noonday underground
The duo of DJ Simon Dine and vocalist Daisy Martey threw their hats into the ever-growing ring of record-collector rock as trip-hop collective Noonday Underground. After Dine's departure from Adventures in Stereo around 1997, the duo hooked up after allegedly bumping into each other at a Clapham pizza restaurant. Debut EP How Happy appeared on Underground Sounds in 1997, followed by swinging single "London" on Jonathon Whiskey in 1999. Culling their influences from all things late '60s -- from exotic film music to West Coast pop to the production techniques of Jack Nitzsche -- they quietly issued their sample-heavy debut LP, Self-Assembly, on M21 in 2000. Setanta reissued the record the following year, and the album received acclaim, garnering the group a small but dedicated fan base. Paul Weller was an early supporter of the duo; in a poll for NME, he rather bizarrely listed them as "Most Influential Band of All Time." After a few more singles, sophomore album Surface Noise (featuring two guest appearances by Weller) appeared on Setanta in 2002. Japanese label Vroom Sound Records issued Set Sail, a collection of tracks taken from the group's singles and EPs, in 2003.
In 2005, Martey joined popular trip-hop band Morcheeba, temporarily replacing their original vocalist, Skye Edwards, who released solo material before eventually rejoining the band. She still remained a member of Noonday Underground, however, singing on their third full-length, 2006's On the Freedom Flotilla. The 2010 album The K-O Chorale featured a patchwork quilt of sampled choral vocals, rather than Martey's singing. Noonday Underground returned in 2015 with Body Parts for Modern Art, a lengthy compilation of previously unreleased songs and instrumentals dating back to Dine's days with Adventures in Stereo. The CD was released by Japanese label Stubbie Records.
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Surface Noise (Bonus Track Version)
Alternative en Indie - Released by Hands Full Recordings on 20 sep. 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Self Assembly (Bonus Track Version)
Alternative en Indie - Released by Hands Full Recordings on 21 mrt. 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Body Parts for Modern Art
Alternative en Indie - Released by Hands Full Recordings on 17 jul. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sing It From The Mountain
Alternative en Indie - Released by Hands Full Recordings on 6 dec. 2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
On a Quiet Night
Alternative en Indie - Released by Hands Full Recordings on 20 jul. 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Here Comes the Fury (Richie Hayes vs. Noonday Underground)
Richie Hayes, noonday underground
R&B - Released by See Monkey Do Monkey on 2 feb. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Alphabet Soup
Alternative en Indie - Released by Hands Full Recordings on 27 okt. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
NU RMX
Divers - Released by Hands Full Recordings on 28 apr. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
On the Freedom Flotilla (Bonus Track Version)
Alternative en Indie - Released by Hands Full Recordings on 6 okt. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Set Sail (Bonus Track Version)
Alternative en Indie - Released by Hands Full Recordings on 28 feb. 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Toxicated
Electronic - Released by Hands Full Recordings on 14 nov. 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
One By One
Divers - Released by Hands Full Recordings on 17 mei 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo