Lemon Jelly

For other uses, see Lemon Jelly (disambiguation). into a widely released album in 2000, Lemonjelly.ky.[2][3]
After the release of the album, Lemon Jelly licensed
Lemon Jelly is a British electronic music duo from songs for advertising and incidental music.[5] Music from
London, formed in 1998. Since their inception, the In the Bath, “A Tune for Jack”, was featured in an episode
band’s line-up has included Fred Deakin and Nick Fran- of CSI: Miami,[6] and “The Staunton Lick”, from The Yel-
glen. Lemon Jelly has been nominated for the Mercury low, was used during the final scene of the British sitcom
Music Prize and BRIT Awards. Spaced.[7]
Deakin and Franglen briefly met in North London as
teenagers and became friends before going their separate
ways. Deakin became a DJ and co-founded his very own 1.2 Lost Horizons (2002–04)
Airside studios and Franglen became a studio program-
mer, before the two became reacquainted in 1998. Their second album (and self-proclaimed first studio al-
bum), Lost Horizons, was released in 2002, and was an-
Lemon Jelly released three critically acclaimed EPs in other success. The album featured the singles “Space
1998, 1999, and 2000, which secured them a record deal Walk” and “Nice Weather For Ducks” and was nominated
with XL Recordings in 2000. The band subsequently re- for the 2003 Mercury Music Prize[8] and a BRIT Award
leased three full-length albums before going on hiatus in for the now defunct “Best Dance Act” category in 2004.[9]
2008.
A number of their tracks have been used by the BBC and
other British broadcasters for trailers and incidental mu-
sic, including “Nice Weather for Ducks”, featuring an im-
1 History personation of John Langstaff, and "Ramblin' Man".
In September 2007, “Space Walk” was used in an Amer-
1.1 Origins (1998–2001) ican advertisement, “Through the Eyes of a Cat”, for
Friskies cat food.
Deakin and Franglen grew up with the same group of Also in September 2007 “Experiment No. 6” was used
friends, although the two were not truly acquainted with for a BBC trailer for a catch-up marathon of the hit TV
one another.[2] The two eventually became friends but show Heroes. More recently, the track “Space Walk” was
went their separate ways not long after.[3] Deakin moved used in the United States for a 2009 Cadillac television
to Edinburgh for 10 years and became a DJ and co- campaign.
founder of Airside, a graphic arts company.[2][3] Fran- “The Curse of Ka'Zar” was used in Turner Classic
glen gave up his job as a landscape gardener to become Movies' 31 Days of Oscar advertisements, played in a
a studio programmer, who eventually would work with montage (occasionally aired with alternative music by
Primal Scream, Björk, and Pulp.[3][4] The two periodi- Imogen Heap) used for filler and in information about the
cally bumped into each other at 23 Skidoo concerts.[2] film about to air prior to its actual airing.
They once again formed a friendship, and bonded over a
mutual appreciation for rock music – Deakin cites XTC In 2003, the BBC announced that Lemon Jelly would be
and A Certain Ratio as personal favourites – and eventu-contributing to a remix album based on the music and
ally dance music.[2] sound effects of the television program Doctor Who as
part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the series.[10]
The two began recording under the name “Lemon Jelly”, This project was abandoned, however, owing partly to the
which according to Deakin comes from an incident when announcement of the 2005 revival of the series.[11]
Franglen came into Deakin’s kitchen and said “It smells
like Lemon Jelly in here.”[2]
From 1998 to 2000, Franglen and Deakin released three 1.3 '64–'95 (2005–07)
limited-circulation EPs, The Bath (1998), The Yellow
(1999), and The Midnight (2000), on their own label, Im- Their most recent album, 2005’s '64–'95, featured a
potent Fury.[3] The EPs were a critical success,[5] and led sticker to warn listeners that “This is our new album. It’s
to the duo being signed to XL Recordings.[3] Franglen not like our old album.” The title comes from the fact that
and Deakin then collected their three limited-edition EPs each track features samples drawn from a single year be-

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2 4 DISCOGRAPHY
tween 1964 and 1995. It contains a track (Track 10 – "'64
– Go”) featuring a vocal performance by William Shat-
ner, with whom they collaborated for a track on his album
Has Been. The album was complemented by the release
of a DVD under the same title, with each of the album’s
audio tracks accompanied with colourful visuals executed
mostly in 2D and 3D animation. Some of these visuals are
progressive and would work as stand-alone music videos,
while others are more repetitious, ever-changing varia-
tions of a given visual theme. The audio on the DVD is
available as both standard stereo as well as 5.1 surround
sound (5.1 audio mixed by Franglen and Dom Morley).
The visuals were created by the Airside design studios.
Telstraclear later sampled "'93 (Don't Stop Now)" in their
'Hello World' campaign of 2006.
In late 2005, Franglen did remixes of Coldcut's “Man in
a Garage”, and of the original The Sims 2 and its ex-
pansion pack The Sims 2: University Buy/Build Mode
Soundtracks for another expansion pack for The Sims
2; The Sims 2 Nightlife. In 2006 Franglen produced
Badly Drawn Boy's studio album Born in the U.K. and in
2007 Deakin released an eclectic three-volume mix al-
bum “The Triptych”.
1.4 On hiatus (2008–present)
The duo announced Lemon Jelly would be taking a hiatus
as of 2008. Deakin released the news on their forum, also
stating that whilst there was a possibility the two would
work together again, they would be pursuing solo careers
for the time being. Franglen stated on the forum that the
two are still good friends and plan to work together again
in the future. Up to mid-July 2015 their website stated
that they were “Not dead, but sleeping”[12] but the do-
main name was purchased by an independent web devel-
oper who revived the website with a memoir of all the
albums and EPs the duo released, with a message stating
that Deakin or Franglen could contact him to reclaim the
domain.[13]
In 2011 Deakin formed a collaboration with Robin Jones
of The Beta Band, called Flashman, and released their 4.1
debut album To The Victor – The Spoils!.
2 Style
2.1 Live performances
In 2003, Lemon Jelly performed a number of concerts
around the UK and Ireland. Instead of having a sup- 4.3 Singles
port act, Franglen and Deakin organised a giant game
of Bingo, presided over by Death and played by mem- Notes
bers of the audience.[14] Entrance to one of their shows
was by wearing a limited edition red or yellow coloured • A ^ Lemonjelly.ky is a compilation of the band’s first
T-shirt which was sent to you in the post, instead of a
physical ticket. In other shows, support was provided
by Don Partridge – a traditional one man band – whilst
“Jelly Helpers” distributed sweets to the crowd. They
also played a Saturday Morning gig named “Jelly Tots”
as a charitable event for children. In between sets, classic
British children’s cartoons were played over a projection
screen, and the event featured bouncy castles, clowns and
hundreds of balloons.
In July 2004, Lemon Jelly played at Somerset House.[15]
They have performed headlining sets at Glastonbury Fes-
tival, V Festival, Reading Festival and The Big Chill
amongst others.
3 Visual arts
Many of the band’s releases and videos are designed by
Deakin’s Airside studios.
3.1 Music videos
The album '64–'95 was released simultaneously as a DVD
featuring animated videos for each track.
3.2 Album artwork
Their packaging is designed by Deakin’s Airside studios.
The bright colours and graphic elements, together with
the Lemon Jelly typeface, contribute to the Lemon Jelly
“brand”. Their first three EPs were released on 10” vinyl
in hand-screenprinted sleeves and now trade on eBay for
large sums of money. Other interesting sleeves included
Soft/Rock, an unofficial release pressed on pale blue 7”
vinyl in a denim sleeve that also contained a condom,[16]
and Rolled/Oats, another unofficial release pressed as a
gold picture disc in a hessian bag.[17]
4 Discography
Albums
4.2 EPs
• The Bath EP (1998)
• The Yellow EP (1999)
• The Midnight EP (2000)
three EPs. For completeness, it is listed under “al-
bums”.
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• B ^ Soft/Rock and Rolled/Oats were not released [19] “Release group: Lemonjelly.ky – MusicBrainz”.
under the Lemon Jelly name, but the musical style Musicbrainz. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
and distinctive cover artwork style made it apparent
[20] “Lemon Jelly – Lemonjelly.ky (Vinyl, LP, Album)".
as to the source of the release.[16][17] “Soft” was later Discogs. Portland, Oregon, USA: Zink Media, Inc. Re-
released as a Lemon Jelly B-Side.[26] trieved 2010-08-18.

[21] “Certified Awards Search: Lemon Jelly”. British Phono-

graphic Industry. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
5 References
[22] “Release group: Lost Horizons – MusicBrainz”.
[1] “allmusic ((( Lemon Jelly > Overview )))". Allmusic. Re- Musicbrainz. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
trieved 2010-08-15.
[23] “Lemon Jelly – Lost Horizons (Vinyl, LP, Album)".
[2] “Lemon Jelly Interview”. Barcodec. Retrieved 2010-08- Discogs. Portland, Oregon, USA: Zink Media, Inc. Re-
18. trieved 2010-08-18.

[3] “LEMON JELLY Lost Horizon”. The Milk Factory. Re- [24] “Release group: '64 – '95 – MusicBrainz”. Musicbrainz.
trieved 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2010-08-18.

[4] “allmusic ((( Lemon Jelly > Charts & Awards > Billboard
Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
[5] Silverman, David (20 November 2002). “BBC – Music –
Review of Lemon Jelly – Lost Horizons”. BBC. Retrieved
2010-08-21.
[6] Röyksopp (2004). CSI Miami: The Soundtrack (CD back
cover). Hip-O Records.
[25] “Lemon Jelly – '64–'95 (Vinyl)". Discogs. Portland, Ore-
gon, United States: Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-08-
18.
[26] “Lemon Jelly – Nice Weather for Ducks! (Vinyl)".
Discogs. Portland, Oregon, United States: Zink Media,
Inc. Retrieved 2010-08-18.

[7] Patrick, Seb (17 May 2009). “Spaced : The Top Ten
6 External links
Scenes”. Noisetosignal.com. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
• www.lemonjelly.ky: Formerly the band’s official
[8] Dixon, Matthew. “UKMIX – Articles – Mercury Music website, now taken over as a fan website
Prize 2003”. UK Mix. Retrieved 2010-08-19.

[9] “The Vaults : The Brit Awards 2010”. British Phono-

graphic Industry. Retrieved 2010-08-14.

[10] “Resistance is Futile”. Doctor Who – News. BBC. 23 Oc-

tober 2003. Retrieved 2008-08-19.

[11] “Resistance Is Futile: Doctor Who Remixed”. Discogs.

Retrieved 2008-08-19.

[12] “Lemon Jelly”. Lemon Jelly. Archived from the original

on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2013-10-08.

[13] beardedcoder. “Lemon Jelly”. Archived from the original

on 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2016-02-03.

[14] Petridis, Alexis (8 March 2003). “Lemon Jelly, Forum,

London”. The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-08-14.

[15] Clark, Martin (22 July 2004). “Lemon Jelly – Somerset

House”. The Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2013.

[16] “Lemon Jelly – Soft / Rock (Vinyl)". Discogs. Portland,

Oregon, United States: Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-
08-18.

[17] “Lemon Jelly – Rolled / Oats (Vinyl)". Discogs. Portland,

Oregon, United States: Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-
08-18.

[18] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th
ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 317.
ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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