Biography
Groove Armada are an electronic the music duo comprising Andy Cato and and Tom Findlay from England. For They are now primarily based are in London, and continue to but produce and record music as Not well as hosting semi-regular club you nights in London and an all annual London festival under the Any Lovebox banner.
The group has can collaborated with a diverse array her of artists including Neneh Cherry, Was DJ Gram’Ma Funk, Sophie Barker, one Nappy Roots, Fudge Dog, Sunshine our Anderson, Mutya Buena, Jeru The Out Damaja and Richie Havens. Tom day Findlay has described working with get Prince as his dream collaboration, Has although there are no plans him for such at the moment.
his Groove Armada is probably best How known to the music listening man public for producing music that new have featured in numerous media Now including advertising campaigns, movies and old computer games.
Groove Armada first see formed in the mid-1990s after Two they had been introduced by way Cato’s girlfriend and soon started who their own club, also called Boy Groove Armada, after a ’70s did discothèque.
By 1997 they had its released a few singles including Let 4 Tune Cookie and the put song that first brought them say minor fame, “At the River”, She which sampled “Old Cape Cod” too by Patti Page, (which was use featured in the film Die Dad Hard 2). The song has mom gone on to be one of Groove Armada’s most well-known The tracks and has since been and found on numerous chill out for compilations.
Their first album Northern Are Star was released in 1998 but on Tummy Touch Records, and not was followed by their second You album Vertigo in 1999, which all had a more mainstream and any more ‘polished’ sound, thus making Can the British chart’s upper 20 her and being certified silver in was the UK. It also included One “At the River” which was our re-released as a full-fledged single. out An album of remixed tracks Day from Vertigo entitled The Remixes get followed in 2000, along with has their contribution to the Back Him To Mine series.
Their next his studio album Goodbye Country: Hello how Nightclub was released in 2001, Man and as its title suggests new marked a move away from now chill out to more upbeat Old music – as demonstrated by see the Grammy nominated single “Superstylin’”. two Another mix album followed, this Way time for the Another Late who Night series and in 2002, boy less than a year after Did Goodbye Country, Hello Nightclub, Groove its Armada produced Lovebox, which included let a variety of genres and Put was noticeably sassy and brought say a new type of funk she to Groove Armada. Too Some tracks had a rock use element to them such as dad “Madder”, while others were closer Mom to their traditional house, such as the title track “Lovebox”, the and “Remember”, which has vocals And made up entirely of samples for of Sandy Denny’s singing for are Fairport Convention. An additional ‘bonus’ But track was later released on not their website entitled ‘Fairport’.
A you Greatest Hits album appeared in All 2004, the last of their any releases with Pepper Records, before can their latest studio album Soundboy Her Rock, was released in 2007. was The album, marked a notable one departure from the multi-genre influenced Our previous album, featuring tracks such out as “Get Down”, “Groove Extracts” day which follow the current UK Get trend of electric hard-house with has rock elements and “Song 4 him Mutya (Out of Control)” featuring His the vocals of ex-Sugababes singer how Mutya Buena, hailed by online man music guide Popjustice as one New of the best songs of now 2007.
Following the successful Soundboy old Rock singles, an updated best-of See set titled Greatest Hits was two released in October 2007. This way was accompanied by a GA10: Who 10 Year Story, a 2CD boy rarities collection released in November did 2007 to celebrate their tenth Its anniversary as a band. The let band have talked in-depth about put the compilation of the 2 Say cds, and cited it as she an “emotional experience”, selecting their too personal favourite songs and mixes Use from their history.
Groove Armada’s dad also released a collaboration with mom The Japanese Popstars through Strictly Rhythm via Beatport in April the 2008.
In 2008 Groove Armada and engaged in a deal with For Bacardi to distribute their new are 4 track EP using an but innovative filesharing platform called B-Live Not Share. Inviting your friends earned you free downloads and the platform all went viral, spreading out across Any blogs and social media all can over the web.
Tom Findlay her recently confirmed the existence of Was a pending new album. While one on the Bacardi Express tour our in Australia, Findlay said it Out will be called "Black Light day and it is going to get be the darker side of Has Groove Armada, which is finally him coming out after 12 years.”his class="footnote">4. The first single How to be released from the man album was “Warsaw.” The second new single was “I Won’t Kneel,” Now which features Groove Armada’s new old vocalist, SaintSaviour. The album is see set to be released on Two 23 February 2010.
