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Gorgon City
Origin North London, England
Genres
Years active 2012–present
Labels
  • Priority
  • Virgin EMI
  • Black Butter
  • Positiva
Members
  • Kye "Foamo" Gibbon
  • Matt "RackNRuin" Robson-Scott

Gorgon City are an English electronic music production duo consisting of two North London producers Kye "Foamo" Gibbon and Matt "RackNRuin" Robson-Scott. Their 2013 debut single "Real" peaked at number 44 on the UK Singles Chart. They are also well known for their 2014 single "Ready for Your Love", which reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. They are currently signed to the UK-based record label Positiva Records which is a division of Universal Music Group.

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. 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. 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. 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".

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

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
UK Dance
BEL (Fl)
Sirens
  • Released: 6 October 2014
  • Format: Download, LP, CD
  • Label: Virgin EMI, Black Butter
10 1 112
Escape
  • Released: 10 August 2018
  • Format: Download, LP, CD
  • Label: Virgin EMI
45 1
Olympia
  • Released: 25 June 2021
  • Format: Download, LP, CD
  • Label: Virgin EMI
26 1

Extended plays

Title EP 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
  • Released: 4 December 2020
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: A Realm Records

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
UK Dance
BEL
GER
IRE
NL
SCO
US
Dance
Club

US
Dance
Elec.
"Real"
(featuring Yasmin)
2013 44 9 30 Sirens
"Intentions"
(featuring Clean Bandit)
138 Non-album single
"Ready for Your Love"
(featuring MNEK)
2014 4 2 52 58 41 98 7 Sirens
"Here for You"
(featuring Laura Welsh)
7 2 62 48 86 7
  • BPI: Silver
"Unmissable"
(featuring Zak Abel)
19 5 71 16
"Go All Night"
(featuring Jennifer Hudson)
14 2 72 13 1 15
  • BPI: Silver
"Imagination"
(featuring Katy Menditta)
2015 194 39 76
  • BPI: Silver
"Saving My Life"
(featuring RØMANS)
92 22 97 Non-album single
"All Four Walls"
(featuring Vaults)
2016 85 21 10 29
  • BPI: Silver
Escape
"Real Life"
(with Duke Dumont featuring Naations)
2017 31 9 67 70
31
  • BPI: Gold
"Go Deep"
(with Kamille and Ghosted)
2018
"Hear That"
(featuring D Double E)
"One Last Song"
(featuring JP Cooper and Yungen)
"Let It Go"
(featuring Naations)
"Go Slow"
(with Kaskade and Roméo)
2019 1 22 Non-album singles
"There for You"
(with MK)
99 1 14
"Baggage"
(with Gryffin and AlunaGeorge)
32 Gravity
"Nobody"
(with Drama)
2020 93 Olympia
"House Arrest"
(with Sofi Tukker)
72 88 21
"Free Myself"
(with Yousef featuring Evabee)
0TBA
"Burning"
(featuring Evan Giia)
Olympia
"Alive"
(with Pax)
Non-album single
"You've Done Enough"
(with Drama)
2021 70 23 30 Olympia
"Foolproof"
(with Hayden James and Nat Dunn)
"Tell Me It's True"
"Never Let Me Down"
(with Hayley May)
"Dreams"
(with Jem Cooke)
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Promotional singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Dance
Club

"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

Song Year Artist Album
"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

Song Year Artist
"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" 2016 Damian 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" 2018 Weiss
"Poseidon" 2019 Local Dialect
"Deeper" Todd Edwards and Sinden
"Lie Machine" Davi
"Moving Blind" 2020 Sonny Fodera and Dom Dolla
"Lie For You" Snakehips
(featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Davido)
"So Hooked on Your Love" Selace
"Sacrifice" 2021 Bebe Rexha

See also

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