来自英国伦敦东部的三人组Klaxons有Nu-Rave乐队之称,他们有很强力的后援团支持着。他们的首支单曲Gravity's Rainbow由Angular唱片在2006年4月发行。乐队自己设计了7寸碟,并且只发行了500个拷贝。第二支单曲Atlantis To Interzone是他们在新东家Merok旗下发行的第一支作品,也得到了NME,甚至BBC的关注,曾在Radio 1的白天播放。2006年,他们与Polydor唱片签约,为其发行的第一支作品Magick在2006年10月30日发行,接下来的一周在UK榜上达到第29位。2007年1月发行是首张专辑《Myths of the Near Future 》获得了2007年全国水星音乐奖。
by Andy Kellman
The London-based Klaxons include Jamie Reynolds, James Righton and Simon Taylor as their members. Despite being a rock band at the core, they're heavily influenced by dance music -- especially the late-'80s/early-'90s U.K. rave movement. Reynolds has even dubbed his band "nu-rave" to further emphasize the inspiration. By the time band released their second low-key single, they had nonetheless become a favorite of the NME and wound up signing with Polydor. As the group worked on its first album, the Modular label issued the brief singles compilation Xan Valleys (in late 2006). Myths of the Near Future, the full-length debut, was released in early 2007 in the U.K. and the U.S.