Spooky are a British electronic music production and DJ duo consisting of Duncan Forbes and Charlie May.
History
They debuted with ''
Gargantuan'' in 1993 after signing to
Guerilla Records
Guerilla Records was a British record label that was founded in 1990 by Dick O'Dell and John Gosling, with William Orbit. It specialised in a style of progressive house that they preferred to call "dub house", with artists such as Leftfield, ...
.
In 1995 and 1996, they released three EPs (''Clank'', ''Stereo'' and ''Shunt'') on their own Generic Records label, followed quickly in mid-1996 by their second album, ''Found Sound''. Two singles from this album were released: "Fingerbobs" and "Bamboo".
Charlie May collaborated with
Sasha on his 1999 ''
Xpander'' EP and 2000's "
Scorchio", and in 2002 he co-produced some tracks on Sasha's ''
Airdrawndagger'' album. The same year saw the release of "Belong", the first Spooky single on
Deviant Records, which Sasha later used on his mix album ''
Involver''. A white label single, "Andromeda", was released in 2003
A single entitled "Strange Addiction" was given a limited release in 2005 on Spooky's new self-owned label, spooky.uk.com. "Strange Addiction" featured in a trailer for ''
The Great Global Warming Swindle
''The Great Global Warming Swindle'' is a 2007 British polemical documentary film directed by Martin Durkin. The film denies the scientific consensus about the reality and causes of climate change, justifying this by suggesting that climatolo ...
'' which broadcast on British television channel
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
in March. This was followed in September 2006 with the release of ''No Return'' as a download and promotional CD. Spooky later bought back the rights to their entire back catalogue from the five record companies that previously owned their music, which had all gone out of business.
Discography
Albums
*''
Gargantuan'' (1993)
*''Found Sound'' (1996)
*''Open'' (2007)
Singles/EPs
*"Don't Panic" (1992)
*"Land of Oz" (1992)
*"Little Bullet" (1992)
*"Persuasion" (with
Billie Ray Martin) (1993)
*"Schmoo" (1993)
*''Clank EP'' (1995)
*''Stereo EP'' (1995)
*''Shunt EP'' (1996)
*"Fingerbobs" (1996)
*"Bamboo" (1996)
*"Belong" (2002)
*"Andromeda" (2003)
*"Strange Addiction" (2005)
*"No Return" (2006)
*"New Light" (2007)
*"Shelter" (2007)
*"Little Bullet Re-works" (2019)
*''Nebua EP'' (2019)
*"Bells of Fury" (2020)
References
External links
*
spooky.uk.com- official site
Deviant RecordsSpooky's official MySpace space
Musical groups from London
DJ duos
Male musical duos
English house music duos
English techno music groups
Electronic dance music duos
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