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Hot Chip drop ‘Down’ remixes and announce run of in-store gigs
Hot Chip have dropped three new remixes of their recent single ‘Down’, and they’ve also announced a run of upcoming in-store gigs.The band announced in April that they would be releasing their eighth studio album, ‘Freakout/Release’, on August 19 via Domino. With the news came brand new single, ‘Down’, which arrived alongside a Douglas Hart and Steve Mackey-directed video.Today (June 20), Hot Chip – comprising Owen Clarke, Al Doyle, Joe Goddard, Felix Martin and Alexis Taylor – have unveiled three new remixes of ‘Down’ by Sworn Virgins, Nyra and Selector Dub Narcotic (aka Calvin Johnson).You can check out the three tracks below:In addition to the new versions of ‘Down’, Hot Chip have also announced they’ll be performing a string of UK in-stores ahead of their four-night residency at London’s O2 Academy Brixton in September.The band will kick-off the in-store gigs with a Banquet performance at PRYZM, Kingston, on August 18.