Noonday Underground

The duo of DJ Simon Dine and vocalist Daisy Martey threw their hats in to the ever-growing ring of record-collector rock as trip-hop collective Noonday Underground. After Dine’s departure from Activities in Stereo system around 1997, the duo installed after allegedly bumping into one another in a Clapham pizza cafe. Debut EP How Happy made an appearance on Underground Seems in 1997, accompanied by swinging solitary “London” on Jonathon Whiskey in 1999. Culling their affects from everything past due ’60s — from amazing film music to Western Coast pop towards the creation techniques of Jack port Nitzsche — they silently released their sample-heavy debut LP, Self-Assembly, on M21 in 2000. Setanta reissued the record the next year, as well as the recording received acclaim, garnering the group a little but dedicated group of fans. Paul Weller was an early on supporter from the duo; inside a poll for NME, he rather bizarrely outlined them as “Many Influential Band ever.” Following a few even more singles, sophomore recording Surface Sound (offering two guest looks by Weller) made an appearance on Setanta in 2002. Japanese label Vroom Sound Information issued Arranged Sail, a assortment of tracks extracted from the group’s singles and EPs, in 2003. In 2005, Martey became a member of popular trip-hop music group Morcheeba, temporarily changing their initial vocalist, Skye Edwards, who released single material before ultimately rejoining the music group. She still continued to be an associate of Noonday Underground, nevertheless, singing on the third full-length, 2006’s Around the Independence Flotilla. The 2010 recording The K-O Chorale presented a patchwork quilt of sampled choral vocals, instead of Martey’s performing. Noonday Underground came back in 2015 with AREAS OF THE BODY for Modern Artwork, an extended compilation of previously unreleased tunes and instrumentals dating back again to Dine’s times with Activities in Stereo system. The CD premiered by Japanese label Stubbie Information.