Empire Of The Sun - AU

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Empire of the Sun is an electronic music duo formed by Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson and Nick Littlemore of Pnau. The duo's name comes from the 1984 novel of the same name by J. G. Ballard.

Their first single titled "Walking on a Dream" was released digitally on 30 August 2008. The single received airtime from many Australian radio stations and has since reached #10 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, breaking the record for the longest time taken for a single to reach the Top 10 (23 weeks). It has also made the iTunes charts' top ten. The music video for the song was filmed in Shanghai, China and was directed by Josh Logue. They have released a second single, entitled "We Are the People", which was an exclusive iTunes pre-release single, the video for which was shot in Mexico. "We Are The People" peaked at number twenty-four on the Aria Charts. A third single hasn't been confirmed yet, but is highly rumoured to be "Standing on the Shore".

Their debut album, Walking on a Dream, was released on 4 October 2008, with six tracks from the album released online on their MySpace page in the week prior to the album's release. The album debuted at number eight on the ARIA charts. but has subsequently peaked at number six.

love the music, amazing voice, videos, artwork & posters, and everything from this band!

www.last.fm/music/Empire+Of+The+Sun
www.myspace.com/empireofthesunsound