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Album
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Album, is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl, an album may be recorded in a recording studio, in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places. Recording may take a few hours to years to complete, usually in several takes with different parts recorded separately. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed live, the majority of studio recordings contain an abundance of editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology, musicians can be recorded in separate rooms or at times while listening to the other parts using headphones. Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, historically, the term album was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format. In musical usage the word was used for collections of pieces of printed music from the early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, the LP record, or 33 1⁄3 rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a gramophone record format introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. It was adopted by the industry as a standard format for the album. Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, the term album had been carried forward from the early nineteenth century when it had been used for collections of short pieces of music. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, as part of a trend of shifting sales in the music industry, some commenters have declared that the early 21st century experienced the death of the album. Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as mini-albums or EPs, Albums such as Tubular Bells, Amarok, Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield, and Yess Close to the Edge, include fewer than four tracks. There are no rules against artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder referring to their own releases under thirty minutes as albums. These are known as box sets, material is stored on an album in sections termed tracks, normally 11 or 12 tracks. A music track is a song or instrumental recording. The term is associated with popular music where separate tracks are known as album tracks. When vinyl records were the medium for audio recordings a track could be identified visually from the grooves
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Birdy Nam Nam
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Birdy Nam Nam are a DJ crew from France. Birdy Nam Nam has won prizes throughout their career including the DMC Technics 2002 World TEAM Championships. Birdy Nam Nams goal is to use the player as an actual musical instrument. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2006 on Uncivilized World Records, the groups name is taken from a line in the 1968 Peter Sellers film The Party, directed by Blake Edwards. They gain their music from friends, owned albums, and press beats, in 2010, the band won the Electronic or Dance revelation of the year at the Victoires de la Musique, to Air, Wax Tailor and David Guetta. In 2012 they got an audience in the Anglophone world thanks to Skrillex. Independent Music Awards 2012, Defiant Order - Best Dance/Electronica Album Jazzanova Bugz in the Attic, eclectic Mix Results in Musical Tour de Force. On a Mission to Make Soul Unpredictable, official Website Birdy Nam Nams channel on YouTube Interview with DJ Times,2006
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Electronic dance music
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Electronic dance music is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres made largely for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. EDM is generally produced for playback by disc jockeys who create seamless selections of tracks, called a mix, EDM producers also perform their music live in a concert or festival setting in what is sometimes called a live PA. In the United Kingdom and in continental Europe, EDM is more commonly called dance music or simply dance. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, following the emergence of raving, pirate radio, at this time a perceived association between EDM and drug culture led governments at state and city level to enact laws and policies intended to halt the spread of rave culture. By the early 2010s the term dance music and the initialism EDM was being pushed by the US music industry. Early examples of dance music include the disco music of Giorgio Moroder. During the early 1980s, the popularity of disco music declined in the United States, abandoned by major US record labels. European disco continued evolving within the mainstream pop music scene. European acts Silver Convention, Love and Kisses, Munich Machine, and American acts Donna Summer, in 1977, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte produced I Feel Love for Donna Summer. It became the first well-known disco hit to have a completely synthesised backing track, other disco producers, most famously American producer Tom Moulton, grabbed ideas and techniques from dub music to provide alternatives to the four on the floor style that dominated. The sound that originated from P-Funk the electronic side of disco, dub music. Much of the music produced during this time was, like disco, at this time creative control started shifting to independent record companies, less established producers, and club DJs. Other dance styles that began to become popular during the era include dance-pop, boogie, electro, Italo disco, house. In the early 1980s, electro emerged as a fusion of funk, also called electro-boogie, but later shortened to electro, cited pioneers include Zapp, D. Train, Sinnamon. Early hip hop and rap combined with German and Japanese electropop influences such as Kraftwerk, as the electronic sound developed, instruments such as the bass guitar and drums were replaced by synthesizers and most notably by iconic drum machines, particularly the Roland TR-808. Early uses of the TR-808 include several Yellow Magic Orchestra tracks in 1980-1981, the 1982 track Planet Rock by Afrikaa Bambaataa, and the 1982 song Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye. In 1982, producer Arthur Baker with Afrika Bambaataa released the seminal Planet Rock which was influenced by the Yellow Magic Orchestra using Kraftwerk samples, Planet Rock was followed later that year by another breakthrough electro record, Nunk by Warp 9. In 1983, Hashim created an electro funk sound which influenced Herbie Hancock, the early 1980s were electros mainstream peak
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Sony Music
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Sony Music Entertainment is an American music company owned by Sony. It is incorporated as a partnership of Sony Music Holdings Inc. through Sony Entertainment. The company was first founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, in 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records. Sony Corporation bought the company in 1987 and renamed it Sony Music Entertainment in 1991, the buyout led to the dissolution of BMG, which relaunched as BMG Rights Management. Sony Music Entertainment is one of the Big Three record companies, being the second largest after Universal Music Group, in 1929, ARC was founded through a merger of several record companies. In 1934, in the midst of Great Depression, the Columbia Phonograph Company, ARC was acquired in 1938 by the Columbia Broadcasting System, which, in turn, had been formed by the Columbia Phonograph Company, but then sold off. ARC was renamed Columbia Recording Corporation, RCA Victor Records executive Ted Wallerstein convinced CBS head William S. Paley to buy ARC and Paley made Wallerstein head of the newly acquired record company. The renamed company made Columbia its flagship label and Okeh its subsidiary label and this allowed ARCs leased labels Brunswick Records and Vocalion Records to revert to their former owner Warner Bros. which sold them to Decca Records. Columbia kept the Brunswick catalogue recorded from December 1931 onward on the Columbia label and he was succeeded by James Conkling as head of Columbia Records. In 1951, Columbia severed its ties with the EMI-owned record label of the same name, Okeh Records continued to be distributed by EMI on the Columbia label. Columbia founded Epic Records in 1953 and in 1956, Conkling left Columbia and he would help establish the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences before eventually becoming the first president of the newly launched Warner Bros. His successor, Goddard Lieberson began the first of two stints as head of the record company, and in 1958, Columbia founded another label, Date Records, which initially issued rockabilly music. In 1960, Columbia/CBS began negotiations with its international distributor Philips Records with the goal of starting its own global record company. Philips acquisition of US-based Mercury Records in 1961 paved the way for this, elsewhere, CBSs Mexican record company, Discos Columbia, was renamed Discos CBS by 1963. In 1964, Columbia set out acquiring record companies in countries for its CBS Records International Unit. EMI continued to distribute Epic and Okeh label material on the Columbia label in the UK until the deal with EMI expired in 1968 when CBS took over distribution. In late 1965, the Date subsidiary label was revived and this label released the first string of hits for Peaches & Herb and scored a few minor hits from various other artists. Dates biggest success was Time of the Season by the Zombies, the label was discontinued in 1970
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OWSLA
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OWSLA is a record label and creative collective founded by Sonny Skrillex Moore and co-founded by Tim Bitvargen Smith, Kathryn Frazier, and Clayton Blaha. Skrillex announced the label on 17 August 2011, the labels first release was Porter Robinsons Spitfire, which reached number one on Beatport. Prior to the label, Skrillex had teamed up with Zedd, 12th Planet. The 19-track sequel was released on the label on March 13,2012 and also included KOAN Sound, The M Machine, Ghastly, Zardonic. The name OWSLA is a reference to Richard Adams fantasy novel Watership Down which is about a group of anthropomorphized rabbits who live in a Sandleford warren
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s
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Electronic music
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In general, a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, purely electronic sound production can be achieved using devices such as the theremin, sound synthesizer, and computer. During the 1920s and 1930s, electronic instruments were introduced and the first compositions for instruments were composed. Musique concrète, created in Paris in 1948, was based on editing together recorded fragments of natural and industrial sounds, Music produced solely from electronic generators was first produced in Germany in 1953. Electronic music was created in Japan and the United States beginning in the 1950s. An important new development was the advent of computers for the purpose of composing music, algorithmic composition was first demonstrated in Australia in 1951. In America and Europe, live electronics were pioneered in the early 1960s, during the 1970s to early 1980s, the monophonic Minimoog became once the most widely used synthesizer at that time in both popular and electronic art music. In the 1980s, electronic music became dominant in popular music, with a greater reliance on synthesizers, and the adoption of programmable drum machines. Electronically produced music became prevalent in the domain by the 1990s. Contemporary electronic music includes many varieties and ranges from art music to popular forms such as electronic dance music. Today, pop music is most recognizable in its 4/4 form. At the turn of the 20th century, experimentation with emerging electronics led to the first electronic musical instruments and these initial inventions were not sold, but were instead used in demonstrations and public performances. The audiences were presented with reproductions of existing music instead of new compositions for the instruments, while some were considered novelties and produced simple tones, the Telharmonium accurately synthesized the sound of orchestral instruments. It achieved viable public interest and made progress into streaming music through telephone networks. Critics of musical conventions at the time saw promise in these developments, ferruccio Busoni encouraged the composition of microtonal music allowed for by electronic instruments. He predicted the use of machines in future music, writing the influential Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music, futurists such as Francesco Balilla Pratella and Luigi Russolo began composing music with acoustic noise to evoke the sound of machinery. They predicted expansions in timbre allowed for by electronics in the influential manifesto The Art of Noises, developments of the vacuum tube led to electronic instruments that were smaller, amplified, and more practical for performance. In particular, the theremin, ondes Martenot and trautonium were commercially produced by the early 1930s, from the late 1920s, the increased practicality of electronic instruments influenced composers such as Joseph Schillinger to adopt them
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Turntablism
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The mixer is plugged into a PA system for live events and/or broadcasting equipment (if the DJ is performing on radio, TV or Internet radio, so that a wider audience can hear the turntablists music. Turntablists typically use two or more turntables and headphones to cue up desired start points on different records, the word turntablist was originated by Luis DJ Disk Quintanilla. The new term coincided with the resurgence of hip-hop DJing in the 1990s, some turntablists use turntable techniques like beat mixing/matching, scratching, and beat juggling. Some turntablists seek to have recognized as traditional musicians capable of interacting and improvising with other performers. The use of the turntable as an instrument has its roots dating back to the 1930s, 1940s. Experimental composers used them to sample and create music that was produced by the turntable. Cages Imaginary Landscape No.1 is composed for two variable speed turntables, frequency recordings, muted piano and cymbal, edgard Varèse experimented with turntables even earlier in 1930, though he never formally produced any works using them. Examples of turntable effects can also be found on popular records produced in the 1960s and 1970s, creedence Clearwater Revivals 1968 self-titled debut album features a backspin effect in the song Walk on the Water. However, turntablism as it is known today did not surface until the development of hip hop in the late 1970s, Turntablism as a modern art form and musical practice has its roots within African-American inner city hip hop and hip hop culture of the late 1970s. Kool DJ Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash are widely credited for having cemented the now established role of DJ as hip hops foremost instrumentalist. Kool Hercs invention of break-beat DJing is generally regarded as the development in hip hop history. His influence on the concept of DJ as turntablist is equally profound, to understand the significance of this achievement, it is important to first define the break. Briefly, the break of a song is a musical fragment only seconds in length, Kool Herc introduced the break-beat technique as a way of extending the break indefinitely. This is done by buying two of the record, finding the break on each record, and switching from one to the other using the DJ mixer. Using that idea, Grandmaster Flash elaborated on Kool Hercs invention of break-beat DJing and came up with the quick-mix theory and he described it as being. like cutting, the backspin, and the double-back. Kool Hercs revolutionary techniques set the course for the development of turntablism as an art form in significant ways, most important, however, he developed a new form of DJing that did not consist of just playing and mixing records one after the other. The type of DJ that specializes in mixing a set is well respected for his/her own set of unique skills, the DJ would be examined critically by the crowd on both a technical and entertainment level. Grand Wizzard Theodore, an apprentice of Flash, who isolated the most recognizable technique of turntablism, [ Eshun
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Skrillex
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Sonny John Moore, known professionally as Skrillex, is an American electronic dance music producer, DJ, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He began his first tour as a solo artist in late 2007, after releasing the Gypsyhook EP in 2009, Moore was scheduled to record his debut studio album, Bells, with producer Noah Shain. However, he ceased production of the album and began performing under the name Skrillex, subsequently, he released the Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites EP in late–2010 and More Monsters and Sprites EP in mid–2011, both of which have since become moderate commercial successes. On December 5,2011, the BBC announced that he had nominated for their Sound of 2012 poll. On December 12,2011, he was also named MTVs Electronic Dance Music Artist of the Year, Skrillex has won a total of eight Grammy Awards and holds the world record for most Grammys won by an Electronic Dance Music artist. Skrillex has collaborated with Diplo, Boys Noize to form the groups of Jack Ü, on Moores 29th birthday in 2017, he reunited with From First To Last to release a single named Make War. Moore was born in the Highland Park neighborhood of Northeast Los Angeles, but moved to the Forest Hill neighborhood of San Francisco at the age of 2, where he attended elementary school. At the ages of 9 and 10, Moore attended a boarding school located in the Mojave Desert LV. By the time he was 12, his family moved back to his birthplace of Northeast Los Angeles, There he enrolled in a private academy school specializing in arts, the school used some of L Ron Hubbards teachings. Later he was schooled at the age of 14 due to bullying. In 2004, he learned he was adopted and dropped out of the program when he was 16, in 2004, Moore contacted Matt Good of From First to Last about playing guitar for the band on their debut album. After flying out to Georgia, Moore was heard singing by three producers, Derrick Thomas, Eric Dale, and McHale Butler, and was then made lead singer. In June 2004, Epitaph Records released the bands first full-length record with their new bandmate, Dear Diary, after performing on several successful tours, two being the Vans Warped Tour and Dead by Dawn tour, they began recording their second album, Heroine with producer Ross Robinson. The album was released in March 2006 on Epitaph, with high record sales once again, the band found themselves part of many successful tours, until Moore started suffering vocal problems, causing the band to resign from several tours. After going through a successful surgical procedure, Moore informed the band he would be permanently resigning to work on a solo career. FFTLs last show performed with Moore was in their hometown of Orlando at The House of Blues while touring with Atreyu, Moore announced he had left From First to Last to pursue a solo career. He then launched a Myspace page displaying three demos and this led to Moores first performance since his leaving From First to Last. On April 7,2007, alongside harpist Carol Robbins, Moore played several songs at a local art building
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Dog Blood
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Dog Blood is a side project formed in 2012 by music producers Skrillex and Boys Noize. Their debut single, Next Order / Middle Finger, was released on August 12,2012 on Beatport, the song Next Order managed to reach #1 on Beatports Techno chart. On the 9th of November, Dog Blood announced they were working on new material, Skrillex premiered a new Dog Blood track on an exclusive OWSLA live stream to members of The Nest on the 21 of December 2012. On the 16th of September they released their second EP, which consists of the tracks Shred or Die, Middle Finger Pt.2, the EP is composed of a further two remixes of Middle Finger by The M Machine & Millions Like Us. The song Chella Ride peaked at #1 on the Beatport Breaks chart, on the 17th of March, Dog Blood performed live at Ultra Music Festival 2013 and debuted new material, including a remix of ASAP Rockys Wild For The Night. Dog Blood debuted their Wild For The Night remix along with three new songs, Dog Blood performed at the Las Vegas Electric Daisy Carnival and Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, Somerset in June 2013. They also played a show on July 14th for the RBC Ottawa Bluesfest and made their Hard Summer debut on Saturday, August 3rd. On Skrillexs BBC Essential Mix 15/6/13, Skrillex premiered the new tracks Dog Blood - Chella Ride, A$AP Rocky - Wild For The Night, and Josh Wink - Higher State of Consciousness. On the 2nd of December 2014, Boys Noize posted an image of Dog Blood themed artwork, on January 28th,2015, the lineup for the Detroit festival Movement was released. Included on the lineup is Dog Blood, marking a return after a cease of performances without explanation, the festival is scheduled for May 23rd-25th,2015. OWSLA profile Twitter profile Beatport profile
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Boys Noize
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Alexander Ridha, better known by his stage name Boys Noize, is a German electronic music producer and DJ. It is similar to the name of Ridhas label, Boysnoize Records, Ridha has remixed a number of other artists work, including Snoop Dogg and Depeche Mode. Ridha started producing and DJing from an age, including a period in which he supported Felix Da Housecat. Today, Ridha himself is known as one of the most valuable electronic artists and his music is known to merge various styles and has a unique and innovative sound, with influences of hip-hop and disco roots as well as heavy noise and electro house sounds. His DJ sets are equally praised and have gained recognition for the mixing. Ridha released his work on labels such as International Deejay Gigolos Records, Kitsuné Music. He established Boysnoize Records in 2005, both of his LPs OI OI OI and its successor POWER were recorded under this label, as well as the singles Dont Believe The Hype, &Down and Jeffer as well as Transmission. Chilly Gonzales Ivory Tower is his first fully produced and co-written album and he has further collaborated with Erol Alkan, the first record Death Suite / Waves was released on Ridhas imprint BNR, followed by Lemonade / Avalanche, which came out on Erols label Phantasy Sound. Ridha is currently working on his forthcoming Spank Rock album, Ridha announced through Facebook that his third studio album, entitled Out of the Black, would be released on 2 October 2012. In a recent interview, Ridha also stated that his new album features two collaborations with Snoop Dogg. For the launch of his third album Out of the Black in 2012, in 2012, Boys Noize formed a side project with Skrillex called Dog Blood which is in the Electro genre. Dog Blood performed at the 2013 Miami Ultra Music Festival, in 2014, he did the music composition for a German movie named Who Am I – No System Is Safe. In 2014, Ridha collaborated with Chilly Gonzales to form Octave Minds,2015 marks the 10th anniversary of Boysnoize Records, which will be celebrated by a global tour of specially curated Boysnoize Records shows. In August 2015 it was announced that Ridha had collaborated with Jean-Michel Jarre on the track The Time Machine from the album Electronica, Ridha is currently working on material for a new album release in the coming year. Presents Suck My Deck I Love Techno 2008 Radio Soulwax Mix Mixmag Presents Electro Techno Thunder, south West Four Clapham Festival Preview FABRICLIVE72, Boys Noize BNR10YR Bang Mix Official website Boys Noize discography, forum, and marketplace at Discogs Boys Noize on Twitter
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ASAP Rocky
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Rakim Mayers, better known by his stage name ASAP Rocky, is an American rapper, record producer, director, actor and model from the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. He is a member of the hip hop group A$AP Mob, Rocky released his debut mixtape Live. A$AP, in 2011 to critical acclaim, the success of his mixtape led to a record deal with Polo Grounds Music, RCA Records, and Sony Music Entertainment. He subsequently recorded his 2013 debut album Long, A$AP, which was also well received by critics and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. In 2015, Rocky released his studio album titled At. The album debuted at one on the Billboard 200, making it Rockys second consecutive album to debut at number one and has received critical acclaim from music critics. Rocky has also directed videos for himself, Danny Brown. He is also a record producer, producing under the pseudonym Lord Flacko. Rakim Mayers was born on October 3,1988, in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan and his father was from Barbados, and his mother is African American. He has a sister, Erika B. Mayers first name was taken from the hip hop artist Rakim and his cousin is fellow ASAP Mob member ASAP Nast. Rocky started rapping at the age of 8, when he moved to Harrisburg and he learned how to rap from his older brother, who also wore the French braids hairdo that Mayers later adopted. When Mayers was 12 years old, his father went to jail in connection with selling drugs, when Mayers was 13, his brother was killed in Harlem. The death inspired Rocky to take rapping more seriously, Mayers grew up admiring Harlem-based rap group The Diplomats. He was also influenced by Mobb Deep, Three 6 Mafia, UGK, Run DMC, Wu-Tang Clan, A$AP Rocky sold drugs while moving around homeless shelters with his mother and sister. At the age of 15, he was selling crack in the Bronx, after living for a period in a shelter with his mother in New York City, he moved to midtown Manhattan. It had been formed by A$AP Yams, A$AP Bari and A$AP Illz, in July 2011, Rocky released his lesser known first mixtape Deep Purple which includes his first debut single Purple Swag. In August 2011, Rockys debut single Peso, was leaked online, after he released a music video for his song Purple Swag, he received attention from several record labels
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Wild for the Night
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Wild for the Night is a song by American hip hop recording artist ASAP Rocky and primarily produced by Skrillex. It was released on March 26,2013, as the single from his debut studio album Long. On March 26,2013 the song was released to rhythmic crossover radio as the third single. The song has peaked at #80 on the Billboard Hot 100. Wild for the Night is primarily based on Skrillexs Goin Down mix of the Birdy Nam Nam song Goin In, wild for the Night was released as the albums second promotional single on January 11,2013. It was confirmed shortly after by Rocky himself that the track will serve as the official single. The music video was shot in the Dominican Republic with Skrillex, the music video premiered on March 25,2013 on 106 & Park. The video was directed by A$AP and Christopher Robinson, and is 5 minutes and 52 seconds duration, Rocky performed a live version of the song for BBC Radio 1s Live Lounge, which features on the Live Lounge 2013 compilation album. NME ranked the song at number 20, on their list of the 50 best songs of 2013, ‘Wild For The Night’ was brash and obnoxious, but by defying convention this odd couple gave both the hip-hop and EDM kids their anthem for the year
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Long. Live. ASAP
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ASAP is the debut studio album by American rapper ASAP Rocky. It was released on January 15,2013, by ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, the album features guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q,2 Chainz, Drake, Big K. R. I. T. Santigold, Overdoz, Yelawolf, Florence Welch, Danny Brown, Action Bronson, Joey Badass, Gunplay and ASAP Ferg. The albums production was handled by Rocky himself, Hector Delgado, Hit-Boy, Clams Casino, Jim Jonsin, T-Minus, Danger Mouse,40, Skrillex and Emile Haynie, among other high-profile producers. The album was supported with four singles—Goldie, Fuckin Problems, Wild for the Night, ASAP national tour with rappers Schoolboy Q and Danny Brown. It received generally positive reviews critics, and charted at number one on the Billboard 200. In May 2011, Rocky quit selling drugs and decided to focus on his rap career, when he released a music video for his song Purple Swag, it garnered Internet buzz and attention from record labels, despite negative feedback from his native hip hop scene in New York. He was courted by several labels, including the RCA-distributed Polo Grounds Music, however, he held off from any deal with a label, instead wanting to explore other pursuits. Rocky and Polo Grounds president Bryan Leach, also a Harlem native, subsequently spent time talking about music, in August 2011, Rocky following a music video for the song Peso, which first appeared on internet blogs and eventually received radio airplay on New York Citys Hot 97. The song also earned him respect in the New York scene, of which he said, It bring a tear to my eye to see native New York people give me my props because New York is stubborn. After a bidding war among labels, Rocky signed a deal with Polo Grounds and RCA on October 14. It was worth $3 million, with $1.7 million for his solo work, Rocky said that he sought a bigger platform for him and his collective with the deal. His first studio album will be planned to be under the deal, in an interview with MTV, production group The KickDrums spoke about their collaboration with Rocky and singer Lana Del Rey. They admitted that the collaboration was Fitts one of their members idea, Del Rey and his production background, Fitts said. shes a fan of hip-hop, and hes a fan of hers, and the beat managed to just kinda bring them together. Dre and Jay Z. KickDrums respected the decision and agreed to give the track to Rocky for his debut album, previously, though, the unfinished song had been intentionally leaked online, and KickDrums were alarmed by the impact and attention it had already received. Rocky described Del Rey as his girl, after the two co-starred in Del Reys music video for National Anthem, where he plays ex-president, John F. Kennedy. The track however did not make the track list. The song 1 Train features an ensemble of young rappers such as Kendrick Lamar, Joey Badass, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson and Big K. R. I. T
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Teki Latex
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He is running the record label Sound Pellegrino. He currently runs a weekly DJ TV show called Overdrive Infinity that you can watch on Dailymotion and he is also the co-founder of the independent hip-hop and electronica record label Institubes. Les matins de Paris, a single from his first solo album Party de plaisir, was recorded with Lio and peaked at number 14 in France. 2007,33 Hz + Devin the Dude + Teki Latex), Paris, Texas 2008, Orgasmic and Tekitek, The Sixpack Anthem 2011, Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team, Bassface / Pretty Pretty Good EP Teki Latex on Myspace
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Breakbot
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Thibaut Jean-Marie Michel Berland, known by his stage name Breakbot, is a French producer and a DJ who has been signed with Ed Banger Records since May 2009. He studied at Supinfocom, a computer graphics university and he co-directed one short film Overtime with Oury Atlan and Damien Ferrié. The short won the Ottawa International Animation Festival award for Best Graduate Film in 2005, Thibaut Berland also prepared advertisements and videos. Breakbot is most recognized for his remixes and his reworkings of songs by artists including Röyksopp, Digitalism, and Chromeo are among his most popular. The music video of Baby Im Yours featuring Irfane was directed by Irina Dakeva and became a summer hit MTV Pulse, the music video was nominated for Best budget pop/dance/urban video and Best animation in a video during the UK Music Video Awards on October 12,2010. His 2008 remix of Pnaus song Baby appears in Gran Turismo 5, also one of his songs, Penelope Pitstop, features in the same version. Breakbots position in popular culture is influenced by the similarities between Baby Im Yours and 2012 chart hit Treasure by Bruno Mars. Breakbot headed to the Twitterverse to indirectly confront Mars, having a dig at his competitors fans. Treasure was re-registered in ASCAP with new writing credits, which included him and Irfane Khan-Acito, megamix The Lazy Sunday Selecta Mixtape Ed Banger, part 3 avec Breakbot | Novaplanet Mix Bedtime Stories 2005, Overtime -- directed by Oury Atlan, Thibaut Berland and Damien Ferrie
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Mahdyar Aghajani
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Mahdyar Aghajani is a musician, record producer and film composer born and raised in Tehran, Iran. He raised the standard of Iranian underground music, using Persian traditional instruments in electronic, in 2006 Hichkas released the first Iranian hip hop album Jangale Asfalt. Mahdyar Aghajani, musician and producer of album, integrated hip hop. After an interview with Nasim-E-Haraz magazine regarding the release of his first mainstream album in 2006 with Hichkas, in 2009 Mahdyar composed the original soundtrack for the film No One Knows About Persian Cats. The film criticizes Iranian government policies regarding underground music, No One Knows About Persian Cats success at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival got part of the crew of the film in trouble with Iranian authorities. The pressure resulted in Mahdyar leaving his family behind at the age of 20, har Tor Shodeh Migam Hichkas Bunch of SoldiersYe Mosht Sarbaz Bahman Ghobadi – No One Knows About Persian Cats 12. Jouwani Hichkas Ye Rooze Khoob Miad This song has become an instant hit, Hichkas - Mā Az Ounāshim 04. Quf - Shak Quf – Zir o Bam e Zirzamin 01, shabe Khazan Hichkas - Young N Foolish Fadaei - Adl EP01
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DJ Craze
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DJ Craze, is a Nicaraguan American DJ and record producer who plays hip hop, Miami bass, trap, breaks, dubstep, drum and bass, and practices turntablism. He is the only solo DJ in history to claim the DMC World DJ Championships trophy three times consecutively, DJ Craze was born in Managua, Nicaragua. At the age of 3, in 1980, he fled the country with his family during the war lasted throughout the 1980s. Craze and his moved to San Francisco, California, where they lived for a short while, before moving to Miami, Florida. The style of his music many of his past musical influences. Initially influenced by the Miami Bass movement when he was younger, Craze has gone on to incorporate elements of hip-hop, drum n bass, recently, Craze has shifted his emphasis to DJing and producing drum n bass with his own record label Cartel. Craze released his first album in 1999, Crazee Musick, and he also released an album called D-Day in 2002 with his turntable crew, The Allies. Craze has released two of the most popular records ever, Bully Breaks and Bully Breaks 2. Craze was Kanye Wests DJ for his Glow in the Dark tour in 2008 while A-Trak worked on his Fools Gold record label, Craze was featured on the Native-Instruments website demonstrating the Traktor X1 Controller. Recently, Craze created his own label with fellow DJ and friend Kill The Noise. Slow Roast is distributed by Fools Gold, the record shared by A-Trak. Other than Craze and Kill The Noise, Klever, Codes, Craze also shares a roster with the likes of Amtrac and DZA on the Super Music Group label. In February 2011 DJ Craze and DJ Shiftee worked together, spinning on-stage with controllerist, between the two of them, DJ Craze and DJ Shiftee had 7 DMC world championships behind them. The event highlighted the use of Native Instruments controllers, such as the X1, S4 and Maschine. In September 2011, DJ Craze became Yelawolfs touring DJ as he was featured on the rappers Hard White Tour, along with Rittz, however he was replaced in early 2014 by DJ Klever
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Ryan Hemsworth
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Ryan Hemsworth is a Canadian record producer and DJ. Raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he attended University of Kings College and his speciality is electronic music and sampling. He has produced tracks for Deniro Farrar and Shady Blaze, among others and he has also remixed works by Grimes, Frank Ocean, Tinashe and Cat Power. His 2013 LP, Guilt Trips, was released by Last Gang Records, in 2014, he released the second album, Alone for the First Time. In July 2014, Hemsworth was the recipient of the SOCAN Breakout Award at the SOCAN Awards in Toronto, distorted Guilt Trips Alone for the First Time Ryanpack Vol.1 Ryanpack Vol
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Foreign Beggars
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Foreign Beggars are an English hip hop and dubstep group. Since their formation in 2002, the groups unique trajectory has seen them evolve from a hip hop group to an electronic crossover act. The group consists of four artists known as Orifice Vulgatron, Metropolis, DJ Nonames. Orifice Vulgatron and Metropolis have combined with Noisia to make the side project and they released their collaborative album I Am Legion on 2 September 2013. Foreign Beggars made their start producing several singles and albums on their own Dented Records imprint, in 2011 they teamed up with the Never Say Die label on The Harder They Fall EP. Following a diverse series of singles for mau5trap released on 2012, in celebration of the release of the album, Foreign Beggars have been on UK and North American tours to showcase their new material in the live arena. Orifice Vulgatron and Dag Nabbit met in Dubai playing in metal, grunge and they later formed a group making hip hop in 1996/1997 and soon after started throwing DnB house parties and raves in sports halls and ballrooms. Dag Nabbit moved to Norway in 1998, Orifice Vulgatron to London in 1999, DJ Nonames also met Metropolis at university in 2000. They soon joined hip hop and funk band Focused Few and began throwing warehouse parties, the initial two offerings from the Foreign Beggars were a two-track single and a three-track single released on Dented Records. Featured Mud Family, Out da Ville, Tommy Evans, DarkCircle, Carnage, seasons Beatings features Mud Family, Tommy Evans, D. V. S. Carnage aka Earl J, Dark Circle, Dr. Syntax, on 27 November 2003 the group released their first album Asylum Speakers. Two videos were released from album, Hold On and Frosted Perspeks. The track Hold On was remixed by Mickey Finn and ERB N Dub, mind Out was released as single by Skrein, who was featured on the track, on Dented Records. The controversially named Bukkake Ski Trip was released on 3 April 2006, the mixtape is a compilation of previously unheard tracks, vinyl-only releases, bootlegs, collaborations and remixes, mixed together by DJ Nonames. The artwork for album was produced by legendary Spanish graffiti artist SLK. Foreign Beggars second studio album entitled Stray Point Agenda was released on 3 May 2006, a video for Slow Broiled Ilk was also released. Following the release of the album, the single Black Hole Prophecies, the single also includes the Wild Wild East remix, which was produced by UK rap artist Jehst, and the B-side track In It for a Minute. This mixtape was released on a limited edition CD digi pack, the video features Metropolis, Orifice Vulgatron, Dr Syntax, Stig of the Dumps and Beatboxer Shlomo
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SoundCloud
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SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform based in Berlin, Germany, that enables its users to upload, record, promote, and share their originally-created sounds. SoundClouds content is split between music and other audio. Founders Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss are the executive officer and chief technical officer. SoundCloud was established in Berlin in August 2008 by Swedish sound designer Ljung, in a 2009 interview with Wired, Ljung said, In April 2009, SoundCloud received €2.5 million Series A funding from Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures. By May 2010, SoundCloud announced it had one million users, in January 2011, it was confirmed that SoundCloud had raised a US$10 million Series B funding round from Union Square Ventures and Index Ventures. On 15 June 2011, SoundCloud announced they had five million registered users, on 23 January 2012, SoundCloud announced on their blog that they had 10 million registered users. By May 2012,15 million users were announced by the company at a conference held in San Francisco. The usage level for the site was growing by 1.5 million users per month at this stage, the new API was released to the public in December 2012. The response from users was mixed, and many expressed dissatisfaction with the change, SoundCloud received over 60,000 comments regarding the new layout by 10 December 2012. Also in December 2012, the data showed that SoundCloud was reaching 180 million people per month—8 percent of the global Internet—while users were uploading 10 hours of content every minute. In March 2013, Twitter announced SoundCloud as a third-party music partner, alongside iTunes, however, the initiative never eventuated, SoundClouds inability to load licensed music—due to the absence of arrangements with the major music labels—was cited as a major reason. SoundCloud announced in January 2014 that it had commenced negotiations with the music companies. The announcement was publicised after a round of funding in which US$60 million was raised, the additional finances were suggested as the reason for the plan, as finalizing such deals is a costly process. In March 2014, SoundCloud was reportedly in a round of talks with major music labels about licensing after the January negotiations did not amount to anything substantial. However, the outcome of the talks was not forthcoming in any media sources, later in May, the media reported that Twitter had regained interest in SoundCloud and was considering acquiring the platform for around US$2 billion. The next after the publicity of the deal surfaced, the prospect was no longer an active consideration, on 28 September 2016, Spotify announced that it was in talks to buy SoundCloud. On 8 December 2016, Spotify was reported to have abandoned its acquisition plans, other startups that have crossed such a threshold include Spotify and Uber. At this time, SoundCloud claimed that 175 million unique listeners used the site each month, although SoundCloud did not have paid subscriptions for ad-free streaming, they had planned to launch one in 2015
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Beatport
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Beatport is an electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Beatport is oriented primarily towards DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that can be used for remixes. Established in 2004, the service was acquired in 2013 by Robert F. X. Sillermans company SFX Entertainment for a price of slightly over $50 million. SFX Entertainment filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on February 1,2016, however, in May 2016, SFX suspended its proposed auction of the company, and cut its streaming and original content operations in order to focus on its core music sales business. SFX has since emerged from bankruptcy as LiveStyle, and continues to operate as a music store. The first version of Beatports web store, Beatport 1.0, was released on January 7,2004, half a year later, Beatport was beginning to become recognized after a few collaborations with well-known DJs and partnerships with the technology company Native Instruments. In January 2005, a revised Beatport 2.0 was released, Beatport was also made accessible through a scaled-down GUI embedded within DJ software, Traktor DJ Studio by Native Instruments. In February 2007, Beatport launched the Beatport Player, a viral marketing web widget to play back relevant content by Artist, Label, Genre, and Chart. Built using Adobe Flash and HTML, the player gives users the ability to create custom, in August 2007, Beatport launched a community-oriented music site, Beatportal, whose stated mission is. to provide music lovers with up-to-date information about the world of electronic music. Following up on the idea of the site, Beatport introduced the Beatport Music Awards on March 18,2008. Each year Beatport users can vote for the best electronic music artists in an effort to trace the progress of these artists over the years or determine which has the largest growing fan base. The BMAs are broken down into 19 categories, including Best Artist categories from each genre, Best Remix, the nominees for the BMAs are based solely on unit sales at Beatport. The third version of the store, named The New Beatport, was released on January 21,2009. Multiple features were added to the site including embedded artwork in purchased music, as a newer version of the store, it integrated the use of a Adobe Flex 3 web application provided by RealEyes Media. On July 14,2011, Beatport launched their HTML5 website with new features, designs, the annual revenue of Beatport for 2012 was reportedly around $15–18 million, with losses of $2 million. In February 2013, Beatport was acquired by Robert F. X, Sillermans SFX Entertainment, a conglomerate focusing on EDM properties such as festivals and promoters. Additionally, Beatport announced a partnership with the music recognition service Shazam, in December 2013, the company laid off 20 employees in the Denver office and six in San Francisco, reportedly leaving the sites technical infrastructure supported by only a skeleton crew. Under SFX ownership, Beatport began to reposition itself towards the electronic dance music culture
