Manhattan Clique
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Manhattan Clique (also known as MHC) are international producers and remixers Philip Larsen and Chris Smith. Since their first remix project in 2001 for Madonna producer Mirwais (Sony), the duo have worked with the likes of Kylie Minogue (Parlophone), Moby (Mute), Stereophonics (Universal), The B-52s (Warner Bros) and Mylène Farmer (Polydor), as well as a wide variety of electronic acts from pioneers Human League and Soft Cell to more recent luminaries Goldfrapp, and Fischerspooner. Manhattan Clique co-wrote/produced Erasure frontman Andy Bell's Electric Blue album, which included collaborations with Propaganda’s Claudia Brücken and Jake Shears, frontman of Scissor Sisters. Larsen has additionally won a Grammy award for his production on Kylie Minogue's Come Into My World, taken from her international best-selling Fever album, and found favour with celebrated songwriter Dianne Warren with a Mary J. Blige outing. Moby personally insisted four tracks from his Hotel album get new radio and club productions by Manhattan Clique, ultimately leading to a Number One single in France with Slipping Away (Crier La Vie), a duet with Mylène Farmer. The duo were also the first to remix UK rock act Stereophonics, working on singles from their Number One album Language. Sex. Violence. Other?.
Manhattan Clique continue to be in demand internationally as both producers and remixers, working with Russia’s biggest selling female artist Valeriya, and French megastar Mylène Farmer. Summer 2008 saw their remix of Farmer’s Dégénération (Polydor) reach Number One in France. Keri Hilson's I Like debuted at no.1 in Germany in December 2009, featuring Manhattan Clique's remix as the b-side.
Manhattan Clique also operate boutique record label and management company Planet Clique, whose roster includes hotly-tipped Norwegian electro-rock act SuperJupiter, and have toured and DJ’d extensively across the world.
[edit] Selected Remixography
- 2001 Mirwais "I Can't Wait"
- 2001 Soft Cell "Torch"
- 2001 The Lighthouse Family "Happy"
- 2001 The Human League "Shameless"
- 2002 Sophie Ellis-Bextor "Get Over You"
- 2002 The Human League "(Keep Feeling) Fascination 2003"
- 2002 Soft Cell "The Night"
- 2002 Erasure "Solsbury Hill"
- 2002 Erasure "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"
- 2003 The Human League "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of"
- 2003 Liberty X "Jumpin'"
- 2003 Sophie Ellis-Bextor "Mixed Up World"
- 2003 Holly Valance "Desire"
- 2004 Airlock "I Am"
- 2004 Erasure "Breathe"
- 2004 The B-52's "Mesopotamia"
- 2004 The Knife "Take My Breath Away"
- 2005 The B-52's "Whammy Kiss"
- 2005 The B-52's "Loveland"
- 2005 Larry Tee featuring Andy Bell "Matthew"
- 2005 Stereophonics "Superman"
- 2005 Chromeo "Needy Girl"
- 2005 Moby "Raining Again"
- 2005 Moby "Dream About Me"
- 2005 Goldfrapp "Ooh La La"
- 2005 Angel Moraes "If Music Is Your Life"
- 2005 Moby "Beautiful"
- 2005 Moby "Slipping Away"
- 2005 Fischerspooner "A Kick In the Teeth"
- 2005 Stereophonics "Devil"
- 2005 Andy Bell "Crazy"
- 2005 The B-52's "Private Idaho"
- 2006 Angel Moraes "Never Ending"
- 2006 Moby & Mylène Farmer "Slipping Away"
- 2006 SuperJupiter "You Know"
- 2006 Formatic "State Of Play"
- 2006 Matinée Club "Discothèque Français"
- 2006 Boogaloo Stu "Magnetic Heart"
- 2006 Rinôçérôse "Cubicle"
- 2006 Matinée Club "Tokyo Girls"
- 2006 Lorraine "Transatlantic Flight"
- 2006 Onetwo "Home"
- 2006 Moby and Amaral "Slipping Away - Escapar"
- 2006 Lorraine "Beautiful Thing"
- 2007 Moby "In My Heart"
- 2007 Myriam Abel "Qui Je Suis"
- 2007 Helicopter Girl "It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This"
- 2007 S-Express "Stupid Girls"
- 2007 B-52's "Devil In My Car"
- 2007 Soft Cell "Bedsitter"
- 2007 Kamera "Like A Drug"
- 2007 Lorraine "Saved"
- 2007 The Cast Of Spamalot "Lancelot"
- 2007 Soft Cell "Surrender"
- 2008 Valeriya "The Party's Over"
- 2008 Lorraine "When I Return To The World"
- 2008 Mylène Farmer "Dégénération"
- 2008 Mylène Farmer "Appelle mon numéro"
- 2008 Katy Perry "Hot n Cold"
- 2008 Iglu & Hartly "In This City"
- 2008 Ida Maria "Oh My God"
- 2008 Erasure "Always 2009"
- 2009 The Veronicas "Untouched"
- 2009 Katy Perry "Waking Up In Vegas"
- 2009 Britney Spears "Radar"
- 2009 Lady Gaga "Boys"
- 2009 La Roux "Bulletproof"
- 2009 Lily Allen "Fuck You"
- 2009 Skint & Demoralised "Red Lipstick"
- 2009 The Saturdays "Forever Is Over"
- 2009 Keri Hilson "I Like"
- 2009 Esmee Denters "Admit It"
- 2009 Timbaland feat. SoShy and Nelly Furtado "Morning After Dark"
- 2009 Chris Brown "Transform Ya"
- 2009 Britney Spears "3"
- 2009 Kajagoogoo "White Feathers"
- 2010 Valeriya & Robin Gibb "Broken Wings"
- 2010 Toni Braxton "Yesterday"
- 2010 Chris Brown "Crawl"
