Cicada (band)
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Cicada is the name of a United Kingdom
based electronic music
band. Members include producers Aaron Gilbert (aka Mr. Natural), Alex Payne and several guest vocalists including Tom Smith from Editors, Heidrun Bjornsdottir, Ben Onono, Max Berlin, Bjorn from Pacific! and most recently Megan Quashie, Joel Pott, Nik Valentino and Shahin Badar
They released several critically acclaimed singles throughout 2005 and 2006, including "The Things You Say", "Cut Right Through" and "Electric Blue". They have also done remix
es for Depeche Mode
, New Order
, Chicane
, Dannii Minogue
, LeAnn Rimes
, Client
and The Veronicas
, and many more.
Their debut album, Cicada
, was released in summer 2006 on Critical Mass Records.
Their second album Roulette, was released in 2009 to rave reviews, and included the songs "Falling Rockets", "Metropolis", "Psycho Thrills" and "One Beat Away".
Cicada's third album "Sunburst" was released in August 2011 and includes the singles "Fast Cars", "Your Love" and "Come Together".
Their song "Don't Stare At The Sun" is used in a commercial for Revlon featuring Jessica Biel.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
based electronic music
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
band. Members include producers Aaron Gilbert (aka Mr. Natural), Alex Payne and several guest vocalists including Tom Smith from Editors, Heidrun Bjornsdottir, Ben Onono, Max Berlin, Bjorn from Pacific! and most recently Megan Quashie, Joel Pott, Nik Valentino and Shahin Badar
They released several critically acclaimed singles throughout 2005 and 2006, including "The Things You Say", "Cut Right Through" and "Electric Blue". They have also done remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
es for Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
, New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
, Chicane
Chicane (recording artist)
Chicane is a British electronic dance music act, and the guise of British musician, composer, songwriter and record producer, Nicholas Bracegirdle....
, Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue
Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...
, LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her...
, Client
Client (band)
Client are an English electronic musical group from London. They are most popular in Germany where they have had limited commercial success...
and The Veronicas
The Veronicas
The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....
, and many more.
Their debut album, Cicada
Cicada (album)
Cicada is the self-titled debut album from the electronic band Cicada. Released in the UK during summer 2006 on Critical Mass Records, the album contained several songs that the band had released previously as 12-inch singles .The album spans various styles of electronic music, including house,...
, was released in summer 2006 on Critical Mass Records.
Their second album Roulette, was released in 2009 to rave reviews, and included the songs "Falling Rockets", "Metropolis", "Psycho Thrills" and "One Beat Away".
Cicada's third album "Sunburst" was released in August 2011 and includes the singles "Fast Cars", "Your Love" and "Come Together".
Their song "Don't Stare At The Sun" is used in a commercial for Revlon featuring Jessica Biel.
Singles
- 2006: "You Got Me Feeling"
- 2006: "The Things You Say"
- 2007: "Cut Right Through"
- 2007: "Beautiful (Electric Blue)"
- 2008: "Same Old Scene"
- 2008: "Falling Rockets"
- 2009: "Metropolis"
- 2009: "Psycho Thrills"
- 2010: "One Beat Away"
- 2010: "Magnetic"
- 2010: "Your Love"
- 2011: "Fast Cars"
- 2011: "Come Together"
Remixes
- 2002: JakattaJoey NegroDave Lee is a British DJ and house music producer, also known by the stage name Joey Negro. Lee was born on the Isle of Wight. He has released music under a variety of pseudonyms, including the name Jakatta...
- "One Fine Day" - 2002: Dannii MinogueDannii MinogueDanielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...
- "Put the Needle on It" - 2002: SeelenluftSeelenluftBeat Solèr, better known by his stage name Seelenluft, is a producer of electronic music from Switzerland.-Career:Seelenluft is Beat Soler from Zurich. He has been playing music since he was seven. He has made a number of records in the past ten years....
- "Manila" - 2003: Max Berlin - "Elle & Moi"
- 2003: CleaClea (band)Clea was an English girl group whose members met on the television show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. Chloe Morgan , Lynsey Brown, Emma Beard, and Aimee Kearsley, decided to form a band after they were voted off the series...
- "Download It" - 2003: ClientClient (band)Client are an English electronic musical group from London. They are most popular in Germany where they have had limited commercial success...
- "Here and Now" - 2003: Cloak & Dagger - "The Boat"
- 2003: Double DeeDouble DeeDouble Dee was an Italian dance music duo who scored one hit; "Found Love," which spent a week at #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1990. The single did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but did reach #64 on the Airplay chart....
- "Shining" - 2003: Freyia - "Mist"
- 2003: Rogue TradersRogue TradersRogue Traders are an Australian electronic pop rock band fronted by Melinda "Mindi" Jackson with James Ash on keyboards, Tim Henwood on guitars and Peter Marin on drums. The group's original members met in London in 1989. Before forming Rogue Traders, Ash and Davis worked together on many...
- "Stay" - 2004: ClientClient (band)Client are an English electronic musical group from London. They are most popular in Germany where they have had limited commercial success...
- "Radio" - 2004: Deepest BlueDeepest BlueDeepest Blue was a British electronic music group, which operated between 2003 and 2010. They are best known for their UK Top 10 hit singles, "Deepest Blue" and "Give It Away" .-Career:...
- "Is It a Sin" - 2004: Depeche ModeDepeche ModeDepeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
- "World in My Eyes" - 2004: Flash BrothersFlash BrothersThe Flash Brothers are a group of Israeli brothers who produce electronic music, mostlyhouse or progressive trance,. They consist of Ruven, Ilan, and Shmuel Flaishler. They have featured releases on labels such as Hooj Choons, Silver Planet, and Bedrock Records.They gained their first attention in...
- "Amen (Don't Be Afraid)" - 2004: Peter Katafalk - "Down & Out"
- 2004: Narcotic ThrustNarcotic ThrustNarcotic Thrust is an electronic and house music duo from the UK consisting of producers Stuart Crichton and Andy Morris. The name Narcotic Thrust is an anagram of "Stuart Crichton"....
- "When the Dawn Breaks" - 2004: OdessiOdessiOdessi is a trio of producers Leama of Leama & Moor, and Mick Parks and Mick Wilson of Tilt. They are well known for their singles "Moments of Space", "Beautiful Malika", and "Over Again". The first two were released on Baroque Records and the third on Primal Records. Their music has appeared in...
- "Over Again" - 2004: Silencer - "Drown in Me"
- 2004: Thirteen SensesThirteen SensesThirteen Senses are a post-britpop band from Penzance, Cornwall. The group released the album The Invitation on 27 September 2004, along with several singles: "Thru the Glass", "Do No Wrong", "Into the Fire" and "The Salt Wound Routine", of which the first three have reached the UK Top 40...
- "Into the Fire" - 2005: Andy BellAndy Bell (singer)Andrew Ivan "Andy" Bell is the lead singer of the English synthpop duo Erasure. He also has a solo career, with the albums Non-Stop and Electric Blue.-Early life:Andy Bell originates from the Dogsthorpe area in Peterborough...
- "Crazy" - 2005: The Energies - "Tell Me the Truth"
- 2005: Medcab - "Dance
- 2005: LeAnn RimesLeAnn RimesLeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her...
- "Strong" - 2005: New OrderNew OrderNew Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
- "Everything's Gone Green" - 2006: EditorsEditorsEditors are a British indie rock band based in Birmingham, who formed in 2002. Previously known as Pilot, The Pride and Snowfield, the band consists of Tom Smith , Chris Urbanowicz , Russell Leetch and Ed Lay .Editors have so far released two platinum studio...
- "All Sparks" - 2006: Gabriel & DresdenGabriel & DresdenGabriel & Dresden is the project name of the DJs and producers Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden from San Francisco. Their popularity and activities were centered in the United States. They won the WMC award as Best American DJ twice in 2007 and 2008, the same day the group split-up...
featuring Jan BurtonJan BurtonJan Burton is a Welsh music producer best known for his work with ex-Fluke member Mike Tournier in their joint project, Syntax. He is currently engaged in musical activities in a group called Fatal and working on Syntax's second Album....
- "Dangerous Power (Club Mixes)" - 2006: Chelonis R. Jones - "I Don't Know?"
- 2006: LorraineLorraine (band)Blackroom formerly known as Lorraine are a 3-piece band from Bergen in Norway consisting of Ole Gunnar Gundersen , Anders Winsents and Paal Myran Haaland . They signed to the major record label RCA Records in 2007 after parting ways with Columbia Records...
- "I Feel It" - 2006: Mish MashMish Mash (band)Mish Mash is a UK band created by Oscar Fullone who also created the Mish Mash parties in London and Glasgow. Comprised UK dj-circuit veterans Oscar Fullone and Kasper Winding, with vocals provided by Copenhagen native Louise Norby, also known as Lois....
- "Speechless" - 2006: EditorsEditorsEditors are a British indie rock band based in Birmingham, who formed in 2002. Previously known as Pilot, The Pride and Snowfield, the band consists of Tom Smith , Chris Urbanowicz , Russell Leetch and Ed Lay .Editors have so far released two platinum studio...
- "Munich" - 2007: ChicaneChicane (recording artist)Chicane is a British electronic dance music act, and the guise of British musician, composer, songwriter and record producer, Nicholas Bracegirdle....
- "Come Tomorrow" - 2007: The Egg - "Nothing"
- 2007: Nerina PallotNerina PallotNerina Pallot is a platinum selling, BRIT Award and Ivor Novello Award nominated British singer and songwriter. Although born in London, Pallot was brought up in Jersey to a half-French father and mother from Allahabad, India.-Early life:Pallot played piano as a child and wrote her first song...
- "Peg" - 2007: Filo & PeriFilo & PeriFilo & Peri are American DJs/trance producers, real names Domenick Filopei and Bo Pericic. Their style is best categorized as uplifting trance, but it also incorporates elements of progressive and techno.-Career:...
featuring Eric Lumiere - "Anthem" - 2007: Soft CellSoft CellSoft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consist of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The duo is most widely known for their 1981 worldwide hit version of "Tainted Love" and platinum debut Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret...
- "Memorabilia" - 2008: Blu Mar TenBlu Mar TenBlu Mar Ten is a music production outfit based in London, and is made up of Leo Wyndham and Chris Marigold and Michael Tognarelli.-History:Blu Mar Ten's first track to be released was "The Fountain" / "Lunar" in 1996 on the now defunct Way Out Records. The track appeared on numerous compilations...
- "Why Me, Why Now" - 2008: Younger BrotherYounger BrotherYounger Brother is an electronic duo formed in 2003 by Simon Posford and Benji Vaughan. Their debut album A Flock of Bleeps was released in 2003, followed by The Last Days of Gravity in 2007 and Vaccine in 2011....
- "All I Want" - 2008: Cube Guys - "Baba O'Riley"
- 2009: One eskimOOne eskimOOne Eskimo is the first full-length studio album by the indie rock group One Eskimo. It peaked at #196 on the US Billboard charts.-Trivia:...
- "Kandi" - 2009: Paloma FaithPaloma FaithPaloma Faith is a British singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober", then her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, which was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her debut album stayed within the top 40 album...
- "Stone Cold Sober" - 2009: The VeronicasThe VeronicasThe Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....
- "4ever" - 2009: Plastic Inc - "I Stand Alone"
- 2010: BTBT (musician)Brian Wayne Transeau is a classically trained and Grammy-nominated American music producer, composer, audio technician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter better known by his stage name, BT. He is an artist in the electronic genre...
featuring Christian BurnsChristian BurnsChristian Burns is an English musician and the son of Tony Burns of "The Signs", a Liverpool-based rock band signed to Decca Records in the 1960s.-Career:...
- "SuddenlySuddenly (BT song)"Suddenly" is the third single by experimental trance musician BT from his sixth studio album, These Hopeful Machines..-Track listing:...
" - 2010: PendulumPendulum (band)Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...
- "The IslandThe Island (Pendulum song)The Island is the third single from Australian drum and bass/electronica band Pendulum to be released from their third studio album, Immersion. It was released on 19 September 2010. "The Island" is a song split into two parts; "Dawn" and "Dusk", with "Dawn" receiving the majority of radio airplay...
" - 2010: JLSJLS- Music :* JLS, an English boyband** JLS , debut album by JLS* JLS a Spanish Rock band based in Zaragoza , Spain formed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by lead Leo Susana.- Organizations :...
- "Love You More" - 2010: Morgan PageMorgan PageMorgan Page is an American progressive house and electro house DJ from Los Angeles. His most widely recognized track is "The Longest Road," featuring Lissie, which was included on his debut album Elevate, released in March 2008. The Deadmau5 remix was nominated for a Grammy...
featuring Jan Burton - "I've Had Friends"