Body Language

Body Language is an American electronic/alternative music group formed in 2008 in Hartford, Connecticut, consisting of Matthew Young, Grant Wheeler, Angelica Bess, and Ian Chang. History Body Language was originally formed by Young and Wheeler when they started making dance music and remixes for a weekly party they curated at a bar called Vegas Blvd in Hartford. Soon they began to incorporate vocals from Bess and the original trio was formed. Subsequently, they moved to the neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York. Around that time they released their first record on a sister label of Ghostly Records, Moodgadget Records, entitled Speaks. In their first months in Brooklyn, Wheeler and Young worked on Passion Pit's second LP Manners. After working with Passion Pit, they started writing their second EP Social Studies late in the summer of 2009. By the fall of 2009, they met and started collaborating with Theophilus London and subsequently became his backing band. Through this connection they met Ian Chang, who completed the quartet. With this lineup they did their first North American tour with Zero 7. In early spring of 2010, they did a North American tour with Sia. Once they returned from that tour, Wheeler and Young moved their studio in Bedford Stuyvesant to a different location and built a studio in a warehouse space. After the completion of their studio, they started cowriting sessions with Kenny Vasoli, which marked the beginning of the band Vacationer.