Dawn Of The Replicants

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Dawn of the Replicants are a Scottish indie rock quintet from Galashiels.[1] Four of the 1997 line-up (Pringle, Vickers, Simian and Small) had previously worked together on the short-lived Scottish music magazine, Sun Zoom Spark. Initially a duo (Vickers and Simian), the band released a mail-order EP, entitled So Far So Spitfire in December 1996.[1] John Peel and Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 1 DJs gave the EP substantial airplay.[1] The band was expanded to a quintet and a second self-released single followed in the summer of 1997. They signed for East West Records, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Records. Before the close of the year, a few more EPs followed, accolades from the NME, and The Times newspaper declared them the 'best new band of 1997'.[2] The 1998 single "Candlefire", taken from the debut album reached number 52 in the UK Singles Chart.[3] The follow-up, "Hogwash Farm"(lead track of The Diesel Hands EP), peaked at number 65.[3] That summer the band played both the Glastonbury and Reading Festivals. Before his death, John Peel aired five sessions, four as Dawn of the Replicants plus a one-off session which Vickers and Simian recorded as side project, Pluto Monkey. The band's single "Science Fiction Freak", taken from the second Replicants' album, made John Peel's 'Festive 50' in 1999. The album sold less well than its predecessor and Warner Bros. dropped the band. In 2000, Vickers and Simian released an album and two singles through Shifty Disco of electronica, un

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SXSW 2005 Showcasing Artist

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NME Clean Sweep - Live At The London Astoria '98

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Candlefire

Bun Magic

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John Peel Festive Fifty 1999

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