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| Spooky |
| Written by IS Team | |
| Friday, 02 May 2008 | |
 After Found Sound Spooky spent several years pursuing separate projects,Charlie met Sasha in 1998 and the two collaborated on a range of projects including the soundtrack to Wipeout 3 for playstation and the Xpander (Xpander was a reworking of a Spooky track that was part of the Spooky live set but had never been released) and Scorchio ep's both of which attained top 40 positions in the UK. The culmination of this period of collaboration resulted in the album 'Airdrawndagger'in 2003. Charlie and Sasha continue to work closely on various recordings including the recent 'Involver'album on Global Underground. Duncan began working on a new album on his own. He then joined up with Laurant Webb and together they completed the album 'Tempting Fate'under the name Animated. Skelectro - the first Animated 12'was released on Dust 2 Dust records. Tempting Fate was released in 2000 on Deviant Records and the singles Wired, Container No.2 (which included an animated video made by the artist Mark Wigan) and 'Grab The Rope. 2003 saw the release of 'Quivver'a 4 track vinyl only ep again on Deviant. In 2002 Spooky began working together again and later that year 'Belong'was released on Deviant records and received much airplay by day as well as night on Radio 1 in the UK . John Digweed included one of the mixes on his compilation MMII. Sasha then remixed Belong and included it on his Global Underground Cd 'Involver'. 2005 saw them team up with Sasha at their studio in London and together they did 2 remixes of Depeche Mode's single Precious - they were released as Sasha's Spooky and Gargantuan mixes. Spooky have since finished recording an album called Open with Julie Daske ( who sang on Belong ) and Celestine Gordon. The First single to be released off the album was Strange Addiction featuring the vocals of Celestine on their new imprint spooky.uk.com. No Return the next single featuring the vocals of Julie including mixes by the band themselves and Josh Wink out soon.Generic'label through A&M releasing a set of three Ep's, one of which ( 'Stereo') became Radio One's evening session single of the week. The Ep's were then followed by the album 'Found Sound'with which Spooky obtained their highest critical acclaim. A twenty-five minute short film was made for parts of 'Found Sound'and was given video of the year at MTV Europe. The film was made by Grant Gee who then went on to make videos for Radiohead. The film was displayed on a continuous loop outside the Pompadou centre in Paris as part of it's re-opening display. After Found Sound Spooky spent several years pursuing separate projects. Charlie met Sasha in 1998 and the two collaborated on a range of projects including the soundtrack to Wipeout 3 for playstation and the Xpander (Xpander was a reworking of a Spooky track that was part of the Spooky live set but had never been released) and Scorchio ep's both of which attained top 40 positions in the UK. The culmination of this period of collaboration resulted in the album 'Airdrawndagger'in 2003. Charlie and Sasha continue to work closely on various recordings including the recent 'Involver'album on Global Underground. Duncan began working on a new album on his own. He then joined up with Laurant Webb and together they completed the album 'Tempting Fate'under the name Animated. Skelectro - the first Animated 12'was released on Dust 2 Dust records. Tempting Fate was released in 2000 on Deviant Records and the singles Wired, Container No.2 (which included an animated video made by the artist Mark Wigan) and 'Grab The Rope. 2003 saw the release of 'Quivver'a 4 track vinyl only ep again on Deviant. In 2002 Spooky began working together again and later that year 'Belong'was released on Deviant records and received much airplay by day as well as night on Radio 1 in the UK . John Digweed included one of the mixes on his compilation MMII. Sasha then remixed Belong and included it on his Global Underground Cd 'Involver'. 2005 saw them team up with Sasha at their studio in London and together they did 2 remixes of Depeche Mode's single Precious - they were released as Sasha's Spooky and Gargantuan mixes. Spooky have since finished recording an album called Open with Julie Daske ( who sang on Belong ) and Celestine Gordon. The First single to be released off the album was Strange Addiction featuring the vocals of Celestine on their new imprint spooky.uk.com. No Return the next single featuring the vocals of Julie including mixes by the band themselves and Josh Wink out soon. |
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