Mount Kimbie

Mount Kimbie
Mount Kimbie at Electronic Beats Festival 2013, Podgorica, Montenegro
Background information
Genres	Post-dubstep, minimal, ambient
Instruments	Music sequencer, samplers, guitar, synthesizer, drum machine, personal computer
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Warp, Hotflush
Associated acts	James Blake, King Krule
Website	www.mountkimbie.com
Members	Kai Campos Dom Maker

Mount Kimbie is an English electronic music duo consisting of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos. They formed the group in London in 2008 and released their debut album Crooks & Lovers in 2010 to critical acclaim. The band released their second album, Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, in 2013 through Warp Records.

Kai Campos is originally from St. Austell in Cornwall, while Dom Maker is from Brighton. They met at Southbank University in London, where Campos was having another go at university and Maker was studying film. They started making music together at a home studio in Peckham.

Arguably responsible for the term "post-dubstep", the duo has released a series of EPs and their highly praised debut album Crooks & Lovers. The Guardian described the pair as "leading an exploratory breakaway from bass-heavy dubstep towards a lighter, hazier style of electronica rich with drowsy ambience and chopped-up found sounds."

The band's debut album, entitled Crooks and Lovers, was released on 19 June 2010 in the UK to critical acclaim, and achieved a 7.9 ADM Rating on review aggregator website AnyDecentMusic?.

At the end of 2010, Crooks & Lovers was included in over thirty 'Best of 2010' lists, including NME, Mixmag, DJ Magazine, Resident Advisor, Pitchfork Media, Drowned In Sound, Boomkat, FACT,Rough Trade and Phonica Records. NME listed them at number 22 in their 30 Artists For 2011.