Dukes Of Windsor

In February and March 2006, the debut DOW album The Others was completed under an unprecedented and non-exclusive deal with mp3 manufacturers iriver (www.iriver.com.au/iriver/). The Dukes went with prolific American expatriate Jonathan Burnside (The Sleepy Jackson, Faith No More and the Melvins) for in-house production on the record. Mixing and mastering then took place at Tonteknik Studios, Sweden, by hardcore masters Pelle Henriccson and Eskil Lovstrom, most famous for producing the landmark hardcore album by Refused; The Shape of Punk to Come.

The first single and title track of the album, The Others, released in August 2006, achieved high-rotation airplay on the national Australian youth broadcaster Triple J. The accompanying video clip was at number thirteen in the weekly charts for the penultimate episode of JTV (the television broadcaster for Triple J), after debuting at number seventeen a few weeks before. It can be viewed at www.dukesofwindsor.com.au/Flash/Video. Made over four months by local filmmaker Connor Beaver, the Dukes enlisted the help of nine established and up-and-coming Melbourne artists to complete the detailed mural that is viewed in its entirety at the close of the clip.

Double ARIA winners TV Rock (comprising DJs Grant Smillie and Ivan Gough) completed a house remix of the single in January 2007, and took it to the dance floors of clubs across Australia and the world. Australia’s top five DJs currently include the track in their set lists, and it spent 8 weeks at number one on the Australian Club Chart. The radio edit was soon after released in stores, reaching number 1 on the Australian Dance chart, and #10 in the singles chart. Having toured non-stop for over two months – first in support of Australian rockers The Butterfly Effect, and then on their own headlining tour - the Dukes have seen their fair share of what Australia can offer in crowds, venues, and good times.

Dukes of Windsor plan to record album number two in January 2008. The Dukes’ LA attorney has been fielding interest from labels, stemming in no small part to a recent Billboard article published about Dukes of Windsor.

With a debut album that presents 'psychotically splintered guitars merging with the odd moments of chugg-rock riffage, slips of synths, more arse-on-the-dancefloor drum and bass than you can poke a stick at, and Jack Weaving’s distinctive helium-tinged voice' (Beat Magazine, December 2006), and an ‘electrifying’ live show (Inpress Magazine, December 2006), the Dukes are ready for an exciting 2008.