Their self-titled debut album was released in 2006 on Uncivilized World Records, and in March that year, they performed at the internationally renowned music conference SXSW.

The group's name is taken from a line in the 1968 Peter Sellers film The Party, directed by Blake Edwards.

In 2010, the band won the Electronic or Dance revelation of the year at the Victoires de la Musique.

In 2012 they gained a wider audience in the Anglophone world thanks to Skrillex.

Independent Music Awards 2012: Defiant Order - Best Dance/Electronica Album[11]