Playground magazine

The Chemical Brothers have also caught the Olympic spirit. Theirs is another of the official songs for the imminent 30th Olympic Games, which will be held from 27th July to 12th August, 2012, in the city of London. Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons have accepted the commission of creating a theme song to be played during the cycling races with this “Theme From Velodrome”, which seeks to reflect the feeling of speed, the rhythm and drama of the sport. The theme comes to us as a radio rip after being premiered on Zane Lowe’s program for BBC Radio 1.