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And then, a couple of years later, two Frenchmen came along and changed everything. Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay remixed the Simian track, 'Never Be Alone' (the central lyric of which had been used as the album's title) for a student radio competition. Which they lost. But French label, Ed Banger Records released the remix in 2003, then re-released it via International Deejay Gigolos in 2004, and out of nothing Justice was formed.
The song, now renamed as 'We Are Your Friends', finally achieved mainstream success in the summer of 2006, scraping into the UK Top 20. The week of its release, I had a torturous journey from Paris (where I was working at the time), via Barcelona and Valencia, to the Benicassim music festival. And on the Saturday night, drunk as a lord, I witnessed a steaming-hot dance tent explode when Soulwax dropped the track. There's a very embarrassing video of myself and my friend Cat at that precise moment on YouTube, and no, I'm not going to tell you how to find it.
From there, the story is simple.. Justice's remix became my favourite drinking song, the one guaranteed to get everyone up on the dancefloor on nights out. Their debut album (the one with a cross on the front and no official title) changed my perceptions of dance music and electronica, and I witnessed the Frenchmen dazzle live audiences around London - blowing Chemical Brothers off the stage as their support at Kokos in October 2007, then doing the same to CSS at Brixton that December, and finally getting everyone dancing despite an unseasonal downpour at Somerset House the following summer.
We're still waiting for album number 2 (reportedly due this year), but in the meantime, 'We Are Your Friends' never gets old, even if it has been around in one form or another for virtually the entire Noughties.
Simian (2001) | |
| Background information | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Manchester, England |
| Genres |
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| Years active | 2000–2005 |
| Labels | Source UK |
| Associated acts | Simian Mobile Disco, The Black Ghosts, The Last Shadow Puppets, Justice |
| Members | Simon Lord Alex MacNaghten Jas Shaw James Ford |
Simian were an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 2000.
Simian We Are Your Friends 2002 Rare Earth
Members[edit]
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- Simon William Lord (vocals, lead guitar, drum programming)
- Alex MacNaghten (bass)
- James Anthony Shaw (keyboards, drum programming, percussion)
- James Ellis Ford (drums, drum programming)
Touring members[edit]
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- Michael Tighe - additional guitar, keyboards, percussion (2003)
History[edit]
Simian were formed while members of the band were studying at Manchester University. MacNaghten, Shaw and Ford were formerly members of live breakbeat project King Rib, alongside MC Mr. Wrong and DJ Silver.
Main releases[edit]
Their debut album Chemistry Is What We Are was first released in the UK on 9 July 2001 on Source Records and in the US on 18 September 2001 on Astralwerks. The US edition contained two bonus tracks, 'The Tale of Willow Hill' and 'Grey', that had previously been released in the UK as part of The Wisp and Watch It Glow EPs respectively.
Their second album, We Are Your Friends was released in the UK on 28 October 2002 (on Source Records) and in the US on 29 October 2002 (on Astralwerks). The Japanese release (26 March 2003) also included the bonus tracks, 'Out of Bed', 'Coins' and 'Reasons', the first two of which had previously been released in the UK as B-sides of the 'Never Be Alone' single.
Other work[edit]
In 2000, the band recorded a cover version of the Prince song 'Under the Cherry Moon' from his album Parade (1986). This song was released on the tribute album, If I Was Prince (2001).
The band remixed various tracks by other artists, including 'Playgirl' by Ladytron, 'AM/PM' by Appliance, 'Destiny' by Zero 7, and 'Papua New Guinea' by The Future Sound of London.
In 2005, their song 'La Breeze' was featured in a Peugeot 1007 television advertisement. It was also used in the 2007 Dove advertisement 'Onslaught'.
Split[edit]
The band split up in 2005 with Ford and Shaw forming the spin-off group Simian Mobile Disco. Microstation v8i crack download. The new group is more dance-oriented and are in demand as remixers and DJs.[citation needed] Ford is also in the baroque pop group The Last Shadow Puppets with Arctic Monkeys singer Alex Turner. Lord is now in The Black Ghosts, an electronica act with DJ Touche from The Wiseguys.
Justice Remix[edit]
In 2006, the single 'We Are Your Friends', which is a remix of their song 'Never Be Alone', was released on a reactivated Virgin Records subsidiary label called Ten Records. This single was credited to 'Justice vs Simian', and started life as a submission by the French music group Justice in a remix competition. The video for the single won the award for best video at the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards. At the awards ceremony, fellow nominee Kanye West appeared on stage to complain about the Justice vs Simian victory.[2]
In 2011, NME placed 'We Are Your Friends' at number 19 on its list '150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years'.[3]
Discography[edit]
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Albums[edit]
- Chemistry Is What We Are (2001)
- We Are Your Friends (2002)
Singles and EPs[edit]
The following releases were in the UK only on Source Records:
- Watch It Glow (EP, 16 October 2000)
- The Wisp (EP, 21 May 2001)
- 'One Dimension' (22 October 2001)
- 'V/A Compilation: If I Was Prince- 6. Simian-Under The Cherry Moon
- 'Mr. Crow' (4 February 2002)
- 'Never Be Alone' (21 October 2002)
- 'La Breeze' (31 March 2003)
- 'In Between' (15 September 2003)
- 'V/A Compilation: Covered – 11. Simian- Let's Spend The Night Together(2003)'UK No. 55[4]
References[edit]
- ^Andy Kellman. 'Simian | Biography & History'. AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^'Kanye West a Sore Loser at MTV Europe Awards'. PEOPLE.com. 3 November 2006.
- ^Schiller, Rebecca (6 October 2011). '150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years'. NME. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 498. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
Justice Remix[edit]
In 2006, the single 'We Are Your Friends', which is a remix of their song 'Never Be Alone', was released on a reactivated Virgin Records subsidiary label called Ten Records. This single was credited to 'Justice vs Simian', and started life as a submission by the French music group Justice in a remix competition. The video for the single won the award for best video at the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards. At the awards ceremony, fellow nominee Kanye West appeared on stage to complain about the Justice vs Simian victory.[2]
In 2011, NME placed 'We Are Your Friends' at number 19 on its list '150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years'.[3]
Discography[edit]
Simian We Are Your Friends 2002 Rarely
Albums[edit]
- Chemistry Is What We Are (2001)
- We Are Your Friends (2002)
Singles and EPs[edit]
The following releases were in the UK only on Source Records:
- Watch It Glow (EP, 16 October 2000)
- The Wisp (EP, 21 May 2001)
- 'One Dimension' (22 October 2001)
- 'V/A Compilation: If I Was Prince- 6. Simian-Under The Cherry Moon
- 'Mr. Crow' (4 February 2002)
- 'Never Be Alone' (21 October 2002)
- 'La Breeze' (31 March 2003)
- 'In Between' (15 September 2003)
- 'V/A Compilation: Covered – 11. Simian- Let's Spend The Night Together(2003)'UK No. 55[4]
References[edit]
- ^Andy Kellman. 'Simian | Biography & History'. AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^'Kanye West a Sore Loser at MTV Europe Awards'. PEOPLE.com. 3 November 2006.
- ^Schiller, Rebecca (6 October 2011). '150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years'. NME. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 498. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
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