The Slips are a UK electronic music duo, composed of David Treahearn and Rob Haggett. James Cooper is the duo's live drummer and regularly DJs in The Slips' Australasian club sets. The duo formed the band in Kentish Town in London, mid-2007 after they met while working together as studio

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in London with artists including

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, New Order,

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and Massive Attack. Along with producing original electronic dance music and

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s, The Slips are also DJs and

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ers having remixed international artists such as

The Crystal Fighters,

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The XX,

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, Phoenix,

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and

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as featured in NME Magazine. They have also remixed artists Gotye, Bertie Blackman

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and Zowie. Their remixes and live performances have seen them featured in UK press including AXM Magazine, The Gay Times, US digital music blog aggregator

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and Music Week. As well as regular London live performances, the band performed at

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in 2009 as part of Q magazine's 'Emerging Talent' program on the Queen's Head stage. In 2010 the UK Music Industry publication

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wrote the feature articl
"The Rise Of The Slips: A Roadmap To Learn From"
UK & European live festival performances include the

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in London's Hyde Park, The Great Escape Festival supporting Alex Metric, Pnau and Adam Freeland the Amsterdam dance event Music Industry conference, the Remix Bubble at

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and in 2011 at The O2 Arena with Kasabian and Bombay Bicycle Club. The Slips original track "4 Elements to Make Good Music" was the official backing track for the Labrokes Euro 2012 advertising campaign.

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featured The Slips on the Australian Ministry Of Sound 2012 Annual Compilation for their remix of the Flight Facilities track 'Foreign Language'. In late November 2012, The Slips remix of Björk's track Moon from her album Biophilia was chosen as an official remix for her third remix album ''Bastards''. In 2012, The Slips signed to EMI Records, later releasing the track "Make It Out Alright" featuring Bossy Love with a music video filmed in New York City.

References

External links

The Slips website

The Slips mixtapes and remixes on SoundCloud

The Slips on Facebook

The Slips on Twitter

* ttp://manalogue.com/2009/06/15/the-slips/ The Slips on Manaloge, 2009
Elbo.ws: Top 10 Tracks of 2008: The Slips, 'Girls at the Back Up'

I Am Sound Records, USA release: The Slips, 'Girls at the Back Up', 2008

John Lee Bird 2008 Before Encore 3 featuring portraits of David Treahearn and Rob Haggett of The Slips
{{DEFAULTSORT:Slips English electronic music duos Musical groups from the London Borough of Camden People from Kentish Town Musical groups established in 2007