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The Presets: A Fine Line Between Pop and Electro
A Fine Line Between Pop and Electro
The Presets are a Sydney-based indietronica duo, consisting of Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes. In less than four years they have worked their way up and out though the musical quagmire of Sydney’s club scene to become Australia’s foremost proponents of twisted electronic pop. They’re now one of the most talked about and in-demand live acts today with a catalogue of dance smashes to their name.
The Presets released their first EP “Blow Up” in 2003. It was fairly popular and started out The Presets’ career. Things warmed up substantially for The Presets with subsequent releases “Girl and The Sea EP” in 2004 and their full-length long player Beams in 2005. Their debut album Beams hit Australian shores late 2005 and the ensuing singles “Are You The One?”, “Down Down Down”, “Girl and The Sea” and “I Go Hard, I Go Home” have become bona fide dance floor fillers and faves on both radio and TV. Their songs were picked up for use in hit TV programs such as The OC, CSI: Miami and CSI: New York as well as appearing on dozens of compilations. A remix of “Are you the One”, by French DJ Lifelike, was featured in a BMW 1 Series commercial.
After three years studio silence, their second debut album Apocalypso was released by Modular Recordings in April 2008. Ranging from expansive, emotive techno, to future pagan house and choral space funk, Apocalypso demonstrates the band’s undeniably canny knack for welding hook-laden pop to some of the most singular and exciting sounds of tomorrow. The album features the singles My People. This Boy’s in Love, and the third single of the album Talk Like That.
Apocalypso is available at Amazon and on iTunes . You can also download The Presets ‘Get Off The Beach’ mixtape for free here and visit The Presets online store.
The Presets is still on their US tour.with co-headliners Cut Copy.
9/23 - Paradise - Boston, MA - SOLD OUT!
9/25 - The Trocadero Theater - Philadelphia, PA.
9/26 - 930 Club - Washington D.C. - SOLD OUT!
9/27 - Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
9/28 - Folsom Street Fair, San Francsico, CA
9/29 - Emo’s Alternative Lounge - Austin, TX
9/30 - Granada Theater - Dallas, TX
10/3 – The Glass House - Pomona - SOLD OUT!
10/4 -Detour Festival, Los Angeles, CA
10/5 - Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA
10/7 - Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
10/8 - Showbox At The Market - Seattle, WA
10/9 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, B.C. - SOLD OUT!
And The Presets will be making their Mexican debut with two shows to cap off the end of the tour
10/11 - Roots Magic Club - Mexico City, Mexico
10/12 - Calle 2 - Guadalajara, Mexico
The Presets - This Boy’s In Love
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