The Correspondents (band)
{{Short description|British electro swing duo}}
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| years_active = {{start date|2007}}{{cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/TheCorrespondents/info?tab=page_info | title=The Correspondents - About | Facebook | work=Facebook | accessdate=9 January 2015}} – {{end date|2020}}
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Tim "Chucks" Cole
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The Correspondents were a British electro swing duo based in London, formed by MC and vocalist Ian Bruce and producer Tim Cole in 2007.{{ cite news | first=Victoria | last=Stewart | title=Hail the kings of hip-hop swing | newspaper=London Evening Standard | date=18 October 2010 | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/hail-the-kings-of-hiphop-swing-6525511.html | accessdate=9 January 2015}}
Their music has been described as electro swing with a mixture of early 20th century jazz and electro and drum and bass. Their live shows and recorded music consisted of multi-genre dance music spanning blues, jazz, soul, funk and out and out electro pop.
The band played at major festivals such as WOMAD, Glastonbury, Bestival, Boomtown and Secret Garden Party.
Their song "Fear and Delight" was used as the theme tune to BBC Three comedy Crims.
The project was retired on 20 October 2020 after Bruce published a status on The Correspondents' Facebook page stating that Cole had died unexpectedly of a pulmonary embolism a few days prior.{{Cite web|title=The Correspondents|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheCorrespondents/posts/10158251238566523|access-date=2020-10-20|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=The Correspondents|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheCorrespondents/posts/10158360097526523|access-date=2020-12-03|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}
Awards and recognition
The band was included in The Telegraph's top 10 Glastonbury highlights two years in a row and has also been featured in Rob da Bank's 2-hour Electro Swing Special on BBC Radio 1.
The music video to their single "Fear & Delight", directed by Naren Wilks, was the overall winner of Berlin Music Video Awards 2014, while it also won the award for "Best VFX" category.{{Cite web|title=Best Music Video & Best VFX Winner 2014|url=https://www.berlinmva.com/news/2014-winners/|website=Berlin Music Video Awards}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Puppet Loosely Strung, released 10 March 2014
- Foolishman, released 22 September 2017{{cite web|title=Foolishman – The Correspondents|url=https://www.kudosrecords.co.uk/release/tc008/the-correspondents-foolishman.html|website=Kudos Records|accessdate=16 September 2017}}
- 10 Years, released December 2017 as a limited edition vinyl compilation only.
=EPs=
=Singles=
- "Cheating With You", released 7 November 2011
- "Well Measured Vice", released 28 January 2013
- "Fear & Delight", released 9 December 2013
- "Finally", released 4 May 2016
- "Inexplicable", released 5 August 2016
- "Who Knew", released 10 October 2018
References
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{{ cite news | first=Robin | last=Murray | title=Premiere: The Correspondents Puppet Loosely Strung | website=Clash Magazine | date=4 March 2013 | url=http://www.clashmusic.com/features/premiere-the-correspondents-puppet-loosely-strung | accessdate=13 June 2017}}
{{cite news | first=Jess | last=Denham | title=Glastonbury 2014 line-up: Best bands to see that might have slipped your radar | newspaper=The Independent | date=24 June 2014 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/glastonbury-2014-lineup-best-bands-to-see-that-might-have-slipped-your-radar-9559118.html | accessdate=9 January 2015}}
{{cite news | first=Mark | last=Beaumont | newspaper=The Guardian | date=6 September 2013 | title=Bestival 2013 day one: MIA, Wu Tang – review | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/06/bestival-2013-day-one-mia-wu | accessdate=9 January 2015}}
{{cite news | first=Lucy | last=Jones | title=Top ten highlights of Glastonbury 2010 | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | date=29 June 2010 | url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100044496/top-ten-highlights-of-glastonbury-2010/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702060914/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100044496/top-ten-highlights-of-glastonbury-2010/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 July 2010 | accessdate=9 January 2015}}
{{cite news | first=Lucy | last=Jones | title=Glastonbury 2011: Top ten highlights | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | date=28 June 2011 | url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100054411/glastonbury-2011-top-ten-highlights/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701112853/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100054411/glastonbury-2011-top-ten-highlights/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 July 2011 | accessdate=9 January 2015}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v11p9|title=BBC Radio 1 – Rob da Bank, Electro Swing Special|publisher=BBC|accessdate=9 January 2015}}
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External links
- [https://www.berlinmva.com/official-selection-2/2014-winners/c Berlin Music Video Awards], 2014 Winners
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Category:Electronic music groups from London