Gorgon City

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Gorgon City
Origin North London, England
Genres
Years active2012–present
Labels
Members
  • Kye "Foamo" Gibbon
  • Matt "RackNRuin" Robson-Scott
Website gorgoncity.com

Gorgon City are an English electronic music production duo consisting of two North London producers Kye "Foamo" Gibbon and Matt "RackNRuin" Robson-Scott. [1] Their 2014 singles "Ready for Your Love" and "Here for You" reached the top ten in the UK. They are currently signed to the UK-based record label Positiva Records which is a division of Universal Music Group.

Contents

Music career

2012–2013: Real EP

The duo's first collaboration The Crypt EP, featuring Navigator, Rubi Dan, and Janai, was released on 27 February 2012. One year later, on 17 February 2013, they collaborated with Yasmin for the lead track of the Real EP .[ citation needed ] The song peaked at number 44 on the UK Singles Chart and number 7 on the UK Indie Chart.

2013–2014: Sirens

On 12 May 2013, they released "Intentions", featuring Clean Bandit. On 26 January 2014, they released "Ready for Your Love" featuring MNEK. The song is their highest-charting song to date, entering the UK Singles Chart at number four. On 23 March 2014, they released "There Is No Other Time", a collaborative single with indie rock group Klaxons. [2] On 26 May 2014, they released "Here for You", the third single from their debut studio album. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number seven. They produced Jess Glynne's single "Right Here", which was released on 6 July 2014. They remixed the song "Back 2 the Wild" by Basement Jaxx in August 2014 for the album Junto . The fourth single from their debut studio album, "Unmissable", premiered on MistaJam's 1Xtra show on 21 July 2014. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number nineteen. The album, Sirens was released on 6 October 2014 and peaked at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart. [3] A compilation album alongside Pete Tong, entitled All Gone Pete Tong and Gorgon City Miami 2015, was released on 22 March 2015. The compilation features two exclusive tracks from Gorgon City: "Sky High" and "The Terminal". [4]

2015–present: Escape

Escape is Gorgon City's second studio album, released on 10 August 2018. Revealed collaborations on the album were to be Vaults, Duke Dumont, Naations, Kamille, Ghosted, and D Double E.

At the beginning of 2015, shortly after releasing the last single from their debut studio album Sirens, "Go All Night" featuring vocals from Jennifer Hudson, they released a new single, which was called "Saving My Life", featuring vocals from musician Romans. This sparked much interest about the pair making more material for a second studio album.

A year later, in April 2016, they released the official audio of the lead single "All Four Walls", featuring vocals from British band Vaults. After releasing the single, the pair confirmed that their second studio album is to be titled Escape. Afterwards, "Impaired Vision", featuring vocals from Tink and Mikky Ekko was released. In between releasing the singles, promotional singles were also released: "Blue Parrot", "Doubts", and "Smoke". "Zoom Zoom" was released, featuring vocals from Wyclef Jean.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[5] 		UK Dance
[6] 		BEL (Fl)
[7]
Sirens 101112
Escape
  • Released: 10 August 2018 [9]
  • Format: Download, LP, CD
  • Label: Virgin EMI
454—
Olympia
  • Released: 25 June 2021 [10]
  • Format: Download, LP, CD
  • Label: Virgin EMI
261—
Salvation
  • Released: 21 July 2023
  • Format: Download, LP, CD
  • Label: Positiva, EMI
—1—
Reverie
  • To be released: 19 July 2024
  • Format: Download, LP, CD
  • Label: Positiva, EMI
To be released
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.

Extended plays

TitleEP details
The Crypt
Real
  • Released: 17 February 2013
  • Format: Digital download, CD
  • Label: Black Butter
Money
  • Released: 27 May 2016
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: Crosstown Rebels
Grooves on the Vinyl
  • Released: 1 December 2017
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: A Realm Records
Realm [11]
  • Released: 4 December 2020
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: A Realm Records

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[5] [12] 		UK Dance
[13] 		BEL
[7] 		GER
[14] 		IRE
[15] 		NL
[16] 		SCO
[17] 		US
Dance
Club
[18] 		US
Dance
Elec.
[19]
"Real"
(featuring Yasmin)		201344930——————Sirens
"Intentions"
(featuring Clean Bandit)		——138——————Non-album single
"Ready for Your Love"
(featuring MNEK)		201442525841987——
  • BPI: Platinum [8]
Sirens
"Here for You"
(featuring Laura Welsh)		72624886—7——
  • BPI: Silver [8]
"Unmissable"
(featuring Zak Abel)		19571———16——
"Go All Night"
(featuring Jennifer Hudson)		14272———13115
  • BPI: Silver [8]
"Imagination"
(featuring Katy Menditta)		20151943976——————
  • BPI: Silver [8]
"Saving My Life"
(featuring RØMANS)		922297——————Non-album single
"All Four Walls"
(featuring Vaults)		20168521—————1029
  • BPI: Silver [8]
Escape
"Real Life"
(with Duke Dumont featuring Naations)		201731967—70
[20] 		—31——
"Go Deep"
(with Kamille and Ghosted)		2018—————————
"Hear That"
(featuring D Double E)		—————————
"One Last Song" [21]
(featuring JP Cooper and Yungen)		—————————
"Let It Go" [22]
(featuring Naations)		—————————
"Go Slow" [23]
(with Kaskade and Roméo)		2019———————122Non-album singles
"There for You"
(with MK) [24] 		9919—————114
  • BPI: Silver [8]
"Baggage"
(with Gryffin and AlunaGeorge) [25] 		————————32 Gravity
"Nobody"
(with Drama) [26] 		2020——93——————Olympia
"House Arrest"
(with Sofi Tukker) [27] 		——72——88——21
"Free Myself"
(with Yousef featuring Evabee) [28] 		—————————Non-album single
"Burning"
(featuring Evan Giia) [29] 		—————————Olympia
"Alive" [30]
(with Pax)		—————————Non-album single
"You've Done Enough"
(with Drama) [31] 		20217023——————30
  • BPI: Silver [8]
Olympia
"Foolproof"
(with Hayden James and Nat Dunn)		—————————
"Tell Me It's True" [32] —————————
"Never Let Me Down"
(with Hayley May) [33] 		—————————
"Dreams"
(with Jem Cooke) [34] 		—————————
"Voodoo"20238733———————Salvation
"Lost & Found"
(with Drama) [35] 		—————————
"Biggest Regret"
(featuring Bbyafricka)		2024—————————Reverie
"You Know It"—————————
"All That You Need"
(featuring Caroline Byrne)		—————————
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Promotional singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Dance
Club
[18]
"The Crypt"
(featuring Navigator and Rubi Dan)		2012—Non-album single
"Lover Like You"
(featuring Katy B)		2014—Sirens
"Blue Parrot"2016—Non-album singles
"Impaired Vision"
(featuring Tink and Mikky Ekko)		—
"Doubts"—
"Smoke"—
"Zoom Zoom"
(featuring Wyclef Jean)		—
"Smile"
(featuring Elderbrook)		35
"Primal Call"2017—
"Motorola"2018—
"Lick Shot"2019—
"Delicious"—
"Elizabeth Street"—Realm
"Roped In"—

Production credits

SongYearArtistAlbum
"Right Here"2014 Jess Glynne I Cry When I Laugh
"Blood on My Hands"2015 Chris Brown Royalty International – EP
"Nothing Really Matters"2020 Tiesto, Becky Hill The London Sessions

Remixes

SongYearArtist
"Get By"2012 Delta Heavy
"We've Only Just Begun" Michael Woods
(featuring Ester Dean)
"For My Sins" Jess Mills
"Nightingale" Clean Bandit
"Back 2 the Wild"2013 Basement Jaxx
"First Day"Walden
"Hideaway"2014 Kiesza
"Knock You Out" Bingo Players
"Say You Love Me" Jessie Ware
"Hopelessly Coping"2015 Wilkinson
(featuring Thabo)
"Sacred Dance of the Demon"2016Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons
"I Would Like" Zara Larsson
"Blame"2017 Zeds Dead & Diplo
(featuring Elliphant)
"Blackbird"Joeski
"Know My Ting" Ghetts
(featuring Shakka)
"Say Less" Dillon Francis
(featuring G-Eazy)
"Hell to the Liars" London Grammar
"Feel My Needs"2018Weiss
"Poseidon"2019Local Dialect
"Deeper" Todd Edwards and Sinden
"Lie Machine"Davi
"Moving Blind" [36] 2020 Sonny Fodera and Dom Dolla
"Lie For You" [37] Snakehips
(featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Davido)
"So Hooked on Your Love" [38] Selace
"Sacrifice" [39] 2021 Bebe Rexha
"Cosmic Kiss" [40] Pax
"Somebody To Love" [41] 2022Ben Kim
"State Of Mind" [42] Mephisto
"Where You Are" [43] 2023John Summit and Hayla

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Notes

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