spooky

Spooky is a British house/techno duo consisting of Duncan Forbes and Charlie May. They debuted with Gargantuan after signing to Guerilla Records. The album was critically acclaimed,^{[citation needed]} as was the follow-up, Found Sound^{[citation needed]} (1996). This was followed by several popular^{[citation needed]} singles, released on Spooky's own Generic Records and toured across Europe.

In 1999, Charlie May collaborated with Sasha on his Xpander EP, and in 2002 he co-produced some tracks on Sasha's Airdrawndagger album. The same year saw the release of Belong, the first Spooky single on Deviant Records, which Sasha later used on his mix album Involver. A white label single, Andromeda was released in 2003. ^{[citation needed]}

A single entitled Strange Addiction was given a limited release in 2005 on Spooky's new self-owned label, spooky.uk.com. "Strange Addiction" featured in a trailer for the critically acclaimed The Great Global Warming Swindle which broadcast on British analogue Channel Channel 4 in March.^{[citation needed]} This was followed in September 2006 with the release of No Return as a download and promotional CD. Spooky later announced^{[citation needed]} that they had bought back the rights to their entire back catalogue from the 5 record companies that previously owned their music, all having gone out of business.^{[citation needed]} They will be making all tracks available to purchase as downloads from their official site,^{[citation needed]} at the same time as re-releasing Gargantuan on CD in December 2006.

Discography

Albums

• Gargantuan (1993)
• Found Sound (1996)
• Open (2007)

Singles/EPs

• Don't Panic (1992)
• Land Of Oz (1992)
• Little Bullet (1992)
• Persuasion (with Billie Ray Martin) (1993)
• Schmoo (1993)
• Clank EP (1995)
• Stereo EP (1995)
• Bamboo (1996)
• Fingerbobs (1996)
• Shunt EP (1996)
• Belong (2002)
• Andromeda (2003)
• Strange Addiction (2005)
• No Return (2006)

External links

• Spooky at All Music Guide
• spooky.uk.com - official site
• Deviant Records
• Spooky's official MySpace space

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