Simian (band)

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Simian are an English electro-rock band, best-known for their song "La Breeze", which was featured in the Peugeot 1007 commercial. The members are Simon William Lord, James Ellis Ford, Alex MacNaghten & James Anthony Shaw. Their second album "We Are Your Friends" was produced by the legendary Brian Eno. In 2000 the band made a cover-version of the Prince-song "Under the cherry moon" from the album Parade (1986). This song was released on the tribute album "If I Was Prince" by various artists in 2001.

The band split up in 2005 with James Ford and Shaw forming the splinter group Simian Mobile Disco. The new group is more dance oriented and are in demand as remixers and Djs. In 2006, "We Are Your Friends", a remix of their song "Never Be Alone" was released on a reactivated Virgin label called Ten Records. This single was credited to "Justice vs. Simian" and started life as a submission by the French electro outfit Justice in a remix competition. The video for the single controversially won the award for best video at the MTV Europe video Awards 2006, and fellow nominee Kanye West appeared on stage to complain at their victory, claiming that the prize should have gone to him.

[edit] Remix Trivia

The video for "We Are Your Friends" features people having being set up whilst in their drunken sleep at the end of a party. The first part of the video shows the people sleeping in the complex contraptions of objects that have been set up around them. The second part starts when they all wake up suddenly and the tower of household items collapses below them.