Django Django Tells Two Truths and a Lie
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# Django Django Tells Two Truths and a Lie
You might have heard about a little band called Django Django. The
quartet's first album was nominated for a Mercury Prize and charted in
the UK, and its sophomore LP appeared on, like, every year-end list from
2014. The band's forthcoming record, *Born Under Saturn*, is due out May
4 and will be followed by a tour of the UK. They're capping it off with
a single stop in continental Europe: the [Electronic Beats Festival in
Cologne][1]. So if you want to see them outside the UK, this is your one
and only chance for the foreseeable future.
Our competition for free tickets is over and we're reaching out to the
winners, but you still have a *chance to grab a bunch of signed vinyl by
Young Fathers, Warpaint, Archive and Von Spar* by telling us which of
these three stories is not true on our Facebook post.
Django Django's Two Truths and a Lie
## Story 1: During recording of *Born Under Saturn* we contacted a ghost called Jef who played a piano.
While we were drunk in the studio recording our upcoming album, we lit
some candles and whipped out a ouija board, which we used to contact a
spirit. Just at that moment, the old piano in the back of the room
started playing on it's own. We fled the studio in terror, screaming,
"This changes everything!" Only later did we discover the piano had been
retrofitted by the studio technician who programmed it to play during
our "seance." Apparently he'd done it before to Ozzy Osbourne.
## Story 2: We're named after Django Reinhardt's guitar teacher.
Journalists often ask us how we chose a name for our band. Constantly
responding to the question got old, so we started making up all sorts of
stories just to entertain ourselves. The truth is that we named our band
after the guy who taught Django Reinhardt to play guitar. His stammer
caused him to repeat Django's first name.
## Story 3:Chris Isaak invited us to build an extension on his condo.
We started talking to Chris Isaak after filming for a French TV show we
both appeared on. He's brilliant, a proper star and really down to
earth. He told us about losing both his cool and his favorite watch in
the mosh pit at Clash's first gig in LA. Anyway, when he found out that
our guitarist Vinny is an architect he immediately asked whether he'd be
available for work on his condo.
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> Who wants some signed vinyl? We're giving away copies of Warpaint,
> Young Fathers and more in our Django Django trivia...
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<p>You might have heard about a little band called Django Django. The quartet’s first album was nominated for a Mercury Prize and charted in the UK, and its sophomore LP appeared on, like, every year-end list from 2014. The band’s forthcoming record, <em>Born Under Saturn</em>, is due out May 4 and will be followed by a tour of the UK. They’re capping it off with a single stop in continental Europe: the <a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/event/cologne-2015/">Electronic Beats Festival in Cologne</a>. So if you want to see them outside the UK, this is your one and only chance for the foreseeable future.</p><p>Our competition for free tickets is over and we’re reaching out to the winners, but you still have a <em>chance to grab a bunch of signed vinyl by Young Fathers, Warpaint, Archive and Von Spar</em> by telling us which of these three stories is not true on our Facebook post.<br>
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Django Django’s Two Truths and a Lie</strong></p><h2>Story 1: During recording of <em>Born Under Saturn</em> we contacted a ghost called Jef who played a piano.</h2><p>While we were drunk in the studio recording our upcoming album, we lit some candles and whipped out a ouija board, which we used to contact a spirit. Just at that moment, the old piano in the back of the room started playing on it’s own. We fled the studio in terror, screaming, “This changes everything!” Only later did we discover the piano had been retrofitted by the studio technician who programmed it to play during our “seance.” Apparently he’d done it before to Ozzy Osbourne.</p><h2>Story 2: We’re named after Django Reinhardt’s guitar teacher.</h2><p>Journalists often ask us how we chose a name for our band. Constantly responding to the question got old, so we started making up all sorts of stories just to entertain ourselves. The truth is that we named our band after the guy who taught Django Reinhardt to play guitar. His stammer caused him to repeat Django’s first name.</p><h2>Story 3:Chris Isaak invited us to build an extension on his condo.</h2><p>We started talking to Chris Isaak after filming for a French TV show we both appeared on. He’s brilliant, a proper star and really down to earth. He told us about losing both his cool and his favorite watch in the mosh pit at Clash’s first gig in LA. Anyway, when he found out that our guitarist Vinny is an architect he immediately asked whether he’d be available for work on his condo.</p><p><a href="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/196295430" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SoundCloud Track (196295430)</a></p><p>Enter the competition by commenting here:</p><p>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));</p><div class="fb-post">
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<p>Who wants some signed vinyl? We're giving away copies of Warpaint, Young Fathers and more in our Django Django trivia…</p>
<p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicBeats">Electronic Beats</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicBeats/photos/a.76557984535.72731.8657329535/10153173398984536/?type=1">Friday, April 24, 2015</a></p>
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# Django Django Tells Two Truths and a Lie You might have heard about a little band called Django Django. The quartet's first album was nominated for a Mercury Prize and charted in the UK, and its sophomore LP appeared on, like, every year-end list from 2014. The band's forthcoming record, *Born...
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Our competition for free tickets is over and we're reaching out to the winners, but you still have a *chance to grab a bunch of signed vinyl by Young Fathers, Warpaint, Archive and Von Spar* by telling us which of these three stories is not true on our Facebook post. Django Django's Two Truths an...
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Just at that moment, the old piano in the back of the room started playing on it's own. We fled the studio in terror, screaming, "This changes everything!" Only later did we discover the piano had been retrofitted by the studio technician who programmed it to play during our "seance." Apparently ...
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The truth is that we named our band after the guy who taught Django Reinhardt to play guitar. His stammer caused him to repeat Django's first name. ## Story 3:Chris Isaak invited us to build an extension on his condo. We started talking to Chris Isaak after filming for a French TV show we both a...
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