Hippie Sabotage are an electronic dance music duo from

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, consisted of brothers Kevin and Jeff Saurer. They are well known for their remix of "

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", which has surpassed 1 billion views on

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History

The brothers began working on music at the age of 12, focusing on hip-hop and creating beats for local artists such as

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. The name Hippie Sabotage was inspired by their fathers' initials H.S. They initially started in the

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genre in 2005 and gradually entered the

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genre. They continued to venture into creating hip-hop musical beats for Chicago artists like Alex Wiley and C Plus. They progressed into making

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, appearing at several music festivals such as

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and

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. Hippie Sabotage released their own material in 2013 with their EP ''Vacants'' followed by ''The Sunny Album'' in 2014.

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posted the remix "

" with the brothers and Swedish singer

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, which resulted in world-wide attention, hitting number one that year on ''

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''s Next Big Sound chart. They later released their third EP ''Providence'' in 2016 followed by their EP ''Options''. That year, the brothers refused to exit the stage and assaulted a security guard after experiencing technical difficulties at What the Festival in

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. In 2018, they hit one-billion streams and announced their national tour, Legends of Fall.

Discography

Albums

* ''The Sunny Album'' (2014) * ''Providence'' (2016) * ''Vibes'' (2016) * ''Drifter'' (2017) * ''Red Moon Rising'' (2020) * ''Overdrive'' (2020) * ''Floating Palace ''(2021)

Extended plays

* ''Vacants'' (2013) * ''Johnny Long Chord'' (2014) * ''Devil Eyes'' (2016) * ''Options'' (2016) * ''Hentai (2018) with

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References

External links

Official website
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