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Flight Facilities is an Australian electronic producer duo that also performs as Hugo & Jimmy. In 2009, they began mixing songs by other artists before crafting their own original material. The duo consists of Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell. Their debut album, ''Down to Earth'' was released in October 2014 and features prominent names in the industry such as Kylie Minogue, Emma Louise, Reggie Watts, Bishop Nehru, Owl Eyes, and Stee Downes. ==History== Flight Facilities are a duo, Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell, which first began mixing various songs by other artists in 2009 in Sydney. They have reworked Bag Raiders, Toecutter and Sneaky Sound System.〔〔 Their first original song, "Crave You" featuring Giselle Rosselli, received considerable airtime in Australia on the alternative music radio station Triple J in 2010.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Current Triple J Hitlist )〕 It was co-written by Gruzman, Lyell and Rosselli after the duo contacted the vocalist to provide an original track for a compilation album by their label Bang Gang.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) "> 'Crave You' at APRA search engine )〕 In July 2010 Flight Facilities commenced their first tour, Maiden Voyage.〔 They played at various Australian nightclubs: Elsewhere in the Gold Coast, Empire in Brisbane, Limbo in Adelaide, and Adult Disco in Sydney before going to Japan to play at Onzieme in Osaka, and Le Baron in Tokyo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Maiden Voyage Tour )〕 "Crave You" was listed at No. 19 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2010 and was featured as the soundtrack to Myer's 2010 Spring Racing Carnival television commercial campaign.〔(Hottest 100 - 2010 | #19 Flight Facilities - 'Crave You' | triple j )〕 In 2011, "''Foreign Language"'' won a J-Award for music video,〔(Flight Facilities - Foreign Language | J Awards Video Nomination| triple j )〕 and appeared as number 72 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2011.〔(Countdown | Hottest 100 - 2011 | triple j )〕 In February that year while performing as Hugo & Jimmy in Jakarta, Indonesia, the duo claimed to be from Trinidad and Tobago.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Triple J Home and Hosed )〕〔(Flight Facilities Xmas Party @ Goodgod Small Club, Sydney (10/12/2011) )〕〔(Something good at ‘love garage’ | The Jakarta Post )〕 They have jokingly told journalists the same thing and that they are Calvin Harris. In 2012, "Clair de Lune" (Ft. Christine Hoberg) appeared as number 17 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2012.〔(#17: Flight Facilities - Clair De Lune | Hottest 100 - 2012 | triple j )〕 In 2013, KCRW invited Flight Facilities to SXSW and headlined their home countries Falls Festival and Southbound Festivals (alongside The Roots, !!!, MGMT, Bonobo and Grizzly Bear). In 2014 they were asked to play one of the worlds biggest festivals, Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Palm Springs where they played to 8000 plus people each day. The C90s track "Shine A Light" (Flight Facilities remix), gained mainstream attention in 2013 when featured in the popular video game ''Grand Theft Auto V'', created by Rockstar Games. In 2014, "Two Bodies" (Ft. Emma Louise) appeared as number 39 and "Sunshine" (Ft. Reggie Watts) as number 52 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2014.〔(| Hottest 100 - 2014 | triple j )〕 In 2015, "Down to Earth" was made into a music video starring Sam Rockwell. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flight Facilities」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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