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Klaxons
English band (2005–2015)
Klaxons were an English rock band based in London. Following the release of several 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007.
The album won the 2007 Nationwide Mercury Prize. After playing festivals and headlining tours worldwide during late 2006–07, the band started working on their follow-up album in July 2007.
Klaxons' second album, Surfing the Void, was released on 23 August 2010. Their third album, Love Frequency, was released on 16 June 2014.
Jamie Reynolds grew up in Bournemouth and Southampton. He dropped out of studying philosophy at Greenwich University to work in a record shop, Essential Records in Southampton, before moving to London and being made redundant. Simon Taylor-Davis and James Righton grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, meeting at Stratford-upon-Avon High School. The trio formed in New Cross, London, after meeting through Reynolds' girlfriend. Righton had been working as a teacher at the time.
Klaxons were an English electro rock band based in London.
Jamie Reynolds (vocals, bass guitar), James Righton (vocals, keyboards/synthesizers), Simon Taylor (guitar, backing vocals).
Augmented for live shows by Steffan Halperin on drums. He also appeared in the "Atlantis To Interzone" video.
Leading band as a part of the so-called 'Nu-Rave' movement in the UK, who mix indie-rock guitars with an edge of early-90's rave influences.
On 17 July 2007 "910535" was announced as one of the 12 albums nominated for the annual 2007 Mercury Music Prize. With Bat For Lashes being the favourite to win, at the ceremony held at London's Grovenor House on Tuesday 4 September 2007, when the winner was announced by Jools Holland at 10:15pm, despite being regarded as rank outsiders by the bookies, they won.
In 2014 they split up. Their last live gigs were in early 2015.
Also known as: Klaxon, Klaxøns, The Klaxons
From Discogs (free to use). Their entry
Liner notes
Klaxons, the records, oldest first
Xan Valleys
2006 ep
Myths of the Near Future
2007 album
The Klaxons / Suicide
2009 ep
Surfing the Void
2010 album
Landmarks of Lunacy
2010 ep
Love Frequency
2014 album
James Ford Sessions
year unknown ep
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
"Golden Skans" is a song released by London band Klaxons on 22 January 2007, taken from their first album Myths of the Near Future, which was released on 29 January 2007. The song reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart on download sales on 14 January and climbed to number 14 the next week, eventually reaching number seven after the CD release.
It was a minor hit in Belgium, charting on the Ultratip charts of both Flanders and Wallonia. The track was also released on French label Ed Banger Records as a French-exclusive remix EP.
Background
According to a radio interview with the Klaxons, the name "Golden Skans" is derived from Clay Paky's Golden Scan stage lighting fixture.
Music video
The song's music video, directed by Saam Farahmand, is heavily influenced by "Can You Feel It" by the Jacksons. It features a message at the beginning very similar to the words spoken by the narrator in the "Can You Feel It" video. It also features other elements from the Jacksons' video including an inventive and contemporary use of light and dark with all three band members represented as light particles wearing different coloured ribbons, destroying certain shapes and moving dramatically to the music.
Covers
The song has been covered on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on different occasions by both Mark Ronson and Kaiser Chiefs. In 2010, the Portuguese band Clã made a cover for a national radio show called "3 Pistas" (3 Tracks). Since then, they released a video clip for the song.
In popular culture
An instrumental remix of the song has featured in the background of television trails for Brothers & Sisters on Channel 4, for BBC shows The Restaurant and Waterloo Road, and for ITV's Emmerdale, all in 2007.
