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10 Feb 2014
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Faul & Wad Ad Vs Pnau
WE SAY
The German music-buying public went nuts for this tune making it a No.1 hit at the back end of 2013 - and we wouldn't be surprised if the rest of the world follows suit. Already top 5 in Austria, Belgium and Hungary, early support in the UK came late last year from Danny Howard and Fearne Cotton at Radio 1 along with the station's Dance Anthems show and across Capital XTRA (where it's now playlisted). The track has stormed the Shazam pre-release chart, hitting No.20, a full eight weeks out. It samples 2007 track Baby, created by Pnau, the side project of the guys from Empire Of The Sun, along with Peter Mayes. French DJ and production duo Faul & Wad Ad (alias 21-year-old kids Maxime & Camil) discovered the song on YouTube, loved the ace kids choir that's on it, noodled about a bit with it, added the luscious hooky sax line that'll be in your head all day now, sent it back for clearance and this is the finished result. Beautiful, soulful, even jazzy, you can imagine lazing around a pool to this all summer long. Great little video too. We reckon it's a refreshing alternative to 2014's current crop of club bangers and will cut through with audiences in every country - especially now with a global Mercedes-Benz ad sync.
CONTACTS
Label: Katie Collard, Sony Music, +44 (0)20 7361 8481
Publishing: Universal Music Group/120 Publishing
Radio: Leighton Woods & Woolfie, Sony Music / Becky Tong, Media Village
Press & Online: Matt Learmouth, Alchemy PR, +44 (0)20 8996 1520
TV: Holly Marshall, Sony Music
Club: Mark Loverush, Power Promotions
Live: Harald Wilm , MFM Booking, Germany, +49 971 62068
Management: Stefan Dabruck, WePLAY Music
RECORD ARCHIVE
Danger Mouse and James Mercer both have quite a pedigree already, of course, but describe... Label: Broadwalk
Growing up in Bristol, Julio Bashmore spent his teenage years absorbing the joys of club... Label: Virgin EMI
Brooklyn boys American Authors have already had this ridiculously-infectious track synced on major ad campaigns for Hyundai... Label: Island Records
Sassy and soulful but with a satisfying bite too, 20-year-old Elli Ingram hails from Brighton,... Label: Room 609 Records
If you thought Somewhere Only We Know showed a new, more tender side to Lily... Label: DERAM
One of the biggest surprises about this year's BBC Sound Of longlist was the absence... Label: RINSE
Enigmatic 20-year-old producer Route 94 has been causing a stir over the past year with... Label: Ministry of Sound Recordings
The success of Martin Garrix's Animals and Showtek's Booyah last year suggests a widening gap in... Label: Warner Bros. Records
Indie hit ahoy: the debut single from Brooklyn four-piece Bear Hands feels like an alternative smash.... Label: 3 Beat Productions
2013 was a big year for breakthrough bashment star Stylo G, highlights including a Top 20... Label: Independent/EMI (Australia) / Just Music (South Africa) / Independent/AWAL (RoW)
Depressing as it is even to hear the words 'summer' and 'anthem' in such close... Label: Harvest / Capitol
It was the joyous, ELO-tastic harmonies that immediately caught our ear on 70s-inspired pop smash... Label: Atlantic Records UK
A more or less permanent fixture in our own Ones To Watch section of the... Label: RAM / Virgin EMI
Wilkinson's knack for delivering massive drum and bass bangers straight from the club into the mainstream... Label: 3 Beat Productions
You may already know club hit Who, a collaboration between German producer Tujamo and house duo... Label: RCA
Not to get all 'preferred their earlier stuff' on you, but we've been trying to...