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French Horn Rebellion return with an EP co-written with Brazillian duo, Database. Beaches & Friends is due for release on 1st March and is likely to become an electro hit. As 2009 draws to a close, for Robert and David Perlick-Molinari (aka French Horn Rebellion), two brothers born and bred in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the world is a very different place to the one that started it. Since the recent release of their debut single Up All Night, FHR have been swept along by a flurry of accolades from radio, press and bloggers alike, including a Record of the Week from BBC Radio 1 Nick Grimshaw and the coveted Single of the Week slot in French music bible Les Inrockuptibles, who described the bands sound as the euphoric soundtrack to 2010. Now back in their current residence of Brooklyn, NY, after a whistle stop trip to Europe for a series of madcap shows and radio interviews, FHR are already planning a speedy return with Beaches & Friends, their new EP (with a difference) and recent Hype Machine No.1 slated for a Feb release. And with the brothers currently cooped up in their studio lairs concocting some brand new musical potions for their forthcoming debut album, all bodes rather well for 2010. New single Beaches & Friends co-written with Brazilian duo Database, friends and recent touring mates of FHR, is not quite what you would expect though. Robert explains : The coolest thing about Beaches & Friends is that the original track doesnít actually exist. It was the result of a big collaboration between us and a bunch of our friends. We and Database came up with the vocal hooks and synth lines, and from there all the different versions were created. The French Horn Rebellion NYC version, Database's Club Edit, the Twelves Radio and Remix versions, and finally the Hey Champ Remix. Every track is a variation on a theme, a similar idea to Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations. In fact the Beaches & Friends EP is kind of a modern-day Enigma Variations.

♫ French Horn Rebellion vs. Database - Beaches and Friends (Club Edit)