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Fatboy Slim
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Norman Quentin Cook, also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English DJ, musician and record producer/mixer. As a solo act, he has won ten MTV Video Music Awards. His records as Fatboy Slim also helped to popularise the big beat genre, Cook first rose to fame in the 1980s as the bassist of the indie rock band The Housemartins who scored a UK number-one single with their a cappella cover of Isley-Jasper-Isleys Caravan of Love. Cook then went on to numerous other acts, including Freak Power, Pizzaman. Cook adopted the Fatboy Slim moniker in 1996 and released Better Living Through Chemistry to critical acclaim, in 2008, Cook founded a project called The Brighton Port Authority. Cook has been responsible for successful remixes for Cornershop, Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, Groove Armada, Quentin Leo Cook was born in Bromley, raised in Reigate, Surrey, England, and educated at Reigate Grammar School. He played drums in Disque Attack, a British new wave-influenced rock band, when frontman Charlie Alcock was told by his parents that he had to give up the band to concentrate on his O levels, Cook took over as lead vocalist. At The Railway Tavern in Reigate, Cook met Paul Heaton with whom he formed the Stomping Pondfrogs. At 18, Cook went to Brighton Polytechnic to read a B. A. in English, politics, and sociology, in 1985, Cooks friend Paul Heaton had formed a guitar band called The Housemartins. Their bassist left on the eve of their first national tour, the band soon had a hit single with Happy Hour, and their two albums, London 0 Hull 4 and The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death, peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart. They also reached number one just before Christmas 1986 with a version of Caravan of Love, however, by 1988 they had split up. Heaton and the bands drummer Dave Hemingway went on to form The Beautiful South and it was at this time that he first started working with young studio engineer Simon Thornton, with whom he continues to make records. All of Cooks records released from that point onwards have involved both of them to varying degrees, Cook achieved his first solo hit in 1989, featuring his future Beats International member MC Wildski, called Blame It on the Bassline. MC Wildski, the song followed the template of what was to come in the style of the music of Beats International. It became a modest hit in the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 29, Cook formed Beats International, a loose confederation of studio musicians including vocalists Lindy Layton, Lester Noel, D. J. Baptiste, rapper MC Wildski, and keyboardist Andy Boucher. O. S and this bankrupted Cook as he lost the case and was ordered to pay back twice the royalties made on the record. The 1991 follow-up album Excursion on the Version, an exploration of dub and reggae music, failed to repeat the success of its predecessor, Cook then formed Freak Power with horn player Ashley Slater and singer Jesse Graham. They released their debut album Drive-Thru Booty in 1994, which contained the single Turn On, Tune In, the cut was picked up by the Levis company for use in a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign
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Bromley
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Bromley is a large suburban town, the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley in Greater London, England, United Kingdom. It was historically a market town chartered since 1158 and an ancient parish in the county of Kent, as part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century, Bromley significantly increased in population and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1903. Most of Bromley including the centre falls under the BR1 postcode district. Bromley is first recorded in a charter of 862 as Bromleag and it shares this Old English etymology with Great Bromley in Essex, but not with the Bromley in Tower Hamlets. The history of Bromley is closely connected with the See of Rochester, in AD862 Ethelbert, the King of Kent, granted land to form the Manor of Bromley. It was held by the Bishops of Rochester until 1845, when Coles Child, the town was an important coaching stop on the way to Hastings from London, and the now defunct Royal Bell Hotel is referred to in Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice. Bromley, also known as Bromley St Peter and St Paul, formed an ancient parish in the Bromley and Beckenham hundred, in 1840 it became part of the expanded Metropolitan Police District. The parish adopted the Local Government Act 1858 and a board was formed in 1867. The board was reconstituted as Bromley Urban District Council in 1894 and it formed part of the London Traffic Area from 1924 and the London Passenger Transport Area from 1933. Bromley became part of the newly created Greater London in 1965, Bromley forms part of the Bromley and Chislehurst Parliament constituency and the London European Parliament constituency. The current MP is Bob Neill, James Cleverly is the London Assembly member for the Bexley and Bromley constituency, in which the town is located. Bromleys most prominent MP was the former Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, Bromley is located 9.3 miles south east of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Bromley is a post town in the BR postcode area, consisting of BR1, BR1 covers Bromley, Bickley, Sundridge Park and part of Downham, and the BR2 portion covers Hayes, Shortlands, Bickley and Bromley Common. Other nearby areas, Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, the Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is Cfb. Bromley is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. The town has a retail area, including a pedestrianised High Street and The Glades centre. The shopping area includes such as Gap, Oasis, Russell & Bromley and Waterstones. Orpington, Sevenoaks via Swanley, Gillingham, Ashford International via Maidstone East, Bromley North station with services to London Bridge and Charing Cross by changing at Grove Park. Bromley has a number of theatres, the most notable being the Churchill Theatre in the town centre, the Churchill Theatre was opened on 19 July 1977 by HRH Prince of Wales, and seats 785
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Acid house
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Acid house is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago. The style was defined primarily by the deep basslines and squelching sounds of the Roland TB-303 electronic synthesizer-sequencer, Acid house spread to the United Kingdom and continental Europe, where it was played by DJs in the acid house and later rave scenes. By the late 1980s, acid house had moved into the British mainstream, Acid house brought house music to a worldwide audience. The influence of house can be heard on later styles of dance music including trance, breakbeat hardcore, jungle, big beat, techno. Other elements, such as strings and stabs, were usually minimal. Some acid house fans used a smiley face with a streak on it. The origin of this usage was the bloodied smiley from Watchmen on the label of Beat Dis by Bomb the Bass, there are conflicting accounts about how the term acid came to be used to describe this style of house music. One account ties it to Phutures Acid Tracks, before the song was given a title for commercial release, it was played by DJ Ron Hardy at a nightclub where psychedelic drugs were reportedly used. The clubs patrons called the song Ron Hardys Acid Track, the song was released with the title Acid Trax on Larry Shermans label Trax Records in 1987. Regardless, after the release of Phutures song, the acid house came into common parlance. Some accounts say the reference to acid may be a reference to psychedelic drugs in general, such as LSD. According to Rietveld, it was the house sensibility of Chicago, in a club like Hardys The Music Box, that afforded it its initial meaning. In her view acid connotes the fragmentation of experience and dislocation of meaning due to the effects on thought patterns which the psycho-active drug LSD or Acid can bring about. In the context of the creation of Acid Tracks it indicated a concept rather than the use of drugs in itself. One theory, holding that acid was a reference towards the use of samples in acid house music, was repeated in the press. In this theory, the term came from the slang term acid burning. In 1991, UK Libertarian advocate Paul Staines claimed that he had coined this theory to discourage the government from adopting anti-rave party legislation. Several accounts claim that Genesis P-Orridge coined the term on the 1988 Psychic TV release “Tune In. ”By other accounts, while shopping in Chicago in 1986, P-Orridge came across a bin of records marked acid, indicating a corrosive liquid, and mistook it for a reference to LSD
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Trip hop
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Trip hop is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. Trip hop can be highly experimental and it was pioneered by acts like Massive Attack, Tricky, and Portishead. Trip hop achieved commercial success in the 1990s, and has described as Europes alternative choice in the second half of the 90s. DJs, MCs, b-boys and graffiti artists grouped together into informal soundsystems, Bristols soundsystem DJs, drawing heavily on Jamaican dub music, typically used a laid-back, slow and heavy drum beat. Bristols Wild Bunch crew became one of the soundsystems to put a spin on the international phenomenon, helping to birth Bristols signature sound of trip hop. As the hip hop scene matured in Bristol and musical trends evolved further toward acid jazz and house in the late 1980s, another influence came from Gary Clails Tackhead soundsystem. Clail often worked with former The Pop Group singer Mark Stewart, produced by Adrian Sherwood, the music combined hiphop with experimental rock and dub and sounded like a premature version of what later became trip hop. In 1993, Kirsty MacColl released Angel, one of the first examples of the crossing over to pop. In the 1990s, Janet Jackson brought trip hop into the American charts with the song If, several songs on her Janet. and The Velvet Rope used this genre of music, Songs like Got Til Its Gone and You. Massive Attacks first album Blue Lines was released in 1991 to huge success in the UK, Massive Attack released their second album entitled Protection in 1994. The term trip hop was coined that year, but not in reference to anything on the Massive Attack albums, in 1993, Icelandic musician Björk released Debut, produced by Wild Bunch member Nellee Hooper. The album, although rooted in four-on-the-floor house music, contained elements of trip hop and is credited as one of the first albums to introduce electronic music into mainstream pop. She had been in contact with Londons underground electronic music scene and was involved with trip hop musician Tricky. Björk embraced trip hop even more with her 1995 album Post by collaborating with Tricky, homogenic, her 1997 album, has been described as a pinnacle of trip hop music. 1994 and 1995 saw trip hop near the peak of its popularity, with such as Howie B, Naked Funk. The period also marked the debut of two acts who, along with Massive Attack, would define the Bristol scene for years to come, in 1994 Portishead, a trio comprising singer Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow, and Adrian Utley, released their debut album Dummy. Their background differed from Massive Attack in many ways, one of Portisheads primary influences was 1960s and 1970s film soundtrack LPs, nevertheless, Portishead shared the scratchy, jazz-sample-based aesthetic of early Massive Attack, and the sullen, fragile vocals of Gibbons also brought them wide acclaim. In 1995, Dummy was awarded the Mercury Music Prize as the best British album of the year, Tricky also released his debut solo album Maxinquaye in 1995, to great critical acclaim
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Alternative rock
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Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s. In this instance, the word refers to the genres distinction from mainstream rock music. The terms original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their debt to either the musical style or simply the independent. Ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music, Alternative rock is a broad umbrella term consisting of music that differs greatly in terms of its sound, its social context, and its regional roots. Most of these subgenres had achieved minor mainstream notice and a few bands representing them, such as Hüsker Dü, with the breakthrough of Nirvana and the popularity of the grunge and Britpop movements in the 1990s, alternative rock entered the musical mainstream and many alternative bands became successful. By the end of the decade, alternative rocks mainstream prominence declined due to a number of events that caused grunge and Britpop to fade, emo attracted attention in the larger alternative rock world, and the term was applied to a variety of artists, including multi-platinum acts. Post-punk revival artists such as Modest Mouse and The Killers had commercial success in the early, before the term alternative rock came into common usage around 1990, the sort of music to which it refers was known by a variety of terms. In 1979, Terry Tolkin used the term Alternative Music to describe the groups he was writing about, in 1979 Dallas radio station KZEW had a late night new wave show entitled Rock and Roll Alternative. College rock was used in the United States to describe the music during the 1980s due to its links to the radio circuit. In the United Kingdom, dozens of small do it yourself record labels emerged as a result of the punk subculture, according to the founder of one of these labels, Cherry Red, NME and Sounds magazines published charts based on small record stores called Alternative Charts. The first national chart based on distribution called the Indie Chart was published in January 1980, at the time, the term indie was used literally to describe independently distributed records. By 1985, indie had come to mean a particular genre, or group of subgenres, at first the term referred to intentionally non–mainstream rock acts that were not influenced by heavy metal ballads, rarefied new wave and high-energy dance anthems. The use of alternative gained further exposure due to the success of Lollapalooza, for which festival founder, in the late 1990s, the definition again became more specific. Defining music as alternative is often difficult because of two conflicting applications of the word, the name alternative rock essentially serves as an umbrella term for underground music that has emerged in the wake of punk rock since the mid-1980s. Alternative bands during the 1980s generally played in clubs, recorded for indie labels. Sounds range from the gloomy soundscapes of gothic rock to the guitars of indie pop to the dirty guitars of grunge to the 1960s/1970s revivalism of Britpop. This approach to lyrics developed as a reflection of the social and economic strains in the United States and United Kingdom of the 1980s, by 1984, a majority of groups signed to independent record labels mined from a variety of rock and particularly 1960s rock influences. This represented a break from the futuristic, hyper-rational post-punk years
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Phonograph
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The phonograph is a device invented in 1877 for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound. In its later forms it is called a gramophone. To recreate the sound, the surface is rotated while a playback stylus traces the groove and is therefore vibrated by it. In later electric phonographs, the motions of the stylus are converted into an electrical signal by a transducer. The phonograph was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison, while other inventors had produced devices that could record sounds, Edisons phonograph was the first to be able to reproduce the recorded sound. His phonograph originally recorded sound onto a sheet wrapped around a rotating cylinder. A stylus responding to sound vibrations produced an up and down or hill-and-dale groove in the foil, in the 1890s, Emile Berliner initiated the transition from phonograph cylinders to flat discs with a spiral groove running from the periphery to near the center. Later improvements through the years included modifications to the turntable and its system, the stylus or needle. The disc phonograph record was the dominant audio recording format throughout most of the 20th century, from the mid-1980s on, phonograph use on a standard record player declined sharply because of the rise of the cassette tape, compact disc and other digital recording formats. Records are still a favorite format for some audiophiles and DJs, vinyl records are still used by some DJs and musicians in their concert performances. Musicians continue to release their recordings on vinyl records, the original recordings of musicians are sometimes re-issued on vinyl. Usage of terminology is not uniform across the English-speaking world, in more modern usage, the playback device is often called a turntable, record player, or record changer. When used in conjunction with a mixer as part of a DJ setup, the term phonograph was derived from the Greek words φωνή and γραφή. The similar related terms gramophone and graphophone have similar root meanings, the roots were already familiar from existing 19th-century words such as photograph, telegraph, and telephone. In British English, gramophone may refer to any sound-reproducing machine using disc records, the term phonograph was usually restricted to machines that used cylinder records. Gramophone generally referred to a wind-up machine, after the introduction of the softer vinyl records, 33 1⁄3-rpm LPs and 45-rpm single or two-song records, and EPs, the common name became record player or turntable. Often the home record player was part of a system that included a radio and, later, from about 1960, such a system began to be described as a hi-fi or a stereo. In American English, phonograph, properly specific to machines made by Edison, was used in a generic sense as early as the 1890s to include cylinder-playing machines made by others
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Electronic keyboard
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An electronic keyboard or digital keyboard is an electronic musical instrument, an electronic or digital derivative of keyboard instruments. Broadly speaking, in a popular context, the term electronic keyboard or just a keyboard mostly refers to any type of digital or electronic keyboard instrument. These include synthesizers, digital pianos, stage pianos, electronic organs, however, in true musical terminology, an electronic keyboard is an inexpensive synthesizer equipped with built-in power amplifier and small loudspeakers. Electronic keyboards are capable of recreating a wide range of instrument sounds with less complex sound synthesis, Electronic keyboards are usually dedicated for home users, beginners and other non-professional users. The least expensive models do not have velocity-sensitive keys, but mid- to high-priced models do have these feature, home keyboards typically have little if any sound editing capacity. The user typically selects from a range of voices or sounds. Home keyboards have a lower cost than professional synthesizers. Casio and Yamaha are among the manufacturers of home keyboards. An electronic keyboard may also called a digital keyboard, portable keyboard, or home keyboard, referring their digital-based sound generation and light-weight, portable build. In Russia, most kinds of keyboards were often referred to as a synthesizer. The term electronic keyboard may also be used to refer to synthesizer or digital piano on colloquial usage, Most keyboards use a keyboard matrix circuit to reduce the amount of wiring that is needed. Electronic hardware can also do this, Sound generator, A digital sound module typically contained within an integrated ROM, which is capable of accepting MIDI commands and producing sounds. Keyboard sound generators are mostly based on PCM synth, amplifier and speakers, an internal audio amplifier built to the sound generator chip and low-powered speakers that amplify the sounds so that the listener can hear them. Power supply, Keyboards may or may not have a power supply system built to the main circuit board. Flash memory, Most electronic keyboards have an amount of onboard memory for storing MIDI data and/or recorded songs. Floppy disks were obsolete by the early 2000s, with memory cards start to replace them shortly afterwards, USB storage were originally less common at the time, but was later popularized by Yamahas Tyros2 workstation keyboard in 2005 and has become a standard feature ever since. Most keyboards today uses USB storage, with the exception of some Casio, keyboard instruments can be found as far back as the hydraulis in the 3rd century BCE, which developed into the pipe organ, and small portable instruments such as the portative and positive organ. Additional keyboard instruments, the clavichord and harpsichord, were developed in the 14th century CE, as technology improved, more sophisticated keyboards were developed, including the 12-tone keyboard still in use today
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Sampling (signal processing)
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In signal processing, sampling is the reduction of a continuous-time signal to a discrete-time signal. A common example is the conversion of a wave to a sequence of samples. A sample is a value or set of values at a point in time and/or space, a sampler is a subsystem or operation that extracts samples from a continuous signal. A theoretical ideal sampler produces samples equivalent to the value of the continuous signal at the desired points. Sampling can be done for functions varying in space, time, or any other dimension, then the sampled function is given by the sequence, s, for integer values of n. The sampling frequency or sampling rate, fs, is the number of samples obtained in one second. Reconstructing a continuous function from samples is done by interpolation algorithms, the Whittaker–Shannon interpolation formula is mathematically equivalent to an ideal lowpass filter whose input is a sequence of Dirac delta functions that are modulated by the sample values. When the time interval between adjacent samples is a constant, the sequence of functions is called a Dirac comb. Mathematically, the modulated Dirac comb is equivalent to the product of the function with s. That purely mathematical abstraction is sometimes referred to as impulse sampling, most sampled signals are not simply stored and reconstructed. But the fidelity of a reconstruction is a customary measure of the effectiveness of sampling. That fidelity is reduced when s contains frequency components whose periodicity is smaller than 2 samples, the quantity ½ cycles/sample × fs samples/sec = fs/2 cycles/sec is known as the Nyquist frequency of the sampler. Therefore, s is usually the output of a lowpass filter, without an anti-aliasing filter, frequencies higher than the Nyquist frequency will influence the samples in a way that is misinterpreted by the interpolation process. In practice, the signal is sampled using an analog-to-digital converter. This results in deviations from the theoretically perfect reconstruction, collectively referred to as distortion, various types of distortion can occur, including, Aliasing. Some amount of aliasing is inevitable because only theoretical, infinitely long, Aliasing can be made arbitrarily small by using a sufficiently large order of the anti-aliasing filter. Aperture error results from the fact that the sample is obtained as a time average within a sampling region, in a capacitor-based sample and hold circuit, aperture error is introduced because the capacitor cannot instantly change voltage thus requiring the sample to have non-zero width. Jitter or deviation from the precise sample timing intervals, noise, including thermal sensor noise, analog circuit noise, etc
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Drum machine
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A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums, cymbals, other percussion instruments, and often basslines. Drum machines are most commonly associated with electronic music such as house music. They are usually used when session drummers are not available or if the production cannot afford the cost of a drummer. Also, many modern drum machines can also produce sounds, as well as allowing the user to compose unique drum beats. In the 2010s, most modern machines are sequencers with a sample playback or synthesizer component that specializes in the reproduction of drum timbres. The invention could produce sixteen different rhythms, each associated with a pitch, either individually or in any combination, including en masse. Received with considerable interest when it was introduced in 1932. The next generation of rhythm machines played only pre-programmed rhythms such as mambo, tango, Chamberlin Rhythmate In 1957 Californian Harry Chamberlin constructed a tape loop-based drum machine called the Chamberlin Rhythmate. It had 14 tape loops with a head that allowed playback of different tracks on each piece of tape. It contained a volume and a control and also had a separate amplifier with bass, treble, and volume controls. The tape loops were of real acoustic jazz drum kits playing different style beats, with additions to tracks such as bongos, clave, castanets. First commercial product – Wurlitzer Side Man In 1959 Wurlitzer released a drum machine called the Side Man. The Side Man was intended as an accompaniment for the Wurlitzer organ range. The Side Man offered a choice of 12 electronically generated, predefined rhythm patterns with variable tempos, the sound source was a series of vacuum tubes which created 10 preset electronic drum sounds. Combinations of these different sets of rhythms and drum sounds created popular rhythmic patterns of the day, e. g. waltzes and these combinations were selected by a rotary knob on the top of the Side Man box. The tempo of the patterns was controlled by a slider that increased the speed of rotation of the wiper arm, the Side Man had a panel of 10 buttons for manually triggering drum sounds, and a remote player to control the machine while playing from an organ keyboard. The Side Man was housed in a cabinet that contained the sound-generating circuitry. Raymond Scott In 1960, Raymond Scott constructed the Rhythm Synthesizer and, in 1963, scotts machines were used for recording his album Soothing Sounds for Baby series
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Skint Records
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Skint Records is a Brighton based dance music record label owned by JC Reid, Tim Jeffery and Damian Harris. It was created as a sublabel of Loaded Records, also founded by Reid, along with Wall of Sound, the label was a leader in the big beat music scene of the mid to late 1990s. The labels roster at this time included big beat scene leaders Fatboy Slim, Hardknox, Indian Ropeman, Freq Nasty, towards the end of the 1990s and at the start of the 21st century the label expanded its range of releases to include more house based songs. The most prominent example was Lazy by X-Press 2, which charted at number 2 in the UK charts. There were also releases by electronic music artist Dave Clarke as well as artists as diverse as Lucky Jim, Freq Nasty, FC Kahuna, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Req-1 and Ralfe Band. One mainstay band of the label has been the Lo-Fidelity Allstars who have changed and diversified their style along with the label. Skint were the kit sponsor for Brighton & Hove Albion F. C. for nine years until the relationship ended in 2008. One of Skints first recognisable tracks that became looked at as one of the songs of Dubstep was the UK garage duo Double 99s RIP Groove. In 2002, Skint released an album, We Are Skint. From 1996-1998, Skint released a series of albums, Brassic Beats, also containing songs from the label, in April 2014 BMG Rights Management acquired Skint records. List of record labels List of independent UK record labels Official site Skint Records discography at Discogs
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Astralwerks
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Astralwerks is a US-based record label primarily focused on electronic and dance music. A unit of Universal Music Group, its material is distributed via Capitol Music Group, some of the labels most popular recent releases have come from deadmau5, Mat Zo, Porter Robinson, Empire of the Sun, Nervo and Halsey. Below is an overview of the artists that have released material on Astralwerks, a number of the acts listed below are only distributed by Astralwerks, as it licenses a number of European acts for the US market. Astralwerks discography at Discogs Official Web site
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The Housemartins
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The Housemartins were an English alternative rock band formed in Hull who were active in the 1980s. Many of the Housemartins lyrics were a mixture of Marxist politics and Christianity, the groups cover version of the Isley Brothers Caravan of Love was a UK Number 1 single in December 1986. The band was formed in late 1983 by Paul Heaton and Stan Cullimore, throughout his tenure with the band, Heaton billed himself as P. d. Heaton and Cullimore recorded a tape with Ingo Dewsnap of Les Zeiga Fleurs which brought them to the attention of Go. They then expanded by recruiting Ted Key, former guitarist with The Gargoyles and their first live performance as a band was at Hull University in October 1984. The bands membership changed considerably over the years, Key left at the end of 1985 and was replaced by Norman Cook. Drummer Chris Lang was replaced by Hugh Whitaker, former drummer with The Gargoyles, the band often referred to themselves as the fourth best band in Hull. The three bands that were better were Red Guitars, Everything but the Girl and The Gargoyles, in 1986, having recorded two John Peel sessions, the band broke through with the single Happy Hour, which reached No.3 in the UK Singles Chart. At the end of 1986 they had their only UK No.1 single on 16 December with a version of Isley-Jasper-Isleys Caravan of Love. It was knocked off the top spot by Jackie Wilsons Reet Petite on 23 December, the a cappella style of Caravan of Love was not to the taste of all Housemartins fans, although a cappella material had always been part of the bands repertoire. Caravan of Love was first performed by the band in their second Peel session in April 1986, the Caravan of Love single featured four a cappella gospel songs on the B-side. The band split in 1988, but the members have remained friends and have worked on each others projects, Norman Cook has enjoyed significant success with Beats International and then as Fatboy Slim, while Heaton, Hemingway and roadie Sean Welch formed The Beautiful South. In December 2009, Cullimore co-wrote songs for a music series called The Bopps. The trio performed the Housemartins hit Me and the Farmer, and Cullimore, london 0 Hull 4 was re-released on 22 June 2009, with a bonus disc featuring tracks released as additional content on 12-inch singles and demo tracks. The bands early releases saw them described as pop, which brought comparisons with bands such as The Smiths. David Quantick, writing for Spin, described them in 1986 as playing traditional 60s-style guitar pop overlaid with soul vocals, Cook described the band as religious, but not Christians, and the bands repertoire included Gospel songs
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Bootsy Collins
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William Earl Bootsy Collins is an American musician and singer-songwriter. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collinss driving bass guitar and he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. With his elder brother Phelps Catfish Collins, Frankie Kash Waddy, in March 1970, after most of the members of James Browns band quit over a pay dispute, The Pacemakers were hired as Browns backing band and they became known as The J. B. s. Although they worked for Brown for only 11 months, the original J. B. B. s. The House Guests released What So Never the Dance and another single on the House Guests label, next Collins moved to Detroit, after Philippé Wynne suggested joining The Spinners, for whom Wynne had been singing. However, following the advice of singer and future Parliament member Mallia Franklin, Franklin there introduced both Collins brothers to George Clinton, and 1972 saw both of the Collins brothers, along with Waddy, join Funkadelic. Collins played bass on most of Funkadelic and all of Parliaments albums through the early 1980s, in 1976 Collins, Catfish, Waddy, Joel Johnson, Gary Mudbone Cooper, Robert Johnson and The Horny Horns formed Bootsys Rubber Band, a separate touring unit of Clintons P-Funk collective. The group recorded five albums together, the first three of which are considered to be among the quintessential P-Funk recordings. Player of the Year reached the top of the R&B album chart and he also adopted his trademark space bass around this time. Collins released two 1980 albums, his first solo album Ultra-Wave, and Sweat Band, on George Clintons Uncle Jam label with a group billed as Bootsys Sweat Band and he also was credited for co-producing the debut of P-Funk spinoffs Zapp and Roger. In 1984, he collaborated with Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads to produce Five Minutes, the record was credited to Bonzo goes to Washington. After a nearly five-year hiatus, he had a comeback in 1988, flaunted a new sound that foreshadowed the 1990s, such as the dance floor smash Party on Plastic. Laswell introduced Collins to Herbie Hancock, resulting in Perfect Machine, the techno-funk they recorded featured turnables for scratch appeal, and the smoothly-stylized vocals of Leroy Sugarfoot Bonner of chart-topping Ohio Players. In 1990, Collins collaborated with Deee-Lite on their massive hit Groove Is in the Heart where he contributed additional vocals. Although he also appeared in the video playing the bass. Bootsys Rubber Band became the de facto backing musicians for Deee-Lite during a world tour, the Rubber Band also recorded the EP Jungle Bass, their first recording in 11 years. In 1992, he joined with guitarist Stevie Salas and drummer Buddy Miles to form the fusion group Hardware. The trio released one album, Third Eye Open, before disbanding, in the same year, Collins played bass guitar on the first Praxis album, Transmutation, alongside fellow Parliament-Funkadelic member Bernie Worrell, Bryan Mantia and Buckethead
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Macy Gray
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Macy Gray is an American R&B, jazz and soul singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actress, known for her distinctive raspy voice, and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday. Gray has released six albums, and received five Grammy Award nominations. She has appeared in a number of films, including Training Day, Spider-Man, Scary Movie 3, Lackawanna Blues, Idlewild, Gray is best known for her international hit single I Try, taken from her multi-platinum debut album On How Life Is. In 2016, Gray made an artistic leap by changing labels to record an album produced with binaural sound. Stripped marked the singers first steps into the world of audiophile recordings, Natalie McIntyre was born in Canton, Ohio, the daughter of Laura McIntyre, a math schoolteacher, and Otis Jones who left when she was a baby. Her stepfather was a steelworker, and she has a sister who would become a biology teacher and she began piano lessons at age seven. A childhood bicycle mishap resulted in her noticing a mailbox of a man named Macy Gray, she used the name in stories she wrote, Gray attended school with Brian Warner although they did not know each other. She attended more than one school including a boarding school which asked her to leave due to her behavior. She attended college at the University of Southern California and studied scriptwriting, while attending the University of Southern California, she agreed to write songs for a friend. A demo session was scheduled for the songs to be recorded by another singer, I started forming bands and writing songs just for fun and then I really got into it and got attached to it. Then a friend of mine asked me to be a singer in his jazz band and he gave me all these jazz CDs and I studied all these different singers and I kind of taught myself how to sing for a gig, but I didnt take it seriously until later. She then met writer-producer Joe Solo while working as a cashier in Beverly Hills, together, they wrote a collection of songs and recorded them in Solos studio. The demo tape gave Gray the opportunity to sing at jazz cafés in Los Angeles, initially, Gray did not consider her unusual voice desirable for singing, Atlantic Records signed her. She began recording her debut record but was dropped from the label upon the departure of A&R man Tom Carolan, in 1998, she landed a record deal with Epic Records. She performed on Love Wont Wait, a song on the Black Eyed Peas debut album Behind the Front, Gray worked on her debut album in 1999 with producer Darryl Swann. Released in the summer of 1999, On How Life Is became a worldwide smash, despite the first single Do Something stalling on the charts, the release of the second single I Try made the album a success for Gray. I Try was one of the biggest singles of 1999, and subsequent singles Still and Why Didnt You Call Me ensured the album triple platinum in the US, quadruple platinum in the UK. In 2001, Gray won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for I Try and she then collaborated with Fatboy Slim, the Black Eyed Peas, and Slick Rick, as well as acting for the first time, in the thriller Training Day
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Damon Albarn
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Damon Albarn, OBE is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is best known as the singer of the British rock band Blur as well as co-founder, vocalist, instrumentalist. After spending long periods of time touring the US, Albarns songwriting became influenced by British bands from the 1960s. The result of these came in the form of Modern Life Is Rubbish, Parklife. All three albums received critical acclaim while Blur gained mass popularity in the UK, aided by a Britpop rivalry with Oasis, subsequent albums such as Blur,13, Think Tank and The Magic Whip contained influences from lo-fi, electronic and hip hop music. Along with Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett, Albarn formed the virtual band Gorillaz in 1998, drawing influences from alternative rock, trip hop, hip hop, electronica, dub, reggae and pop music, the band released their self-titled debut album in 2001 to worldwide success. Although Albarn is the only permanent musical contributor, the albums feature collaborations from a range of artists. Gorillaz are cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band and he has also ventured into the world of opera with Dr Dee and Monkey, Journey to the West. In 2008 The Daily Telegraph ranked Albarn number 18 in their list of the 100 most powerful people in British culture, in a 2010 UK poll for Q magazine Albarn was voted the fourth-greatest frontman of all time. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to music, Albarn was born on 23 March 1968, is the eldest child of artist Keith Albarn and his wife Hazel, née Dring. Their daughter Jessica, born in 1971, also went on to become an artist, Keith Albarn, originally from Nottinghamshire, was briefly the manager of Soft Machine and once a guest on BBCs Late Night Line-Up. He was head of The School of Art and Design at Colchester Institute, damons paternal grandfather Edward, an architect, had been a conscientious objector during the Second World War and was involved in a farming community in Lincolnshire, becoming a peace activist. In 2002 Edward Albarn died, Damon stated in an interview that Edward did not want to any longer. The Apollo Cumfycraft and The Tailendcharlie produced by his fathers company Keith Albarn & Partners Ltd under the trade-name of Playlearn, when Damon and Jessica were growing up, their family moved to Leytonstone, East London. The household was described as bohemian and their upbringing as liberal, Albarn agreed with his parents views, later claiming, I always thought my parents were absolutely dead right. I went against the grain in a weird way – by continually following them and his parents primarily listened to blues, Indian ragas and African music. The population of the area was predominantly white as opposed to the ethnically mixed part of London which he had used to. He described himself as not really fitting in with the politics of the place, Albarn was interested in music from an early age, attending an Osmonds concert at the age of six
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David Byrne
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Byrne is a multi-instrumentalist and is known for his distinctive voice. Since then, Byrne has released his own recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera. He has received Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe awards and been inducted into the Rock, David Byrne was born 14 May 1952, in Dumbarton, Scotland, to parents Tom and Emma. He is the elder of two children, two years after his birth, his parents moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and then to Arbutus, Maryland, in the United States, when he was 8 or 9 years old. His father worked as an electronics engineer, before high school, Byrne already knew how to play the guitar, accordion, and violin. He was rejected from his schools choir because they claimed he was off-key. From a young age, he had a strong interest in music and his parents say that he would constantly play his phonograph from age three and he learned how to play the harmonica at age five. In his journals he says, I was a peculiar young man—borderline Aspergers, Byrne graduated from Lansdowne High School in southwest Baltimore County. He started his career in a high school band called Revelation. Their repertoire consisted mostly of songs such as April Showers,96 Tears, Dancing on the Ceiling, Byrne attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the Maryland Institute College of Art before dropping out. He returned to Providence in 1973 and formed a band called the Artistics with fellow RISD student Chris Frantz, Byrne moved to New York City in May that year and was joined by Frantz and his girlfriend Tina Weymouth in September. Unable to find a player in New York, Frantz. While working day jobs in late 1974, they were contemplating a band, by January 1975, they were practicing and playing together, while still working normal day jobs. They founded the band Talking Heads and had their first gig in June, Byrne quit his day job in May 1976 and the three-piece band signed to Sire Records in November. Multi-instrumentalist Jerry Harrison joined the band in 1977, the band released eight studio albums before going into hiatus in 1988. Byrne desired to go solo, but it took three years until 1991 to announce that the band was breaking up, a brief reunion for a single Sax and Violins in 1991 occurred before dissolving again. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, following this record, Byrne focused his attention on Talking Heads. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts was re-released for its 25th anniversary in early 2006, in keeping with the spirit of the original album, stems for two of the songs component tracks were released under Creative Commons licenses and a remix contest site was launched
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Beardyman
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Darren Foreman, better known as Beardyman, is a British multivocalist, musician, and comedian from London renowned for his beatboxing skills and use of live looping. Darren Foreman was born to a Jewish family in Stanmore, North London and his brother is comedian Jay Foreman, with whom he sometimes collaborates onstage. After studying at Queen Elizabeths Grammar School for Boys, Barnet, beardyman’s first musical venture was composing a symphony for his school orchestra at the age of ten. At fifteen, an introduction to drum and bass led to his obsession with music technology. Darren was given the nickname Beardyman because a name was quickly needed for a flyer for an early show, in 2006 Beardyman battled to become UK Beatbox Champion and retained his title in 2007 making him the first beatboxer in UK history to win two championships in a row. He was on the 2008 judging panel, already an accomplished solo beatboxer in the modern tradition, Beardyman was further inspired by MC Xander to use music technology such as the Korg Kaoss Pad 3 to loop and sample his vocals. Through his use of pedals and effects tools, he effectively produces whole DJ sets via live production—entire sets where the songs are constructed, live. His music frequently contains elements of drum and bass, dubstep, breakbeat, trance, techno and other associated forms of electronic dance music. In various YouTube videos various pieces of equipment can be spotted, notably the Korg Kaossilator Pro, the Kaoss Pad 3, a Korg Wavedrum, a microKORG, a Boss GT-8. In a departure from his live work, Beardyman released his debut album I Done A Album on 21 March 2011. As of 2012 he has foregone the usage of Kaoss Pads in favour of proprietary software he has been developing, over the past 3 years I have worked tirelessly on the system, overseeing its development and testing, improving and configuring it. I had no choice really, as the shows I want to do are not possible using any existing off the shelf gear. The system is essentially my lifes work and will continue to be what I use for all my future endeavours. The Beardytron 5000 mkII is a work in progress and at some point youll be able to buy some form of looper/production-system based on the innovations developed to make my shows possible, guitar rig is also used along with Rob Papens delay. The system is controlled using two iPads running bespoke programs using a specially developed high definition, self-reconnecting protocol. On 29 November 2012 Beardyman posted a live gig performed in October 2012 in Pune, India and he has stated that the software for the Beardytron 5000 MkII will be available to purchase by the public sometime in 2014. On 28 February 2013, Beardyman gave a talk at a TED conference and he then explains that despite his ability to create sounds, the human voice is still intrinsically limited by its physical and biological characteristics. He describes his invention as a music production machine
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Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat
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Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat is a song by Fatboy Slim and Riva Starr. It was released on 20 June 2013, aided by a remix by Calvin Harris, the song reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Fatboy Slims first top ten hit since Star 69 / Weapon of Choice in 2001. A remix by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Ummet Ozcan was released on 23 December 2013, the lyric video for the original track was released on 24 June 2013. A music video to accompany the release of the Calvin Harris Remix was first released onto YouTube on 22 October 2013
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Hove
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Hove /ˈhoʊv/ is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove. It forms a conurbation with Brighton and some smaller towns. As part of government reform, Brighton and Hove were merged, to form the borough of Brighton. In 2000, the new borough officially attained city status, Hove is bordered by Brighton to the east and Portslade-by-Sea in the west, the distance between the boundaries being some 2.25 mi. During mid 19th-century building work near Palmeira Square, workmen levelled a substantial burial mound, a prominent feature of the landscape since 1200 BC, the 20 feet -high tumulus yielded, among other treasures, the Hove amber cup. Made of translucent red Baltic Amber and approximately the size as a regular china tea cup. There are entries for Brighton and Portslade and small settlements like Hangleton. Hove is an ancient coastal settlement with St Andrews Church being established in the 12th century, Hove remained insignificant for centuries, consisting of just a single street running north-south some 250m from the church, which by the 16th century was recorded as being in ruins. Hangleton Manor is a well-preserved 16th-century flint manor building and it is believed to have been built c.1540 for Richard Belingham, twice High Sheriff of Sussex, whose initials are carved into a fireplace, and whose coat of arms adorns a period plaster ceiling. The Manor is currently serving as a pub-restaurant and whilst it was once on open downland, however, The Ship Inn had been built at the seaward end of the street in around 1702. The census of 1801 recorded only 101 residents, by 1821, the year the Prince Regent was crowned George IV, Hove was still a small village but the population had risen to 312. The dwellings were still clustered on either side of Hove Street and this isolated location was ideal for smuggling and there was considerable illicit activity. Hove smugglers became notorious, with often being stored in the now partially repaired St. Andrews Church. Tradition has it that The Ship Inn was a rendezvous for the smugglers. In 1818 there was a battle on Hove beach between revenue men and smugglers, from which the latter emerged as the victors. As part of the drive by Parliament to combat smuggling. Also at the bottom of Hove Street was the bull-ring, at a bull-bait in 1810 the bull escaped, scattering spectators before being recaptured and dragged back to the ring. This was the last bull-bait to take place in Hove, the fertile coastal plain west of the Brighton boundary had significant deposits of brickearth and by c.1770 a brickfield had been established on the site of what would become Brunswick Square
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MTV Video Music Awards
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An MTV Video Music Award is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. By 2001, the VMA had become a coveted award, the statue given to winners is an astronaut on the moon, one of the earliest representations of MTV, and colloquially called a moonman. The statue is now made by New York firm, Society Awards, since the 2006 ceremony, viewers are able to vote for their favorite videos in all general categories by visiting MTVs website. The first VMA ceremony was held in 1984 at New York Citys Radio City Music Hall, the ceremonies are normally held in either New York City or Los Angeles. However, the ceremonies have also hosted in Miami and Las Vegas. 1984, At the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, Madonna performed her hit Like a Virgin wearing a combination bustier/wedding gown, during the performance, she rolled around on the floor, revealing lacy stockings and a garter. Cyndi Lauper spoke in Exorcist-esque gibberish to explain the VMA rules right before winning the Best Female video for Girls Just Want to Have Fun, David Bowie and The Beatles were rewarded with the first ever Video Vanguard Awards for their work in pioneering the music video. 1988, At the 1988 Video Music Awards Michael Jackson appeared for the first time, a pre-recorded live performance of Bad was shown. He was also awarded the Video Vanguard Award, paula Abdul was nominated for six awards, picking up four wins. She performed a medley of her singles Straight Up, Cold Hearted. When Madonna won the Viewers Choice Award for her Like a Prayer video, the tone that the commercial sought to convey sharply contrasted with the music video. When Pepsi executives saw the video, they yanked the advertisement after only two airings, in an attempt to dissociate themselves from Madonna. She also gave one of the most memorable performances of her hit Express Yourself, the performance consisted of both a dramatic 18th-century reinterpretation of Vogue as well as her dramatically becorseted breasts. His video Thriller influenced and changed music videos into what it is like today, a conflict between Poisons Bret Michaels and C. C. DeVille culminated in a fistfight at the Video Music Awards in 1991, deVille was fired and replaced by Pennsylvanian guitarist Richie Kotzen. Paul Reubens had his first public appearance following an arrest for lewd-conduct earlier that year, taking the stage in costume as Pee-wee Herman, he received a standing ovation, after which he asked the audience, Heard any good jokes lately. Prince & The New Power Generation performed their sexually charged song Gett Off on a Caligula-esque set and his trousers were parodied numerous times throughout the following year, on In Living Color & even on the next years VMAs by Howard Stern. It also marked the last TV appearance of Kiss with Eric Carr,1992, In the 1992 show, MTV requested Nirvana perform Smells Like Teen Spirit, while the band itself had indicated it preferred to play new songs Rape Me and tourettes
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Brit Awards
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The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industrys annual pop music awards. The name was originally a form of British, Britain or Britannia. In addition, an equivalent awards ceremony for music, called the Classic Brit Awards, is held each May. Robbie Williams holds the record for the most Brit Awards,13 as a solo artist, the awards originated as an annual event in 1982 under the auspices of the British record industrys trade association, the BPI. In 1989 they were renamed the Brit Awards, masterCard has been the long-term sponsor of the event. The Brit Awards were broadcast live until 1989, when Samantha Fox, in subsequent years, the event was recorded and broadcast the following night. From 2007, the Brit Awards reverted to a live broadcast on British television, on 14 February on ITV. In that year, comedian Russell Brand was presenter and three awards were dropped from the ceremony, Best British Rock Act, Best British Urban Act, on 18 February 2009, the venue for the BRITs was once again the Earls Court, London. The Brit Awards were held at The O2 in London for the first time in 2011, the Brit Award statuette given to the winners features Britannia, the female personification of Britain. The first awards ceremony was in 1977, as The BRITish Record Industry BRITannia Awards, there have been 36 editions to date. The 2016 Brit Awards was held on 24 February 2016, the 1988 BPI Awards was the first of the ceremonies to be broadcast on live television. The BBC had previously broadcast the ceremony from 1985, with the shows from 1982 to 1984 not broadcast on television, the BBC continued to broadcast the renamed BRIT Awards, live in 1989 and pre-recorded from 1990 to 1992. ITV have broadcast the awards since 1993, pre-recorded until 2006, BBC Radio 1 has provided backstage radio coverage since 2008. In 1987 the BPI Awards ceremony was held in the Great Room at the Grosvenor House Hotel, at the time there was a BBC electricians strike in effect, and the organisers decided to use a non-TV events production company, called Upfront, to manage the show. Despite the show being picketed, the event was transmitted as intended, for a while the outdoor broadcast scanner was rocked on its wheels by the protesters and they managed to shut off the power to one of the big GE video screen projectors. In 1989, the ceremony was broadcast live and presented by Fleetwood Macs Mick Fleetwood, the inexperience of the hosts, an ineffective autocue and little preparation combined to create an unprofessional show that was poorly received. The 1990 awards ceremony saw the last public appearance of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, Queen appeared at the ceremony to receive the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Mercury did not make a speech, as Brian May did the talking on behalf of the other members, in 1992, dance/art band The KLF were awarded Best British Group and were booked to open the show
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Kingston upon Hull
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Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber estuary,25 miles inland from the North Sea, the town of Hull was founded late in the 12th century. The monks of Meaux Abbey needed a port where the wool from their estates could be exported and they chose a place at the confluence of the rivers Hull and Humber to build a quay. The exact year the town was founded is not known but it was first mentioned in 1193, renamed Kings-town upon Hull by King Edward I in 1299, Hull has been a market town, military supply port, trading hub, fishing and whaling centre, and industrial metropolis. Hull was a theatre of battle in the English Civil Wars. Its 18th-century Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, took a prominent part in the abolition of the trade in Britain. The city is unique in the UK in having had a municipally owned telephone system from 1902, sporting cream, not red, telephone boxes. After suffering heavy damage in the Second World War, Hull weathered a period of decline, gaining unfavourable results on measures of social deprivation, education. In the early 21st-century spending boom before the late 2000s recession the city saw large amounts of new retail, commercial, housing, tourist attractions include the historic Old Town and Museum Quarter, Hull Marina and The Deep, a city landmark. The redevelopment of one of Hulls main thoroughfares, Ferensway, included the opening of St Stephens Hull, spectator sports include Premier League football and Super League Rugby. The KCOM Stadium houses Hull City football club and Hull F. C. rugby club, Hull is also home to the English Premier Ice Hockey League Hull Pirates. The University of Hull was founded in 1927 and now more than 16,000 students. It is ranked among the best in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and located in the leafy Newland suburb, in 2013, it was announced that Hull would be the 2017 UK City of Culture. In 2015 it was announced that the Ferens Art Gallery will be hosting the annual art prize, The Turner Prize. The prize is held outside London every other year, Kingston upon Hull stands on the north bank of the Humber estuary at the mouth of its tributary, the River Hull. The valley of the River Hull has been inhabited since the early Neolithic period, the area was attractive to people because it gave access to a prosperous hinterland and navigable rivers but the site was poor, being remote, low-lying and with no fresh water. It was originally a part of the hamlet of Myton. The name is thought to either from a Scandinavian word Vik meaning inlet or from the Saxon Wic meaning dwelling place or refuge
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Indie rock
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Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s. Originally used to independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock. In the mid-1980s, the term began to be used to describe the music produced on punk and post-punk labels. Some prominent indie rock record labels were founded during the 1980s, during the 1990s, Grunge bands broke into the mainstream, and the term alternative lost its original counter-cultural meaning. The term indie rock became associated with the bands and genres that remained dedicated to their independent status, by the end of the 1990s indie rock developed subgenres and related styles including lo-fi, noise pop, emo, slowcore, post-rock and math rock. In the 2000s, changes in the industry and in music technology enabled a new wave of indie rock bands to achieve mainstream success. In the early 2000s, a new group of bands played a stripped-down. The commercial breakthrough from these scenes was led by four bands, The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Hives, emo also broke into mainstream culture in the early 2000s. By the end of the 2000s the proliferation of bands was being referred to as indie landfill. The term indie rock, which comes from independent, describes the small and relatively low-budget labels on which it is released, the influences and styles of the artists have been extremely diverse, including punk, psychedelia, post-punk and country. Allmusic identifies indie rock as including a number of varying musical approaches compatible with mainstream tastes, in fact, there is an everlasting list of genres and subgenres of indie rock. Many countries have developed a local indie scene, flourishing with bands with enough popularity to survive inside the respective country. However, there are still indie bands that start off locally, Indie rock has been identified as a reaction against the macho culture that developed in alternative rock in the aftermath of Nirvanas success. However, Cortney Harding pointed out that this sense of equality is not reflected in the number of women running indie labels. The BBC documentary Music for Misfits, The Story of Indie pinpoints the birth of indie as the 1977 self-publication of the Spiral Scratch EP by Manchester band Buzzcocks, Indie pop and indie were originally synonymous. In the mid-1980s, indie began to be used to describe the music produced on post-punk labels rather than the labels themselves. The indie rock scene in the US was prefigured by the rock that dominated college radio playlists. In the United States, the term was associated with the abrasive, distortion-heavy sounds of the Pixies, Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr
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A cappella
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A cappella music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It contrasts with cantata, which is usually accompanied singing, the term a cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style. The term is used, albeit rarely, as a synonym for alla breve. A cappella music was used in religious music, especially church music as well as anasheed. Gregorian chant is an example of a singing, as is the majority of secular vocal music from the Renaissance. The madrigal, up until its development in the early Baroque into a form, is also usually in a cappella form. Jewish and Christian music were originally a cappella, and this practice has continued in both of these religions as well as in Islam, the polyphony of Christian a cappella music began to develop in Europe around the late 15th century AD, with compositions by Josquin des Prez. The early a cappella polyphonies may have had an accompanying instrument, by the 16th century, a cappella polyphony had further developed, but gradually, the cantata began to take the place of a cappella forms. 16th century a cappella polyphony, nonetheless, continued to influence church composers throughout this period and to the present day. Recent evidence has shown some of the early pieces by Palestrina. Such is seen in the life of Palestrina becoming an influence on Bach. In the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches, bishop Kallistos Ware says, The service is sung, even though there may be no choir. In the Orthodox Church today, as in the early Church, singing is unaccompanied and this a cappella behavior arises from strict interpretation of Psalms 150, which states, Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Divine Liturgies and Western Rite masses composed by composers such as Peter Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Arkhangelsky. Certain high church services and other events in liturgical churches may be a cappella. Many Mennonites also conduct some or all of their services without instruments, sacred Harp, a type of folk music, is an a cappella style of religious singing with shape notes, usually sung at singing conventions. Opponents of musical instruments in the Christian worship believe that opposition is supported by the Christian scriptures. There is no reference to music in early church worship in the New Testament
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Caravan of Love
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Caravan of Love is a 1985 R&B hit originally recorded by Isley-Jasper-Isley, the second half of The Isley Brothers 3 +3 lineup of the 1970s. The music video was filmed on-location in New York City, the song was released on the greatest hits compilation Now Thats What I Call Quite Good. Gospel singer Marvin Sapp with Christian contemporary singer Bob Carlisle and jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum from the WOW Gospel 2000 compilation, jazz artist Terry Callier on his 2002 album, Speak Your Peace. In 2004, German pop group Preluders covered the song on their album Prelude to History, british pop singer Pixie Lott released in November 2014 a charity version of the song as the lead single from her first hits collection Platinum Pixie. The song charted at #129 in the UK, eric Essix 2014 album The Isley Sessions
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Dub Be Good to Me
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Dub Be Good to Me is a 1990 single by British dub group Beats International, released on 29 January 1990. It was a #1 hit in the United Kingdom, and hit #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play in the United States and it is generally considered the bands signature song. Dub Be Good to Me was written by Beats International frontman Norman Cook, written by Norman Cook, Dub Be Good to Me was the sole number one single for Cooks genre-hopping outfit Beats International. The track started out as an instrumental with the title The Invasion of the Estate Agents, while also included as the B-side to this single, it originally appeared as the B-side to Cooks 1989 single For Spacious Lies. This instrumental, in remixed form, had vocals added from The SOS Bands Just Be Good to Me to form Dub Be Good to Me. The track also features the vocals of David John-Baptiste, more commonly known as DJ Deejay or just DJ. The song was a hit, spending four weeks at one on the UK Singles Chart in March 1990. It was the seventh best-selling single of 1990 in the UK, in the U. S. the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and #76 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Smith & Mighty Remix was included in Pitchfork Medias 2010 list of twenty-five great remixes of the 1990s, Dub Be Good to Me was covered in 2002 by Faithless and Dido for the album NME & Warchild Presents 1 Love. Jack Peñate covered Dub Be Good to Me as a B-side to his re-released single Second, rapper Professor Green and Lily Allen released their version of the song, titled Just Be Good to Green. British band The Ting Tings covered Dub Be Good to Me on BBC Radio 1s Live Lounge, British Urban duo MK1 performed the song during the judges houses stage of the ninth series of The X Factor
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Better Living Through Chemistry (album)
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Three songs from the album were previously released in Skints first volume of their Brassic Beats compilation album series, which is advertised in the albums booklet. The album cover features an image of a 3. 5-inch floppy disk, paying homage to the cover of New Orders Blue Monday single, the albums title is a variation of a DuPont advertising slogan. The song Give the Po Man a Break is featured in the 2000 film Traffic, the song The Weekend Starts Here is featured in the first episode of the British sitcom, Spaced. The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
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You've Come a Long Way, Baby
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The album was recorded at Fatboy Slims home studio called The House of Love in Brighton, England. The album was a critical and commercial success, containing four top ten singles, the album peaked at number one on the UK albums chart, number one in New Zealand, number two in Australia, and number thirty-four on the US Billboard 200. Four singles were released from the album, The Rockafeller Skank, Gangster Tripping, Praise You, build It Up – Tear It Down was also released as a promo, but not as a commercial single. The four singles from the album brought Fatboy Slim an international profile and Youve Come a Long Way and its success earned him a Brit Award in 1999. Youve Come a Long Way, Baby was recorded entirely using Atari ST computer, Creator software, the album faced issues regarding the use of profanity, most notably on the track Fucking in Heaven, where the word fucking is spoken 108 times by Freddy Fresh. The word shit is used in Gangster Tripping 57 times, which makes a total of 165 profanities, because of this, the album was given a Parental Advisory sticker. It is possible that the use of druggy in Kalifornia also required the sticker. The title Youve Come a Long Way, Baby was derived from a slogan for Virginia Slims cigarettes. Conceived by Red Design, the primary cover art features an obese young man dressed in a T-shirt bearing the words Im No.1 so why try harder. The original photograph was taken at the 1983 Fat Peoples Festival in Danville, Virginia, despite a series of enquiries, the man has not been identified. Additional photography for the Youve Come a Long Way, Baby liner notes was provided by Simon Thornton, the cover image was changed in North America to an image of shelves stacked with records. The album received acclaim, particularly for its beats and hooks. In 1999, it was certified 3× platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, 3xPlatinum by the Australian Record Industry Association, in 2000, the album was ranked number 81 in Q magazines readers poll of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Sample credits Right Here, Right Now Ashes, the Rain, Right here, right now vocal sample - Angela Basset from the film Strange Days. The Rockafeller Skank Sliced Tomatoes, performed by Just Brothers, beat Girl, performed by John Barry. Vinyl Dogs Vibe, performed by Vinyl Dogs featuring Lord Finesse, peter Gunn, performed by Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy. I Fought the Law, performed by The Bobby Fuller Four, Fucking in Heaven Copy Kat, performed by Bar-Kays
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Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars
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Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars is the third studio album by British big beat musician Fatboy Slim. It was released on 6 November 2000 through Skint Records and it features Macy Gray, Ashley Slater, Bootsy Collins, Roland Clark, Jim Morrison, and Roger Sanchez as guest contributors. The albums title, mentioned in the single Weapon of Choice is an allusion to the Oscar Wilde quote We are all in the gutter, the album was re-released on 1 June 2015 as Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, including remastered and bonus tracks. This edition includes a disc with remixed versions of all the original tracks. The album received positive reviews from critics. Club called it a big load of fun and funk thats fluffier than cotton candy. On the other hand, Pitchfork Media wrote After enjoying a few years of popularity, it seems big-beats appeal. After listening to Slims latest, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars and its no fun at all, though the problem lies more with the everchanging landscape of electronic music and the dying big-beat genre than it does with his technical skill. Entertainment Weekly called it Melodically repetitive, the songs only intermittently approach the energizing highs of earlier Fatboy cuts, spin called it a post-masterpiece puzzler where the kicks just keep getting harder to find, spread-eagle between pop limitations and artistic aspirations. On the iTunes release, Talking bout My Baby is separated from Song for Shelter, flight Decimator, performed by Chris McCormack. Sunset Bird of Prey, performed by Jim Morrison, soul Pride, performed by James Brown. Jet Set, performed by Dr. John, Love Life Love Your Life, performed by Average White Band. A Who Seh Me Dun, performed by Cutty Ranks, satisfaction, performed by The Rolling Stones Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley, Your Ties Caught In Your Zipper, performed by Incredible Bongo Band. Ya Mama The Kettle, performed by Colosseum, let the Rhythm Pump, performed by Doug Lazy. Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya, performed by Stik E & the Hoodz, block Rockin Beats, performed by The Chemical Brothers. Mad Flava Sound of Da Police, performed by KRS-One, feel Tha Flava, performed by Mad Flava. Triple Threat, performed by Z-3 MCs, send Them, performed by Lyrics Born. Movie Time, performed by Uncle Dog, full-Tilt Boogie, performed by Uncle Louie
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The Rockafeller Skank
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The Rockafeller Skank is a song by English big beat musician and DJ Fatboy Slim. It was a hit single released from the 1998 album Youve Come a Long Way, the single peaked at number six in the UK Singles Chart in June 1998. The song was the second Fatboy Slim single to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, a guitar line from the song Peter Gunn by Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy is also sampled. Fatboy Slim has stated that to clear the samples and release the song he had to release 100% of the royalties, 25% to each artist. The radio version of the song was featured on the 1999 compilation album Now Thats What I Call Music, the song is featured in Shes All That in a choreographed dance number. The song was used in the films Digimon, The Movie. The song was used in the video game FIFA99, the song was used in the 1999 Surge Cola commercial with The Sandlot cast member Patrick Renna. The song was used in the PlayStation video game Gekido, the song was used during the trailer for the 1999 film, Office Space. The song was played during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, the song is featured in the episode 15 of the 5th season of the American sitcom Friends, during the party staged by Ross to his neighbors. The song was used in the TV series Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, Being Erica, Daria, Saturday Night Live,20 to 1, Sex and the City. The song was featured on the soundtrack to Packed to the Rafters. The song was used in the film American Pie, but did not appear on the soundtrack, the song was used in the promo trailer for Osmosis Jones. The song was used in trailers for Connie and Carla and Corporate Affairs, the song was featured in the 3rd episode of the 2nd Series of The Catherine Tate Show. The song was used in a promo for Sex Tape on FX, the song was used in the PlayStation 2 video game Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2. This is removed on the featured on the 2006 compilation The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder. 12 The Rockafeller Skank Always Read the Label Tweakers Delight Official music video on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Praise You
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Praise You is a song by British big beat musician Fatboy Slim. It was released as the single from his second studio album, Youve Come a Long Way, Baby. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, number four in Canada, number six in the Republic of Ireland, the accompanying video for Praise You was directed by Spike Jonze with Roman Coppola. Jonze starred in the film under the pseudonym Richard Koufey, along with a dance group. The video intro described it as A Torrance Public Film Production, the video was shot guerrilla-style in front of puzzled onlookers outside a movie theatre in Westwood, California. In the video, Jonze and the group dance to Praise You. One of the actor-dancers in the dance group, Michael Gier. Norman Cook is briefly seen in the video as one of the onlookers, with the clearest view shown at the conclusion of the video. Cook curiously peers over Jonze to catch a glimpse of the camera before walking off to the right, the video reportedly cost only US$800 to produce, with most of that money going towards a replacement boombox and food for the cast and crew. The video won three awards at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction. It was also nominated for, but did not win, Best Dance Video, the group also put on a dance performance to the song at the awards. In 2001, it was voted one of the 100 best videos of all time. MTV Video Music Award MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video, the first episode of Jeremy Clarkson, Meets the Neighbours during the make-over sequence in Paris. It was also used in an episode of The Story of Tracy Beaker called The Break-In, the radio edit was featured in the original motion picture soundtrack of the 1999 film, Cruel Intentions. The song was used in a trailer for the 2015 video game compilation Rare Replay, the song was featured in the episode of Suddenly Susan paying tribute to David Strickland. Strickland had just committed suicide, and Praise You was apparently a song of his. The song is played after the whistle at Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club matches. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Right Here, Right Now (Fatboy Slim song)
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Right Here, Right Now is a song by British big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released on 19 April 1999 as the fourth single from his second studio album Youve Come a Long Way, Baby. The song reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart, behind Westlifes single Swear It Again for one week and it was voted by Mixmag readers as the tenth-greatest dance record of all time. The basic string melody of the song was sampled from the James Gang song Ashes, the lyrics right here, right now are a sample of Angela Bassetts voice saying This is your life, right here, right now. From the film Strange Days at the 1,43,22 mark, the album version of Right Here, Right Now ends with a radio talk between Bradley Jay, a DJ of the WBCN radio station of Boston, and a Fatboy Slim fan called Brad. The music video, created by Hammer & Tongs, shows a depiction of the process of evolution condensed into three and a half minutes. The beginning of the video is set 350 billion years ago, and starts with a single cell organism in the ocean evolving into a jellyfish, a pufferfish. It manages to eat a smaller fish before leaping up onto dry land, with a dinosaur visible in the background and an insect in front, it stays still for a few seconds before setting off and eating the insect. The land-fish evolves into an alligator as it enters a forest. It sees a tree, which it climbs up. Its hands are visibly evolving until it arrives at the top as a homo erectus-like ape and it jumps from the tree into an icy landscape, enduring a blizzard as it evolves into a larger, gorilla-like ape. At the end of a cliff, the ape beats its chest as the camera zooms out to show a vast desert. The ape jumps onto the ground, where it has evolved into a primate resembling an orangutan, a large storm blows away much of its hair, turning it into a human. The human runs faster and puts on some trousers and a T-shirt with the logo Im #1 so why try harder, when fully clothed, it turns into a modern human with a beard. The man walks through a city environment and eats a hamburger, he pulls off the beard and he finally sits down on a bench at night, at which point the video ends. The song has been used by the Philadelphia 76ers during the 2000–01 NBA season during their run to the 2001 NBA Finals, as of 2015, several Australian Football League clubs including the West Coast Eagles play the opening of the song in the final minute before a match commences. It was also featured in the films Any Given Sunday, Theres Only One Jimmy Grimble, The Skulls, Michael Jordan to the Max, Driven and Big Fat Liar and in the trailer for The Virgin Suicides and Crank. It also appeared in the TV series Third Watch, Attachments, EastEnders, Veronica Mars,20 to 1, the single was used for numerous advertisements, such as for the Nissan Qashqai in 2014. The song was played at the start of shows for Russell Howards 2011 tour also called Right Here
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Star 69 / Weapon of Choice
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Star 69/Weapon of Choice is a double A-side single from English big beat musician Fatboy Slim, from his third studio album, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars. The single peaked at No.10 on the UK Singles Chart, the music video for Weapon of Choice directed by Spike Jonze features actor Christopher Walken dancing around a deserted hotel lobby. It won multiple awards at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, Weapon of Choice features guest vocals from American funk musician Bootsy Collins, known for his work with Parliament-Funkadelic and Bootsys Rubber Band. The vocals on the song consist almost entirely of the verse, They know what is what. Sampled from I Get Deep by Roland Clark, which was used on Fatboy Slims song Song for Shelter. A radio edit of the track exists with the word fuck taken out, star 69 is popular with DJs and has often been remixed and used in mashups due to the vocal hook. The song is included in the compilation CD Soundtrack 1, The Definitive Xbox Compilation, Weapon of Choice features Parliament-Funkadelic and Bootsys Rubber Band bassist Bootsy Collins, who provides the lead vocals on the song. On the album version, Collinss normal vocals are heard through the audio channel. The chorus of the song, You could go with this, is a homage to the Black Sheep song The Choice Is Yours, which features a similar chorus. The line halfway between the gutter and the stars refers to a line in Oscar Wildes play Lady Windermeres Fan, We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. The radio edit is referred to as the Attack Hamster Edit, Collinss vocal tracks, both normal and distorted, remain intact, though the distorted track is now barely audible. It peaked at No.137 on the UK Singles Chart, the song was briefly featured in the 2001 film Joe Somebody, and was also featured in the Malcolm in the Middle episode Malcolm vs. Reese. It was used in the E3 Trailer of Skylanders Swap Force, on the album, the song segues from Retox and thus the ending of Retox is on this track. At 5,06 on the version, the last second gets repeated many times until it finishes at 5,36. However, on the album, the last two seconds get repeated until 5,23, and scratching sounds start at 5,14 until the conclusion at 5,45. The single version and album also have several other differences. The song is perhaps best known for its music video. The Weapon of Choice video won six awards at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, Walken was awarded one of MTVs Moonmen for Best Choreography
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Wonderful Night
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Wonderful Night is a song by English big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released as a single from his album Palookaville. It features Lateef the Truth Speaker on the vocal track, the song is often played at Staples Center immediately after Los Angeles Clippers home wins and at Madison Square Garden during the second half of New York Knicks games. A shortened version of the song appears on the video game Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2. The song was edited for radio due to the coarse language used in the middle of the song. The song garnered positive reviews from music critics. David Jeffries of Allmusic felt the song was one of the highlights of the album, pitchforks Johnny Loftus called the songs rhythm concise, also praising Lateefs performance. Rolling Stones review of Palookaville called the song groovy, a music video for the song was released, it features tuxedo-clad dancers in and around an old-fashioned casino. The song featured in the childrens films Flushed Away and Robots, lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Cornershop (band)
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Cornershop are a British indie rock band best known for their 1998 UK number-one single Brimful of Asha. The band name originated from a stereotype referring to British Asians often owning corner shops and their music is a fusion of Indian music, Britpop, alternative and electronic dance music. Tjinder Singh formed the General Havoc whilst a student at Lancashire Polytechnic in Preston, the band played their first gig at Leicesters OJays venue. Their debut release, the In The Days of Ford Cortina EP, was pressed on curry-coloured vinyl, the album impressed David Byrne sufficiently for him to sign the band to his Luaka Bop label. Although David Chambers left the band in 1994, replaced by Nick Simms, jullandar Shere single and the album Womans Gotta Have It, also touring the United States including some dates on the Lollapalooza tour. The band also toured Europe with Beck, Stereolab and Oasis, the band released their critically acclaimed album When I Was Born for the 7th Time in September 1997. The album featured collaborations with Allen Ginsberg, Paula Frazer, Justin Warfield, the album was produced by Tjinder Singh and Dan the Automator. Rolling Stone called it one of the recordings of the 1990s. The album was ranked No.1 on Spins list of Top 20 Albums of the Year The track Brimful of Asha topped the legendary Festive 50 rundown of John Peels tracks of the year in 1997. Norman Cook loved the track and remixed the song, which became hugely popular, the song was a tribute to the prolific Indian playback singer, Asha Bhosle, and Tjinders musical influences such as Trojan Records and vinyl culture in general. In 2000 Ayres and Singh released a disco inspired album Disco and this album inspired the launch of the London-based clubnight called Buttoned Down Disco, which took its name from the third track on the album. Their next official Cornershop release was the 2002 album, Handcream for a Generation, according to their official website, Cornershop have been making a film about London’s independent music industry since 2003. In 2004 the band released the track Topknot featuring the vocals of Bubbley Kaur on Rough Trade Records, in February 2006, some four years after their last album, they released another single Wop the Groove featuring guest vocals from Happy Mondays backing singer Rowetta. In 2008, their song Candyman was featured in the Nike advertisement for the Lebron James VI shoe, Cornershop released an album Judy Sucks a Lemon for Breakfast in July 2009, preceded by the single The Roll-Off Characteristics in May on their own record label called Ample Play. In 2011, Cornershop were awarded a prize for Commitment to Scene in the UK Asian Music Awards, an album Cornershop and the Double O Groove Of, a collaboration with Punjabi folk singer Bubbley Kaur, was released in March 2011 to critical acclaim in the UK. The band also set up the Singhles Club Club, a service featuring a series of musically diverse collaborations. The bands eighth album Urban Turban was released on 14 May 2012, jullander Shere My Dancing Days are Done 6 a. m. Jullander Shere, The Grid and Star Liner mixes W. O. G, non Stop Radio Don’t Shake It Milkin It Whos Gonna Lite It Up Solid Gold Hold The Corner Official website
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Beastie Boys
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The Beastie Boys were an American hip hop group from New York City, formed in 1981. For the majority of their career, the group consisted of Michael Mike D Diamond, Adam MCA Yauch, Berry left shortly thereafter, and was replaced by Horovitz. They toured with Madonna in 1985 and a year released their debut album Licensed to Ill. With seven platinum or better albums from 1986 to 2004, the Beastie Boys were one of the hip hop acts worldwide. In 2009, they released digitally remastered editions of their albums Pauls Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication. Their eighth studio album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, was released in 2011, and received positive reviews. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2012, just the third rap group to enter the Hall, after Run–D. M. C. and Grandmaster Flash, the following month, MCA died of cancer of the parotid salivary gland. In June 2014, Mike D confirmed that he and Ad-Rock would not continue the Beastie Boys, prior to forming the Beastie Boys, Michael Diamond was part of a number of bands such as the Walden Jazz Band, BAN and The Young Aborigines. The band supported Bad Brains, the Dead Kennedys, the Misfits and Reagan Youth at venues such as CBGB, A7, Trudy Hellers Place and Maxs Kansas City, playing at the latter venue on its closing night. In November 1982 the Beastie Boys recorded the 7 EP Polly Wog Stew at 171A studios, on November 13,1982, the Beastie Boys played Philip Puccis birthday for the purposes of his short concert film of the Beastie Boys, Beastie. Pucci held the concert in Bard Colleges Preston Drama Dance Department Theatre and this performance marked the Beastie Boys first on screen appearance in a published motion picture. The opening band for that performance was The Young and the Useless, skills to Pay the Bills later went on to earn the Recording Industry Association of Americas gold sales award for selling more than 500,000 copies. The band also recorded and then performed its first hip hop track, Cooky Puss, based on a prank call by the group to Carvel Ice Cream in 1983. It was a part of the new line-up’s first EP, also called Cooky Puss, which was the first piece of work that showed their incorporation of the rap phenomenon. It quickly became a hit in New York underground dance clubs, in 1983, the new line-up released the Cooky Puss EP, which offered the first evidence of them picking up on the underground rap phenomenon and the use of samples. ‘Beastie Revolution’ was later sampled for a British Airways commercial, earning them $40,000 in royalties, due to the success of Cooky Puss they began to incorporate rap into their sets. They decided to hire a DJ for their shows and ended up getting an NYU student named Rick Rubin. Soon thereafter, Rubin began producing records and he then formed Def Jam Recordings with fellow NY University student Russell Simmons and approached the band about producing them for his new label
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