Born Under Saturn
Django Django
- Giant
- Shake And Tremble
- Found You
- First Light
- Pause Repeat
- Reflections
- Vibrations
- Shot Down
- High Moon
- Beginning To Fade
- 4000 Years
- Break The Glass
- Life We Know
The quartet of David Maclean (drummer and producer), Vincent Neff (singer and guitarist), Jimmy Dixon (bassist), and Tommy Grace (synthesizer operator) met at Edinburgh College of Art, and formed “Django Django” in London in 2009. Django Django released their debut album in 2012, which was widely acclaimed by press (the
Guardian, NME, , Rolling Stone, Pitchfork…) including hits such as “Default”.
The band is back with a new single “Shake and Tremble” from their second album “Born Under Saturn”, out now. Like before, Django Django are blessedly oblivious to genre rules. You’ll find Beach Boys harmonies and Link Wray riffs crisscrossing with house music pianos, classical keyboard flourishes with Jamaican and African rhythms, and
all of it flows.
This January saw Django Django return to the fore with new superb single ‘First Light’, the first from their new album ‘Born Under Saturn’. Today the band proudly announce the release of their second single ‘Reflections’, a huge floor-filler that swirls with sophistication. Big, bold chords, a mammoth hook-laden chorus and a brilliantly euphoric melody; this is the sound of Django Django arriving.
Singer and guitarist, Vinnie Neff explains the lyrics:
“Reflections is a story about someone who has dedicated their whole life to finding something, but only then realising that what they left behind was more important. Featuring Roller Trio's James Mainwaring in the middle 8 on the saxophone”
Having built a reputation for energetic live shows since their introduction to the masses in 2012, this summer will see the band tour the UK and Europe, including a newly announced headline slot on the Festival Republic Stage at Reading & Leeds this August.
The band recently celebrated their return by playing a handful of exhilarating, sweaty warm up shows in the north of England and in London. The shows saw fans crammed in like sardines and dancefloors bouncing.
Met with rave reviews, The Guardian wrote: “Django gigs were always physical affairs but this one ups the ante… Django are back with a big bang” (4*) whilst NME said, “the crowd freaks out over the scattergun percussions of ‘WOR’ and ‘Silver Ray’ but it’s the new songs that linger” (9/10), and The Independent said “the new material reveals a more considered, laid back approach” (4/5).
