The Slips
After many years of successful tea-making and sleepless nights working at a London recording studio, David Treahearn and Rob Haggett formed The Slips and started making their own music.
With a few songs in hand and their trusty ironing board to stand synths on, they took to the night bus network to play whatever shows they could get. Mixing eclectic dance sets with live drums and 8-bit retro visuals, their live appearances soon gathered a buzz, and the band was invited to support the likes of Kasabian, Friendly Fires, Alex Metric and Pnau, as well as playing at Glastonbury Festival and The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE).
Their CSS 'Music Is My Hot Hot Sex' remix was aired by Rob da Bank on his BBC Radio 1 show while further support from XFM’s Eddy Temple-Morris helped the band build an impressive catalogue of mash ups and remixes for the likes of The XX, Crystal Fighters, Ellie Goulding, Kylie and LCD Soundsystem.
This summer has seen The Slips relocate to Australia. Whilst their sound is unquestionably international, they have already started embracing and collaborating with some of the best Australian talent such as Kimbra, Flight Facilities and Phrase. With Jimmy Cooper joining the line-up as the band’s live drummer and a slot on the Ministry of Sound 2012 Annual, The Slips are ready to electro-fi dance floors this summer.
Their first single since relocating to Australia features hip hop legend Phrase and is out now on EMI Records.