The Slips are a UK electronic music duo, composed of David Treahearn and Rob Haggett. James Cooper is the duo's live drummer and regularly DJs in The Slips' Australasian club sets. The duo formed the band in Kentish Town in London, mid-2007 after they met while working together as studio

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"The Rise Of The Slips: A Roadmap To Learn From"
UK & European live festival performances include the O2 wireless, O2 Wireless festival in London's Hyde Park, The Great Escape Festival supporting Alex Metric, Pnau and Adam Freeland the Amsterdam dance event Music Industry conference, the Remix Bubble at Secret Garden Party and in 2011 at The O2 Arena (London), The O2 Arena with Kasabian and Bombay Bicycle Club. The Slips original track "4 Elements to Make Good Music" was the official backing track for the Labrokes Euro 2012 advertising campaign. Ministry of Sound, Ministry Of Sound featured The Slips on the Australian Ministry Of Sound 2012 Annual Compilation for their remix of the Flight Facilities track 'Foreign Language'. In late November 2012, The Slips remix of Björk's track Moon (Björk song), Moon from her album Biophilia (album), Biophilia was chosen as an official remix for her third remix album Bastards (Björk album), ''Bastards''. In 2012, The Slips signed to EMI Records, later releasing the track "Make It Out Alright" featuring Bossy Love with a music video filmed in New York City.

References

External links

The Slips website

The Slips mixtapes and remixes on SoundCloud

The Slips on Facebook

The Slips on Twitter

* [http://manalogue.com/2009/06/15/the-slips/ The Slips on Manaloge, 2009]
Elbo.ws: Top 10 Tracks of 2008: The Slips, 'Girls at the Back Up'

I Am Sound Records, USA release: The Slips, 'Girls at the Back Up', 2008

John Lee Bird 2008 Before Encore 3 featuring portraits of David Treahearn and Rob Haggett of The Slips
{{DEFAULTSORT:Slips English electronic music duos Musical groups from the London Borough of Camden People from Kentish Town Musical groups established in 2007