LCD Soundsystem
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| LCD Soundsystem | ||
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 James Murphy
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  New York City, USA |
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| Genre(s) | Dance punk Electronic |
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| Years active | 2002-present | |
| Label(s) | DFA Records | |
| Website | Official website | |
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| James Murphy Nancy Whang Pat Mahoney Al Doyle Phil Skarich |
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| Former members | ||
| Tyler Pope Phil Mossman |
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LCD Soundsystem is the musical project of producer James Murphy, co-founder of dance-punk label DFA Records. The music of LCD Soundsystem can also be described as a mix of dance music and punk, along with elements of disco and other styles.
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[edit] 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:
[edit] History
LCD Soundsystem gained attention with its first single, "Losing My Edge." Murphy later released a double album simply titled LCD Soundsystem in February of 2005 to critical acclaim. The first disc of the album contains new music and the second contains re-releases of songs previously released as 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 and FIFA 06.
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". This album was also chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.
In October, 2006 James Murphy released a track entitled "45:33" as part of a promotion with Nike for download from iTunes. The track is, strangely, 45 minutes and 58 seconds long, and was designed to "reward and push at good intervals of a run".[1]
LCD Soundsystem's second album is entitled Sound of Silver and was released on March 12, 2007.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio Albums
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[edit] Digital albums
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[edit] 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
[edit] Compilations
- DFA Compilation, Vol. 1 (2003 · DFA)
- DFA Compilation, Vol. 2 (2004 · DFA)
- Music from the OC: Mix 5 (2005 · Warner Bros./Wea)
- DFA Holiday Mix 2005 (2005 · DFA)
[edit] Award nominations
[edit] Grammys 2005
- Best Electronic/Dance Album - LCD Soundsystem
- Best Dance Recording - "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House"
