10 copies of The 2 Bears 'Be Strong'
2012 sees the release of The 2 Bears debut album, Be Strong. A London record through and through, it ducks and weaves to the myriad sounds of the city, as The 2 Bears' Raf Daddy and Joe Goddard pursue the perfect party record.
Raf Daddy – aka Raphael Rundell – met Joe Goddard (taking time out from his day job as one fifth of Hot Chip) through a party scene that saw them share deck duties at the legendary Greco-Roman parties. Venturing into the studio in an attempt to replicate some of the records that they’d lost themselves in the night before, Raf found himself laying down vocals over Joe’s skipping, bassomatic backing tracks.
The duo’s first two EPs - released on one of the most consistently on-the-money labels in dance music, Southern Fried – charted Raf and Joe’s progress from muck-around-in-the-studio to DJ box staple. With minimal effort and maximum respect from their peers, tracks began to be hammered in clubs and on radio by the likes of Andrew Weatherall, Erol Alkan, Pete Tong and Annie Mac.
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