Django Django
{{Short description|British rock band}}
{{Distinguish|Django & Django}}
{{For|Django Django's eponymous album|Django Django (album)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Django Django
| image = DjangoDjango-SSW2012.jpg
| caption = Django Django live in Leicester in August 2012
| landscape = yes
| origin = London, England
| genre = Art rock, neo-psychedelia, {{nowrap|electronic rock}}, electronic, indie rock, progressive rock
| years_active = 2009–present
| label = Because Music
| website = {{URL|www.djangodjango.co.uk}}
| current_members =
- David Maclean
- Vincent Neff
- Jimmy Dixon
- Tommy Grace
}}
Django Django are a British art rock band based in London, England. Formed in 2009, the band has released five studio albums starting with their self-titled debut in 2012.{{Cite news|title = Django Django: 'After our first album, everything went nuts'|url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/26/django-django-album-second-album-born-under-saturn|website = The Guardian|access-date = 2015-05-18|first = Dave|last = Simpson| date=26 March 2015 }} Their latest album Off Planet was released on 16 June 2023.
History
=Formation=
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.{{cite web|last=Wright |first=Scott |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/django-django-a-band-so-good-they-named-it-twice-49312 |title=Django Django – A Band So Good They Named It Twice – Pinglewood |work=Nme.Com |date=26 January 2009 |access-date=1 May 2022}}Campion, Freddie (2012) "[https://www.vogue.com/article/band-of-the-week-django-django Band of the Week: Django Django]", Vogue.com, 8 October 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2022
David Maclean is the son of artist Marian Leven, brother of musician and director John Maclean and cousin of singer Lindsey Leven who performs with Guto Pryce in the band Gulp.{{cite news |title=Stark Talk: Marian Leven and Will Maclean |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18145957 |access-date=9 November 2018 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=22 May 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.isthismusic.com/django-django |title=Django Django - Django Django album review |publisher=Is This Music? |date=18 February 2012 |access-date=9 December 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/thedjangos/status/197375788117532672 |title=django django on Twitter: "have a listen . new music from django family members 'GULP'.. bliss. |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2012-05-01 |access-date=2015-05-06}} Maclean and Grace are Scottish; Neff is originally from Northern Ireland while Dixon hails from Yorkshire.
"Our name has absolutely nothing to do with Django Reinhardt" wrote the band (nicknamed djangovideo in their account on YouTube) beneath the video post for their track WOR.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvOiFmjExx4 |title=Django Django WOR |publisher=YouTube.com |date=2010-04-27 |access-date=2015-05-06}}
=''Django Django''=
Because Music released the band's self-titled debut album on 30 January 2012.{{cite web|last=Diver |first=Mike |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/bpfd |title=Music - Review of Django Django - Django Django |publisher=BBC |date=23 January 2012 |access-date=7 February 2012}} The album featured already released singles "Waveforms"{{cite web|last=Wright |first=Danny |url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/tracks/django-django-waveforms |title=Django Django – Waveforms | Single Reviews | DIY |work=Thisisfakediy.co.uk |date=17 October 2011 |access-date=7 February 2012}} and "Default."{{cite web|last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12892-default-walls-remix/ |title=Django Django: 'Default' / Walls Remix | Tracks |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=15 December 2011 |access-date=7 February 2012}}{{cite web|last=Aveyard |first=Gareth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/07/this-weeks-new-singles |title=This week's new singles | Music |work=The Guardian |date=7 January 2012 |access-date=7 February 2012}}{{cite web|last=Riley |first=Marc |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0162kyf |title=Radio 6 Music Programmes - Marc Riley, Django Django |publisher=BBC |date=18 October 2011 |access-date=7 February 2012}} The debut album reached number 33 on the UK album charts in the first week of release.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20120205/7502/ |title=2012-02-11 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=11 February 2012 |access-date=12 March 2012 }} It was then nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize. Their song "Hail Bop" was featured in the football video game by EA Sports, FIFA 13 and "Waveforms" in Grand Theft Auto V. The album received considerable critical acclaim,{{cite web|last=Hann |first=Michael |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/26/django-django-django-django-review |title=Django Django: Django Django – review | Music |work=The Guardian |date=27 January 2012 |access-date=7 February 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/django-django/12665 |title=NME Album Reviews - Django Django - 'Django Django' |work=Nme.Com |date=27 January 2012 |access-date=7 February 2012}} and featured in the end-of-year lists of both Rolling Stone {{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2012-20121205/django-django-django-django-19691231 |title=Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2012 |work=rollingstone.com |year=2012 |access-date=9 December 2012}} and the NME.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=147&title=50_best_albums_of_2012&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 |title=NME 50 Best Albums of 2012 |work=nme.com |date=20 November 2012 |access-date=12 December 2012}} The band were surprised to achieve this success with Maclean commenting "I thought it would be an underground album that would sell a few hundred copies.”
=''Born Under Saturn''=
The band's second full-length album, Born Under Saturn, was released on 4 May 2015.{{cite web|author=Timothy Monger |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/born-under-saturn-mw0002820075 |title=Born Under Saturn - Django Django | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |access-date=2015-05-06}}
= ''Marble Skies'' =
The band's third full-length album, Marble Skies, was released on 26 January 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/marble-skies-mw0003114131|title=Marble Skies - Django Django {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-01-26}} Their song Tic Tac Toe also featured in the EA Sports soccer game, FIFA 18. On 12 October 2018 the band released the Winter's Beach EP.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Django-Django-Winters-Beach-EP/release/12654447|title= Discogs|website=Discogs.com|date= 12 October 2018|access-date=2019-04-05}}
= ''Glowing in the Dark'' =
On 12 November 2020, the band announced their fourth studio album, Glowing in the Dark, would be released on 12 February 2021, and released the title track.{{Cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/django-django-announce-new-album-glowing-in-the-dark|title=Django Django Announce New Album 'Glowing In The Dark'|website=Clash|date=13 November 2020 |access-date=2020-11-13}}
= ''Off Planet'' =
The band's fifth full-length studio album was released on 16 June 2023. Released in four parts, each as a separate "planet," Off Planet features a host of guest appearances – including Self Esteem, Jack Peñate, Stealing Sheep and Toya Delazy.{{cite web |title=Django Django - Off Planet [Black Vinyl]. Django Django. |url=https://shop.djangodjango.co.uk/release/369186-django-django-off-planet-black-vinyl |access-date=2023-05-16}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="10" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | UK {{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7256/django-django/ | title=Django Django | publisher=Official Charts Company | access-date=17 February 2018 | format=select "Albums" tab}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUS ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FRA ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | IRL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NED ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SCO
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWI ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US |
|---|
| scope="row"| Django Django
|
| 33 || 60 || 26 || 105 || 68 || 63 || 43 || 26 || — || 13 |
|
| scope="row"| Born Under Saturn
|
| 15 || 56 || 55 || 67 || 34 || 31 || 60 || 11 || 57 || 9 | |
| scope="row"| Marble Skies
|
| 20 || — || 95 || 112 || 92 || — || 120 || 12 || — || 19 | |
| scope="row"| Glowing in the Dark
|
| 68 || — || — || — || 186 || — || — || 7 || 81 || — | |
| scope="row"| Off Planet
|
| 91 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 35 || — || — | |
| colspan="19" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. |
=Remix albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Album details |
|---|
| scope="row"| Hi Djinx! Django Django Remixed
|
|
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="9" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | UK Sales ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | UK ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUS ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | BEL ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | ICE ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FRA ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | JPN ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | MEX ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NED |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Storm" / "Love's Dart"
| 2009 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | rowspan="7"| Django Django |
| scope="row"| "WOR"
| 2010 | 68 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Waveforms"
| 2011 | 45 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Default"
| rowspan="4"| 2012 | 49 || 42 || 100 || 22 || — || — || 97 || — || 71 |
| scope="row"| "Storm"
| 12 || — || — || —{{efn-ua|"Storm" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at 55 on the Flanders Ultratip chart.}} || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Hail Bop"
| — || — || — || —{{efn-ua|"Hail Bop" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at 84 on the Flanders Ultratip chart.}} || — || — || — || 49 || — |
| scope="row"| "Life's a Beach"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/lifes-a-beach-single-remixes/582396514 |title=Life's a Beach - Single (Remixes) by Django Django on Apple Music |website=Apple Music|access-date=15 July 2020}}
| 25 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 43 || — |
| scope="row"| "Porpoise Song"
| 2014 | 49 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "First Light"
| rowspan="4"| 2015 | 7 || 45 || — || —{{efn-ua|"First Light" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at 52 on the Flanders Ultratip chart.}} || — || 172 || — || 36 || — | rowspan="4"| Born Under Saturn |
| scope="row"| "Beginning to Fade"
| 42 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Reflections"
| 41 || — || — || —{{efn-ua|"Reflections" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at 85 on the Flanders Ultratip chart.}} || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Shake and Tremble"
| 11 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 40 || — |
| scope="row"| "Tic Tac Toe"
| 2017 | 17 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |rowspan="4"| Marble Skies |
| scope="row"| "Surface to Air" (featuring Self Esteem) | rowspan="3"| 2018 | 7 || — || — || —{{efn-ua|"Surface to Air" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but charted as an "extra tip" on the Flanders Ultratip chart.}} || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "In Your Beat"
| 56 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 44 || — |
| scope="row"| "Marble Skies"
| 17 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Spirals"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/spirals-single/1519280967|title=Spirals - Single by Django Django on Apple Music|via=Apple Music|access-date=18 September 2020}}
| rowspan="2"| 2020 | 27 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | rowspan="3"| Glowing in the Dark |
| scope="row"| "Glowing in the Dark"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/glowing-in-the-dark-official-video/1540579447|title=Glowing In The Dark by Django Django on Apple Music|via=Apple Music|access-date=29 November 2020}}
| 62 || — || — || — || 24 || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row"| "Waking Up" (featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg) | 2021 | — || — || — || —{{efn-ua|"Waking Up" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but charted as an "extra tip" on the Flanders Ultratip chart.}} || — || — || — || — || — |
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Other charting songs=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | MEX |
| scope="row"| "4000 Years"
| 2016 | 42 | Born Under Saturn |
=Notes=
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