The Chemical Brothers are an electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons who met at Manchester University.

To date, the band has sold over 9 million albums around the world. Their most recent release Push the Button became their fourth UK number one album in 2005. The duo's songs Block Rockin' Beats and Galvanize were both awarded GRAMMYs.

The duo have collaborated with artists as diverse as Bernard Sumner from New Order and the rapper Q-Tip.

The band are renowned for the strength of their live performances and have headlined major festivals from Glastonbury to Fuji Rock in Japan. Video collaborators have included Michel Gondry, Dom & Nic and Spike Jonze.

The Chemical Brothers are the first in the series of music artists who have written an original track about artwork displayed at the Tate Modern.