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Gorgon City
Gorgon City at Glastonbury Festival 2014
Gorgon City at Glastonbury Festival 2014
Background information
OriginNorth London, England
Genres
Years active2012–present
Labels
Members
  • Kye "Foamo" Gibbon
  • Matt "RackNRuin" Robson-Scott
Websitegorgoncity.com

Gorgon City are an English garage duo, consisting of two North London producers Kye "Foamo" Gibbon and Matt "RackNRuin" Robson-Scott.[1] Their 2013 single "Real" peaked to number 44 on the UK Singles Chart. They are also well known for their 2014 single "Ready for Your Love", which reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. They are currently signed to the London-based independent label Black Butter Records.

Music career

2012–13: Real EP

Main article: Real (Gorgon City EP)

The duo's first collaboration The Crypt EP, featuring Navigator, Rubi Dan, and Janai, was released on 27 February 2012. One year later, on 17 February 2013, they collaborated with Yasmin for the lead track of the Real EP.[2] The song peaked at number 44 on the UK Singles Chart and number 7 on the UK Indie Chart.

2013–present: Sirens

Main article: Sirens (Gorgon City album)

On 12 May 2013 they released "Intentions" featuring Clean Bandit. On 26 January 2014 they released "Ready for Your Love" featuring MNEK. The song is their highest-charting song to date, entering the UK Singles Chart at number four. On 23 March 2014, they released "There Is No Other Time", a collaborative single with indie rock group Klaxons.[3] On 26 May 2014, they released "Here for You", the second single from their debut album. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number seven. They produced Jess Glynne's single "Right Here", which was released on 6 July 2014. They remixed the song "Back 2 the Wild" by Basement Jaxx in August 2014 for the album Junto. The third single from their debut album, "Unmissable", premiered on MistaJam's 1Xtra show on 21 July 2014. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number nineteen. The album, Sirens was released on 6 October 2014 and peaked at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart.[4] A compilation album alongside Pete Tong, entitled All Gone Pete Tong and Gorgon City Miami 2015, was released on 22 March 2015. The compilation features two exclusive tracks from Gorgon City: "Sky High" and "The Terminal".[5]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[6] 		BEL (Fl)
[7]
Sirens
  • Released: 6 October 2014
  • Format: Digital download, CD
  • Label: Virgin EMI, Black Butter
 10 112

Extended plays

Title Album details
The Crypt
  • Released: 27 February 2012
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: Black Butter
Real
  • Released: 17 February 2013
  • Format: Digital download, CD
  • Label: Black Butter

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[6][8] 		UK Dance
[9] 		BEL
[7] 		GER
[10] 		IRE
[11] 		NL
[12] 		SCO
[13]
"Real"
(featuring Yasmin) 		2013 44 — 30 — — — — Sirens
"Intentions"
(featuring Clean Bandit) 		— — 138 — — — — Non-album single
"Ready for Your Love"
(featuring MNEK) 		2014 4 2 52 58 41 98 7 Sirens
"Here for You"
(featuring Laura Welsh) 		7 2 62 48 86 — 7
"Unmissable"
(featuring Zak Abel) 		19 5 71 — — — 16
"Go All Night"
(featuring Jennifer Hudson) 		14 2 72 — — — 13
"Imagination"
(featuring Katy Menditta) 		2015 194 39 76 — — — —
"Saving My Life"
(featuring RØMANS) 		92 22 97 — — — — Kingdom
"All Four Walls"
(featuring Vaults) 		2016 129 28 — — — — —
"Impaired Vision"
(featuring Tink and Mikky Ekko) 		— — — — — — —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Promotional singles

Title Year Album
"The Crypt"
(featuring Navigator and Rubi Dan) 		2012 Non-album single
"Lover Like You"
(featuring Katy B) 		2014 Sirens
"Blue Parrot" 2016 Kingdom
"Doubts"

Production Credits

Song Year Artist Album
"Right Here" 2014 Jess Glynne "I Cry When I Laugh"

References

Notes

  • A ^ "Intentions" did not chart on the Ultratop's Belgian Flanders Single's Chart, but it did chart at number 88 on the Ultratip chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50.
  • B ^ "Ready for Your Love" did not chart on the Ultratop's Belgian Flanders Single's Chart, but it did chart at number 2 on the Ultratip chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50.
  • C ^ "Here for You" did not chart on the Ultratop's Belgian Flanders Single's Chart, but it did chart at number 69 on the Ultratip chart, the top-100 songs which haven't made the Ultratop 50.

Sources

  1. ^ Gorgon City - About | Facebook
  2. ^ Gorgon City – Free listening, concerts, stats, & pictures at Last.fm. Last.fm
  3. ^ "Klaxons have announced some things about their new single". Popjustice. 3 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Gorgon City - New Album". Amazon.com. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. ^ "All Gone Pete Tong & Gorgon City Miami 2015". Defected Records. 19 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Artist Search > Gorgon City". officialcharts.com/ Official Charts Company.
  7. ^ a b Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Gorgon City". Belgium Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  8. ^ "CHART: CLUK Update 26.03.2016 (wk12)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  9. ^ Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
  10. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Gorgon City". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  11. ^ For peak chart positions in Ireland
  12. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Gorgon City". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  13. ^ Peak positions for the singles in Scotland:
  14. ^ "BPI Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
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