Django Django are a British

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band based in

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, England. Formed in 2009, the band has released four studio albums starting with their self-titled debut in 2012. Their latest album '' Glowing in the Dark'' was released on 12 February 2021.

History

Formation

The quartet of David Maclean (drummer and producer), Vincent Neff (singer and guitarist), Jimmy Dixon (bassist) and Tommy Grace (synthesizer operator) met at

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, and formed Django Django in London in 2009.Campion, Freddie (2012)
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, Vogue.com, 8 October 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2022 David Maclean is the son of artist

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, brother of musician and director John Maclean and cousin of singer Lindsey Leven who performs with

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in the band Gulp. Maclean and Grace are Scottish; Neff is originally from Northern Ireland while Dixon hails from Yorkshire. "Our name has absolutely nothing to do with

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", wrote the band (nicknamed ''djangovideo'' in their account on

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) beneath the video post for their track ''WOR''.

''Django Django''

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released the band's self-titled debut album on 30 January 2012. The album featured already released singles "Waveforms" and "Default". The debut album reached number 33 on the UK album charts in the first week of release. It was then nominated for the 2012

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. Their song "Hail Bop" was featured in the football video game by

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, '' FIFA 13'' and "Waveforms" in ''

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''. The album received considerable critical acclaim, and featured in the end-of-year lists of both ''

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'' and the ''

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''. The band were surprised to achieve this success with Maclean commenting "I thought it would be an underground album that would sell a few hundred copies”.

''Born Under Saturn''

The band's second full length album, ''

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'', was released on 4 May 2015.

''Marble Skies''

The band's third full length album, ''

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'', was released on 26 January 2018. Their song Tic Tac Toe also featured in the

soccer game, ''

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''. On 12 October 2018 the band released the Winter's Beach EP.

''Glowing in the Dark''

On 12 November 2020, the band announced their fourth studio album, ''Glowing in the Dark'', would be released on 12 February 2021, and released the title track.

Discography

Studio albums

Remix albums

Singles

Other charting songs

References

External links

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