LCD Soundsystem Biography

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Biography LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem is the musical project of producer James Murphy, co-founder of dance-punk label DFA Records. The music of LCD Soundsystem is a mix of dance music and punk, along with elements of disco and other styles. LCD Soundsystem is particularly popular in Britain, with two albums reaching the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart. everyhit.com

Band members

James Murphy - vocals, instruments

When performing live, Murphy is accompanied by the following band members:

Al Doyle - guitar, percussion (also of Hot Chip)
Phil Skarich - bass
Nancy Whang - keyboards, synthesizer
Pat Mahoney - drums

Former live members include:

Tyler Pope - bass (also in !!! and the now-defunct Out Hud)
Phil Mossman - guitar, percussion

History

LCD Soundsystem gained attention with its first single, "Losing My Edge". Described as "an eight-minute, laugh-out-loud funny dissection of cool over a dirty electronic beat"http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1337870,00.html the single became an underground dance favourite. This was followed by other well received singles "Give It Up" and "Yeah".

LCD Soundsystem released a double disc set simply titled LCD Soundsystem in February of 2005 to critical acclaim. The first disc contains the album and the second contains re-releases of previous singles. The opening track "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" quickly gained popularity and entered the UK Top 40 in March 2005 and was later featured on several video game soundtracks like SSX on Tour, Forza Motorsport 2, Burnout Revenge, and FIFA 06.

In June 2005, the band covered a Siouxsie And The Banshees song, "Slowdive" for the B-side of "Disco Infiltrator". LCD Soundsystem covered a Siouxsie & the banshees song on this CD

On December 8, 2005 the group received nominations for two Grammy awards in the Electronica category for their self-titled album and in the Dance category for "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House"http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2005/Press35.htm. This album was also chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/593175.

In October, 2006 James Murphy released a track entitled "33" as part of a promotion with Nike for download from iTunes LCD Soundsystem records track for Nike. The track is, strangely, 45 minutes and 58 seconds long, and was claimed to "reward and push at good intervals of a run"http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39145/LCD_Soundsystem_Makes_45Minute_Track_for_Nike. However it was later revealed that this was a lie, and Murphy merely wanted the opportunity to create a long piece of music, akin to E2-E4 by Manuel Göttsching.http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/music/story/0,,2008605,00.html

LCD Soundsystem's second album, Sound of Silver, was released on March 12, 2007, to near universal critical acclaim. Metacritic - Sound of Silver Praise included Mixmag awarding it the title Album of the Month, a 9.2 score from Pitchfork Media Pitchfork Media Review and a 5-star review from The Guardian Guardian review. The album release was preceded by the single "North American Scum".

LCD Soundsystem's subsequent single "All My Friends" included a cover of the song by both Franz Ferdinand and former Velvet Underground member John Cale LCD Soundsystem covered by Franz Ferdinand and John Cale for new single. The digital download "All My Friends" EP also includes a cover of the early Joy Division song "No Love Lost". In September 2007 the "A Bunch of Stuff" EP was releasedhttp://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/08/070814_arcadefire_lcd/ and the band went on tour with Arcade Firehttp://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/44834-arcade-fire-and-lcd-not-just-a-tour-but-a-split-7 Arcade Fire and LCD: Not Just a Tour, But a Split 7"!. Late in 2007 the band released "Someone Great" as the third single off of Sound of Silver and re-released 33 on CD and vinyl through DFA Recordshttp://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/45244-lcd-soundsystems-ifabriclive-36i-mix-revealed LCD Soundsystem's FABRICLIVE 36 Mix Revealed. In December 2007 there was a release of a 12-inch record containing b-sides from European singles for the North American market entitled "Confuse the Marketplace".

Also in December 2007 the band received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album "50th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominations List" for Sound of Silver. The album was also named the best album of 2007 by publications such as The Guardian "2007's Best Albums" The Guardian, December 7, 2007. , Uncut "Uncut Sings the Paries of SOund of Silver" and Drowned in Sound DiS's albums of 2007.

Discography

Studio albums

LCD Soundsystem (January 24, 2005) DFA #20 (UK)
Sound of Silver (March 12, 2007) (UK) March 20, 2007 (USA) DFA #2 (CMJ Radio 200) #28 (UK)#46 (USA)

Digital releases

Intronsremix album March 13, 2006 DFA
33 Nike+ Original Run October 17, 2006 Nike (re-released November 12, 2007) DFA
A Bunch of Stuff EP September 18, 2007 DFA

Singles

"Losing My Edge" - (July 8, 2002) #115 UK
"Give It Up" - (July 28, 2003)
"Yeah" - (January 12, 2004) #77 UK
"Movement" - (November 8, 2004) #52 UK
"Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" - (February 28, 2005) #29 UK
"Disco Infiltrator" - (June 6, 2005) #49 UK
"Tribulations" - (September 26, 2005) #59 UK
"North American Scum" - (February 26, 2007) #40 UK
"All My Friends" - (May 28, 2007) #41 UK
"No Love Lost" (Joy Division cover) / "Poupee de cire" (Serge Gainsbourg cover) - (September 17, 2007) Split 7" with Arcade Fire
"Someone Great" - (October 22, 2007)
"Confuse the Marketplace" - (December 11, 2007) EP