Fade Files

Biography

RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2016
Fade Files began in 2012 when Stefan Schmid from Fribourg, Switzerland and Richard Griffiths from Cardiff, Wales started making electronic music together. The pair had known one another ever since collaborating on songs for Stefan’s Swiss-based band, Marvin. Inspired by the Postal Service’s modus operandi of trans-state composition, Stefan and Richard began sharing files online, before meeting up to demo tracks in Switzerland and Wales. When Mark Hopgood, a London-based producer, joined in 2015 the group further finessed their sound through a shared love of Kraftwerk, Seventies Eno and electronic Bowie, as well as contemporary EDM. After a couple of Welsh-language only releases, Following Your Heart is their first worldwide single. The group will be recording an e.p. for physical release in the new year in a studio in Wales, as well as releasing more download singles.