are a three-piece band formed in London in 2008. The band consists of Chris Amblin and Matt Parker, on guitars, laptops and synthesizers and Ayu Okakita on vocals. The band has released one album, Condors, originally released on On The Shelf Records in 2009, and subsequently re-released on Monotreme Records in 2010.
At primary school, my teacher in Year 5 played it to me and I thought I had found the new music I wanted to listen to. It was a fad that lasted two weeks until my older brother got hold some stuff by The Stone Temple Pilots and I moved on.
best Beatles song
The Beatles - Back In The USSR
The Beatles - Taxman
These rock!
best concert you ever attended
Festival: Day 1 Rock Werchter 2003 with Björk and Radiohead. Gig: Battles, Clark w/live drummer and Zan Lyons, Leeds 2007 at Stylus... most solid lineup I've ever seen for one gig. Couldnt' fault the diversity of the acts and each was amazing in it's own way.
your boozed up anthem
The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers
a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Anything by JLS.
record you were looking for the longest
Ceschi - They Hate Francisco False
I wanted to buy this for about 9 months and then discovered it when in San Francisco at Amoeba music in the huge mega store and I realised it was the best record shop I've ever been to.
a record you fell in love to
The Postal Service - Give Up
I can’t listen to «Sleeping In» without it reminding me of that particular relationship.
first record you remember
Michael Jackson - Bad
Mostly remember it because of the «Moonwalker»-video that my older brother had. We watched it non-stop.
the song to be played at your funeral
I dont care, I'll be dead.
a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Massive Attack - 100th Window
I went travelling around Europe after school and the first night I spent with my friends in Belgium and saw Björk, Radiohead and Massive Attack all in two nights. And that was just the start of the holiday (Rock Werchter 2003).
your ultimate heartbreak song
The Postal Service - Sleeping In
perfect anthem for London
The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton
Phat!
your party anthem
The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers
Most awesomely infectious stuff.
first record you bought
The Pogues - The Very Best Of The Pogues
a song that reminds your friends of you
Awaiting a response from all of my friend on this... might take some time for him to get back.
a song you would use as a ring-tone
Georges Bizet - Carmen
a song to seduce you
Four Tet - Untangle
From «Pause» would help or anything by Nightmares On Wax... no brainer.
your sunday morning song
Tortoise
Can’t think of the track title but the one on «TNT» with the Marimbas...
best video clip you ever saw
Black Box - Ride On Time
This video and song pissed me off constantly for weeks on end in the 90s thanks to the ITV charts show.
a song you wish you'd written yourself
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
The perfect song. I bought both version of the single when it came out after seeing them play it live on Jools Holland.
Questions answered by: Matt Parker
Minotaur Shock
you sit in a plane? Brian Eno - Music For Airports
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