Flight Facilities is an Australian

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production duo that also performs as Hugo & Jimmy. In 2009, they began mixing songs by other artists before crafting their own original material. The duo consists of Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell. Their debut album '' Down to Earth'' was released in October 2014 and features prominent names in the industry such as

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Emma Louise Emma Louise Lobb (born 16 July 1991), known professionally as Emma Louise, is an Australian singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 2011 debut single "Jungle". Two studio albums, '' Vs Head vs Heart'' (March 2013) and '' Supercry'' (July 2 ...

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Christine Hoberg Christine Hoberg is an American singer-songwriter and electronic music producer from Superior, Wisconsin, currently based in Minneapolis. She has worked previously with artists such as Flight Facilities, Kiings, Ivan Gough, and Feenixpawl. Sh ...

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, and Stee Downes.

History

2009–2020: ''Down to Earth'' and ''Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra''

Flight Facilities are a duo consisting of Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell, which first began mixing various songs by other artists in 2009 in Sydney. They have reworked

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, Toecutter and

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. Their first original song, "

Crave You "Crave You" is a song written Australian electronic music production duo Flight Facilities featuring Australian singer-songwriter Giselle Rosselli. The breakout track was released as their debut single in September 2010 and subsequently featured ...

", written by and featuring

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, received considerable

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in Australia on the alternative music radio station

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in 2010. It was co-written by Gruzman, Lyell and Rosselli after the duo contacted the musician/producer to provide an original track for a compilation album by their label Bang Gang. In July 2010 Flight Facilities commenced their first tour, Maiden Voyage. They played at various Australian nightclubs: Elsewhere in the Gold Coast, Empire in

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, Limbo in

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, and Adult Disco in Sydney before going to

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to play at Onzieme in

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, and Le Baron in

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. "

" was listed at No. 19 in the

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, and was featured as the soundtrack to

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's 2010

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campaign. In 2011, "

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" was nominated for a J-Award for its music video, and appeared as number 72 in the

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. In February that year while performing as Hugo & Jimmy in

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, the duo claimed to be from

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. They have jokingly told journalists the same thing and that they are

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. In 2012, " Clair de Lune" appeared as number 17 in the

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. In April 2012, they were broadcast on Triple J with four one-hour-long mixes, each featuring a decade spanning from 1972 to 2012. In 2013,

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invited Flight Facilities to

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and headlined their home countries Falls Festival and Southbound Festivals (alongside

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, !!!,

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and

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). In 2014 they were asked to play one of the world's biggest festivals, Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Palm Springs where they played to 8000 plus people each day. The C90s track "Shine a Light" (Flight Facilities remix) gained mainstream attention in 2013 when featured in the popular

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'', created by

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. In 2014, "

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" (featuring

) appeared as number 39 and "Sunshine" (Ft.

) as number 52 in the

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. On 24 October 2014, they issued their debut album, ''Down to Earth'', which reached No. 3 on the

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. It received a gold certification from ARIA by the end of the following year. In 2015, ''Down to Earth'' was made into a music video starring

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. At the

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that year, Flight Facilities were nominated in three categories: Album of the Year, Best Pop Release and Best Cover Art (by Timothy Lovett) for ''Down to Earth''.ARIA Music Awards for Flight Facilities: * Search Results 'Flight Facilities': * 2013 winners and nominees: * 2015 winners: In December 2015 Flight Facilities released a ''

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'' following their performance with the

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. The album consisted of tracks from the duo's debut album as well as previous releases. It won the

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at the

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. In 2017, Flight Facilities released the song "Arty Boy", featuring Emma Louise on vocals, followed by the single "Stranded", featuring

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and Saro. In November 2019, Google began a YouTube campaign for Google Nest products using Flight Facilities "Better Than Ever".

2021: ''Forever''

In September 2021, Flight Facilities announced the release of their second studio album, titled ''

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''. The album was released on 12 November 2021, with a single called "Heavy" featuring the American artist Your Smith, released a week before the album was due. In November 2022, Flight Facilities released a two-track EP titled ''Lost Forever''.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Singles

Notes

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (known colloquially as the

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) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's independent music sector. ! , - ! scope="row",

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, " Clair de Lune"
, Best Independent Dance / Electronic Single or EP , , , - ! scope="row" rowspan="2",

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, rowspan="2", ''Down to Earth'' , Best Independent Album , , rowspan="2", , - , Best Independent Dance / Electronic Album , , - ! scope="row",

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

, ''Forever'' , Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP , , , -

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the

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(APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982. ! , - ,

, "Clair de Lune" (Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell) , Song of the Year , , , - ,

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, "Heavy" (feat. Your Smith) , Most Performed Dance/ Electronic Work of the Year , , , -

ARIA Music Awards

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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. Flight Facilities have won one award from 5 nominations. ! , - ! scope="row",

, "Clair de Lune"
, Best Video , , ARIA Award previous winners. , - ! scope="row" rowspan="3",

, rowspan="2", '' Down to Earth'' , Album of the Year , , , - , Best Dance Release , , , - , Timothy Lovett for ''Down to Earth'' , Best Cover Art , , , - ! scope="row",

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, ''

Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra ''Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra'' is the first live album by Australian electronic duo Flight Facilities with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The album was recorded live at the Annual Southern Airlines concert at the Melbourne Festi ...

'' ,

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, , ARIA Award previous winners.

J Award

The

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are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia’s principal public service broadcaster. It is funded primarily by grants from the federal government and is administered by a government-appointed board of directors. The ABC is ...

's youth-focused radio station

. They commenced in 2005. ! , - ! scope="row",

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, "Foreign Language" , Australian Video of the Year , , , - ! scope="row",

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, ''Down to Earth'' , Australian Album of the Year , ,

Helpmann Awards

The

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is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group ''Live Performance Australia'' since 2001. Note: 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the

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. ! , - ,

, ''Flight Facilities Perform Live with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra'' , Best Australian Contemporary Concert , , , -

References

External links

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