Videos : Django Django : Hand Of Man
Videos : Django Django : Hand Of Man
Who Is Django Django?
Django Django are a Scottish rock group based in London. The quartet of David Maclean (drummer and producer), Vincent Neff (singer and guitarist), Jimmy Dixon (bassist) and Tommy Grace (synth operator) met at Edinburgh College of Art, and formed Django Django in 2009. David Maclean is the brother of John Maclean, formerly of cult Scottish group The Beta Band.
"Our name has absolutely nothing to do with Django Reinhardt", wrote the band (nicknamed djangovideo for their own account at YouTube) beneath the video post for their track 'WOR'.
Because Music released the band's self-titled debut album on 30 January 2012. The album featured already released singles "Waveforms" and "Default".The debut album reached number 33 on the UK album charts in the first week of release and was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize.
Hand Of Man Review
British art-poppers Django Django cover a lot of ground, from the angular New Wave dance of "Hail Bop" to the buzzing surf thrum of "Life's a Beach," but no matter what they set their minds to, the end result is consistently enthralling. The same could be said for their music videos, which seem to morph in both medium and style depending on the song's direction.
"Hand of Man" is another highlight from the quartet's 2012 debut, Django Django, but it's a mellow slice of lightly psych'd folk. Fittingly, the clip is black and white, and begins with David Maclean strumming an acoustic guitar on a couch at a very '70s-style warehouse party. His brother and former Beta Band member John Maclean directs, and soon transports us to a surreal picnic. After, of course, David literally melts into the furniture.
Shot on Super 8, the film is meant to be about the "end of great things," John told Nowness. "It was the last day in our friend’s building, which will inevitably be knocked down to make way for more dodgy flats with tiny triangle balconies." Regarding the song itself, David explained, "It’s a little ditty about the idea of going back in time to the beginning of mankind and taking the hand of humanity to guide us forward ... to the present day, avoiding the slip-ups we've made along the way." Which can be the only explanation for the fact that he's still able to give interviews after melting into that table like a candle in a sauna.
The Guardian gave the album 5 stars out of 5 whilst NME rated the album 8 out 10. Tuppence Magazine gave the album 4.5 out of 5, describing it as "a new modern classic" referencing the innovative use of African sounds and musical fusion.
Rolling Stone voted the album at #26 in its 50 Best Albums of 2012.
NME voted the album at #10 in its 50 Best Albums of 2012.
Blitz (newspaper), a Portuguese music magazine voted the album at #1 in its "Best 2012 Albums" edition.
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