Fingathing are an English electronic music group, comprising classically trained

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player Simon 'Sneaky' Houghton, DJ/

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Dan 'Peter Parker' Baxter and

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Chris Cavetroll Drury.

History

Peter Parker was a finalist at the UK DMC DJ Championship, where Mark Rae was on the judging panel. Parker later met Rae at the Fat City Records store in Manchester and was asked to audition for the

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live backing band. Parker performed along with Sneaky for Rae & Christian, before teaming up as a pair. The band were signed to Rae's

Grand Central Records Grand Central Records was an independent record label based in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, England. It was started in 1995 by DJ Mark Rae (who, along with Steve Christian makes up the duo Rae & Christian). Rae started out working as ...

in the UK (sub-contracted to

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in the US), and have released three studio albums plus a

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. The band's album and single sleeves contain distinctive cartoon drawings by Chris Cavetroll Drury. Cavetroll also creates the animated visuals for the band when playing live.

Fingathing albums

* '' 2 Player EP'' (24 July 2000) Grand Central Records * '' The Main Event'' (20 November 2000) Grand Central Records * '' Superhero Music'' (24 June 2002) Grand Central Records * '' And The Big Red Nebula Band'' (10 May 2004) Grand Central Records/Ninja Tune (US) * '' Time Capsule: The First Five Years of Fingathing'' (19 September 2005) * ''

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'' (25 Oct 2006) * ''

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'' (17 March 2014)

Solo releases

* Peter Parker released a limited edition

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CD called ''Life After Death Mix''. * Sneaky has also released two limited edition mix CDs entitled ''Biscuit Mix'' and ''Bloody Axe Mix''. * Sneaky - ''Feel Like A King EP'' (4 January 2008) * Sneaky - "Feel Like A King...Pluck A String" album (June 2009) Big Chill Label

References

External links

Fingathing's official site

Fingathing's facebook page

Chris Drury's official site
English electronic music groups Musical groups from Manchester Ninja Tune artists Nu jazz musicians {{UK-band-stub