The Golden Filter is an American/Australian

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duo from

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, formed in 2008, now based in London. The band consists of Penelope Trappes and Stephen Hindman.

History

Lead singer Penelope Trappes grew up in Lismore, near

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, Australia, while analogue synth programmer and producer Stephen Hindman is originally from

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, United States. They produced their debut single, "Solid Gold", in July 2008, after being influenced by italo mix CDs given to them by Josh Cheon (Dark Entries records). "Solid Gold" was eventually released on February 15, 2009 on Dummy Records. Its video was filmed in Australia, near

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. They have also remixed tracks for artists such as UNKLE,

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, and

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. The Golden Filter performed at the

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Music Festival at least seven times in March 2009, and toured North America with

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between March 30 and April 20, 2009, performing on sixteen dates altogether. They have also done two short UK tours and a European festival tour in 2010. They appeared at the Iceland Airwaves Festival on October 16, 2009. On November 16, their second single, "Thunderbird", was released by Dummy. Their debut album, ''Voluspa'', released on the UK label

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on April 26, 2010, is named after the ancient Nordic poem ''

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'' which relates the story of the creation of the world and its coming end. Promotion of ''Voluspa'' started on January 16, 2010 with a fifty-second viral video called "Open Your Eyes". In 2011, The Golden Filter collaborated with Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli to create a ten-minute short film titled ''Syndromes''. The film stars Emma Aars and is set in a small town in Norway where "a young girl with a secret talent finds herself unwillingly entwined in an elite underworld of healing that only the ailing wealthy are aware of." The narrative is based on the song "Mother", whose lyrics "revolve around a beautifully tragic personal story about the fear of inevitable loss." The film was released on 10 October 2011 as a CD/DVD package on the duo's own Perfectly Isolated label, along with an accompanying soundtrack featuring six original songs, which was also released digitally as well as in a special limited vinyl and art edition of 300 copies, including an exclusive poster hand-signed by the duo. The vinyl edition is housed in a

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sleeve, and also includes a DVD of the film. "Mother" was released digitally on September 11, 2011. In 2014, The Golden Filter debuted their side project SO SO IN LUV with the single "1+0nly". The project was inspired by their "befriending a few inspiring and talented people at

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" following their move to London in 2014. SO SO IN LUV released several singles, compilation tracks, and mixes over the next few years, and while the project was initially anonymous, they revealed their identity when the alias was retired in early 2018. They had continued to release music as The Golden Filter during and after this time, as well as releasing solo music (Penelope Trappes under her own name and Hindman under the name "Quays").

Discography

Studio albums

*'' Voluspa'' (2010

) *''Unselected Works Vol I'' (2014 -

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) *''Unselected Works Vol II'' (2014 -

) *''Unselected Works Vol III'' (2014 -

) *''Still // Alone'' (2017 - Optimo Music)

Mini albums / EPs

*''Syndromes'' (2011 - The Vinyl Factory) *''PS1103'' (2015 - Optimo Music) *''End Of Times'' (2017 - Optimo Music) *''Dub Of Times'' (2018 - Optimo Music) *''Dislocation'' (2018 - 4GN3S)

Singles

*"Solid Gold" (Dummy, 2009) *"Thunderbird" (Brille, 2009) *"Hide Me" (Brille, 2010) *"White Nights" (Brille, 2010) *"Mother" (Perfectly Isolated/Vinyl Factory, 2011) *"Kill Me" (Perfectly Isolated/Vinyl Factory, 2012) *"Quiet Town" (Visage Musique, 2012) *"Start Over" (Optimo Music, 2015) *"Dust" (Optimo Music, 2017) *"End Of Times" (Optimo Music, 2017) *"Aya" (Cin Cin, 2018) *"Talk Talk Talk" (4GN3S, 2018)

Compilation appearances

Remixes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Golden Filter, The American musical duos Electronic music duos Electronic music groups from New York (state) Musical groups established in 2008 Musical groups from New York City Nu-disco musicians Remixers American synth-pop groups