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Article #361: The Chemical Brothers Go Organic

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The Chemical Brothers are made up of After a break of almost two years, the
childhood friends Tom Rowlands and Ed Chemical Brothers returned with a new
Simons, and are a Grammy Award winning single which signalled a subtle change in
electronic music sensation. Originally direction. Hey Boy, Hey Girl was
referred to as the The Dust Brothers immediately a more commercial record, and
until a legal threat from another band of as a result went to number 3 in the UK
the same name, they changed their name in charts and gained them huge publicity.
1995 after a successful tour of the U.S. The third album, Surrender, was released
The Chemical Brothers are one of the few in June 1999, again featuring the likes
bands that successfully made the of Noel Gallagher on backing vocals. The
transition to arena-sized concerts, and album reached number 1 in the UK and
the fact they are an electronic act makes received widespread recognition from all
this feat even more impressive. Along sections of the music press.
with The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers Memorable gigs at Glastonbury and a UK
have become known as pioneers of the tour followed. The album Come With Us was
big-beat electronic dance genre, and have released in 2001, but it was less well
a reputation unsurpassed for their use of received than any of their previous work.
complicated sound and light effects to This didn't prevent it topping the UK
produce amazing live gigs. charts in its first week of release
In the studio, they have been releasing however, as they proved their fan base
albums since 1995, when they first put was loyal to the core.
out Exit Planet Dust. Shortly after its Early in 2003, the Chemical Brothers went
release they were snapped up by Virgin back into the studio to work on new
Records, under which they started their material, including The Golden Path, a
own offshoot label, Freestyle Dust. collaboration with Wayne Coyne, lead
During that year's Glastonbury Festival, singer of The Flaming Lips. This came out
Rowlands and Simons met up with Noel in September 2003, around the same time
Gallagher from Oasis, who told them how their Singles 93-03 (best of) album was
much he liked their debut album, and that released.
he would like to sing on a future track. The following year, they were back in the
They got together and recorded Setting studio to work on their fifth studio
Sun, the song being released in October album, Push The Button, again featuring
1996. It gave the duo their first number collaborations with Tim Burgess, Kele
one single, and also starting a popular Okereke and Anwar Superstar, amongst
trend they would continue, of working others. The album was released in January
with guest vocalists. 2005 and saw good initial sales, but it
In 1997 the Chemical Brothers released wasn't until July 2007 that the Chemical
their second album, Dig Your Own Hole, Brothers released their best-selling
after recording it at their studio in sixth album, We Are the Night.
south London. During that summer they To help promote this, the Chemical
toured extensively, playing clubs and Brothers embarked on a hugely sucessful
festivals, particularly in the United UK tour this December. Their latest
States. In Tokyo, they became residents single from the album, The Salmon Dance,
in the Liquid Rooms. is out now.






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