"I like Zapp, not Zappa" goes "Night and Day," the lead single from London electro-pop quintet Hot Chip, and in one small yet significant statement the five-piece's attitude to music is shouted loud and proud.

As manifestos go, it is brilliantly apt in proclaiming a preference for soul-funk band Zapp over avant-garde rocker Frank Zappa.

By merging together a love of pop, R&B, dance, hip-hop and just about anything else that comes to mind as long as it's fun, Hot Chip has grown into Britain's premier party-electro act.