The Chemical Brothers

The Chemical Brothers is a British electronic music duo, formed by Edmund John Simons and Thomas Owen Rowlands. They met at the history courses in Manchester. However, it was not science they came there for, but music. In 1991, these young men started working as DJs in Manchester club Naked Under Leather. At that time, they did not take that seriously, and yet soon their sets became very popular among the club's residents. These two called their duo Dust Brothers, just for fun. Later, they decided to re-equip their bedrooms into recording studios, and it was there where Brothers made their first studio track Dust Brothers Song to the Siren. DJs from the best clubs of the city found it a real hit, and shortly after the record, the track was officially released on Own Records label. Having acquired university diplomas, the lads moved to London to continue DJ performing at one of the city's clubs. In a short while, they released their second single 14th Century Sky. By that time, they made themselves a name as both DJs and stylish remix makers. As they had released the third single My Mercury Mouth, they were gained permissions to remix songs from Primal Scream, Sabres Of Paradise, The Prodigy, and The Charlatans.

In 1995, Rowlands and Simons were forced to change the name of their duo to The Chemical Brothers threatened with a copyright claim from an American company called Dust Brothers. Signed by Virgin Records, they started working over their debut album Exit Planet Dust It was released in 1996 to admiration of most critics. The record combined signature instrumental tracks with strong guitar sound, heavy break-beats and samples together with vocal songs, recorded with Beth Orton and Tim Burgess from The Charlatans. The duo accumulated a huge army of supporters and made friends among many other outstanding musicians. Thus, Oasis singer Noel Gallagher agreed to sing for the next Brothers' single Setting Sun. The song was a smash and topped British charts of singles in the late 1996. After touring Europe with a great success, The Chemical Brothers headed for the USA to perform at concerts beneath Orbital and Underworld.

Extremely famous both in their motherland and far beyond, Rowlands and Simons began to prepare their new long player Dig Your Own Hole. The Chemical Brothers had made music so many faceted and all-embracing, that this album brought them the superiority in pop-charts while their track Block Rockin' Beats won them Grammy for the Best Rock Instrumental Performance. In 1998, The Chemical Brothers released the album of remixes Brothers Gonna Work It Out. A year later, they presented the third studio long player Surrender. This ambitious record featured tracks of various styles – house, techno, funk, glam, and break-beat. Come With Us, the fourth album released in 2002, materially strengthened the duo's positions at the American market. The British fans met this record with delight, too. The Manchester music wizards went on a terrific tour across Europe to promote the new album. In 2004, The Chemical Brother produced a dance bomb, the new album Push The Button. This release and single Galvanize won Grammy in 2006. In March 2007, on their MySpace page The Chemical Brothers officially announced about the forthcoming album. We Are the Night was released in July 2007. A collection of the duo's best tracks under the name Brotherhood was released in 2008. Two years later The Chemical Brothers’ discography was enlarged by the traditionally strong studio attempt titled Further (2010). That record was critically acclaimed and very well received by the listeners. It is worth mentioning that Further became The Chemical Brothers’ first album without any guest vocalists’ participation.