Hadouken!
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Hadouken!

Hadouken! formed in Leeds in the early 2000s with James Smith on vocals, Daniel 'Pilau' Rice and Stuart 'Atom' Rowe on synthesizers, and Nick Rice on drums....

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Hadouken! mixed techno, hardcore, and hip-hop.

A Leeds band that formed in the early 2000s and released three albums before stopping in 2014.

If you want the full Hadouken! experience, put on 'Oxygen' and 'The Vortex' back-to-back. That's their sound in a nutshell.

They were part of that brief, loud moment when UK dance music got rowdy with guitars and shouted vocals. You can hear it on 'Oxygen' or 'Bombshock', synthesizers crashing into drum breaks, all energy and no polish. They made a racket that felt perfectly suited to late-2000s club nights and festival tents.

They started with singles like 'Liquid Lives' in 2006, then put out their debut album 'Music for an Accelerated Culture' in 2008. After that came 'For the Masses' in 2010 and 'Every Empire Falls' in 2013, before the band called it a day the following year.

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Hadouken! formed in Leeds in the early 2000s with James Smith on vocals, Daniel 'Pilau' Rice and Stuart 'Atom' Rowe on synthesizers, and Nick Rice on drums. Their debut single 'Liquid Lives' came out in 2006, followed by 'Crank It Up.' Their first album, 'Music for an Accelerated Culture,' reached number 4 on the UK Albums Chart in 2008.

Their sound mixed techno, hardcore, and hip-hop, heard on tracks like 'Bombshock' and 'Oxygen.' They released two more albums: 'For the Masses' in 2010 and 'Every Empire Falls' in 2013. The band stopped in 2014.

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