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Headliner
Cut Copy Last time in Austin: 4 years ago

Venue

Mohawk

912 Red River St., 78701, Austin, TX, US

www.mohawkaustin.com/

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Doors open: 20:00

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Cut Copy biography

Cut Copy evolved from a home recording project to become one of the biggest bands in Australia and even further afield.

The group was formed in 2001 by Melbourne based DJ & Graphic Designer Dan Whitford who developed a love of dance music during his time at university. After purchasing a keyboard and sampler, Dan began experimenting with music, combining his love of more lo-fi sounds with dance influence creating something highly unique in the process. A home recorded demo tape landed him a deal with Australian label powerhouse ‘Modular Recordings’ setting on the name ‘Cut/Copy’ after a flash of computer based inspiration.

The band began to form as Dan added members and released a number of singles and the EP ‘I Thought of Numbers’ which was heavily remixed, further building the bands profile. The band’s first gig was in 2003 to the unusually large crowd of 5000 at livid festival which was unsurprisingly terrifying for the band.

The band’s first album ‘Bright Like Neon Love’ came in 2004 and spurred the band on as they began to tour internationally supporting acts like Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand. The freshly toured unit hit the studio with Tim Goldsworthy to record album number two, ‘In Ghost Colours’ which went straight in at number one in the charts when it was released in 2008.

The band released two more albums in the following years, ‘Zonoscope’ and ‘Free Your Mind’ and continued to play increasingly large shows and reach new crowds worldwide with their music being featured on TV and in Video games.

Live reviews

Cut Copy is by far my favourite band in the whole wide world. This is a big call. But every album is new and fresh, and what they do appears to have jumped out of nowhere, as well as emerged from a pretty well-documented modern obsession with the synthesiser at the same time. They crystallise and make better everything that was great about the 90s. Stick thin, in their button up shirts, soaked through with sweat within fifteen minutes, but they still manage to look dapper, these boys always give it 110%. I've seen them in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and cannot wait to see them a FIFTH time in France at Rock en Seine this summer.
The timeless "Lights & Music" and "Hearts on Fire" are almost always in the mix and have everyone jumping and singing together - Cut Copy really speaks to their audience.
For their last album I LOVE LOVE LOVE to hear "Corner of the Sky" and "Pharaohs & Pyramids" live!!!! I loved this new stuff with percussion and sounds of the (electronic) jungle, but before I could even tire of it the boys MADE ANOTHER ALBUM.
In typical Cut Copy style their video clips totally transform what you thought about the song and are completely unique in every way springing from parts of their subconscious which I would not dare to explore personally. Which is exactly what I love about the song "We are explorers." Few other bands make me feel free and push me to explore my mind. They are just on in the background whilst I'm at a party or running at the gym. Cut Copy I'm never just hearing but I am actively listening to.
I'll follow these boys all over the world to dance and jump and have enjoy that indescribable pleasure of seeing your favourite songs performed live with absolute enthusiasm by the creators of the music who clearly love what they do and have yet to run out of ideas. If you try any synth pop ever it should be them.

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