Chromeo is an electrofunk duo based in Montreal, composed of P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) and Dave 1 (David Macklovitch). The two childhood friends jokingly describe themselves as "the only successful Arab/Jewish partnership since the dawn of human culture."
The two met in high school when Macklovitch joined Gemayel's band. During this time, Macklovitch's brother A-Trak started winning the DMC Championships, becoming World Champion in 1997.
After the band, Dave 1 and P-Thugg started to produce hip hop together. At this time Tiga was working with Dave 1 at a record store and asked him to work on a project for his label. Dave 1 and P-Thugg signed as Chromeo in 2001, and started creating tracks in 2002.
Albums She’s In Control (2004) and the more popular Fancy Footwork (2007) placed the duo on the dance track map, having various remixes released from artists such as Yusek, Crookers and Laidback Luke. Reviews were mostly favorable, comparing the sound to 80's groups like Hall & Oates, Klymaxx and Sylvester.
They released their third album entitled Business Casual on September 14. The steamy Hot Mess video emphasizes both words in the song’s title via a pretty, hairy shower scene.
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Source: Wikipedia, The Nevada Sagebrush
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