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Desire (band)

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Years active
  
2009–present

Genres
  
Synthpop, Italo disco

Origin
  
Montreal, Canada (2009)

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Members
  
Johnny Jewel, Nat Walker, Megan Louise

Albums
  
Dance With Me, Sumpitan Senja, − + x ÷

Record labels
  
Italians Do It Better, Troubleman Unlimited Records

Similar
  
Chromatics, Glass Candy, WZRD, Quincy Brown, Electric Youth

Desire is an electronic music band from Montreal and Portland, Oregon. Their debut album, II, was released in June 2009 on the Italians Do It Better label. The band is made up of vocalist Megan Louise, producer Johnny Jewel (also a member of the IDIB bands Chromatics and Glass Candy) and Nat Walker (also a member of Chromatics) on synthesizer and drums. Jewel and Walker also have an instrumental project called Symmetry. Their lyrics are in French and English.

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British music magazine Fact listed II as the fourteenth best album of 2009. Their song "Under Your Spell" appeared in the soundtrack for two 2011 films: Drive and Oslo, August 31st.

Desire (band) Desire band IN VOGUE

In 2009 their song "Under Your Spell" was featured in the 2010 S/S Max Mara fashion show. The song was also featured in the Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2012.

Desire (band) Classified Band Dream and Desire YouTube

Kid Cudi sampled "Under Your Spell" for the 2012 song "Teleport 2 Me, Jamie", released as the first single from the self-titled debut album of his WZRD rock project.

Discography

Studio albums
  • II (2009)
  • Singles
  • "If I Can't Hold You Tonight" (2009)

  • Desire (band) Desire Band Profile and Upcoming New York City Concerts Oh My

    Songs

    Under Your SpellDrive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2011
    Bias CintaBest Of Desire · 2001
    Don't CallDesire · 2009

    References

    Desire (band) Wikipedia