Bent (band)

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Bent
Country	England
Years active	1999–present
Genres	Electronica
Labels	Ministry of Sound Sport Open
Members	Simon Mills Neil Tolliday

Bent is an electronica act from Nottingham, England consisting of Neil "Nail" Tolliday and Simon Mills. They gained critical acclaim from their debut album Programmed to Love in 2000.

The duo were initially noted for their ability to create their own mischievous style of recordings by sampling their private record collections (which they have themselves referred to as "dodgy"). On the 2003 single "Magic Love" they confounded their audience by sampling a Toni Tennille performance. For a brief period following the record's release, fans speculated on who was actually singing (Tennille's voice was vaguely familiar, but she'd been absent from the pop charts for some years, making it hard to identify her voice by listening alone). With the release of 2004's Ariels, Bent took a sharp turn into live-based recording using predominantly original material. 2006's Intercept! saw the duo taking a step back into the style remniscient of the first two albums, although adding a more discoesque touch. Their prankster-ish reputation is reprised with the track "Stay Out All Night", in which the sole lyric (repeated twice) is "People who are afraid of the dark send their children to bed and stay out all night".

The song "Invisible Pedestrian" off the album "Programmed to Love" was featured in an Absolut Vodka commercial that aired in 2003.