The Presets
The Presets are a pair of avant-garde Aussies who, while forging a musical path that wouldn't be unfamiliar to acts like Daft Punk, Nine Inch Nails, and the Faint, don't mind dragging disco along for the ride. Julian Hamilton (production, keyboards, vocals) and Kimberley Moyes (production, drums, programming) met in the early '90s as students at Sydney's Conservatorium of Music. Both were there to study classical music, but as they delved into the great composers, neither could forget an extracurricular love of '80s pop: the Smiths, {$Pet Shop Boy...[more]
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Beams is the 12 track debut album by rock'n'roll superstars The Presets. A magnificent journey of an album from heaven to hell and back again, Beams takes in sounds from rock, electro, hip hop, soundtracks, techno and just about anything else you care to think of. A brilliant beginning.
CD $13.99
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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of Apocalypso and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! After two years studio silence, The Presets (Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes) return with their sophomore album, Apocalypso. Ranging from expansive, emotive techno, to future pagan house and choral space funk, Apocalypso demonstrates the band's undeniably canny knack for welding hook-laden pop [ read more ]
LP $13.99
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Insound Staff Pick - 2008! After two years studio silence, The Presets (Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes) return with their sophomore album, Apocalypso. Ranging from expansive, emotive techno, to future pagan house and choral space funk, Apocalypso demonstrates the band's undeniably canny knack for welding hook-laden pop to the most singular and exciting sounds today. Along the way The Presets have become one of Australia's most in-demand live acts, and after two non-stop years touring the major [ read more ]
CD $10.99
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After two years studio silence, The Presets (Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes) return with their sophomore album, Apocalypso. Ranging from expansive, emotive techno, to future pagan house and choral space funk, Apocalypso demonstrates the band's undeniably canny knack for welding hook-laden pop to the most singular and exciting sounds today. Along the way The Presets have become one of Australia's most in-demand live acts, and after two non-stop years touring the major festivals of the world, they've ma [ read more ]
MP3 $9.99
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Beams is the 12 track debut album by rock'n'roll superstars The Presets. A magnificent journey of an album from heaven to hell and back again, Beams takes in sounds from rock, electro, hip hop, soundtracks, techno and just about anything else you care to think of. A brilliant beginning.
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Originally presssed as a limited edition bonus for the Beams album, these tracks are finally available on a wider scale. Featuring remixes from The Juan Maclean, Digitalism, Simian Mobile Disco, Cut Copy and More.
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VINYL FORMAT. The first commercially available single from the brilliant debut Beams, "Are You the One" is a jacking hooligan house meets Brazilian percussion feast with one of the best videos we've seen in forever.
12" $6.99
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