FC Kahuna (also known as FC/Kahuna) was a British DJ and electronic musicproduction duo, consisting of Jon Nowell and Daniel Ormondroyd. The group released only one album, Machine Says Yes, in the spring of 2002. It had a number of singles released from it, most notably "Machine Says Yes" and "Hayling", which both featured vocals by Icelandic singer Hafdís Huld. The album sold over 50,000 copies and received positive response from critics at New Musical Express,[1]Dallas Observer,[2] and others.[3][4][5]
Daniel Ormondroyd – production, instrumentation, mixing, programming (1997–2003)
Jon Nowell – production, instrumentation, engineering, mixing, programming (1997–2003)
Hafdis Huld - vocals (2002-2003)
Live performancesedit
Originally a DJ duo, FC Kahuna added some live members to their shows in 2002, touring the UK in support of Röyksopp, which culminated in a sold out show at Brixton Academy.
Membersedit
Daniel Ormondroyd – keyboards, samples, mixing, programming
kahuna, also, known, kahuna, british, electronic, music, production, consisting, nowell, daniel, ormondroyd, group, released, only, album, machine, says, spring, 2002, number, singles, released, from, most, notably, machine, says, hayling, which, both, feature. FC Kahuna also known as FC Kahuna was a British DJ and electronic music production duo consisting of Jon Nowell and Daniel Ormondroyd The group released only one album Machine Says Yes in the spring of 2002 It had a number of singles released from it most notably Machine Says Yes and Hayling which both featured vocals by Icelandic singer Hafdis Huld The album sold over 50 000 copies and received positive response from critics at New Musical Express 1 Dallas Observer 2 and others 3 4 5 FC KahunaOriginLondon EnglandGenresBig beat electronica trip hop acid houseYears active1997 2003LabelsKahuna Cuts City RockersPast membersJon NowellDaniel Ormondroyd Contents 1 History 2 Members 3 Live performances 3 1 Members 4 Partial discography 4 1 Albums 4 2 Singles and EPs 5 References 6 External linksHistory editIn 2003 they released their first mix album Another Fine Mess an offshoot of the Another Late Night compilation series which featured tracks by Blur The Polyphonic Spree Green Velvet Josh Wink and others Among the artists remixed by the band are New Order Felix da Housecat Mellow and the US band The Faint The music of the duo was featured in TV shows such as Hotel Babylon Monkey Dust Six Feet Under CSI Miami and Nip Tuck and in films such as Domino Layer Cake Riding Giants and Rolling 6 The music for several video games have also featured music from the duo including Need for Speed Underground and Crackdown Members editDaniel Ormondroyd production instrumentation mixing programming 1997 2003 Jon Nowell production instrumentation engineering mixing programming 1997 2003 Hafdis Huld vocals 2002 2003 Live performances editOriginally a DJ duo FC Kahuna added some live members to their shows in 2002 touring the UK in support of Royksopp which culminated in a sold out show at Brixton Academy Members edit Daniel Ormondroyd keyboards samples mixing programming Jon Nowell drums Hafdis Huld vocals with Martin Bramah guitars keyboards John Thompson bass The band also played at Coachella in Southern California T in the Park in Scotland Roskilde in Denmark Reading and Leeds in England and Benicassim in Spain Partial discography editAlbums edit Machine Says Yes 2002 Another Fine Mess 2003 Singles and EPs edit You Know It Makes Sense 1997 Bright Morning White 1998 Mind Set to Cycle 2000 Glitterball 2002 UK 64 Machine Says Yes 2002 UK 58 Hayling 2003 UK 49 Nothing Is Wrong 2003 7 References edit Robinson Peter 19 April 2002 FC Kahuna Machine Says Yes Ex big beaters come good New Musical Express Hampton Justin 21 November 2002 FC Kahuna Machine Says Yes review Dallas Observer Fahnestock Jesse Machine Says Yes FC Kahuna review Ink Blot Magazine Moffat Iain 19 April 2002 Machine Says Yes FC Kahuna review PlayLouder com Archived from the original on 30 April 2002 Cibula Matt 10 January 2003 FC Kahuna Machine Says Yes review Pop Matters Macavity Kosmetic Surgery preview interview with FC Kahuna HarderFaster Retrieved 18 February 2014 Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 191 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 External links editFC Kahuna at AllMusic FC Kahuna discography at Discogs nbsp nbsp This article on an electronic musician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title FC Kahuna amp oldid 1218026635, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
