Gorgon City
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 Gorgon City at the Glastonbury Festival in 2014 | |
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| Origin | North London, England, United Kingdom |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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Gorgon City are an English electronic music production duo consisting of two North London producers Kye "Foamo" Gibbon and Matt "RackNRuin" Robson-Scott.[1] Their 2013 single "Real" peaked to number 44 on the UK Singles Chart. They are also well known for their 2014 single "Ready for Your Love", which reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. They are currently signed to the London-based independent label Black Butter Records.
Music career
2012–13: Real EP
The duo's first collaboration The Crypt EP, featuring Navigator, Rubi Dan, and Janai, was released on 27 February 2012. One year later, on 17 February 2013, they collaborated with Yasmin for the lead track of the Real EP.[2] The song peaked at number 44 on the UK Singles Chart and number 7 on the UK Indie Chart.
2013–14: Sirens
On 12 May 2013, they released "Intentions", featuring Clean Bandit. On 26 January 2014, they released "Ready for Your Love" featuring MNEK. The song is their highest-charting song to date, entering the UK Singles Chart at number four. On 23 March 2014, they released "There Is No Other Time", a collaborative single with indie rock group Klaxons.[3] On 26 May 2014, they released "Here for You", the second single from their debut studio album. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number seven. They produced Jess Glynne's single "Right Here", which was released on 6 July 2014. They remixed the song "Back 2 the Wild" by Basement Jaxx in August 2014 for the album Junto. The third single from their debut studio album, "Unmissable", premiered on MistaJam's 1Xtra show on 21 July 2014. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number nineteen. The album, Sirens was released on 6 October 2014 and peaked at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart.[4] A compilation album alongside Pete Tong, entitled All Gone Pete Tong and Gorgon City Miami 2015, was released on 22 March 2015. The compilation features two exclusive tracks from Gorgon City: "Sky High" and "The Terminal".[5]
2015–present: Kingdom
Kingdom is set to be Gorgon City's second studio album. It is also set to be a double-album, with part one being released in August 2016. Revealed collaborations on the album so far are set to be Laura Welsh, Yasmin, Katy Menditta, MNEK, Vaults, Tink, Mikky Ekko and Wyclef Jean.
At the beginning of 2015, shortly after releasing the last single from their debut studio album, entitled Sirens, which was "Go All Night", featuring vocals from Jennifer Hudson, they released a new single, which was called "Saving My Life", featuring vocals from musician ROMANS. This sparked much interest about the pair making more material for a second studio album.
A year later, in April 2016, they released the official audio of the lead single "All Four Walls", featuring vocals from British band Vaults. After releasing the single, the pair confirmed that their second studio album is titled Kingdom and is set to come in two parts, with the first one being released in August 2016. Afterwards, the second single from the album was released, entitled "Impaired Vision", featuring vocals from Tink and Mikky Ekko. In between releasing the singles, promotional singles were also released, entitled "Blue Parrot", "Doubts", and "Smoke", both of which will appear on the album. "Zoom Zoom" was released as the third single, featuring vocals from Wyclef Jean.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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| UK [6] |
BEL (Fl) [7] | ||
| Sirens |
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10 | 112 |
| Kingdom: Part I |
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| Kingdom: Part II |
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Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
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| The Crypt |
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| Real |
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| Money |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||
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| UK [6][8] |
UK Dance [9] |
BEL [7] |
GER [10] |
IRE [11] |
NL [12] |
SCO [13] | |||||||||||
| "Real" (featuring Yasmin) |
2013 | 44 | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | Sirens | ||||||||
| "Intentions" (featuring Clean Bandit) |
— | — | 138 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "Ready for Your Love" (featuring MNEK) |
2014 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 58 | 41 | 98 | 7 | Sirens | ||||||||
| "Here for You" (featuring Laura Welsh) |
7 | 2 | 62 | 48 | 86 | — | 7 | ||||||||||
| "Unmissable" (featuring Zak Abel) |
19 | 5 | 71 | — | — | — | 16 | ||||||||||
| "Go All Night" (featuring Jennifer Hudson) |
14 | 2 | 72 | — | — | — | 13 | ||||||||||
| "Imagination" (featuring Katy Menditta) |
2015 | 194 | 39 | 76 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Saving My Life" (featuring RØMANS) |
92 | 22 | 97 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "All Four Walls" (featuring Vaults) |
2016 | 85 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | Kingdom | ||||||||
| "Impaired Vision" (featuring Tink and Mikky Ekko) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Zoom Zoom" (featuring Wyclef Jean) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Smile" (featuring Elderbrook) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "The Crypt" (featuring Navigator and Rubi Dan) |
2012 | Non-album single |
| "Lover Like You" (featuring Katy B) |
2014 | Sirens |
| "Blue Parrot" | 2016 | Kingdom |
| "Doubts" | ||
| "Smoke" | ||
Production credits
| Song | Year | Artist | Album |
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| "Right Here" | 2014 | Jess Glynne | I Cry When I Laugh |
References
Notes
- A ^ "Intentions" did not chart on the Ultratop's Belgian Flanders Single's Chart, but it did chart at number 88 on the Ultratip chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50.
- B ^ "Ready for Your Love" did not chart on the Ultratop's Belgian Flanders Single's Chart, but it did chart at number 2 on the Ultratip chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50.
- C ^ "Here for You" did not chart on the Ultratop's Belgian Flanders Single's Chart, but it did chart at number 69 on the Ultratip chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50.
Sources
- ↑ Gorgon City - About | Facebook
- ↑ Gorgon City – Free listening, concerts, stats, & pictures at Last.fm. Last.fm
- ↑ "Klaxons have announced some things about their new single". Popjustice. 2014-02-03.
- ↑ "Gorgon City - New Album". Amazon.com. 2014-09-01. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ↑ "All Gone Pete Tong & Gorgon City Miami 2015". Defected Records. 19 February 2015.
- 1 2 "Artist Search > Gorgon City". officialcharts.com/ Official Charts Company.
- 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Gorgon City". Belgium Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ "CHART: CLUK Update 26.03.2016 (wk12)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
- For "Ready for Your Love": "Chart Archive > February 8, 2014". Official Charts Company.
- For "Here for You": "Chart Archive > June 28, 2014". Official Charts Company.
- For "Unmissable": "Chart Archive > October 11, 2014". Official Charts Company.
- For "Go All Night": "Chart Archive > December 27, 2014". Official Charts Company.
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Gorgon City". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ For peak chart positions in Ireland
- For "Ready for Your Love": "Chart Archive > 30 January 2014". Irish Recorded Music Association.
- For "Here for You": "Chart Archive > 19 June 2014". Irish Recorded Music Association.
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Gorgon City". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Peak positions for the singles in Scotland:
- For "Ready for Your Love": "Chart Archive > February 8, 2014". Official Charts Company.
- For "Here for You": "Chart Archive > June 28, 2014". Official Charts Company.
- For "Unmissable": "Chart Archive > October 11, 2014". Official Charts Company.
- For "Go All Night": "Chart Archive > December 27, 2014". Official Charts Company.
- ↑ "BPI Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 January 2015.