Hot Chip adds humanity to electronic pop

Published July 19, 2012 4:00am ET



U.K.-based electronic ensemble Hot Chip may have named its latest album “In Our Heads,” but the music on the album was far from planned.

Of course an electronic band such as Hot Chip relies on programmed beats and sounds that are quite challenging to sequence. But what sets the Grammy Award-nominated band apart is the random human element the bandmates bring to their music. In the case of Hot Chip, that comes from the members both playing instruments and also allowing their very human feelings to wrap around the electronic parts of their music.

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