Jump to content

Chromeo

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 67.168.74.199 (talk) at 14:15, 17 September 2010. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Chromeo

Chromeo is an electrofunk duo based in Montreal, Canada composed of P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) on keyboards, synthesizers, and talk box, and Dave 1 (David Macklovitch) on guitar and lead vocals. The two childhood friends jokingly describe themselves as "the only successful Arab/Jewish partnership since the dawn of human culture."[1] Their second album Fancy Footwork is their mainstream breakthrough.[2]

History

The two met in high school when Macklovitch joined Gemayel's band, around the time they were both 15.[3][4] During this time, Macklovitch's brother A-Trak started winning the DMC Championships, becoming World Champion in 1997.[5]

After the band, Dave 1 and P-Thugg started to produce hip hop together. Also, at this time Tiga was working with Dave 1 at a record store and asked Dave 1 to work on a project for his label, Turbo.[4] Dave 1 and P-Thugg signed as Chromeo in 2001, and started creating tracks in 2002.[6]

The debut album, She's in Control, released in 2004, defined Chromeo and started their music career. Reviews were mostly favorable, comparing the sound to 80's groups like Hall & Oates,[7][8] Klymaxx and Sylvester.[9] "Needy Girl" became a world wide club hit.[10] According to Dave 1, "She's in Control didn’t blow up. It was pretty much a failure at all levels. But we had “Needy Girl,” and “Needy Girl” was like a musical passport. That song went all around the world and DJs played it everywhere."[11]

After a three year break, they released a second album, Fancy Footwork, which was also positively reviewed.[12][13]

The album took them on a two-year world tour performing in festivals such as Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds in the UK, Fujirock in Japan, Iceland Airwaves in Iceland, Pemberton Music Festival in Canada and Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza in the US.

Most recently, Chromeo contributed to K7's compilation titled DJ-Kicks: Chromeo. In summer 2010 the track 'Fancy Footwork' was used as the sound track for a VO5 Extreme Hair Gel advertisement in the UK. The YouTube video of the original release in 2008 had over 666,000 hits by late July 2010.

Chromeo is working on their third studio album entitled Business Casual set to release September 14, 2010.[14] The released track, "Night by Night" will be on this album. On June 29 the new song "Don't Turn the Lights On" was released.

Macklovitch is currently earning his Ph.D in French Literature.[15]

Discography

Studio Albums
Compilations
Singles
  • She's In Control
    • "You're So Gangsta" 12" (with Playgroup remix)
    • "Destination: Overdrive" 12" (with DFA remix)
    • "Me & My Man" 12" (with Whitey remix)
    • "Needy Girl" 12" (with Zdar dub)
    • "Needy Girl" UK 12" (with Bloc Party and Paper Faces remixes)
  • Fancy Footwork
    • "Fancy Footwork" 12" (with Thomas Barfod and Surkin remixes)
    • "Fancy Footwork" UK EP (with Zdar dub and Guns N Bombs remixes)
    • "Fancy Footwork" UK 12" (with Laidback Luke and Kissy Sell Out remixes)
    • "Tenderoni" 12" (with Etienne de Crécy and Proxy remixes)
    • "Tenderoni" UK 12" (with MSTRKRFT and Sinden remixes)
    • "Bonafied Lovin'" 12" (with Riot in Belgium, Les Petits Pilous and Jori Hulkkonen remixes)
    • "Bonafied Lovin'" UK 12" (with Yuksek, Teenagers and Headman remixes)
  • DJ Kicks
    • "I Can't Tell You Why" 7"
Videos
  • Needy Girl, directed by: Tomorrow's Brightest Minds
  • Tenderoni, directed by: Surface2Air
  • Bonafied Lovin, directed by: Nina Nourizadeh
  • Fancy Footwork, directed by: Ben Levine
  • Momma's Boy, directed by: Stephane Manel
  • Night by Night, directed by: Surface2Air
  • Don't Turn the Lights On, directed by: Keith Schofield
Remixes

Awards and nominations

Chromeo awards and nominations
Totals[a]
Nominations3
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Collaborations

  • In 2006, the group was featured in DJ Mehdi's song "I am Somebody."

Appearances

References

  1. ^ http://www.myspace.com/chromeo CHROMEO on Myspace Music
  2. ^ http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/20100727chromeos_electro-funk_is_good_for_business/srvc=home&position=also
  3. ^ Jambands.com - "Kicking It With Chromeo"
  4. ^ a b MVRemix.com - "P-Thugg interview @ The Official Chromeo Make Up Party", July 2007
  5. ^ DMC DJ Championships
  6. ^ DJDownload.com - Review: DJ KiCKS Re(Mix)
  7. ^ Tastes Like Chicken - Review: She's In Control
  8. ^ Pitchfork.com - Review: She's In Control
  9. ^ Rolling Stone - Review: She's In Control
  10. ^ ION Magazine - Interview with Dave 1 and P-Thugg
  11. ^ ION Magazine - Interview with Dave 1 and P-Thugg
  12. ^ StarPulse - Review: Fancy Footwork
  13. ^ URB.com - Chromeo – Fancy Footwork (Review), July 24, 2007
  14. ^ [1] Chromeo YouTube Channel
  15. ^ BBC - Dance Review - Chromeo, Fancy Footwork
  16. ^ http://radio3.cbc.ca/
  17. ^ http://espot.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/mtvu-woodie-awards-winners-announcement-paramore-motion-city-soundtrack-chromeo-jacks-mannequin-and-more/
  18. ^ http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/07/28/chromeo-and-daryl-hall-8212-yes-of-hall-oates-8212-team-up-for-sure-to-be-epic-jam-session/
  19. ^ http://www.bonnaroo.com/artists.aspx
  20. ^ http://www.culturebully.com/chromeo-on-jimmy-kimmel-live
  21. ^ http://elbo.ws/video/JBrzD4dRCIQ/
  22. ^ http://www.nt2099.com/J-ENT/news/music-entertainment-news/chromeo-on-conan-obrien-performing-mommas-boy-with-an-8-piece-string-section-this-friday-november-7th/
  23. ^ [2]
  24. ^ [3]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chromeo.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chromeo&oldid=385359147"