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Encyclopedia > Hot Chip
Hot Chip

Hot Chip performing live at Bonnaroo 2007
Background information
Origin Flag of England London, England
Genre(s) Alternative Dance
Electro-pop
Neo Soul
Years active 2000–present
Label(s) EMI
DFA
Website http://www.hotchip.co.uk/
Members
Alexis Taylor
Joe Goddard
Owen Clarke
Felix Martin
Al Doyle

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Contents

History

Hot Chip formed in 2000; some of the members had already been friends before the formation. Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard first met at Elliott Secondary School in Putney, where they claim to have had an impromptu wrestling match on the school playground. They went on to become good friends and began making music togather at the age of 17. Putney is a district of south-west London in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ...


After years of self-releasing records, they signed with Moshi Moshi in 2003. Their debut LP Coming On Strong was released in 2004. They soon started working on their second album and in the meantime they signed a US record deal with the Dance-Punk label DFA Records who re-released their debut album in late 2005. Moshi moshi (in hiragana もしもし) is a widely used Japanese telephone greeting. ... Debut album by British indie electonic band Hot Chip. ... DFA Records is an independent record label that was launched in September 2001 by Mo Wax Records co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, indie rock producer James Murphy and mutual friend Jonathan Galkin. ...


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 and was Mixmag's Album of the Year[1]. 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.[2] The Warning is an album to be released in May 2006 by the British band Hot Chip. ... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Kensington in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York. ... The Mercury Music Prize, now officially known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize, is a music award given annually for the best British or Irish album of the previous 12 months. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Over and Over is the first single from Hot Chips album The Warning. ... Over and Over is a single by rapper Nelly featuring country musician Tim McGraw, released in 2004, from Nellys album Suit. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Not to be confused with the Canadian music magazine Music Express The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. ...


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 Glastonbury, Sónar, Benicassim, Electric Picnic, Bestival, Lovebox, the Reading and Leeds Festivals, the Summer Sundae festival and the Big Day Out and Splendor In The Grass (2007) in Australia. Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry spot on the Somerset Levels, 50km (31 miles) south of Bristol. ... Sónar Logo Sónar is a three day annual music festival held in Barcelona, Spain. ... Benicàssim (Spanish: Benicasim) is a town and beach resort located 13km north of the town of Castelló de la Plana, on the north of the Valencian Community, Spain (pop. ... Electric Picnic is an annual music festival which has been staged since 2004 in Stradbally Hall, Stradbally, County Laois in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Bestival is a music festival on the Isle of Wight. ... The Lovebox weekender is a music festival that takes place in Victoria Park in east London towards the end of July over two days. ... The Reading and Leeds Festivals, officially called the Carling Weekend, are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. ... The main stage of the 2005 festival. ... The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992. ...


They released also a DJ Kicks compilation in 2007, which was accompanied by a new song called "My Piano", also released as a 12". The logo of the DJ-Kicks series DJ-Kicks (spelt DJ-KiCKS on all cover artwork) is a series of mix albums by various artists for the independent record label !K7 Records. ...


At the moment, the band are working on their third studio album, which is tentatively titled Shot Down In Flames. Two new songs ("Shake a Fist" and "I Became I Volunteer") were posted on the band's MySpace page[3] and another one, "Ready For The Floor", was played live. The band first planned to release the album in 2008 but is now hoping for a release date in 2007. MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ...


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Alexis Taylor

Taylor provides vocals and some percussion, and plays keyboards and guitar in Hot Chip. He is influenced by, amongst others, Prince. When traveling on the London Underground or bus, he often taps new lyrics into his mobile phone as a text message. Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an iconic American musician. ... The London Underground is a transit system that serves much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... This article describes the technical methods for providing the text messaging service. ...


Taylor studied English at Jesus College, Cambridge between 1999 and 2002, during which time Hot Chip played a variety of gigs (with various line-ups) around Cambridge's live music venues. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... College name The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge Named after The Virgin Mary Saint John the Evangelist Saint Radegund Jesus Lane and Jesus Parish Established 1496 Location Jesus Lane Admittance Men and women Master Prof. ...


As well as performing solo from Hot Chip at three different live shows, Taylor has also contributed to folk group The Memory Band, playing various instruments in early live shows and contributing vocals for currently unreleased material. Additionally, Taylor is also working on an album with Scritti Politti frontman Green Gartside. The Memory Band is the creation of Stephen Cracknell. ... Scritti Politti are a Welsh musical band. ... Green Gartside is the primary force behind Scritti Politti, a band best known for their work in the 1980s, but who have recently enjoyed a renaissance through the 2006-released White Bread Black Beer. ...


Alexis is also married.


Joe Goddard

Joe Goddard is the vocalist and synthesizer operator for Hot Chip, as well as providing some percussion. He is also responsible for much of Hot Chip's home studio production. When Goddard was 12, he met bandmates Alexis Taylor and Owen Clarke at secondary school. Goddard became very good friends with Taylor and they eventually started making music. Goddard grew up listening to hip hop records in the early 1990s and some big influences are Souls of Mischief and Madlib. Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Souls of Mischief is a hip hop group, part of the hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


He and Taylor write the lyrics of Hot Chip songs.


Owen Clarke

Owen Clarke plays the guitar and synthesizer for Hot Chip live shows. He is responsible for some of the band's guitar and keyboard riffs, on songs like 'No Fit State'. His playing style, which features in the recordings as well as the live shows, is viewed as unique and greatly admired by many.


He is also responsible for much of Hot Chip's design and illustration work, including the strange keyboard that features on the cover of 'Coming on Strong' and the famous primary coloured blocks associated with 'The Warning' artwork.


Al Doyle

Al "Do-It" Doyle (also known as MC Quantisizit) plays the guitar and synthesizer for Hot Chip. He also contributed backing vocals for the song "Colours" on The Warning. Generally he is willing and able to play anything that he can lay his hands on, leading to his nickname Al "Do-It" (homonymous to "I'll do it"). He has a background as a classical cellist, and plays cello on the track "Reasons" and 12-String on "I Wish I Wish" and "The Light" by folk group The Memory Band. The Memory Band is the creation of Stephen Cracknell. ...


Doyle is behind some of Hot Chip's remixes. This includes reworks of bands such as MIA, Mattafix, Placebo, Radio 4, Battle and Jim Noir. As MC Quantisizit, Doyle "toasted" over the Hot Chip remix of SIA. MIA may refer to: Missing in action, a combatant who has not returned from war It may also refer to: // M.I.A., a song on Retreat Rights album, Air Freshener for the Mind M.I.A., a song on the Avenged Sevenfold album City of Evil M.I.A... Mattafix are a UK alternative hip hop duo, made up of Marlon Roudette and Preetesh Hirji. ... “Placebo effect” redirects here. ... Generally, a battle is an instance of combat in warfare between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others. ... Jim Noir is a British singer-songwriter from the suburb of Chorlton in Manchester, England. ...


Coincidentally, he attended the same school as Ricky Wilson, lead singer of the Kaiser Chiefs. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Kaiser Chiefs are an English band from Leeds. ...


He is playing guitar, keyboards and percussion in LCD Soundsystem on their 2007 tour, replacing Phil Mossman. LCD Soundsystem is the musical project of producer James Murphy, co-founder of dance-punk label DFA Records. ...


Felix Martin

Felix Martin programs and operates drum machines for Hot Chip during their live shows. He usually operates an Elektron Machinedrum and an AKAI MPC1000. He runs a studio in London with Al Doyle, from where he works on some of the many Hot Chip remixes, alongside a variety of other projects. He has programmed drum machines and played other instruments which can be heard on the various Hot Chip recordings.


Other members

  • Pat Mahoney
    Pat Mahoney is the drummer from LCD Soundsystem, but has played drums both filling in for and supporting Felix Martin in recent live shows in America.
  • Hagop Tchaparian - (drum machines)
    Helped out in the early years, later becoming their TM, he has filled in for Felix Martin and has since been making music as "The Letter G".
  • Rob Smoughton (former member)
    Now of one-man synth-soul outfit Grovesnor, Rob has since supported his former band on tour.
  • Scott Bennett (formerly guitar, backing vocals, thumb piano)
    A School friend of Alexis, Joe and Owen who was in the band prior to the release of Coming on Strong and features only on early EPs and Coming on Strong.
  • Daniel Paton (original drummer)
    A member of Fitzwilliam College. He left the band before they became successful.

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Discography

Albums

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EPs and singles

  • 2001 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)

Over and Over is the first single from Hot Chips album The Warning. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ...

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)

Remixes

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References

  1. ^ "[1]"
  2. ^ "NME 2006 Poll". NME.com (2006). Retrieved 20 January 2007.
  3. ^ http://www.myspace.com/hotchip

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