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Klaxons have worked with The Chemical Brothers, LCD Soundsystem and Erol Alkan on their forthcoming album Love Frequency.
The London trio have worked with some of the biggest names in dance for their third album, including The Chemical Brothers' Tom Reynolds, LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and DJ Erol Alkan, all of whom guitarist Simon Taylor has described as "heroes".
"We've hand-picked our heroes to produce us, and they were all up for it," Taylor told the Daily Star. "I don't know how we've blagged this."
Working with The Chemical Brothers' Tom Reynolds was particularly exciting. "It's an absolute honour," Taylor gushed. "But us being Tom's first production work feels like there's a lot at stake for Tom as well. His studio is like a spaceship, and he gave us a psychedelic Czech vocal sample to work with. That was a new way to write."
Watch the video for 'There Is No Other Time' below:
Taylor also revealed Love Frequency has been a long time coming, with the band having worked on it since the release of previous LP Surfing The Void four years ago. "We've not stopped, but it's been an ongoing process of tweaking songs," he explained. "We don't go into the studio and come out at the end of the day with a song.
"We make multiple versions with our producers. We want to define ourselves as an oddball pop band."
Love Frequency is due for release June 2, and features the lead single 'There Is No Other Time'.
