Real Lies are an English electronic group,[1] formed by Kev Kharas, Tom Watson and Patrick King.
The band formed after Kharas and Watson, who met "passing cans between each other in the queue for some shit club"[2] moved into a house next to a reservoir in North London.
King, who knew Watson from playing football as teenagers, would often DJ at their house parties which lasted for two or three days at a time.
This was followed by "North Circular" – which sampled Ron Trent, and Chez Damier – "Dab Housing", "Seven Sisters" and "Blackmarket Blues".
The trio also hosted club nights, the Boy's Own-influenced Congress[2], Eternal which saw secret DJ sets from Evian Christ, Jacques Greene, Jamie xx and Terry Farley[4] and Luxury which took place in a working timber yard.
[10] During this time, they also released a series of mixes on SoundCloud called UNREAL RADIO, featuring a number of unreleased "Late Editions".
[12] They later streamed a live concert via Facebook, debuting a cover of A Rainy Night in Soho by The Pogues, which was made available for digital download for a limited time to raise money for the Trussell Trust.