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Rimmer shares Tim Lovejoy's love of the UK Indie band Hard Fi and openly admitted that "Hard to Beat" was the song of choice when cooking scrambled eggs.
Beck's summer 2009 limited-edition labels were designed by the musical groups Hard-Fi and Ladyhawke (musician).
One of the scenes in the video can be seen as the art cover for the Hard-Fi single Hard to Beat.
The show was reworked in a modern day setting, featuring songs such as Hard to Beat (Hard-Fi), Genie in a Bottle (Christina Aguilera) and I Predict a Riot (Kaiser Chiefs).
Also, Oggi was involved in covering the annual Plymouth Volksfest music festival held at Newnham Park, filming performing artist's such as Hard-Fi, Toploader, Goldie Lookin Chain, Kid Creole, The Blockheads, The Ramones, Dreadzone, Gentleman's Dub Club, Dub Pistols, Two Spot Gobi, Zion Train and Comedian Rufus Hound were performing.
Contempo's first release was a limited 7" vinyl on the Blue Dog label with the tracks "On The Floor" and "Stronger" (the latter also released as a b-side for the Hard-Fi single Hard to Beat).
Another album, "Contempo - The Demos", was a bootleg CD featuring demos of what would become Hard-Fi tracks: "Better Do Better", "Can't Get Along (Without You)", "Living for the Weekend", "Move On Now" and "Unnecessary Trouble".