Empire of the Sun (band)
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Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun performing at the Vivid Festival at Sydney Opera House in May 2013
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| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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| Website | empireofthesun |
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Empire of the Sun is an Australian electronic music duo from Sydney, formed in 2007. The band is a collaboration between Luke Steele of alternative rock act The Sleepy Jackson, and Nick Littlemore of electronic dance outfit Pnau. Their 2008 debut album Walking on a Dream brought the duo international success and has been certified double platinum in Australia and gold in the United Kingdom. The album provided a number of internationally charting singles including "Walking on a Dream" which peaked at number ten on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and reached number sixty four on the UK Singles Chart, and "We Are the People", which peaked at number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart.
The duo's second album Ice on the Dune was released in June 2013 preceded by lead single "Alive" on 16 April. The band are signed to EMI/Virgin. A live band, fronted by Steele, has performed internationally and is known for its flamboyant appearance and elaborate stage sets. The duo have won a number of Australian music awards.
Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore met in 2000 after being introduced by Steele's A&R executive, Simon Moor, in a bar in Sydney. Both were at the time signed to EMI and had already been working on different projects. Over the years that followed, the two collaborated on a number of occasions. Littlemore helped write the song "Tell the Girls That I'm Not Hangin' Out", which appeared on The Sleepy Jackson's 2003 debut album, Lovers, and Steele had some artistic input in Littlemore's 2006 art-rock project Teenager. After a falling out over the song on Lovers the co-operation ceased for a while, with Littlemore commenting "I’m a very intense person and I take things to heart".
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