The Chemical Brothers – The Salmon Dance
Tour29/09/07 – Nocturnal, LA
10/10/07 – Maximum B1, Moscow, Russia
11/10/07 – Maximum B1, Moscow, Russia
12/10/07 – Yubileniy, St Petersburg, Russia
18/10/07 – Sports Palace, Kiev, Ukraine
20/10/07 – Sala Polivalenta, Bucharest, Romania
25/10/07 – KOKO, London
07/11/07 – Credit Card Hall Sao Paulo
10/11/07 – Creamfields Buenos Aires
21/11/07 – Arena Berlin
22/11/07 – Klokgebouw Eindhoven
23/11/07 – Sports Palace, Antwerp, Belgium
24/11/07 – Zenith, Paris, France
26/11/07 – Incheba Hall, Bratislava, Slovakia
27/11/07 – Palamalaguti, Bologna
28/11/07 – Forum, Fribourg, Switzerland
06/12/07 – Manchester Apollo, Manchester
07/12/07 – Birmingham NIA, Birmingham
08/12/07 – SECC, Glasgow, Scotland
09/12/07 – Liverpool Aintree Pavilion, Liverpool
12/12/07 – Brighton Centre, Brighton
13/12/07 – Brixton Academy, London
14/12/07 – Brixton Academy, London
15/12/07 – Brixton Academy, London
05/03/08 – Vodafone Arena, Melbourne
07/03/08 – Sydney Entertainment Centre
The first time I heard about The Chemical Brothers, they were known as The Dust Brothers, named after the US group. After their third single under the Dust Brothers name, they changed it to The Chemical Brothers because of a possible lawsuit. They even named their debut album after the change, Exit Planet Dust.
The Chemical Brothers are basically two guys, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, who along with The Prodigy (and later Fatboy Slim) really pushed forward the Electronic-Dance genre.
What they did back in those early days that made them stood out from the pack was that they were usually working with established singers such as Beth Orton and Tim Burgess (The Charlatans).
Their debut album, Exit Planet Dust, went on to being their most successful album, selling over one million copies.
Their latest CD is called We Are The Night and it features one of the catchiest song called “The Salmon Dance”. The song features Fatlip (which I will also be including my favorite Fatlip song here called “What’s Up Fatlip”).
The video for “The Salmon Dance” is also the number one video on Stage6!
They usually make the best video, even though they rarely appear or have a hand in their own videos. This is a different approach, since in the early 90s, George Michael was basically sued by his label because he refused to make appearances.
Anyway, this video, directed by Dom & Nic, is pretty amazing, it features Fatlip as a fish talking about his friend, the Salmon. The computer effects for rendering the fish are pretty awesome and looks like a very high budget video.
If you have the new album, check out some of the more dancey tracks: “A Modern Midnight Conversation” and “Das Spiegel”.