Django Django are a British
art rock band based in
London
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, England. Formed in 2009, the band has released four studio albums starting with their
self-titled debut in 2012.
Their latest album ''
Glowing in the Dark'' was released on 12 February 2021.
History
Formation
The quartet of David Maclean (drummer and producer), Vincent Neff (singer and guitarist), Jimmy Dixon (bassist) and Tommy Grace (synthesizer operator) met at
Edinburgh College of Art, and formed Django Django in London in 2009.
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Band of the Week: Django Django
, Vogue.com, 8 October 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2022
David Maclean is the son of artist
Marian Leven, brother of musician and director
John Maclean and cousin of singer Lindsey Leven who performs with
Guto Pryce in the band Gulp.
Maclean and Grace are Scottish; Neff is originally from Northern Ireland while Dixon hails from Yorkshire.
"Our name has absolutely nothing to do with
Django Reinhardt", wrote the band (nicknamed ''djangovideo'' in their account on
YouTube
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) beneath the video post for their track ''WOR''.
''Django Django''
Because Music
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released the band's
self-titled debut album on 30 January 2012. The album featured already released singles "Waveforms" and "Default". The debut album reached number 33 on the UK album charts in the first week of release. It was then nominated for the 2012
Mercury Prize. Their song "Hail Bop" was featured in the football video game by
EA Sports, ''
FIFA 13'' and "Waveforms" in ''
Grand Theft Auto V''. The album received considerable critical acclaim, and featured in the end-of-year lists of both ''
Rolling Stone
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'' and the ''
NME''. The band were surprised to achieve this success with Maclean commenting "I thought it would be an underground album that would sell a few hundred copies”.
''Born Under Saturn''
The band's second full length album, ''
Born Under Saturn
''Born Under Saturn'' is the second studio album by British art rock
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'', was released on 4 May 2015.
''Marble Skies''
The band's third full length album, ''
Marble Skies'', was released on 26 January 2018. Their song Tic Tac Toe also featured in the
EA Sports soccer game, ''
FIFA 18''. On 12 October 2018 the band released the Winter's Beach EP.
''Glowing in the Dark''
On 12 November 2020, the band announced their fourth studio album, ''Glowing in the Dark'', would be released on 12 February 2021, and released the title track.
Discography
Studio albums
Remix albums
Singles
Other charting songs
References
External links
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English psychedelic rock music groups
English indie rock groups
Musical groups from London
Musical groups established in 2009
2009 establishments in England
English art rock groups
Because Music artists
English electronic rock musical groups