" and "Go Commando" series respectively.
SMD supported Klaxons at Brixton Academy on the 5 December 2007 and The Chemical Brothers at Aintree Pavilion on 9 December 2007 and Brighton Centre on 12 December 2007. SMD made a mix for Mixmag that came free with the January 2008 issue of Mixmag. While working on their second studio album, they released a collection of remixed SMD originals entitled Sample and Hold, which contains eleven tracks and was released in the UK on July 28, 2008. A North American date has not yet been announced.
In January 2009, they announced on their Myspace page that a new album was supposed to come out in 2009. Soon after that, they released a new track "Synthesise", on 12 February, through a music video (directed by Kate Moross and Alex Sushon) that "features live visual accompaniment" for the track. Two days later, a new song was broadcast on the BBC Radio 1 named "10,000 Horses Can't Be Wrong", soon followed by the release on 6 March of the official music video on their YouTube channel.
Their sophomore studio album Temporary Pleasure was finally announced on the 6 May, featuring many guests that they have encountered by their work as producers or their worldly tour including Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, Beth Ditto of Gossip, and Chris Keating of Yeasayer.
On New Years Eve 2009 Simian Mobile Disco will headline 'Get Loaded in the Dark' at the world famous Brixton Academy alongside Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1), Chase & Status, Herve and Sub Focus.
On NYE SMD headlined The Greatest Show on Earth at Motion in Bristol with the Bugged Out rig and rocked.
Losing The Will To Survive
Simian Mobile Disco Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Losing The Will To Survive' by these artists:
Findlay Brown Have you ever been alone Where the wind runs, skips and…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Simian Mobile Disco:
Audacity of Huge Huge, huge, huge, huge Huge, huge, huge, huge Audacity of H…
Bad Blood If you look at him and all he's done And you…
Caught In A Wave Caught in a wave Oh oh oh oh I couldn't see Oh oh…
Cream Dream She was a recreational, motivational inspirational song A…
Cruel Intentions Baby baby baby I don't want to Ever give you the…
Cruel Intentions (Greg Wilson Re-edit) Baby, baby, baby I dont want to Ever give you the…
Hustler I'm a hustler, baby That's what my daddy's made me Yeah, I'm…
Hustler (Jesse Rose mix) I'm a Hustler baby That's what my daddy's made me Yeah, I'm…
I Believe I believe you could be What I need to believe I believe…
I Got This Down I got this down right I got this all tight I got…
I Got This Down (Night Facilities remix) I got this down right I got this all tight I got…
I Got This Down remix I got this down right I got this all tight I got…
It It's the beat It's the beat I get it, I got it I…
Love Love is all you need to know And all you need…
Nite Flights There's no hold The moving ' Has come through The danger…
Off the Map The Man Machine The Sax Machine And everything In between…
Pinball Animal spirits, Pinball... Trembling straits I see hallowing…
Put Your Hands Together [Instrumental] Put your hands together Hands together (Re…
Sleep Deprivation ''This song is an instumental''…
Synthesise I was born to synthesize Energize and catalyze I was born …
The Beat It's the beat It's the beat I get it, I got it I…
The Hustler I'm a hustler, baby That's what my daddy's made me Yeah, I'm…
Tits & Acid Tits (x100)…
Turn Up the Dial So, ha ha ha ha You cut me up (You cut…
Wooden Vbejurhrjiepenrnjoiejrke Kdjjdjξσηδρητητησοσηριησ ηνζδξισοεξ…
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Daniel Blanco
i like to think the reason they took so long to drop it is because they needed the oscillators to warm up so it could sound 10/10
Ermitanyo
@MWay saw the official vid and its... fucken dope i must say
Ward de jager
LOL , this ain't the 60's anymore
Most analogue eurorack ( a lot of eurorack stuff is digital ) , but most of todays analogue stuff have extremely stable oscilators
Sean Horton
One of the best live acts we've ever hosted at Decibel Festival and one of the better KEXP in-studios I've seen. Bravo on capturing this brilliant performance and asking some very interesting and pertinent questions. Alex Ruder is the man!
jwalts37
ok..so. even 20 minutes ago if you were to ask me if i liked any sort of music like this i would've said absolutely not. I clicked on this video coming from helms alee playing at kexp and christ i am floored. some of the music gave me goosebumps. well done gentlemen. well done.
Louis Adam
@Jordan Justice I love the album but I prefer the mix on this video
Moritz Bierdimpfl
wholesome comment
Jon Porter
Attack, sustain, decay, release
Jordan Justice
Listen to the actual album. I would argue that it may be their best take of the mix.
imola8
awesome sounding performance. It´s good to see that there are still artists out there that do something live, instead of playing a fully pre-arranged liveset and only throwing in a live synthline.