Space Primates are a multi-platinum artist, songwriting and production duo with credits including superstar artists such as David Guetta, Chris Brown, Flo Rida, Ciara, Enrique Iglesias, Snoop Dogg, Zara Larsson, Jonas Brothers, Ozuna, Maluma, T-Pain, DJ Snake.
Space Primates have also worked on music for box office topping films such as 'Secret Life Of Pets 2', 'Baywatch' and Kevin Hart’s 'What Now'. The duo both studied guitar on our BMus course and graduated in 2013.
They started exploring music production during their first year and in their final year here formed started working as Space Primates. They then began creating tracks to pitch to publishers and, after completing their degrees, signed deals with Prescription Songs for publishing and AAM for management.
During their studies they were commissioned to do remixes for artists such as Capital Cities, Pixie Lott and Andreas Moe.
They have since started working with renowned songwriters and producers, producing the Lunchmoney Lewis song 'Whip It!', which has gone platinum in Australia and had over 23 million streams on Spotify. They've also worked with Julia Michaels (Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber), J,Kash (One Direction, Maroon 5) and J.Mike (Nicki Minah, Pitbull).
Recent projects include producing and writing Flo Rida's new track, 'Hóla'. They worked on Fitz & The Tantrum's single 'Fool' which featured as the trailer music for The Mindy Project and reached top 20 in US radio. They also wrote and produced both 'Disrespectful' and 'Turn Me Down' for rapper GASHI, which clocked up a combined total of over 40 million streams.
They did the same for Reggie & Bollie's top 30 single 'New Girl' . Their music recently featured in Kevin Hart's movie 'What Now?' and the new Baywatch film.
Other notable successes include working on 'Blame It On Love' on David Guetta's latest platinum selling album '7' and their own debut LP, 'My Life' which has clocked up more than three millions streams. They also worked with The Vamps on their track, 'Sometimes It Rains In LA'.
The accolades have continued to come in recent years. The pair wrote three tracks for Enrique Iglesias and the Jonas Brothers' hit, 'I Need You Christmas'
In 2021, they wrote and produced Alesso x Katy Perry's 'When I'm Gone' which is gold certified in the US and reached top 10 at radio as well as charting on the hot 100 currently at around 250million streams. Their song 'Barbie Dreams' by Fifty Fifty ft Kali is part of the official 'Barbie' movie soundtrack.
They have also been working in the K Pop space with artists such as Monsta X which was number one in South Korea and on the global iTunes charts.
They were also nominated for a Daytime Emmy for their work on the opening sequence of the Netflix show 'Green Eggs and Ham'.
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We've been developing and delivering contemporary music education for over 30 years – longer than any other music school in the UK. With a proven track-record, countless music industry connections and unrivalled access to facilities, it's easy to see why hundreds of students choose ICMP each year.
To completely immerse yourself in your music career, chat with our friendly Admissions Team via email enquiries@icmp.ac.uk or give them a call on 020 7328 0222.