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From singers like Sam Smith, Jessie J and Charli XCX to the popular thump of electronic acts like Disclosure and Clean Bandit, England is currently exporting modern pop stateside by the boatload.

The latest big-time arrival is Gorgon City (real names: Matt Robson-Scott and Kye Gibbon), a DJ duo that has produced for huge names like Jennifer Hudson and dropped its debut album, Sirens (featuring Hudson on one track), on Tuesday via Capitol Records. The groups Ready for Your Love has busted out in its native country thanks to a strong house music influence and a killer feature from singer MNEK, and its about time for Gorgon City to connect on this side of the pond.

By phone from London, Robson-Scott, 25, talked to RedEye about Chicago house music and Greek mythology.

"Sirens" sounds like an album you listen to while getting ready for a night out. Was that on purpose?

Kind of. We wanted to make an album that you could get ready to that you can also listen to when you come back from the party, if that makes sense. There's dark and twisted parts right next to big party songs that hit in the club. The goal was a well-rounded album that goes off live. This coming show is our first headlining show in Chicago. We played the Mid with Green Velvet a few months back, and you heard it here first: We're going to throw a banger.

What was your first experience with house music? Has that sound really permeated the culture in England? When I was younger, my brother's friend left a CD of a [legendary London nightclub] Ministry of Sound event. There was a song on it that was a Chicago house track, and I listened to it over and over. At the time I was listening to garage, drum and bass and jungle music but I remember the Chicago house sound blowing me away. I'd be in record stores and they'd talk about how UK garage music originally came from New York and Chicago. [New Yorks] Paradise Garage and stuff like that. You're seeing DJs who play house get booked a lot over here. You've got folks like [Chicago house DJ legend] Derrick Carter doing shows over here too.

It's interesting to hear that the house scene is doing so well over there. You've said before that EDM and dubstep aren't as big there as it is here. Why do you think that is?

It's quite strange. It doesn't really connect with British culture like that. We've had a bit of a different journey when it comes to dance music, listening to it for a long, long time. Not that Americans haven't been listening to it, but it was a smaller thing. Dance music, specifically rave and acid house exploded in the U.K. in the '90s, and that whole illegal rave scene was such a massive part of our culture. EDM doesn't have the same kind of connection here.

Both of your collaborations with Jennifer Hudson ("I Still Love You" and "Go All Night") have a huge sound. You guys really get singers to belt it out over your tracks. How do you provoke that reaction? Are you creating these songs with specific singers in mind?

Generally we write the song from scratch with the singer in the room. We might have some random beats pre-made, but we prefer to have the vocalist in the studio so we can create it all together. Funny enough, the Jennifer Hudson track was originally recorded with [Canadian singer] Kiesza in studio and we thought it would be a good fit for someone with a classic and big voice. [Hudson] absolutely killed it.

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The last 48 hours of political news -- the Supreme Courts (in)action on gay marriage, plus the slew of midterm debates -- has made this pretty clear: Republicans have largely retreated in the latest battle of the Culture Wars. At least for now. And especially in the blue and purple battleground states. As we wrote on Tuesday, Republicans were mostly silent when the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to consider gay-marriage cases, which effectively legalized same-sex marriage in several more states across the country. And at a debate last night that one of us moderated, Republican Ed Gillespie, whos running for the Senate in purple Virginia, said that while he doesnt personally back gay marriage because of his faith, he accepted the courts ruling. It is the law in Virginia today, he said. Of course I accept the ruling. Gillespie even went on to say that his support in 2004 of a constitutional amendment to enforce that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman was due to being chairman of the Republican National Committee at the time, and didnt reflect his personal views. Similarly, in Colorado last night, GOP Senate candidate Cory Gardner accepted the Supreme Courts decision. I have supported traditional marriage, but I also believe that people must be treated with dignity and respect, he said. And that is why I will abide by the decision of the courts.

On gay marriage, contraception, and personhood

And its not just gay marriage. In Virginia last night, Gillespie stood by his support of offering contraception to women behind the counter like Sudafed. Making the case for tweaking the Obama health care plan, he said: Talk about having faith in the women of Virginia -- I have faith in the women of Virginia, to make those determinations of what is the best plan and policy for them and their medical needs. And in Colorado, Gardner explained why he backed the federal Life at Conception Act but now opposes the state personhood ballot initiatives he once supported. I do not support the Personhood Amendment. Sen. Udall said that a good-faith change of position should be considered a virtue, not a vice.

But this doesnt mean the Culture Wars are over

Of course, none of this means that the Culture Wars are over for good; the parties will continue to clash over abortion. And its worth noting that these examples took places in the blue/purple states of Colorado and Virginia that Obama won in 2012 (though Republicans ALMOST HAVE to win those states to get to 270 electoral votes in the next presidential election). In North Carolina last night, by contrast, Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis said he would defend the states same-sex marriage ban, and he railed against activist liberal judges who he says legislate from the bench, per MSNBCs Michael LaRosa. But what HAS taken place is Republicans -- for the most part -- have retreated on the culture-war issues that have largely dominated the last two election cycles: gay marriage, contraception, and personhood.

Also at last nights VA SEN debate

Meanwhile, here is our wrap of last nights Virginia Senate debate between Gillespie and incumbent Sen. Mark Warner: Gillespie sought to paint Warner as a partisan Democrat and stalwart Obama ally But Warner countered that Gillespie's former role as a top GOP lobbyist and party leader make him a partisan warrior for the Republican Party. More: During the debate, Warner highlighted his differences from Obama on the Keystone XL pipeline, on foreign policy -- arguing for a more aggressive response than the administration has enacted against ISIS -- and on reducing the deficit. Asked if he believes Majority Leader Harry Reid is the best possible leader for Senate Democrats, Warner replied: I think we could perhaps do better in both parties moving forward. (We wonder what Harry Reid thinks of that answer.) And: For his part, Gillespie suggested that the RNC's backing of a federal same-sex marriage ban during his tenure as chairman wasn't reflective of his personal views, and he said his party went too far in instituting mandatory minimum sentences for crimes.

And at last nights other debates in Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina, and West Virginia

And here is the wrap from MSNBCs Michael LaRosa on last nights FOUR other Senate debates -- in Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina, and West Virginia. In what has been called a Super Tuesday of U.S. Senate campaign debates last night, Democratic hopefuls in Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina, and West Virginia faced a relentless assault from their Republican opponents tying them to President Obama and accusing them of being his rubber stamp. All four debates sounded like re-runs of each other, as GOP candidates marched in lock step using the President's recent remarks, that his policies are on the ballot this year, to discredit Democrats with voters who are unhappy with the Obama Administration. Barack Obama even said this week that his polices are on the ballot, said Georgia Republican David Perdue, a line repeated by his Republican counterparts in Colorado, North Carolina and West Virginia.

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