Le Galaxie
Le Galaxie | |
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| Origin | Dublin, Ireland, |
| Genres | electropop.,[1] Synthpop[2] |
| Years active | 2008–2019 |
| Labels | Universal Music Ireland, The Delphi Label, Red River |
| Website | Official website |
Le Galaxie were an electronic music band based in Dublin, Ireland. Their debut album Laserdisc Nights II was released in 2011,[1] followed in 2012 by Fade to Forever EP and the single "Love System", which was nominated for the Choice Music Prize 'Song of the Year'[3] They announced the end of the band via Twitter in December 2019.
Le Galaxie signed to Universal Music Ireland in January 2015,[4] releasing their second album Le Club (mixed in Los Angeles by former DFA Records house engineer Eric Broucek[5]) on 24 April 2015.
Since 2015, the publishing interest of Le Galaxie’s catalog has been represented by Reservoir Media Management.
Background and history[]
The band was formed in Dublin by Michael Pope, David McGloughlin, Anthony Hyland and Alastair Higgins, all four having previously played in guitar-based alternative rock band 66e.[5]
They played their first show as Le Galaxie in The Boom Boom Room in 2008, followed by regular sets in Whelan's,[1] Crawdaddy and the Button Factory. As the band's audience grew, Le Galaxie's reputation as a live act has seen them headline Irish festivals such as Sea Sessions, Body & Soul Music Festival and Castlepalooza, and have performed at Secret Garden Party, The Great Escape Festival, Midem, Electric Picnic, SXSW, CMJ, and Longitude Festival.
In 2016, they announced a string of European dates at festivals such as Lovebox and Fiberfib-Benicassim. They were also announced as tour support for Faithless.
In August 2017, MayKay, formerly of the band Fight Like Apes, joined the band[6] Dave McGloughlin left the band in July 2019 and released his debut solo recording in October 2019 under the moniker "Fakenamé".[7]
Personnel[]
- Michael Pope - lead vocals, keyboards, drums
- Anthony Hyland - keyboards, guitar
- Alastair Higgins - drums
Former Members:
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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| IRL [8] | |||||||||||
| Laserdisc Nights II |
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| Le Club |
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| Pleasure |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Extended plays[]
- Transworld - (2009) - Self Release
- Fade 2 Forever - (2012) - Delphi Label
Singles[]
- "We Bleed The Blood Of Androids" - (2008) - Self-released
- "You Feel The Fire!" - (2009) - Self-released
- "Love System (feat Elaine Mai)" - (2012) - Delphi Label
- "The Nightcaller (feat. Laura Smyth)" - (2012) - Delphi Label
- "Le Club" - (2015) - Universal Music Ireland
- "Pleasure" - (2017) - Red River
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "The Irish Times – Le Galaxie's way with gravity". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "The Irish Independent – To infinity and beyond with Le Galaxie". independent.ie. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "The Irish Times – A Galaxie of rock stars and a Meteor shower of song". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Irish Mirror – Universal appeal is now on the radar for Le Galaxie as they release second album Le Club". irishmirror.ie. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Entertainment.ie – Interview: entertainment.ie speaks to Le Galaxie about their new album 'Le Club'". entertainment.ie. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/le-galaxie-find-a-new-star-vocalist-mmqdv50n6[bare URL]
- ^ https://www.joe.ie/music/fakename-song-of-the-day-le-galaxie-684240[bare URL]
- ^ "Discography Le Galaxie". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- Irish electronic music groups
- Irish pop music groups