Active from 2008 | Genre Dance/electronic | |
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Albums Milky Waves, D.I.L, Apollo, Romulus, Cabin Fever Record labels Shock Entertainment, Voltaire Twins, INDEPENDENT, OORAGNAK Records Similar The Brow, The Panda Band, Harlequin League, Abbe May, Ruby Boots Profiles | ||
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Voltaire Twins is an Australian new wave band from Perth, Western Australia, now based in Melbourne, consisting of lead vocalists/synthesiser players (and siblings) Jaymes and Tegan.
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The band performs live as a two-piece, with the twins playing synthesiser, guitar and singing.
The band was unearthed by national youth broadcaster Triple J in 2008, when they won the Triple J Unearthed Play At Parklife competition on the back of their song D.I.L. which received airplay on Triple J.
Their band’s second single Animalia gained, released in 2011, gained high rotation on Triple J, Fbi and RTRFM in Australia. It was released in the US in November 2011 debuted at #36 on the USA college radio charts.
They went on to high-profile support slots for Ladytron, Maximo Park, Art vs. Science, Midnight Juggernauts and Lost Valentinos and festival slots at Parklife Festival, St Jerome's Laneway Festival, One Movement For Music, Summadayze, Good Vibrations Festival and Groovin' the Moo.
In March 2012, they performed at SXSW in Austin, TX
In 2014 the band moved to Melbourne to write and release their debut album. The first single, Long Weekend, was released in February 2015, quickly followed by national airplay on Triple J, a remix by Luke Million and a national tour. The band followed this with another single, Goodnight, Spirit, and announced their debut album Milky Waves would be released in August 2015.
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Long WeekendMilky Waves · 2015
Goodnight - SpiritMilky Waves · 2015
Modern GoreMilky Waves · 2015