Earthling is an English
trip hop
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band
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Places
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*Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
from
Bristol
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, England.
Members
* Mau,
rapper
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* Tim Saul,
producer
Contributor
* Andy Keep, multi-instrumentalist
Work
The group produced two
album
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s before splitting: 1995's ''Radar'' (with scratching, on three tracks, by
Portishead's
Geoff Barrow
Geoffrey Paul Barrow (born 9 December 1971) is an English music producer, composer, and DJ. He is a member of the bands Portishead, Beak and supergroup Quakers, and has scored several films.
Portishead—formed in 1991—was named after the s ...
) and 1997's ''Human Dust'' (unreleased until 2004). The group had moderate success, appearing on ''
Later... with Jools Holland'' and being
remixed by Portishead. They had a
number 1 single
Single may refer to:
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* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
in
Israel
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. ''Radar'' has been described by
Popmatters
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as still standing "as a respectable complement and contrast to ''
Dummy'', ''
Maxinquaye
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'', and ''
Protection
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''".
Now
Saul now makes
music
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for
documentaries
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and
adverts
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. Mau became a member of the band
Dirty Beatniks, and later appeared on two
Télépopmusik
Télépopmusik is a French electronic music trio, composed of Fabrice Dumont (bassist of the pop band Autour de Lucie), Stephan Haeri (also known as "2 square" for his solo projects), and Christophe Hetier (also known as "DJ Antipop").
Histor ...
albums under the pseudonym Soda-Pop. Keep teaches at
Bath Spa University
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The insti ...
.
Saul and Mau reformed Earthling in 2008, and in January 2011 released the album ''Insomniac's Ball'' on
Bandcamp
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: "We came back to rid ourselves of the insomnia, the nausea, the past and the cold journey to the end of every day and night."
Discography
Albums
*''Radar'' (1995) (
Cooltempo
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History
Cooltempo emerged at the end ...
) -
UK #66
*''Humandust'' (1997/2004) (Discograph)
*''Insomniac's Ball'' (2011)
Singles
*"First Transmission" (1995) (Cooltempo)
*"Echo on My Mind Part II" (1995) (Cooltempo) -
UK #61
*"Nefisa" (1995) (Cooltempo)
*"Blood Music" (
EP) (1996) (Cooltempo) - UK #69
*"Saturated" (2004) (Discograph)
*"Gri Gri (Agents of Desire Remix)" (2011)
*"Lab Baby" (2011)
References
External links
Official Myspace page
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English electronic music groups
Trip hop groups
Musical_groups_from_Bristol