Duke Pandemonium
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| Studio album by Marmaduke Duke | ||||
| Released | 11 May 2009 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, dance-pop, funk | |||
| Label | 14th Floor | |||
| Producer | J.P. Reid, Simon Neil | |||
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Duke Pandemonium is the second studio album by Scottish conceptual rock duo Marmaduke Duke, released on 11 May 2009 on 14th Floor Records. Band member JP Reid describes the album as "superfunky, supertight, superunique."
According to Simon Neil, the album is "a lot more cohesive" than its predecessor The Magnificent Duke. He states that the band recorded a "dance record": "I suppose it's in that kind of TV On The Radio vibe, you know, lots of grooves and beats – I'm playing keyboard live on here, I don’t really play any guitars in this band which really helps to keep me out of that usual comfort zone."
The album entered the UK Albums Chart at #14, and includes the singles: "Kid Gloves", "Rubber Lover" and "Silhouettes".
Duke Pandemonium, the second instalment of Marmaduke Duke's planned trilogy of albums, was recorded soon after The Magnificent Duke. Many of the songs were performed at gigs as early as 2005, and the tracks "Everybody Dance" and "Music Show" were featured on a promo CD distributed in 2006. JP Reid states that the recording began "the day after I finished making Sucioperro's debut album, Random Acts of Intimacy. I spent two weeks in Wales then went straight into the studio and started on Duke Pandemonium."
Initially, the album was to be released during the summer of 2006, on the now defunct label, Captains Of Industry. The album was eventually released on 14th Floor Records in 2009. Simon Neil states:
unfortunately Captains Of Industry had gone under when we had made this record, and the guys at 14th Floor heard it and really loved it, and so we kind of gave them a finished piece. It's a weird one for them, in many ways – it's not normally the kind of thing they'd release, I think, but they really loved it from the off.
The delay in the album's release was also partly due to the emergent success of Biffy Clyro, bringing with it the associated increase in touring, promotion and gigs.
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