
Chromeo is composed of P-Thugg (real name Patrick Gemayel, bc 1979) on keyboards, synthesizers, and talk box, and Dave 1 (real name David Macklovitch, b. June 7, 1978) on guitar and lead vocals. The two childhood friends jokingly describe themselves as "the only successful Arab/Jewish partnership since the dawn of human culture. Their second album Fancy Footwork is their mainstream breakthrough. The duo met in the mid-1990s in high school when Macklovitch joined Gemayel's band, around the time they were both 15. During this time, Macklovitch's younger 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. Also, at this time Tiga was working with Dave 1 at a record store and asked Dave 1 to work on a project for his label, Turbo. Dave 1 and P-Thugg signed as Chromeo in 2001, and started creating tracks in 2002. The debut album, She's in Control, released in 2004, defined Chromeo and started their music career. Reviews were mostly favorable, comparing the sound to 80's groups like Hall & Oates, Klymaxx and Sylvester. "Needy Girl" became a world wide club hit. According to Dave 1, "She's in Control didn't blow up. It was pretty much a failure at all levels. But we had "Needy Girl," and "Needy Girl" was like a musical passport. That song went all around the world and DJs played it everywhere. In 2005, Chromeo released a mix CD of funky dance tracks on Eskimo Belgium records <b>...</b>
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