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Biography
More footnotes|date=September 2010Infobox musical artist| | name = Zero 7| image = Sia Furler and Zero 7 in concert.jpg| caption = Zero 7 in concert with Sia Furler | image_size = 235| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| origin = London , England | genre = Trip-hop Downtempo Ambient music Acid jazz | years_active = 1997 & ndash;present| label = Ultimate Dilemma| associated_acts = Sia Furler , Mozez , José González , Tina Dico , Sophie Barker , Martha Tilston , Eska Mtungwazi, Rowdy Superstar| website = http://www.zero7.co.uk/ www.zero7.co.uk| current_members = Henry Binns Sam Hardaker| past_members =Zero 7 is a British musical duo consisting of Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. The group members began their musical careers as studio engineers and in 1997 formed the group Zero 7. Their debut album, Simple Things (Zero 7 album)|Simple Things was released in 2001 and received critical acclaim. Subsequent albums include: When It Falls , The Garden (Zero 7 album)|The Garden and Yeah Ghost .
History
After studying Audio engineering|sound engineering , Binns and Hardaker began their careers in the music industry in the 1990s at Mickie Most 's RAK Records|RAK recording studio in London, engineering music for British groups like the Pet Shop Boys , Young Disciples and Robert Plant . In 1997 they created a remix of the song "Climbing Up the Walls" by Radiohead , and Binns received a credit for additional sampling on Kid A . The pair also remixed Terry Callier 's "Love Theme From Spartacus" and songs by Lenny Kravitz , Sneaker Pimps and Lambchop (band)|Lambchop .
In 1999, they released an Extended play|EP of original material called EP1 , under the name Zero 7. In 2001, they released their debut album , Simple Things which featured collaborations with singer|vocalists Mozez , Sia Furler , and Sophie Barker . The album became a Gold album|gold record and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and won the "Best Newcomer" Muzik Award. Live appearances after the album's release consisted of Binns and Hardaker, vocalists and other musicians, with as many as 20 performers on stage at once.
In 2002, Zero 7 released a DJ mix|DJ mix album for Azuli Records ' Late Night Tales|Another Late Night series, which featured various Hip hop music|hip hop and Chill out (music)|chill out artists and a cover of Johnny Osbourne 's "Truth & Rights".
In 2004, they released their second album, When It Falls . In addition to the three vocalists from their first album, it featured a collaboration with Danish singer-songwriter Tina Dico . That same year, Binns co-wrote the Emma Bunton track "Breathing". Zero 7 released their third album, The Garden (Zero 7 album)|The Garden , in May 2006. The two vocalists featured on the album were Sia Furler , and José González . Henry Binns also sang on the album. The name of the album is derived from the cover art, which is a collection of collages done by an artist friend.
In 2007 Binns and Hardaker created a band called Ingrid Eto , which has been described as a Zero 7 instrumental project. The band also released an EP under the alias of Kling (which like Ingrid Eto was an experimental instrumental project). The tracks from Kling EP were later incorporated into Zero 7's fourth album Yeah Ghost . http://www.thelondondailynews.com/something-kling-zero-stunning-side-project-p-3103.html The album incorporated jazz and soul singer, Eska Mtungwazi , as well as folk artist Martha Tilston .
In 2010, the duo released a retrospective compilation album entitled Record (Zero 7 album)|Record . A two-disc special edition of "Record" also contains exclusive remixes of notable songs from all four of their prior released studio albums.
Reception
The duo's songs have appeared in many films and television shows such as Blue Crush , Raising Helen , Smallville , Roswell (TV series)|Roswell , Obsessed (2009 film)|Obsessed , '' I'm With Lucy ), "Give It Away" ( Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ), "Polaris" ( Sex and the City ) , "Pop Art Blue" " Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road ", "In The Waiting Line" ( Garden State (film)|Garden State , Sex and the City , House (TV series)|House and Numb3rs ).
Their song "Destiny" has appeared on the Lacoste website, SkyTV's broadcast of the Star Wars Saga and commercial. The song "In The Waiting Line" has appeared in a 2006 HBO ad, NBC 's profile of Olympic Games|Olympic Swimmer Laure Manaudou , Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox TV 's 2009 season of House (TV series)|House , the movie "Garden State", and is sampled in the hip hop song song "Nothing Iz Real" by Termanology .
Songs by Zero 7 have also appeared on the lounge music compilations The Chillout Project by Philippines|Filipino DJ Anton Ramos, and the Hôtel Costes . The song "Lo" was featured on Layo and Bushwacka! .
Another Late Night: Zero 7|Another Late Night (2002)
Simple Things Remixes (2002)
Record (Zero 7 album)|Record (2010)
Awards
Nominated for Best British Newcomer at the Brit Awards 2002.
Nominated for a Grammy Awards of 2007|2007 Grammy Award for The Garden in the category Best Electronic/Dance Album
References
ReflistSome of the biographical information in this article was derived from Allmusic|class=artist|id=p476853/biography|pure_url=yes and http://www.zeroseven.tk/.
External links
Main
official|www.zero7.co.uk
Allmusic |class=artist |id=p476853 |label=Zero 7
discogs artist|Zero 7
myspace|zero7official
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/zero7 Zero 7 at Rolling Stone
Other
http://www.siamusic.net Sia Furler official website
http://www.sirensofsong.com/quickzero7.htm About Sia Furler, Sophie Barker, and Tina Dico – including photos and multimedia
http://www.prefixmag.com/features/Z/zero-7/378 Interview with Sam Hardaker, Prefixmag, 2006
http://remixmag.com/artists/remix_lonely_planet/index.html When It Falls , Remix (magazine)|Remix magazine feature on the making of , April 2004
http://remixmag.com/artists/remix_second_nature/index.html The Garden , Remix magazine cover story on the making of, June 2006
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060706/asp/calcutta/story_6420433.asp Interview with Henry Binns in The Telegraph India , 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=INn1C6ImJKg Destiny" video on YouTube
http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/new-zero-7-everything-up-zizou-stereogum-premiere_072771.html Information regarding fourth album and release date on Stereogum
http://www.stereosubversion.com/features/zero-7-08-04-2009 Interview with Sam Hardaker on Stereo Subversion, 2009
Zero 7 Category:English electronic music groups Category:Musical groups from London Category:Remixers Category:Trip hop groups Category:Ableton Live users Category:Atlantic Records artists Category:Electronica musicians
