Noonday Underground

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Noonday Underground
OriginLondon, England
Genres Trip hop [1]
Years active2000 to Present
Labels Setanta
MembersSimon Dine
Daisy Martey

Noonday Underground are a British band consisting of DJ Simon Dine and singer Daisy Martey. Dine had previously been a member of Adventures in Stereo. Martey was for a time the singer in Morcheeba. [2] The band name came from a book about The Who. [3]

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The single "London" was featured in the soundtrack for the film The September Issue .

Their debut album Self-Assembly was released in 2000 on the M21 label, and re-issued by Setanta on 17 September 2001. [4]

Their track "The Light Brigade", from Self-Assembly, was used as the title theme for the Channel 4 nursing drama, No Angels .

An advertisement for Google Home used their track "Spinning All Around", from the album Body Parts For Modern Art.

Discography

Albums
Compilations
EPs
Singles

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kellman, Andy. "Noonday Underground – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. Lynskey, Dorian (24 November 2006). "Noonday Underground – On The Freedom Flotilla". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  3. "Noonday Underground feature/interview". ready-steady-go.org.uk. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2008. I saw it in a book about the Who while trying to find a band name. I knew about the Tom Wolfe story but didn't track it down until recently
  4. Linosi, Chris (17 September 2001). "Noonday Underground – Self Assembly (Setanta)". Music OMH. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. Murphy, John (12 July 2010). "Noonday Underground – K-O Chorale (Setanta)". Music OMH. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. "Noonday Underground". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 February 2022.