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The roots of this British chillout, downtempo duo can be traced back to 16 year olds Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker who calls it "a long conversation about music which has lasted ever since”.
According to their Facebook page, Sam has bragging rights, as he proved that he could listen to a whole Herbie Hancock album while smoking a bong without being sick. While Henry was a big fan of 80s soul music, particularly Teddy Pendergrass. The duo paid their dues working at RKA Studios in London serving food and drink to the artists, while developing their music production abilities (Facebook).
Their remix of Radiohead's Climbing Up The Walls put them on the map, a song which they had persuaded their friend and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich to allow them to work with. This led to support from Gilles Peterson of BBC Radio and since then have released albums that brought worldwide attention such as: Simple Things in 2001, When It Falls in 2004 and the Grammy nominated The Garden in 2007 (Facebook).
Their best known song "In The Waiting Line" has been featured in episodes of House and Sex & The City and in the film, Garden State (last.fm).
LINKS:
Clip from Garden State, where "In The Waiting Line" plays
(The song only) "In The Waiting Line"
"Destiny"
Great song from The Garden, "Waiting to Die"
REFERENCES:
"Zero 7." (n.d.) Facebook. Retrieved April 11, 2015 from: https://www.facebook.com/Zero7/info?tab=page_info
"Zero 7." last.fm Retrieved from: http://www.last.fm/music/Zero+7
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