The Presets is an Australian duet from Sydney , consisting of Julian Hamilton And Kim Moyes . They first met at the Sydney Conservatory , Where both were trained [1] . In September 2005, they presented their debut album, Beams , Which was critically greeted by critics [2] . Their second album, Apocalypso , was released on April 12, 2008 and was a success both commercially and among critics. The Presets participated in the ARIA Awards and won the nominations “Best Dance Novelty” and “Best Group”, and also became the first electronics engineers to receive the “Album of the Year” award [3] . Later, in 2009, they took the APRA Awards as “Best Authors of the Text of the Year” [4] and as “Best Dance Novelty” for Talk Like That .
| The presets | |
|---|---|
 Concert in London. 2006 | |
| basic information | |
| Genre | synthpop , electro house |
| Years | 2003 - present |
| A country |  Australia |
| From where | Sydney |
| Label | Modular People |
| thepresets.com | |
Content
History
2003—2004
The Presets released their first mini-album Blow Up in 2003, the popularity of which was the beginning of their careers. After, in 2004, their second mini-album Girl and the Sea was released .
2005—2006
May 20, 2005 The Presets will present their debut album, Beams , in support of which the single “Are You the One?” Is released. A remix of the song, made by French DJ Lifelike , was later used in an advertisement for the BMW 1 Series in Australia [5] .
Subsequently, The Presets go on a three-year tour of the UK and the USA. Being in the United Kingdom, the duo releases Down Down Down and I Go Hard, I Go Home in 2006. Both singles were exclusive to the UK.
2007–2010
At the end of the tour, The Presets will present another single, “Truth & Lies” [6] , which includes 2 tracks. But, like the previous two, exclusively for the UK.
In late 2007, The Presets released “ My People ” (the first single from the album Apocalypso ) and set off on Daft Punk and their NeverEverLand tour in Australia.
The album Apocalypso was released on April 12, 2008 and started from the first line in the album charts ARIA. He reached the first position on iTunes in a few weeks [7] and went double platinum (140,000 copies) in Australia [8] .
In May 2008, The Presets will present a mini-album, single and edition with all remixes of “ This Boy's In Love ”.
In October 2008, the team won six awards at the ARIAs'08 ceremony, including “Producer of the Year”, “Best Album Design”, “Best Clip”, “Best Dance Novelty”, “Best Group” and “Album of the Year”, and becomes the first the electronic group that received the Album of the Year at the ARIA ceremony [9] .
In December 2008, they received a J Award for the Australian Album of the Year.
The Presets appeared in Triple J's Hottest 100 2008 3 times, with “Yippiyo-Ay” at 56 positions, “This Boy’s In Love” at 8 positions and “Talk Like That” at 6.
The Presets performed on March 14, 2009 at Sound Relief at the Sydney Cricket Ground [10] , which was a charity concert for victims of wildfires in Victoria and floods in Queensland [11] . Together with them they performed, Coldplay , Eskimo Joe , Hoodoo Gurus , Icehouse , Jet , Josh Pyke , Little Birdy , Wolfmother , You Am I and other artists [12] .
The Presets influenced the latest Black Eyed Peas album - The END . During the release, will.i.am noted that the source of inspiration was a trip to Australia and, in particular, the sound of the song [13] .
2011 — present days
Having traveled around the world, The Presets distributed hundreds of interviews to various journalists and publicly expressed their concern that journalists rely only on information posted about participants on Wikipedia. Julian Hamilton told Rolling Stone Australia : “We are always asked the same six questions. We have to post on our Wikipedia page “we really love it when journalists check this page before asking us questions.” [8]
On their Facebook page, the musicians announced their work on the third album, which should be released in 2011, as well as plans for a tour in support of it.
Members
- Julian Hamilton - vocals , keyboards
- Kim Moys - Percussion , Keyboards
Discography
Studio Albums
- 2005: The Beams (# 67, gold)
- 2008: Apocalypso (# 1, Triple Platinum)
- 2012: Pacifica
- 2018: Hi Viz
Collections
- 2006: Resets
Mini Albums
- 2004: Blow Up
- 2008: iTunes Live from Sydney
Singles
- 2003: “Beat On / Beat Off”
- 2004: " Girl and the Sea "
- 2005: “Are You the One?” AUS # 68
- 2006: "Down Down Down"
- 2006: " I Go Hard, I Go Home "
- 2007: " Truth & Lies "
- 2007: AUS # 5 “ My People ” (Australian released single in ARIA Top 100 history) double platinum
- 2008: " This Boy's in Love " AUS # 23, US Dance Club Play # 25 Gold Sales
- 2008: Talk Like That AUS # 11 Platinum Sales
- 2008: “ Yippiyo-Ay ” AUS # 94
- 2009: “ If I Know You ” AUS # 57, US Dance Club Play # 17
- 2009: "Kicking and Screaming"
- 2014: "Goodbye Future"
- 2017: "Do What You Want" - video
- 2018: "14U + 14ME"
- 2018: "Downtown Shutdown" - video
Remixes
- 2004: The Dissociatives - "We're Much Preferred Customers"
- 2005: Midnight Juggernauts - "Devil Within"
- 2005: Paul Mac - "It's Not Me, It's You"
- 2006: Caged Baby - "Hello There"
- 2006: Lenny Kravitz - "Breathe"
- 2007: Howling Bells - "Low Happening"
- 2007: Silverchair - Straight Lines
- 2007: Architecture in Helsinki - "Heart It Races"
- 2010: Sarah Blasko - "Hold On My Heart"
- 2010: Kings of Leon - Closer
Awards
- 2008 ARIA Award - the best dance novelty - Apocalypso
- 2008 ARIA Award - the best group
- 2008 ARIA Award - Album of the Year - Apocalypso
- 2008 ARIA Award - the best album artwork - Apocalypso (Artwork by Jonathan Zawada)
- 2008 ARIA Award - the best clip - My People (Directed by Kris Moyes)
- 2008 ARIA Award - Producer of the Year - The Presets - Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes
- 2008 GQ Award - Musical Performance of the Year
- 2008 SMAC Awards - Album of the Year - “Apocalypso”
- 2008 J Award - Australian Album of the Year - “Apocalypso”
- 2009 APRA Awards - Writer of the Year - Kim Moyes and Julian Hamilton [14]
- 2009 ARIA Award - the best dance novelty - Talk Like That
- 2009 UK Music Video Award - the best clip - “If I Know You” (directed by Eva Husson)
Notes
- ↑ the (top100) 2008, Sydney's most influential people, the (sydney) magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, January 2009
- ↑ Nicole Craig. The Presets - Beams (English) (inaccessible link) . FasterLouder.com.au (September 28, 2005). The appeal date is December 25, 2017. Archived July 30, 2012.
- ↑ ARIA Awards winners by artist - The Presets (Inaccessible link - history ) . ARIA Awards official site . Released on November 26, 2009. (unavailable link)
- ↑ http://www.getmusic.com.au/news/detail.aspx?nid=942 (inaccessible link) )
- ↑ http://www.areyouthe1.com.au/ Archival copy dated September 4, 2011 on Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 June 2008
- ↑ http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=1199153 Archive dated August 11, 2008 on Wayback Machine Retrieved late 2007
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/qwhj/ Retrieved April 2008
- ↑ 1 2 Treuen, Jason. The Presets: They Came Out of the Night . Rolling Stone Australia . The date of circulation is January 4, 2009. Archived August 16, 2012.
- ↑ Cilmi, Presets dominate ARIAs , Sydney Morning Herald (October 19, 2008). The appeal date is October 19, 2008.
- ↑ Mitchell, Geraldine . Coldplay, Bushfire Relief , Herald Sun , The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (February 24, 2009). Archived February 25, 2009. The appeal date is February 25, 2009.
- Umb Brumby, John Artists Unite For 'Sound Relief' Bushfire Benefit - Premier of Victoria, Australia . Premier of Victoria (February 24, 2009). The appeal date is February 25, 2009. Archived February 22, 2012.
- ↑ Latest News (inaccessible link) . Sound Relief. The appeal date is February 25, 2009. Archived February 27, 2009.
- ↑ Adams, Cameron . Peas step out of pod , The Advertiser (July 1, 2009). Archived July 5, 2009.
- ↑ 2009 Winners - APRA Music Awards . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). The appeal date is April 23, 2010. Archived August 16, 2012.
Links
- Official site
- The Presets on Modular Recordings
- MC Steinberg Interview with The Presets on New York Noise on YouTube
- Interview in LA Weekly , April 2007
- The Scenestar - March 2007, Interview
- Review "Apocalypso"
- Interview with Julian Hamilton on Aural States
- 2008 Interview with The Presets on LF
- Interview "Fuel TV" and photo from a concert in Los Angeles May 2008
- Video interview with The Presets on music.virgin.com (inaccessible link)
- Interview with The Presets on StereoSubversion.com (not available link)