Runaway

Biography

What do you get when you mix a classically trained, post-punk, disco-head; a Latin freestyle, Chicago house freak turned minimal-techno auteur; and thousands of records? You get Brooklyns anything but inbred child: RUNAWAY. The duo have been informing each others tastes since meeting at the Sonic Groove record store in early 2000, but Jacques Renault and Marcos Cabral didnt start producing their sound together until 2006. Due to the dirty disco edit release "Shadows" backed with "Aint Afraid to Beg" on Wurst Edits that gained them coveted spots on the Glimmers Eskimo V Mix and the Lindstrom and Prins Thomas Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1, RUNAWAY has set a noticeable pace amongst NYCs finest. Collaborating on upcoming original work with the likes of James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), and Brennan Green (Chinatown), RUNAWAY is also exporting their New York style abroad. Their releases on Cosmo Vitellis Im A Cliché imprint started the trend and with the dual label release of "Brooklyn Club Jam" linking New York dons DFA with Berlin/London lords Rekids. The release of the track was complete with remixes from a slew of dance musics currently most celebrated producers including L.S.B., Brennan Green, Toby Tobias, Tedd Patterson, and AME. Following the dance floor response to their debut tour that took them through Paris, Dublin, Berlin, Dresden and Istanbul last year, RUNAWAY is continuing to tour throughout the world with more and more international dates in 2009. Look our for upcoming releases on Wurst, DFA, Rekids, Im A Cliché and new remixes for Permanent Vacation, Mantra Vibes, Play Out! and Solardisco. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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