{{Short description|Scottish electronic music duo}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Conquering Animal Sound | image = | caption = Photo by Greig Jackson. | Img size = | landscape = Yes | alias = | origin = Glasgow, Scotland | instrument = | genre = Electronic | occupation = | years_active = 2008–present | label = Chemikal Underground Gizeh Records Gerry Loves Records | website = http://www.conqueringanimalsound.co.uk | current_members = Anneke Kampman<br/>James Scott }}
'''Conquering Animal Sound''' is a Glasgow-based electronic duo consisting of Anneke Kampman (vocals/music) and James Scott (music). The band's debut album ''Kammerspiel'' was released in February 2011 on Gizeh Records, and their sophomore "On Floating Bodies" on Chemikal Underground in March 2013.
== Early history (2008–2010) == Kampman and Scott met at university in Edinburgh, and began collaborating in 2008.<ref>[http://radar.scotsman.com/viewartist.aspx?id=50 Radar Music Blog : Conquering Animal Sound<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606210636/http://radar.scotsman.com/viewartist.aspx?id=50 |date=6 June 2014 }}</ref> Taking their name from an article about the Conquering Lion sound-system group, they released a free mixtape titled "Your Friends, Conquering Animal Sound"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.last.fm/music/Conquering+Animal+Sound/Your+Friends:+The+Mixtape|title=Your Friends: The Mixtape — Conquering Animal Sound|website=Last.fm}}</ref> on download and cassette, and began gigging around Scotland. In 2010 they were approached by new label Gerry Loves Records, and released their debut single "Giant" on 7" and download.
== ''Kammerspiel'' (2011) == Gizeh Records released their debut album ''Kammerspiel'', which ''The Skinny'' called "a remarkable unveiling ... the organic and the electronic coexisting beautifully". The Line of Best Fit heralded it "one of the most accomplished debuts 2011 will see",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/conquering-animal-sound-kammerspiel-45017|title=Conquering Animal Sound – Kammerspiel|website=Thelineofbestfit.com}}</ref> and Drowned In Sound praised Kammerspiel's depth, as it "simultaneously managed to capture on record the full depth of their creativity and imagination, as well as the inherent beauty of their sound".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15944/reviews/4141953|title=Album Review: Conquering Animal Sound - Kammerspiel|website=DrownedInSound.com|access-date=4 June 2014|archive-date=7 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607002836/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15944/reviews/4141953|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The album was recorded and mixed entirely by the band in Kampman's flat, and she discussed this lo-fi approach, which informed the album's title, in an article with the Skinny.<blockquote> I had the word Kammerspiel in mind for a long time. I saw that there was a comparison to be drawn between the way those Kammerspielfilm films were made and what occurred within them, and Conquering Animal Sound's approach to music making. I imagine a lot of different facial expressions within our songs, similar to the way narrative was conveyed in Kammerspiel films. I think there’s an intimacy to our music, which is probably a consequence of the fact that it has been made by two people together in one space.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/conquering-animal-sound-command-and-conquer|title=Conquering Animal Sound: Command and Conquer | The Skinny|website=Theskinny.co.uk}}</ref></blockquote>
''Kammerspiel'' was shortlisted for the inaugural Scottish Album of the Year Award,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/41544-scottish-album-of-the-year-award-2012-long-list-announced/|title=Scottish Album of the Year Award 2012 long list announced|date=12 April 2012|website=List.co.uk}}</ref> ultimately losing out to Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat's ''Everything's Getting Older''.
== On Floating Bodies (2013) == The success of Kammerspiel interested Glasgow's Chemikal Underground label, and the band went into the label's Chem 19 studios to mix their second album "On Floating Bodies" with Paul Savage. The album was preceded by the single "The Future Does Not Require", and was released on the Chemikal Underground label in March 2013. The List (magazine) praised the album's "daring and gloriously rich palette",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/48880-conquering-animal-sound-on-floating-bodies/|title=Conquering Animal Sound - On Floating Bodies|date=13 February 2013|website=List.co.uk}}</ref> and included it in their Top Ten Albums of 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/57348-top-10-albums-of-2013/|title=Top 10 albums of 2013|date=20 December 2013|website=List.co.uk}}</ref> The album takes its title from Archimedes’ treatise on hydrostatics,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shop.chemikal.co.uk/acatalog/CHEM192.html|title="On Floating Bodies" by Conquering Animal Sound|website=Shop.chemikal.co.uk<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=4 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527080721/http://shop.chemikal.co.uk/acatalog/CHEM192.html|archive-date=27 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Mike Diver wrote for the BBC that the album is "not always comfortable, but consistently engaging ... persist and there’s real beauty to be found in its digitised designs".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fz4z/|title=BBC - Music - Review of Conquering Animal Sound - On Floating Bodies|first=Mike|last=Diver|website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The Herald (Glasgow) called it "cosmic, disorientating and sublime",<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web|url=https://nicolameighan.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/interview-conquering-animal-sound/|title=Interview: Conquering Animal Sound|first=Nicola|last=Meighan|website=Nicolameighan.wordpress.com|date=24 April 2013}}</ref> and in an article with the paper, the band discussed their writing processes.<blockquote> Rather than having the lyrics or the melody and writing everything down, we write everything up – we create a sound we like and just see where it goes. We work up from the stuff that other people might use ornamentally – that’s the seed that starts the song for us. So on The Future Does Not Require, we started by sampling a note on Anneke’s flute, and then using that as a keyboard sound, and then making it a bit more unrecognisable. It’s about using different things and subverting them in the process.<ref name=autogenerated1 /></blockquote>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * ''Kammerspiel'' (2011) * ''On Floating Bodies'' (2013)
===Singles=== * "Giant" (2010) * "Bear" (2010) * "The Future Does Not Require" (2013) * "Warn Me" (2013)
===EPs=== * ''Your Friends, Conquering Animal Sound'' (2009) * ''Tracer EP'' (2011) * ''Talking Shapes'' (2014)
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==External links== * [http://www.conqueringanimalsound.co.uk Conquering Animal Sound Official Website] * [https://twitter.com/yourfriendscas Conquering Animal Sound Twitter Page] * [http://www.chemikal.co.uk/artists/conquering-animal-sound/ Chemikal Underground Artist Page] * [http://www.gizehrecords.com/gzh27.html Gizeh Records Artist Page]
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