Manhattan Clique
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The Manhattan Clique are producers, remixers and writers Philip Larsen and Chris Smith. Regular visitors to the higher reaches of the Music Week Club and Pop charts in the UK, plus the Billboard dance chart in the US, Manhattan Clique are equally at home with their more underground MHC guise as with their classic Manhattan Clique moniker. Their remixes receive regular support on BBC Radio 1's 'Ready For The Weekend' as well as enjoy playlistings at Kiss, Capital and many other regional stations across the UK, Europe and the US.
The duo repeatedly work with the biggest UK and international names in pop including Katy Perry
, Lady Gaga
, Timbaland
, Nicole Scherzinger
, La Roux
, Britney Spears
, The Veronicas
, The Saturdays, Keri Hilson, Esmee Denters and Toni Braxton
. 2010-11 remixes have included Chris Brown, Diana Vickers
, Example, Nelly Furtado
, Ed Drewett
, Katy Perry
(four times), Fenech-Soler
, Lady Gaga
and many more. Manhattan Clique are currently also in the studio working on tracks for their debut album which will be released in 2011.
Manhattan Clique have also worked with some of the biggest artists in Europe - namely French megastar Mylene Farmer
, whose duet with Moby 'Slipping Away' was Manhattan Clique's first Number One production, as well as Moby's first Number One single anywhere in the world, spending several weeks at the top of the French charts in 2006. They have also DJ'd across four continents.
Manhattan Clique are unrivalled in their work with pioneering electronic acts, including Human League, Soft Cell, The B-52's and Erasure
. They co-wrote and produced Erasure frontman Andy Bell's "Electric Blue" album, which also featured Jake Shears
(Scissor Sisters) and Claudia Brücken
(Propaganda). Larsen has additionally won a Grammy award for his production on Kylie Minogue's "Come Into My World", a track from her multi platinum album "Fever", and is also one half of über-kool trance outfit M-Box.
Selected Remixography
The duo repeatedly work with the biggest UK and international names in pop including Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
, Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
, Timbaland
Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....
, Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....
, La Roux
La Roux
La Roux are an English electropop duo made up of singer, keyboardist, co-writer and co-producer Eleanor Kate Jackson, and co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid. Jackson describes their relationship as "very much a half and half sharing situation... not like a singer producer outfit", but also...
, Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
, The Veronicas
The Veronicas
The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....
, The Saturdays, Keri Hilson, Esmee Denters and Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton
Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...
. 2010-11 remixes have included Chris Brown, Diana Vickers
Diana Vickers
Diana Vickers is an English singer-songwriter, stage actress and fashion designer who initially came to public attention as a semi-finalist on the fifth series of British talent show The X Factor in 2008...
, Example, Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
, Ed Drewett
Ed Drewett
Ed Drewett is a singer-songwriter signed to EMI Virgin Records. Drewett first came to public attention in 2007 on the BBC television show Any Dream Will Do but he did not make the final 12 chosen for the live shows. He is best-known, however, for the single "I Need You Tonight" produced by The...
, Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
(four times), Fenech-Soler
Fenech-Soler
Fenech-Soler are a British electropop band from Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire that formed in 2006. It consists of four members: Ross Duffy, Ben Duffy, Daniel Soler and Andrew Lindsay. The name Fenech-Soler is taken from Daniel Soler's full surname, which is Maltese...
, Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
and many more. Manhattan Clique are currently also in the studio working on tracks for their debut album which will be released in 2011.
Manhattan Clique have also worked with some of the biggest artists in Europe - namely French megastar Mylene Farmer
Mylène Farmer
Mylène Farmer, , born Marie-Hélène Jeanne Gautier, , , is a French singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author....
, whose duet with Moby 'Slipping Away' was Manhattan Clique's first Number One production, as well as Moby's first Number One single anywhere in the world, spending several weeks at the top of the French charts in 2006. They have also DJ'd across four continents.
Manhattan Clique are unrivalled in their work with pioneering electronic acts, including Human League, Soft Cell, The B-52's and Erasure
Erasure
Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That"...
. They co-wrote and produced Erasure frontman Andy Bell's "Electric Blue" album, which also featured Jake Shears
Jake Shears
Jake Shears is the lead male vocalist for the American music group Scissor Sisters.-Early life and education:...
(Scissor Sisters) and Claudia Brücken
Claudia Brücken
Claudia Brücken is a German singer who fronted the synthpop groups Propaganda and Act. Since 1996 she has been working with OMD member Paul Humphreys, first without a name, since 2004 as Onetwo...
(Propaganda). Larsen has additionally won a Grammy award for his production on Kylie Minogue's "Come Into My World", a track from her multi platinum album "Fever", and is also one half of über-kool trance outfit M-Box.
Selected Remixography
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"Ooh La La" - 2005 Angel Moraes "If Music Is Your Life"
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- 2005 Andy Bell "Crazy"
- 2005 Andy Bell "Electric Blue"
- 2005 The B-52's "Private Idaho"
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- 2006 Matinée Club "Discothèque Français"
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"Cubicle" - 2006 Matinée Club "Tokyo Girls"
- 2006 Lorraine "Transatlantic Flight"
- 2006 Onetwo "Home"
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- 2007 Moby "In My Heart"
- 2007 Myriam Abel "Qui Je Suis"
- 2007 I Am Finn "Hard"
- 2007 The Grid "Put Your Hands Together"
- 2007 S-Express "Stupid Girls"
- 2007 B-52's "Devil In My Car"
- 2007 Soft Cell "Bedsitter"
- 2007 Soft Cell "Surrender"
- 2008 Mylène Farmer "Dégénération"
- 2008 Mylène Farmer "Appelle mon numéroAppelle mon numéro"Appelle mon numéro" is a 2008 song recorded by French singer Mylène Farmer. Released on 3 November 2008, it was the second single from her seventh studio album, Point de Suture. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was more aired on radio and television than Farmer's previous...
" - 2008 Goldfrapp "Ride A White Horse"
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"Hot n Cold" - 2008 Iglu & Hartly "In This City"
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"Oh My God" - 2008 Erasure "Always 2009"
- 2009 The Veronicas "Untouched"
- 2009 Katy Perry "Waking Up In Vegas"
- 2009 Britney SpearsBritney SpearsBritney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
"Radar" - 2009 Lady GagaLady GaGaStefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
"Boys Boys Boys" - 2009 La RouxLa RouxLa Roux are an English electropop duo made up of singer, keyboardist, co-writer and co-producer Eleanor Kate Jackson, and co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid. Jackson describes their relationship as "very much a half and half sharing situation... not like a singer producer outfit", but also...
"Bulletproof" - 2009 Lily Allen "Fuck YouFuck You (Lily Allen song)"Fuck You" is a song by English singer Lily Allen from her second album It's Not Me, It's You...
" - 2009 Skint & Demoralised "Red Lipstick"
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"I Like" - 2009 Esmee DentersEsmée DentersEsmée Denters is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She was a regular cover-artist on video-sharing website YouTube on which she covered songs by contemporary musicians like Justin Timberlake and Natasha Bedingfield....
"Admit It" - 2009 TimbalandTimbalandTimothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....
feat. SoShy and Nelly FurtadoNelly FurtadoNelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
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" - 2009 Chris Brown "Transform Ya"
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"White Feathers" - 2010 Alphabeat "Hole In My Heart"
- 2010 Toni BraxtonToni BraxtonToni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...
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" - 2010 Chris Brown "CrawlCrawl (Chris Brown song)"Crawl" is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown. It is the second single from his third studio album Graffiti, released as a digital download on November 24, 2009. The song was produced by The Messengers and was written by Nasri Atweh, Adam Messinger, Luke Boyd, and Brown...
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- 2011 Lady GaGa "Born This WayBorn This WayBorn This Way is the second studio album by American recording artist Lady Gaga that was released on May 23, 2011, by Interscope Records. The album is a follow-up to her internationally-successful albums The Fame and The Fame Monster...
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