Modestep is a London-based electronic and Dubstep rock group which was created back in 2010.
Brothers Josh and Tony Friend have separately been DJing ever since 2001. However, they made a decision to form Modestep with Josh’s flat mate Matthew Curtis and newer guitar player Nick Tsang. They began executing dubstep with soulful vocals however have ever since slowly included rock components in their songs, especially in “Time”, “Freedom” and “To The Stars”.
Modestep started work towards their very first recording during beginning of January 2011, with their come out single “Feel Good” released within the UK on February 6th of 2011. They also managed to achieve the BBC Radio 1 A Playlist through the weeks ahead of launch. The track was launched within a three-track EP, together with one more song named “Bite The Hand”.
On February 13, 2011, the single first showed at #38 on the United Kingdom Singles Chart, likewise getting to #6 on the dance releases chart and #5 on the independent releases chart.
The video for the brand-new edition of the track “Sunlight” premiered on YouTube July 3rd of 2011, surpassing 1,000,000 views in just 4 days. This track also made the Radio 1 A-list and debuting at #16 on the United Kingdom charts. “To The Stars” has additionally reached the Radio1 A-list and was launched on November 6th of 2011.
Their 4th track “Show Me A Sign” had its YouTube introduction on March 19th, 2012 and was formally launched on May 6th of 2010. These were additionally a supporting performance for Lost prophets Weapons tour in mid2012 and are received exceptionally well by spectators.
In July of 2012, the 5th track from “Evolution Theory”, named “Another Day”, was broadcast on BBC Radio 1Xtra. Modestep had formerly brandished this tune to begin their set when working alongside Lostprophets on their spring United Kingdom tour. Right before the track was broadcasted, Tony Friend disclosed during a discussion that Modestep expected to launch their very first record on the 3rd of September in 2012.
Following the record was forced back to January 14, 2013, it was shoved back once more to February 11 of 2013. Regardless, their debut album Evolution Theory was finally released on February 11, 2013, together with its 5 singles: “, “Sunlight”, “Feel Good”, “Show Me a Sign”, “To the Stars” and “Another Day (featuring Popeska)”.
Modestep has numerous musical varieties and tones because they’ve integrated electronic components including dubstep and drum & bass. Nonetheless they’ve also included hard-rock to their type, therefore providing them with a distinctive type. Josh Friend has furthermore included singing to their music.
They’ve been set next to groups including Pendulum and The Prodigy because of the musical style, however they’re able to play as well as other artists for example The Script, Skrillex, Ed Sheeran and Flux Pavilion. In an interview with Soundsphere Journal, the members described that “We’re all enormous ‘technology-head’ musicians.” It really is described how each person in the group affects their musical style with various genres of music also outlining their exceptional musical style was unintentional.
