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Moelle has two solo releases on Kitsuné; "I Ragazzi Del 1982" as Palermo Disko Machine and "Wired" as Jence. He has since released "Vesuvia/Theme of Palermo Disko Machine" as Palermo Disko Machine on Vulture Music. |
Moelle has two solo releases on Kitsuné; "I Ragazzi Del 1982" as Palermo Disko Machine and "Wired" as Jence. He has since released "Vesuvia/Theme of Palermo Disko Machine" as Palermo Disko Machine on Vulture Music. |
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==Band history== |
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[[File:Digitalism (2012).jpg|thumb|270px|right|Jens Moelle and İsmail Tüfekçi in 2012]] |
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=== Early Career === |
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Moelle and Tüfekçi met at a record store in Hamburg and became friends. Later, the store's owner asked them to DJ a party, and they then began mixing and recording. According to Moelle, they record their music in a [[World War II]] [[bunker]] they own in Hamburg.<ref name="DCist">[http://dcist.com/2008/03/24/dcist_interview_22.php Interview, DCist.com]</ref> |
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The Digitalism duo, consisting of producer and singer Jence Moelle and producer/DJ Ismail ‘Isi’ Tufekci came together in early 2003. Record store clerk Jence Moelle was working afternoons in Hamburg’s Underground Solution record shop and became friends with Ismail ‘Isi’ Tufekci, who worked at a vinyl distributor. Isi and Jens bonded and became a DJ tag team. They were soon using early CD-writers to burn their own edits. In jokey tribute to Bob Sinclar’s Africanism All Stars project and to their own love of electronic dance music, they scribbled the word ‘Digitalism’ on the CDs to identify them for playing out. |
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Digitalism's debut album, ''[[Idealism (album)|Idealism]]'', was released in Japan on 9 May 2007 by [[EMI Music Japan|Toshiba EMI]], in France on 21 May 2007 by [[Kitsuné]], in North America by [[Astralwerks]], and in Australia and New Zealand by [[etcetc]] and [[Virgin Records]]. The album includes re-edits of the previously released singles "Jupiter Room" and "Zdarlight" as well as their "Digitalism in Cairo" original re-edit of a track by [[The Cure]]. |
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As Digitalism’s DJing reputation took off the harder the pair worked to find obscure, unheard records to re-edit, remix and re-record to animate the crowds who came to see them preform. The first was a version of The White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army which found its way onto vinyl and sold well, marking Digitalism out as [[Electronic music|electronic producers]] who could cross over into the rock camp. |
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The ''Pogo EP'' was released as a single in support of the album in May, with two alternate versions of the track. |
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=== ''Idealism'' 2007 === |
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The success of this first “release” prompted the Digitalism boys to release another release, only their second record, they also included an original composition. The jagged, makeshift track, with its scrappy vocal hook ("I Have An Idea That You Are Here, I Have The Idea That You Were Near"), was called ''Idealistic'' and was an instant hit internationally. The record was re-pressed, allowing everyone from [[Erol Alkan]] to [[Pete Tong]] to pick up a copy, yet it was Gildas Loaec from [[Kitsuné]] in [[Paris]] who eventually contacted the duo with a serious label deal thrusting them into the spotlight and forcing them to record and release music as a real band. The year was 2004 and the [[Kitsuné|Kitsune]] label was part of [[EMI]]’s ‘Labels’ imprint with an international team in all major territories releasing and lunching the careers of [[Klaxons]], [[Mark Ronson]], [[Two Door Cinema Club]], Justice and [[Simian Mobile Disco]], amongst others. |
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Digitalism released their EP ''Blitz'' under Kitsuné on November 8, 2010. |
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For years previous to this event [[Gildas Loaëc]] had worked as one half of a two man management team of [[Daft Punk]], the [[Grammy Award]] winning French Electronic artists who had pioneered the world of music for bands like Digitalsim. It was fair to assume that Gildas Loaec had an ear for talent in this field and had first hand experience on how to break such a band and worked tirelessly as Digitalism [[Artists and repertoire|A&R]], Label Manager and mentor to assist in the creation of the band first studio long player album ''Idealism'' released in 2007. |
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On 7 April 2011 they announced a new album, ''[[I Love You Dude]]'', which was released on 20 June 2011. On 18 June, they played at the [[Hurricane Festival]]. |
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Digitalism immediately became leaders in a vanguard of producers who broke through in the mid-Noughties, supported by DJs they had for years looked up to. The release of ''Idealism'' was met with critical and commercial success selling over 250,000 copies world wides. Many, in fact thought they were French due to the [[Kitsuné|Kitsune]] connection and the steroid [[Daft Punk]] flavours in their music. Suddenly here was an electronic live act that was pure rock’n’roll energy rather than just men prodding laptops. The Digitalism boys recall early shows in [[Paris]] where they really didn’t know what they were doing; playing sub-parr Parisian nightclubs, supported by the Colette Dance Class doing dance routines around their musical performance. |
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Despite their embarrassing start Digitalism soon honed their craft as a live band and their that became hugely popular taking them across the globe to perform. Like contemporaries Justice, [[Erol Alkan]] and [[Soulwax]], their first album '‘Idealism'' epitomised the indie-dance crossover sound of the time and was hugely in demand at international festivals and touring schedules. |
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Digitalism cite [[Daft Punk]]<ref>[http://higherfrequency.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/digitalism-interview-apr-2007/ Higher Frequency interview]</ref> and film soundtracks as influences.<ref name="DCist"/> The song "Zdarlight" is not named after [[Philippe Zdar]] of [[Cassius (band)|Cassius]], as commonly thought.{{cn|date=April 2015}} Rather, it is named after the word "starlight", but with a slightly different spelling.{{cn|date=April 2015}} |
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=== ''I Love You Dude'' 2011 === |
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After two years touring a live show built around the ''Idealism'' album, Digitalism went to ground cutting back to only a handful of DJ dates a month. Freeing time to concentrate on crafting their second studio album deep inside their Hamburg bunker studio. The bands second album, affectionately titled ''I Love You, Dude'', was released in 2011 and married their song writing influences with a refined, more techno based production. Album tracks and singles such as ''‘Circles’'' and ''‘Miami Showdown’'' were instant classics and thrust them into the techno influenced spotlight. The first taster of this album was the ''Blitz EP'' showcasing a band on fine form, a Kitsune dance-off that rocked floors when they dropped it in clubs from Japan to Jakarta. It was, however, only the tip of the iceberg for all ten tracks on ''I Love You, Dude'' boast their own vibrant identities. |
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To mirror the dynamic influence of Digitalism second studio album ''I Love You, Dude'' the band rebuilt their live show and incorporated more modular synthesisers, which they would play live. in order to do Digitalism invested in a much bigger crew that included stage technicians, Visuals and Lighting designer and operators and even a live drummer. As a live act the Hamburg-due headlined stages across the world with acts as diverse as [[Queens of the Stone Age|Queens Of The Stone Age]] to [[DJ Shadow]], [[Moderat]] to Justice. But as DJ’s they began carving a following with solid [[House music|House]] and [[Techno]] sets. Delivering up to two hours of carefully programmed music taking in many genres of dance, but never sounding like anything other than Digitalism. |
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=== ''DJ Kicks'' 2012 - 2013 === |
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[[File:Digitalism (2012).jpg|thumb|270px|right|Jens Moelle and İsmail Tüfekçi in 2012]]Following the success of both ''I Love You, Dude'' album and the live show Digitalism built around the music from both albums the band yearned for their days as DJ’s. Deciding once more to go to ground Digitalism started recording [[Dance music|Dance]] oriented records and releasing “singles” on labels that demanded fast turn-around for both recordings and release commitment. These stringent time constraints forced the Digitalism to craft ever more progressive and current musical sound, which furthered the status as musical pioneers of modern dance music. |
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Over the course of almost two years - early 2012 to the end 2013 - Digitalism released 13 original tracks on 5 separate international dance labels from [[United States|USA]] to [[England]], [[Germany]] to [[Netherlands|the Netherlands]] with sub releases of these singles in [[Japan]], [[Australia]] and [[France]]. These releases also featured 3 Digitalism remixes of their piers and a mix album that released on International Record label [[Studio !K7]] featuring all but a few of tracks. The ''DJ Kicks'' album debuted the band in the German and UK Albums sales charts. The majority of the music was written and recorded in [[Los Angeles]] during the Winter and early spring months from 2012 to 2013. The Digitalism boys, never shy of hard work, simoultaneously toured both as DJ’s and a live act, playing all of these ‘Dance Orientated’ releases as well as classic material from the first and second albums in [[Europe]], [[Japan]], [[Australia]], [[United States|USA]], [[Canada]], [[South America]] and [[United Kingdom|The United Kingdom]]. As the end of 2014 approached the band opted to go once more to ground and reinvent themselves once more as a discipline taking their ‘ism’ namesake to heart and becoming a faceless entity focused on a musical and visual cohesiveness that substitutes a personal voice. |
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=== "Fahrenheit 32" 2014 === |
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The product of this new discipline was introduced in January 2014 with the release of ''Fahrenheit 32'' a free track released exclusively on the band's [[SoundCloud|Soundcloud]] profile and announcement of a tour in the US and period of recording. The release of ''Fahrenheit 32'' was an immediate success for Digitalism featuring on [[BBC Radio]], [[KCRW]] and [[Sirius radio|Sirius Radio]] in the US. |
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=== ''Wolves'' 2014 === |
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During the early Winter months of 2014 the band once more relocated from Hamburg Germany to Los Angeles United states to record this new material. In May 2014 the band released ''Wolves'' featuring US Indie Starlets [[Young Bloodhawke]] debuting in Germany and receiving radio playlist support in the US on KCRW and Sirius XM. The release of ''Wolves'' was backed by the international Telecommunications company [[Vodafone]] who used the record as a synch in a national campaign for a period 8 months employing the Digitalism band to front the face of the campaign with DJ Shows, Interviews and continued employment as musical contributors. |
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=== ''Second Chance'' 2014 - 2015 === |
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[[File:Second Chance artwork.jpg|thumb|''Second Chance'' album artwork]] |
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Towards the end of 2014 Digitalism decided one more time to rebuild their live show and introduce it to the US market with the release of ''Second Chance'' which was released exclusively in America during October 2014. Once more garnering national radio support with KCRW and Sirius XM the band took to the road and played live in Cambridge, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and finally San Diego. Both the release of ''Second Chance'' and the Live tour have been deemed a success and the band are now working on a Live shows for 2015, which was the reason for this comprehensive story of their Career in music. |
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To summarise, over the course of their 10 year career Digitalism have written, produced and released 2 albums with [[EMI|EMI Music]] in the UK, France, German and Japan, Downtown/Universal and Dim Mak in the United States and Co-Operative Music/Universal Records across the world. These two albums have sold over 300,000 CD’s and Downloads world wide and their corresponding single campaigns have sold almost a further 100,000 records and downloads. In addition to original music Digitalism also released a compilation album that combined both originally and exclusively created compositions mixed together with other peoples music too in the form of a DJ mix. All of these albums and some of the corresponding singles achieved Album sales and Radio Play Chart Positions in Japan, Germany, France, Hungary, England and Australia. |
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=== ''Roller'' 2015 === |
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Before heading off grid mid 2015 to finish their new album Digitalism decided to unleash their first ‘pure’ club track since the red hot ''Fahrenheit 32'' in January 2014. Digitalism’s brand new track ''Roller'' was a no-holds barred club track described in the press release as a ‘monstrous tune… sure to destroy club and festival scenes this summer the world over. Full of raucous energy, the track mirrors the freshness that could be found on Digitalism’s debut album ''Idealism'' back in 2007.’ Mixed by Matt Wiggins<ref>{{Cite web|title = Matt Wiggins, Recording Engineer, Mixer, Producer {{!}} Gotham {{!}} Gotham Producers|url = http://www.gothamproducers.com/producers-mixers-engineers/matt-wiggins/?selected=All&first|website = www.gothamproducers.com|access-date = 2016-01-11}}</ref> at none other than [[Paul Epworth]]’s Church Studios<ref>{{Cite web|title = Home - The Church Studios|url = http://thechurchstudios.com/|website = The Church Studios|access-date = 2016-01-11|language = en-US}}</ref>, ''Roller'' came complete with a delightfully low-slung remix from another duo who are currently on top form, Dense & Pika<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dense & Pika|url = https://soundcloud.com/denseandpika|website = SoundCloud|access-date = 2016-01-11}}</ref>. It was the process of making ''Roller'' that became the Blue Print for their third studio album, at which point Digitalism saw an opportunity to get to work and set about recording. |
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Post ''Roller'', in order to promote the release of these albums and singles Digitalism have toured every major territory as both a live act and as DJ’s. These “tours” have included almost every International festival on the circuit and won Digitalism the award for ''Best International Live Act of 2012'' in the Deutsche National Music Awards. Highlights of these tours have included [[Fuji Rock Festival|Fuji Rock]] in Japan, [[Roskilde Festival|Roskilde]] in Norway, EDC Festival and [[HARD Summer|Hard Summer]] Festival in Los Angeles and Las Vegas in the US, Melt Festival<ref>{{Cite web|title = English {{!}} Languages {{!}} Melt! Festival {{!}} 15. – 17. Juli 2016|url = http://www.meltfestival.de/en/|website = www.meltfestival.de|access-date = 2016-01-11}}</ref> in Germany, Leeds and Reading in the UK, [[Tomorrowland (festival)|Tomorrowland]] Festival in the Netherlands, [[Parklife Music Festival|Parklife]] Festival and Tour in Australia, [[Pukkelpop|PukkelPop]] Festival in Belgium, [[Hurricane Festival|Hurricane]] and [[Southside Festival|Southside]] Festival and MTV Day Festival in Germany, [[Summer Sonic Festival|Summer Sonic]] Festival in Japan, Jazz Festival in Montreux, [[Exit (festival)|Exit Festival]] in Serbia, I love Techno Festival in France, Global Gathering in the UK, Bennicassim Festival in Spain, Ultra Festival, Holy Ship, SXSW Festival in the US, Groovin, The Moo Festival in Australia, Dour Festival in Belgium, [[T in the Park]] Festival in the UK, [[Oxygen Festival]] in Ireland, [[Paradiso Festival]] in Washington, [[Eurockeennes Festival|Eurockeennes]] Festival in France, Emaboda Festival in Sweden, [[Fusion Festival]] in Germany, [[Gurtenfestival|Gurten Festival]] in Switzerland, [[Balaton Sound|Balaton Sound Festival]] in Hungry, Daft Punk Festival Istanbul, [[Sónar|Sonar Festival]] in Spain, Norht Cost Festival, [[Lollapalooza]] Festival and [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella]] Festival in the US, FreeFrom Festival in Poland, [[Wireless Festival|Wireless O2 Festival]] in the UK, Inrockutpibles Festival Session de Printemps in France, Mx Beat Festival in Mexico, Murcia Festival in Spain, [[Love Parade|Loveparade]] in Germany, [[RockNess]] Festival in Scotland, Arras Festival in France, [[Super Bock Super Rock|Super Bock]] Festival in Portugal, Optimus Festival in Portugal. |
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Appearances at the above mentioned festival have largely been as headliners and seen the bands performances appear on National TV channels either broadcast live or retroactively in many of the major countries including Australia, France, Germany, Japan and America. Further TV appearances have been broadcast in the form of interviews and local city guides for regional stations as part of album promo campaigns. |
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Please understand Digitalism are not a celebrity led band, but are critically acclaimed as pioneers of a sub-genre of Music that appeared in 2004 categorised as ‘Indie-Dance.’ We are able to supply Magazine and Newspaper cuttings from around the world that consolidate this from their debut album right up until the date of this document. The band Digitalism continue to represent their sub-genre and release music as often as every Three of Four months; only a couple of their Piers will you find have this level of Musical output and representing such a defined sound. These facts, combined with their notable achievements mentioned previously, should contribute towards explaining their cultural significance in America and around the world. |
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The duo performs live using a [[MacBook Pro]] laptop as the heart of the act, along with a [[Behringer]] BCR2000 and BCF2000 MIDI controller, a [[KORG]] [[microKORG]], a [[KORG]] KP3, a [[Roland Corporation|Roland]] [[MC-202]], a set of [[Roland Corporation|Roland]] V-Drums, along with some other synthesizers (such as the KORG MS-20), and various drum machines (such as the KORG Electribe ESX-1 and EMX-1).{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}} Moelle (and occasionally Isi) performs live vocals over the top. |
The duo performs live using a [[MacBook Pro]] laptop as the heart of the act, along with a [[Behringer]] BCR2000 and BCF2000 MIDI controller, a [[KORG]] [[microKORG]], a [[KORG]] KP3, a [[Roland Corporation|Roland]] [[MC-202]], a set of [[Roland Corporation|Roland]] V-Drums, along with some other synthesizers (such as the KORG MS-20), and various drum machines (such as the KORG Electribe ESX-1 and EMX-1).{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}} Moelle (and occasionally Isi) performs live vocals over the top. |
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The single "Pogo" is featured in the official soundtracks of [[Electronic Arts]] video games ''[[Need for Speed: ProStreet]]'' and ''[[FIFA 08]]''. It was featured as the soundtrack for a Canadian [[Virgin Mobile]] advertisement, both in French and English, during December 2007. For a while it was also used on [[Sky Sports]] live football coverage as the pre-halftime-break highlight clip backing music. A remix of this song was also used in a Pontiac ad in 2007. it appears lately in the first episode of the 5th season of the British TV series [[Misfits (TV series)|Misfits]] on 23 October 2013. The track "Idealistic" is used in the first trailer for [[Rockstar Games]]' title ''[[Midnight Club: Los Angeles]]''; it has also been used in [[THQ]]'s ''[[Saints Row: The Third]]'' as a radio track in the in-game radio channel K12. "Zdarlight" was used in a commercial for [[BMW X1]],<ref name=BMWAd>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkYnn21W8x0 BMW X1 Commercial]</ref> while an uncredited remix of "Zdarlight" was also used in the trailer for [[Nadeo]]'s [[TrackMania#TrackMania Forever|TrackMania Nations Forever]] released in early 2008.<ref name=TMNFTrailer>Trailer for TrackMania Nations Forever [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HOJxiQ34C0], contains remix of "Zdarlight"</ref> The [[Flanders|Flemish]] TV station [[Canvas]] used a slightly edited version of the track "Magnets" in their introduction trailer "The New Canvas". "Idealistic" was used in ''[[Just Dance 2]]'' for the Wii. The British television program ''[[MasterChef (UK TV series)|MasterChef]]'' featured various Digitalism songs in the semi finals. The song "Blitz" is featured in ''[[SSX]]'', released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in early 2012. The song "Circles" is part of ''[[FIFA 12]]''{{'}}s soundtrack. The song "Encore" is part of "[[Forza Horizon]]"'s soundtrack. The song Miami Showdown is featured in Person of Interest season 3 episode 10 "The Devil's Share." The [[Remix Artist Collective|RAC]] remix of the song "Wolves (featuring [[Youngblood Hawke (band)|Youngblood Hawke]]) is a part of the ''[[Forza Horizon 2]]'' soundtrack. |
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==References== |
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* {{Official website|http://www.thedigitalism.com/}} |
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* {{Allmusic|id=digitalism-mn0000319425|label=Digitalism}} |
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* [http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature-read.aspx?id=824 Interview] at [[Resident Advisor]] |
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* [http://www.liberationfrequency.co.uk/digitilism-interview/ Interview] at Liberation Frequency |
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Digitalism | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Hamburg, Germany |
| Genres | Electro house, electronic rock, dance-punk, alternative dance, indietronica, complextro |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Virgin, Kitsuné, Astralwerks, V2 |
| Members | Jens "Jence" Moelle İsmail "Isi" Tüfekçi |
| Website | www |
Digitalism are a German electronic music duo formed in Hamburg in 2004, consisting of Jens "Jence" Moelle and İsmail "Isi" Tüfekçi.[1] The duo are signed to French label Kitsuné, as well as Virgin Records and Astralwerks in other parts of the world.
Digitalism have remixed tracks for The Presets, Tom Vek, The Futureheads, Daft Punk, Tiga, Klaxons, The White Stripes, Monk, Depeche Mode, Cut Copy and many others, including a re-edit of "Fire in Cairo" by The Cure (entitled "Digitalism in Cairo"). Their tracks and remixes are played by DJs such as Erol Alkan, Soulwax, Boys Noize and Justice.
Digitalism have made appearances at festivals such as Coachella, Lollapalooza, South by Southwest, Rhythm and Vines, Electric Picnic and Ultra Music Festival as well as various clubs worldwide.
Moelle has two solo releases on Kitsuné; "I Ragazzi Del 1982" as Palermo Disko Machine and "Wired" as Jence. He has since released "Vesuvia/Theme of Palermo Disko Machine" as Palermo Disko Machine on Vulture Music.
Band history
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Moelle and Tüfekçi met at a record store in Hamburg and became friends. Later, the store's owner asked them to DJ a party, and they then began mixing and recording. According to Moelle, they record their music in a World War II bunker they own in Hamburg.[2]
Digitalism's debut album, Idealism, was released in Japan on 9 May 2007 by Toshiba EMI, in France on 21 May 2007 by Kitsuné, in North America by Astralwerks, and in Australia and New Zealand by etcetc and Virgin Records. The album includes re-edits of the previously released singles "Jupiter Room" and "Zdarlight" as well as their "Digitalism in Cairo" original re-edit of a track by The Cure.
The Pogo EP was released as a single in support of the album in May, with two alternate versions of the track.
Digitalism released their EP Blitz under Kitsuné on November 8, 2010.
On 7 April 2011 they announced a new album, I Love You Dude, which was released on 20 June 2011. On 18 June, they played at the Hurricane Festival.
Influences
Digitalism cite Daft Punk[3] and film soundtracks as influences.[2] The song "Zdarlight" is not named after Philippe Zdar of Cassius, as commonly thought.[citation needed] Rather, it is named after the word "starlight", but with a slightly different spelling.[citation needed]
Live act
The duo performs live using a MacBook Pro laptop as the heart of the act, along with a Behringer BCR2000 and BCF2000 MIDI controller, a KORG microKORG, a KORG KP3, a Roland MC-202, a set of Roland V-Drums, along with some other synthesizers (such as the KORG MS-20), and various drum machines (such as the KORG Electribe ESX-1 and EMX-1).[citation needed] Moelle (and occasionally Isi) performs live vocals over the top.
Discography
- Idealism (2007)
- I Love You Dude (2011)
In popular culture
The single "Pogo" is featured in the official soundtracks of Electronic Arts video games Need for Speed: ProStreet and FIFA 08. It was featured as the soundtrack for a Canadian Virgin Mobile advertisement, both in French and English, during December 2007. For a while it was also used on Sky Sports live football coverage as the pre-halftime-break highlight clip backing music. A remix of this song was also used in a Pontiac ad in 2007. it appears lately in the first episode of the 5th season of the British TV series Misfits on 23 October 2013. The track "Idealistic" is used in the first trailer for Rockstar Games' title Midnight Club: Los Angeles; it has also been used in THQ's Saints Row: The Third as a radio track in the in-game radio channel K12. "Zdarlight" was used in a commercial for BMW X1,[4] while an uncredited remix of "Zdarlight" was also used in the trailer for Nadeo's TrackMania Nations Forever released in early 2008.[5] The Flemish TV station Canvas used a slightly edited version of the track "Magnets" in their introduction trailer "The New Canvas". "Idealistic" was used in Just Dance 2 for the Wii. The British television program MasterChef featured various Digitalism songs in the semi finals. The song "Blitz" is featured in SSX, released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in early 2012. The song "Circles" is part of FIFA 12's soundtrack. The song "Encore" is part of "Forza Horizon"'s soundtrack. The song Miami Showdown is featured in Person of Interest season 3 episode 10 "The Devil's Share." The RAC remix of the song "Wolves (featuring Youngblood Hawke) is a part of the Forza Horizon 2 soundtrack.
References
- ^ "Digitalism Bio, Music, News & Shows". DJZ.com. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Interview, DCist.com
- ^ Higher Frequency interview
- ^ BMW X1 Commercial
- ^ Trailer for TrackMania Nations Forever [1], contains remix of "Zdarlight"
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Digitalism.
- Official website
- Digitalism at AllMusic
- Interview at Resident Advisor
- Interview at Liberation Frequency
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