| Metronomy | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | London/ Brighton, England |
| Genre(s) | Electropop, Garage Electro |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Label(s) | Need Now Future Records - Present Holiphonic - till 2006 |
| Website | www.metronomy.co.uk |
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| Joseph Mount Gabriel Stebbing Oscar Cash |
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Metronomy (Joseph Mount) is an electronic artist from Brighton, United Kingdom. In live shows Joseph is joined by Gabriel Stebbing on Bass and Keyboards and Oscar Cash on Sax and Keyboards. He is also a much sought after remixer having remixed for Architecture in Helsinki, Infadels, Magnet, Dead Disco, Roots Manuva, Franz Ferdinand, Temposhark, Sébastien Tellier, Klaxons, Box Codax, Max Sedgley, The Young Knives, Ladytron, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Kate Nash, DNTEL, Good Shoes and Gorillaz. Like many contemporary artists Metronomy have utilized MySpace to promote and release music. Joseph has in the past uploaded unreleased remixes and covers from the likes of Britney Spears, Bright Eyes and U2. A sequel to his first album, Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe), is planned for a release in March 2008. It is to be titled Nights Out.[1]
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Biography
Joseph Mount started Metronomy whilst still living in Devon as a side project to the various bands he played drums for. He has since claimed that most of these bands were torn apart by girlfriends. Using an outdated computer sold to him by his father, Mount began to make his own electronic compositions. After relocating to Brighton Metronomy began to build up a reputation for charming live shows, sometimes solo, sometimes joined by Gabriel Stebbing and Oscar Cash who provided support as Metronomy's backing band The Food Groups. They are now no longer referred to as The Food Groups having been incorporated into the band proper. The name Metronomy was originally chosen by Joseph as Metronomy sounded cool and interesting and was in keeping with the bands he was heavily into, namely Autechre and Funkstorung.[2]
Pre-Metronomy
Before Joseph started writing music as Metronomy he and Gabriel performed and wrote music as part of The Upsides and The Customers. The Upsides were a band that Joseph and Gabriel joined when still in their early teens. According to Joesph they "played played proper original pop songs - we like to think we were the original Busted".[3]. The band came to an end when both guys moved to Brighton to start university. The Customers started out in 1996 as a studio project for Will and Gregg who lived in a neighbouring village to Joseph and Gabriel home in Devon. But didn’t enter its present form until all members had moved from Devon to Sussex. Will worked with Gabriel and played out live under the guise of Willis. The name changed to The Customers on Christmas Day 2001. Joseph joined the band as drummer in 2002 and they welcomed Gregg back into the line up to complete the four piece. Joseph's Metronomy project was already in existence when he joined The Customers and his side project would eventually become the main musical output for him and Gabriel once joined by Joseph's cousin Oscar Cash.
Metronomy Live
The current Metronomy live band consists of: ¤ Joseph Mount on Keyboards, Vocals and Guitar ¤ Oscar Cash on Keyboards, Melodica, Saxophone and Air Guitar ¤ Gabriel Stebbing on Keyboards, Bass Guitar
Discography
Albums
Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe) - Holiphonic
Singles
You Could Easily Have Me - (April 3,2006) - Holiphonic Trick Or Treatz - (September 11,2006)- Holiphonic Radio Ladio - (November 12,2007) - Need Now Future Records
Remixes
Magnet – Hold_On_(Magnet_song) Klaxons – Atlantis_to_Interzone Architecture in Helsinki – Do The Whirlwind Roots Manuva – Awfully Deep (Lambeth Blues) Kate Nash – Foundations Max Sedgley – Slowly Gorillaz – El Mañana Good Shoes – Morden Charlotte Gainsbourg – 5:55 Zero 7 – Futures Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – I Spy DNTEL – The Distance The Young Knives – Weekends And Bleak Days (Hot Summer) Dead Disco – The Treatment The Infadels – Love Like Semtex Sebastien Tellier – La Ritournelle Hot Club De Paris – Clockwork Toy Box Codax – Naked Smile Temposhark – Not that big Ladytron – Sugar Charlie Alex March – Francisca’s Theme Franz Ferdinand – Do you want to? Love Is All - Spinning and Scratching Late of the Pier - The Bears are Coming
Un Released Remixes and Cover Versions
Notes and references
- [4] http://www.popscene.nl/archives/2006/09/index.html
- [5]http://www.upmagazine.co.uk/magazine/up5/page12.html
