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Klaxons is tagged as: new rave, indie, electronic, british, indie rock

Klaxons are a Mercury Prize winning English band, based in London. The band consists of Jamie Reynolds (bass, vocals), James Righton (keyboards, vocals) and Simon Taylor-Davies (guitar) with drummer Steffan Halperin being officially added in 2007.
Following the success of previous singles “Magick” and “Golden Skans”, the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on January 29, 2007. The album won the 2007 Nationwide Mercury Prize.
After headlining their first tour (the 2007 NME Indie Rave Tour), as well as playing numerous festivals and headlining tours worldwide, the band started working on their follow-up album in October 2007.
HMV describes Klaxons as “acid-rave sci-fi punk-funk”, a phrase lifted directly from Tim Chester’s Radar feature in NME, while their MySpace page touts ‘Psychedelic / Progressive / Pop’. However, they are one of the isolated acts being referred to as ‘Nu Rave’, a genre term coined by Angular Records founder Joe Daniel, who released the trio’s first single. Though the band’s sound is decidedly art rock, they draw upon some less common influences - notably the rave culture of the 1990s, which they appropriate and redefine in a post-modern fashion. Their i...
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Top 10 Klaxons Songs
Golden Skans
Atlantis To Interzone
It's Not Over Yet
Gravity's Rainbow
Two Receivers
Totem On The Timeline
Magick
As Above, So Below
Isle Of Her
Forgotten Works
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Myths Of The Near Future
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Magick
It's Not Over Yet
Golden Skans
Gravity's Rainbow
As Above, So Below (Justice Remix)
A Bugged Out Mix by Klaxons
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Bugged Out Mixed By Klaxins
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