Original Version / Crystal Castles Remix / French Edit

KITSUNE RECORDS

Delving into full on technohead mode for their latest single, Manchester duo The Whip are back with a storming slab of Daft Punk meets Royskopp dancefloor slaying madness with DIVEBOMB.

DIVEBOMB is an explosion of cold synth riffs and big beats, echoes of Daft Punk, Mylo and Royskopp ringing out loud and proud, this perhaps The Whip's most radio friendly and mass appeal moment to date.  Elsewhere, the CRYSTAL CASTLES REMIX gives the original a boosch-boosch-boosch beat Detroit techno makeover; just the right side of cheesy and with enough schizoid electro madness to make The Chemical Brothers green with envy.

A gleaming example of dancefloor slaying techno pop, DIVEBOMB finds The Whip on sparkling form.

BIOGRAPHY

"Those blokes muttering 'New Order' at the bar must somehow be aurally squinting at the electro kaleidescope of The Whip. They've missed the Numan, Klaxons, Rapture, Kraftwerk and Joy Division bits that make them the best thing to happen to dance music since James Murphy's delusions of time travel". NME live from Camden Crawl. 

"Divebomb is the greatest song Daft Punk never made" popjustice.com 

"completely committed to a dance floor agenda, rather than some hastily constructed bandwagon jump.." Guardian 

"The Whip have songs that are not only danceable but instantly memorable. The definative gig of Camden Crawl" xfm online 

"The most brilliant new band of 2007" Channel4.com 

"Sounds like watching Trainspotting with Justice, Simian Mobile Disco and Franz Ferdinand, and the ghost of Ian Curtis may appear!" NME 

..Cool metallic pop. Bunker-busting hooks.. NME feature 

..Brilliant.. Mixmag single of the month 

..Marvellously addictive, like Interpol taking up disco dancing.. NME live 

..A nugget. Early New Order meets Psychedelic Furs.. new wave cool... Mixmag 

..A brilliant slab of 1983 meets just-been-clubbing.. The Fly Ones To Watch 

..Driving stuff.. Big Issue 

..Exquisitely structured rhythms.. DIS 

..Glorious. Must have.. DJ 

..Dirty and vibrant.. DMC update 

LINE UP

Bruce Carter

Danny Saville

Lil' Fee

Nathan Sudders

DISCOGRAPHY

MUZZLE NO.1 (Southern Fried Records>2007)

Radio Edit

Original

Black Ghosts Remix

Black Ghosts Instrumental

DIVEBOMB (Kitsune Records>2007)

Original Version

Crystal Castles Remix

French Edit

LINKS

The Whip>www.thewhip.net

FURTHER LISTENING

Daft Punk

Mylo

The Chemical Brother