Bag Raiders
| Bag Raiders | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Chris Stracey Jack Glass |
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Bag Raiders are a house duo from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, consisting of DJs Chris Stracey and Jack Glass. The duo is well known for their remixes and live shows.[1][2][3]
Bag Raiders came in at number 11 in the inthemix 50 poll of Australia's top DJs in 2009.[4]
They reached number 18 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009, with their song, "Shooting Stars". In the next year's countdown, their song, "Way Back Home", reached number 46.
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[edit] Members
- Chris Stracey
- Jack Glass
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Bag Raiders (1 October 2010, Modular Records) [5] #7 AUS
[edit] EPs and Singles
- The Bag Raiders EP (24 June 2007, Bang Gang 12 Inches)
- Fun Punch EP (15 August 2007, Bang Gang 12 Inches)
- Turbo Love (16 October 2008, Bang Gang 12 Inches)
- Turbo Love (Remixes) (3 June 2009, Bang Gang 12 Inches)
- Shooting Stars (14 August 2009, Modular Recordings)
- Big Fun (10 November 2009, Fool's Gold Records)
- Way Back Home (24 September 2010, Modular Recordings)
- Sunlight (11 February 2011, Modular Recordings)
- Not Over (14 October 2011, Modular Recordings)
[edit] Remixes
- Bag Raiders – "Fun Punch (Bag Raiders Remix)"
- Cut Copy – "Far Away (Bag Raiders Remix)"
- Galvatrons – "When We Were Kids (Bag Raiders Remix)"
- Headman – "Catch Me If U Can (Bag Raiders Remix)"
- Lost Valentinos – "CCTV (Bag Raiders Vs Van She Tech Remix)"
- Lost Valentinos – "Kafka! (Bag Raiders What Y'All Kno' Bout Seven Remix)"
- Muscles – "One Inch Badge Pin (Bag Raiders Remix)"
- Kid Sister – "Pro Nails (Bag Raiders Remix)"
- K.I.M. – "B.T.T.T.T.R.Y. (Bag Raiders Remix)"
- Midnight Juggernauts – "Twenty Thousand Leagues (Bag Raiders Remix)"
- Sneaky Sound System – "I Love It (Bag Raiders Remix)"
- Super Mal – "Bigger Than Big (Bag Raiders Remix)"
- ZZZ – "Lion (Bag Raiders Remix)"
- The Ting Tings - "Silence (Bag Raiders Remix"
[edit] Chart success
The duo has found some success with their song "Shooting Stars", released as a single in 2009. The song peaked at #62 on the ARIA Charts and made #43 on the ARIA 2009 End of Year Top 50 Australian Artist Singles.[6] The song is popular with supporters at home games of A-League team Adelaide United. The single features a remix by Kris Menace which charted at number one on the ARIA Hitseekers singles chart.
The latest single "Way Back Home" from Bag Raiders' self-titled album debuted at #77 on the ARIA Charts on 29 August 2010. It charted at #38 on the official German Singles Chart on 6 June 2011 after being used in the German Vodafone TV advertisement and later rose to its peak #19.
Their self titled debut album was released on 1 October 2010. It debuted at #7 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
A third single "Sunlight" was released to Australian radio in November 2010. It has peaked at #84 on the ARIA Top 100, in February 2011. [7]
[edit] TV-Advertising
Since April 2011 the Song "Way Back Home" from the Bag Raiders has been used as background music for a Vodafone TV ad in Germany.[8] In 2009 and 2010 their song "Shooting Stars" was used in a McDonald's commercial.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.jplay.com.au/JSite/ViewArtist.aspx?ArtistID=2956&ShowFullBio=true
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bag+Raiders
- ^ http://musicbrainz.org/artist/6a3d87ad-dd71-4e8f-b8dd-78b61e0e7fe6.html
- ^ inthemix50: 2009
- ^ http://www.modularpeople.com/news/bag-raiders-announce-debut-self-titled-album-out-o/3394.html
- ^ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-australian-singles-2009.htm
- ^ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20110530-1606/Issue1097.pdf
- ^ http://www.vodafone-angebote-news.de/8440-vodafone-fernsehwerbung-ich-will-schneller-sein-song-way-back-home
