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, " React", charted at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the

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Career

Dan Creasy and Nikos Kalogerias (Daniel John Creasy and Nikolaos Kalogerias) met via mutual friends who were running a club in

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where Kalogerias was from. They completed a summer season together before forming a duo together the following year. They played mash-up sets for several years; one of their mash-ups, of

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's " Say It Right" and Bicep's "Glue", caught the attention of Relentless Records, who signed them. In 2021, the pair released "Everything", which samples Donna Lewis' " I Love You Always Forever"; the pair opted to sample the record after playing the song at the end of one of their DJ sets, and deciding to do something with it. The song was used in the opening scene of the first episode of the seventh series of '' Love Island'', which caused its

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streams to increase by 185 percent. In 2023, having previously released several mashups using "

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" by

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, the pair released " React", a collaboration with

, which heavily sampled the song. The song charted at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the

. The song was in the charts at the same time as "Closer" by Bou featuring Slay, which also sampled "Children", and became popular at a time when sampling 1990s hits had become the norm. They later released a music video for the song, and performed the track on the ninth series of ''Love Island'' ''Reunion'' show with Nonô. In February 2024, they released "Sleep Tonight" with

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and R3hab, which sampled

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's " This Is the Life".

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Notes

References

{{reflist British mashup artists English DJs English electronic music duos DJ duos British electronic dance music duos Musical groups established in 2012 Relentless Records artists