Peking Duk are an

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group made up of

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s and music producers Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles. The pair first garnered attention in 2012 with the release of a Passion Pit bootleg remix. Their biggest hit "

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" reached 5 on the

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, achieved a triple platinum certification and won the

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at the

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.. Notable festivals Peking Duk have performed include

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, Spilt Milk, Splendour in the Grass and Big Day Out.

History

Peking Duk was formed in 2010 in

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, Australia, by Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles. The pair had started off in their local city of Canberra. Styles had been the bass guitarist for local indie rock group, Rubycon, from 2007 to 2010. Upon the release of their Passion Pit bootleg remix in May 2012, the pair gained attention from music blogs. Since then they have released two singles. In 2013, Peking Duk placed 4th in the Australia wide InTheMix Top 50 competition. This was their second year in a row in the top 10 of the competition (6th in 2012). 2013 also saw Peking Duk receive strong support from national youth broadcaster

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. Along with having their tracks added to rotation, Triple J also gave Peking Duk the opportunity to be a Triple J Mix Up resident which saw them present and host a weekly DJ Mix on Saturday nights for a month. In February 2014, they had their first Top 40 hit on the

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Singles Chart with their track "

" featuring Australian vocalist

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. In August 2014, Peking Duk signed a worldwide record deal with

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in conjunction with

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. In July 2015, Peking Duk released a new single called " Say My Name" ft. Benjamin Joseph. Peking Duk released an international EP titled '' Songs to Sweat To''. In December 2015, at a show in

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, a fan named David Spargo accessed the backstage area by editing the band's Wikipedia article page and inserting himself as a family member. Upon showing the article and his ID to the security guards, he was granted access to the band with whom he shared a beer. The band reacted positively to this scheme, stating: "He explained to us his amazing tactic to get past security to hang with us and we immediately cracked him a beer. This dude is the definition of a legend." However, Hyde did add: "It goes to show, never trust Wikipedia". In March 2019, the pair embarked on their biggest national tour to date bringing along

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and

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as supports. In April 2020, Australian radio station

premiered a new song by the duo in collaboration with Ben O'Connor called "Stay The F*ck Home", as part of a

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self-isolation musical challenge nicknamed Quarantune.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Other appearances

Remixes

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- "Out of My League" (Peking Duk Remix) MG

Bootlegs

* Passion Pit - " Take A Walk" (Peking Duk Remix) * Ben Howard - "Old Pine" (Peking Duk Remix)

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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APRA Awards

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to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.

MTV Europe Music Awards

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National Live Music Awards

The

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References

External links

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