Cut Copy
Cut Copy mix dance-friendly grooves with vintage new wave and synth pop sounds to create a hybrid that sounds good both in a club setting and at home. Singer and songwriter Dan Whitford's knack for melody and the group's atmospheric feel was captured first on the 2008 album In Ghost Colors and its indelible single "Hearts on Fire." The band added to their basic template as they grew, with disco and '90s dance music sounds thrown into the mix, culminating in 2017's stadium-sized Haiku from Zero. No matter how much the group evolve -- like on 2020's relatively stark Freeze, Melt or 2025's soothingly emotional Moments -- they never stray from the core basics that help them stand apart from the dance-rock crowd.The band started in 2001 as a solo project by songwriter, producer, and DJ Dan Whitford, who released the single 1981 and the EP I Thought of Numbers before drafting in other members to fill out his synth- and sample-based sound. Guitarist Tim Hoey, bassist Bennett Foddy, and drummer Mitchell Scott debuted on Cut Copy's first full-length album, Bright Like Neon Love, released in the summer of 2004. After several successful singles were spun off the album (including Saturdays, Future, and Going Nowhere), Universal's Island Records imprint picked up the trio's international distribution in 2006. Following an inventive Whitford live DJ mix that was released in 2006 as Fabriclive.29, the band proper returned in early 2007 with a new single, "Hearts on Fire." Cut Copy's second album, In Ghost Colours, debuted at the top of Australia's ARIA charts in 2008 and was placed on a number of publications' year-end lists. It was produced by DFA member Tim Goldsworthy and featured new bassist Ben Browning.The group released its self-produced third album, the GRAMMY-nominated Zonoscope, in 2011 and following a tour and a brief hiatus, they hit the studio again. Inspired heavily by late-'80s/early-'90s dance music (from acid house to Black Box) and mixed by Dave Fridmann, Free Your Mind was released in late 2013. The record was innovatively promoted with pre-release listening sessions taking place at six specific worldwide locations for all those with a smartphone in range of the coordinates. The band next hit the road for a lengthy world tour, then spent the summer of 2014 playing a full slate of festivals. Around this time, Free Your Mind was reissued with five bonus tracks added. While Cut Copy were recording their next album at studios in their home country as well as in Copenhagen, Washington, D.C., New York, and Atlanta during most of 2015, they took a short break to record an album of ambient instrumentals titled January Tape, which was issued on cassette in late 2016. When album number five, 2017's Haiku from Zero, was completed, it ended up being the most confident, most straightforward dance-pop album the band had made to date. After touring extensively, Whitford moved to Copenhagen and when he began work on new music, he drew inspiration from the coldness of the locale plus the sparseness of the ambient music and instrumental techno he was listening to heavily at the time. After heading back to Australia, he and the band put the songs on tape; they were mixed by Christoffer Berg (Robyn, the Knife) at Svenska Grammofonstudion in Sweden utilizing the same board that was used on classic albums like David Bowie's Lodger. The resulting album, 2020's Freeze, Melt, is the group's most intimate and introspective record yet, trading out dancefloor highs for reserved melancholy. Though the band continued to tour and play live shows over the next few years, it wasn't until 2025 that they returned to releasing music with "Solid" and "A Decade Long Sunset." The latter song features pedal steel guitar provided by Graham Lee of Triffids' fame. Another single, "When This Is Over," was released later in the year and heralded the imminent landing of band's seventh album, Moments. Inspired by personal upheaval and tumultuous world events, on it, the band sought to provide music that would serve as a danceable balm meant to soothe listeners as they danced. Guests include Kate Bollinger and a children's choir from Candlebark School. Following the album's September release, the group embarked on a world tour.
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47 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Hearts Of Fire
Electrónica - Editado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. el 01-01-2008
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Freeze, Melt (Remixes)
Electrónica - Editado por Cutters Records el 18-11-2020
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Ocean Blue
Electrónica - Editado por Cutters Records el 01-11-2018
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Take Me Over
Dance - Editado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. el 30-11-2010
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Like Breaking Glass (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
House - Editado por Cutters Records el 18-09-2020
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Future
Dance - Editado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. el 04-05-2004
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Saturdays
Pop - Editado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. el 01-01-2004
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Meet Me In A House Of Love
Electrónica - Editado por Modular el 01-09-2014
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Need You Now
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Modular Fontana el 01-01-2011
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Far Away
Dance - Editado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. el 01-01-2008
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Far Away
Dance - Editado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. el 01-01-2008
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Black Rainbows (Remixes)
Electrónica - Editado por Astralwerks (US1A) el 06-04-2018
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Free Your Mind (Remixes)
Electrónica - Editado por Modular el 18-11-2013
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Another (Cut Copy high on e-bow mix)
Dance - Editado por Future Classic el 06-12-2024
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Cold Water (Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Remix)
Electrónica - Editado por Cutters Records el 14-10-2020
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Hearts On Fire (Joakim Remix)
Rock - Editado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. el 01-01-2007
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Like Breaking Glass
Electrónica - Editado por Cutters Records el 05-08-2020
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Standing In The Middle Of The Field (Remixes)
Electrónica - Editado por Astralwerks (US1A) el 20-10-2017
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Airborne (Remixes)
Electrónica - Editado por Astralwerks (US1A) el 18-08-2017
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Blink And You'll Miss A Revolution
Dance - Editado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. el 01-01-2011
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