Spooky (DJs)

This article is about the British progressive house DJs. For the American trip hop DJ, see DJ Spooky.

Spooky
Spooky in 2006. Left to right: Duncan Forbes, Charlie May
Background information
OriginManchester, England
Genres
Years active1990 (1990)–present
Members
  • Charlie May
  • Duncan Forbes
WebsiteSpooky on Bandcamp

Spooky are a British electronic music production and DJ duo consisting of Duncan Forbes and Charlie May.[1]

History

They debuted with Gargantuan in 1993 after signing to Guerilla Records.[1] In 1995 and 1996, they released three EPs (Clank, Stereo and Shunt) on their own Generic Records label, followed quickly in mid-1996 by their second album, Found Sound. Two singles from this album were released: "Fingerbobs" and "Bamboo".

Charlie May collaborated with Sasha on his 1999 Xpander EP and 2000's "Scorchio", and in 2002 he co-produced some tracks on Sasha's Airdrawndagger album. The same year saw the release of "Belong", the first Spooky single on Deviant Records, which Sasha later used on his mix album Involver. A white label single, "Andromeda", was released in 2003[2]

A single entitled "Strange Addiction" was given a limited release in 2005 on Spooky's new self-owned label, spooky.uk.com. "Strange Addiction" featured in a trailer for The Great Global Warming Swindle which broadcast on British television channel Channel 4 in March.[3] This was followed in September 2006 with the release of No Return as a download and promotional CD. Spooky later bought back the rights to their entire back catalogue from the five record companies that previously owned their music, which had all gone out of business.[4]

Discography

Albums

Singles/EPs

  • "Don't Panic" (1992)
  • "Land of Oz" (1992)
  • "Little Bullet" (1992)
  • "Persuasion" (with Billie Ray Martin) (1993)
  • "Schmoo" (1993)
  • Clank EP (1995)
  • Stereo EP (1995)
  • Shunt EP (1996)
  • "Fingerbobs" (1996)
  • "Bamboo" (1996)
  • "Belong" (2002)
  • "Andromeda" (2003)
  • "Strange Addiction" (2005)
  • "No Return" (2006)
  • "New Light" (2007)
  • "Shelter" (2007)
  • "Little Bullet Re-works" (2019)
  • Nebua EP (2019)
  • "Bells of Fury" (2020)

References

  1. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 322. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
  2. ^ "Spooky Andromeda.as | Music Reviews | Progressive-Sounds". Progressive-sounds.com. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  3. ^ "The Great Global Warming Swindle". Channel4.com.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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