Gorgon City are an English

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production duo consisting of two North London producers Kye "Foamo" Gibbon and Matt "RackNRuin" Robson-Scott. Their 2013 debut single " Real" peaked at number 44 on the

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. They are also well known for their 2014 single " Ready for Your Love", which reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. They are currently signed to the UK-based record label

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which is a division of

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Music career

2012–2013: ''Real EP''

The duo's first collaboration ''The Crypt EP'', featuring Navigator, Rubi Dan, and Janai, was released on 27 February 2012. One year later, on 17 February 2013, they collaborated with Yasmin for the lead track of the '' Real EP''. The song peaked at number 44 on the

and number 7 on the

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2013–2014: ''Sirens''

On 12 May 2013, they released " Intentions", featuring

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. On 26 January 2014, they released " Ready for Your Love" featuring MNEK. The song is their highest-charting song to date, entering the UK Singles Chart at number four. On 23 March 2014, they released "There Is No Other Time", a collaborative single with

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group Klaxons. On 26 May 2014, they released " Here for You", the third single from their debut studio album. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number seven. They produced Jess Glynne's single " Right Here", which was released on 6 July 2014. They remixed the song "Back 2 the Wild" by

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in August 2014 for the album '' Junto''. The fourth single from their debut studio album, "Unmissable", premiered on

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show on 21 July 2014. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number nineteen. The album, '' Sirens'' was released on 6 October 2014 and peaked at number 10 on the

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. A compilation album alongside

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, entitled ''All Gone Pete Tong and Gorgon City Miami 2015'', was released on 22 March 2015. The compilation features two exclusive tracks from Gorgon City: "Sky High" and "The Terminal".

2015–present: ''Escape''

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'' is Gorgon City's second studio album, released on 10 August 2018. Revealed collaborations on the album were to be Vaults,

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, Kamille, Ghosted, and D Double E. At the beginning of 2015, shortly after releasing the last single from their debut studio album ''Sirens'', "Go All Night" featuring vocals from Jennifer Hudson, they released a new single, which was called "Saving My Life", featuring vocals from musician ROMANS. This sparked much interest about the pair making more material for a second studio album. A year later, in April 2016, they released the official audio of the lead single "All Four Walls", featuring vocals from British band Vaults. After releasing the single, the pair confirmed that their second studio album is to be titled ''Escape''. Afterwards, "Impaired Vision", featuring vocals from Tink and

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was released. In between releasing the singles, promotional singles were also released: "Blue Parrot", "Doubts", and "Smoke". "Zoom Zoom" was released, featuring vocals from

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Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Promotional singles

Production credits

Remixes

References

Notes

* A "Intentions" did not chart on the Ultratop's Belgian Flanders Single's Chart, but it did chart at number 88 on the Ultratip chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50. * B "Ready for Your Love" did not chart on the Ultratop's Belgian Flanders Single's Chart, but it did chart at number 2 on the Ultratip chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50. * C "Here for You" did not chart on the Ultratop's Belgian Flanders Single's Chart, but it did chart at number 69 on the Ultratip chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50.

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