THE 2 BEARS + Benoit & Sergio

..Hidden Agenda and Nightflight are joining forces to bring you a bumper double headline show with THE 2 BEARS* and BENOIT & SERGIO in The Button Factory on Friday February 17th. The 2 Bears is the new colloborative project from Joe Goddard - HOT CHIP - and Raf Rundell - GRECO-ROMAN SOUNDSYSTEM. The pair have had a stream of excellent singles throughout 2011 - "Bear Hug" being a stand out - and this will be their debut Irish headline appearance.

For anyone clued in to new dance music in 2011, they will know that it was a massive year for BENOIT & SERGIO - including a brilliant performance at Electric Picnic which was one of the highlights of the Little Big Tent. Their releases on DFA, Visionquest and Spectral have been given huge air play throughout the year, especially stand out singles WALK & TALK and PRINCIPLES which have become dance floor anthems.

*The 2 Bears were originally due to play Crawdaddy. Tickets for that show remain valid for The Button Factory.

Hidden Agenda + Nightflight Present
THE 2 BEARS (Southern Fried - UK)
+
BENOIT & SERGIO (DFA - DC/Berlin)

Nightflight Dj's

THE BUTTON FACTORY
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17TH
DOORS 11PM
TICKETS €15 including booking fee

The 2 Bears
The Bears - Raf Rundell and Joe Goddard - first began crossing paths in DJ Booths. Straight Outta Brompton (well, Putney) Joe spends his time away from The 2 Bears as a producer, remixer, solo-artist and one fifth of an obscure outfit called Hot Chip; fellow Sarf Londoner Raf divides his time between club promotion, DJ outings as Greco-Roman Soundsystem, radio show hosting and artiste management.

The pair's DJ booth banter, soon led to a shared enthusiasm for house music and vague plans for a musical collaboration. So began several months of hanging out, making music 'for the fun of it' and 'portamental' arguments about obscure synths, that would wind up forming the 'Follow The Bears EP'.
Characterised by the hitherto untapped vocal stylings of Raf himself (Joe: 'I didn't know Raf could actually sing!'), the Bears have already received radio support from Annie Mac, Rob da Bank, Giles Peterson and Toddla T, drawn towards The 2 Bears 21st Century take on house, disco and everything in between.

RADIO SHOW - The 2 Bears have a weekly radio show 'Follow The Bears' on Ministry of Sound Radio. During which you can expect to hear 'Bear' tunes, 'bare' tunes, some ridiculous anecdotes, and some extremely skilled (unskilled) technical radio know-how…!

Benoit & Sergio
Benoit & Sergio grew up thousands of miles apart, in Paris and Iowa respectively. In 2008, they met at a party in Washington DC and began making dance tracks in the long winter of 2009.

They make seriously great music while not taking themselves too seriously; a difficult feat which is rarely attempted and even less often successfully carried out. They achieve the unexpected juxtaposition of pristine production and playful lyricism -- first exhibited on 2009's highly praised What I've Lost EP, which included the brilliantly sardonic single "Full Grown Man".

Not content to make DJ fodder, the duo draws from influences mostly uncommon to the house and techno zeitgeist; bands like Talking Heads, Pavement and Roxy Music are sources of inspiration, along with contemporary electronic acts like Thomas Melchior and Ricardo Villalobos. While their lyrics speak of loneliness, their recent releases have been crowding dance floors.

Their "Where The Freaks Have No Name" EP for Visionquest has dominated the dance music scene in 2011, reaching number one overall on Juno and on Beatport's Deep House charts, while their single, "Walk and Talk" has topped RA's DJ Charts, as well. With "Boy Trouble" for DFA, released in late February 2011, Benoit & Sergio added another dimension to their catalog, crossing further into pop territory, while continuing to make dance music from the lurid pleasures of a future bereft of time.

Adding to their prolific year they released the excellent singles "Principles" EP on DFA and "Let Me Count The Ways" for Spectral in May and June 2011.


Artist Website:

http://www.pod.ie/