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Hereford, Herefordshire
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Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately 16 miles east of the border with Wales,24 miles southwest of Worcester, with a population of 58,896, it is the largest settlement in the county. The name Hereford is said to come from the Anglo-Saxon here, an army or formation of soldiers, and the ford, if this is the origin it suggests that Hereford was a place where a body of armed men forded or crossed the Wye. The Welsh name for Hereford is Henffordd, meaning old road, much of the county of Herefordshire was Welsh-speaking, as reflected in the Welsh names of many places in the county. An early town charter from 1189 granted by Richard I of England describes it as Hereford in Wales, Hereford has been recognised as a city since time immemorial, with the status being reconfirmed as recently as October 2000. It is now known chiefly as a centre for a wider agricultural and rural area. Products from Hereford include, cider, beer, leather goods, nickel alloys, poultry, chemicals, hostilities between the Anglo-Saxons and the Welsh came to a head with the Battle of Hereford in 760, in which the Britons freed themselves from the influence of the English. Hereford had the only mint west of the Severn in the reign of Athelstan, and it was to Hereford, then a border town, the present Hereford Cathedral dates from the early 12th century, as does the first bridge across the Wye. Former Bishops of Hereford include Saint Thomas de Cantilupe and Lord High Treasurer of England Thomas Charlton. The city gave its name to two suburbs of Paris, France, Maisons-Alfort and Alfortville, due to a manor built there by Peter of Aigueblanche, Bishop of Hereford, in the middle of the 13th century. Hereford, a base for successive holders of the title Earl of Hereford, was once the site of a castle, Hereford Castle, which rivalled that of Windsor in size and scale. This was a base for repelling Welsh attacks and a stronghold for English kings such as King Henry IV when on campaign in the Welsh Marches against Owain Glyndŵr. The castle was dismantled in the 18th century and landscaped into Castle Green, after the Battle of Mortimers Cross in 1461, during the Wars of the Roses, the defeated Lancastrian leader Owen Tudor was taken to Hereford by Sir Roger Vaughan and executed in High Town. A plaque now marks the spot of the execution, Vaughan was later himself executed, under a flag of truce, by Owens son Jasper. During the civil war the city changed several times. On 30 September 1642 Parliamentarians led by Sir Robert Harley and Henry Grey, in December they withdrew to Gloucester because of the presence in the area of a Royalist army under Lord Herbert. The city was occupied briefly from 23 April to 18 May 1643 by Parliamentarians commanded by Sir William Waller. On 31 July 1645 a Scottish army of 14,000 under Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven besieged the city but met resistance from its garrison
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House music
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House music is a genre of electronic music created by club DJs and music producers in Chicago in the early 1980s. Early house music was characterized by repetitive 4/4 beats, rhythms mainly provided by drum machines, off-beat hi-hat cymbals. While house displayed several characteristics similar to music, it was more electronic and minimalistic. House music became popular in Chicago clubs in 1984 and it was pioneered by figures such as Frankie Knuckles, Phuture, Kym Mazelle, and Mr. Fingers, and was associated with African-American and gay subcultures. House music quickly spread to other American cities such as Detroit, New York City, Baltimore, in the mid-to-late 1980s, house music became popular in Europe as well as major cities in South America, and Australia. Since the early to mid-1990s, house music has been infused in mainstream pop, in the late 1980s, many local Chicago house music artists suddenly found themselves presented with major label deals. House music proved to be a successful genre and a more mainstream pop-based variation grew increasingly popular. House music has also fused with other genres creating fusion subgenres, such as euro house, tech house, electro house. After enjoying significant success in the early to mid-90s, house music grew even larger during the wave of progressive house. The genre has remained popular and fused into other subgenres, for example, ghetto house, deep house. As of 2016, house music popular in both clubs and in the mainstream pop scene while retaining a foothold on underground scenes across the globe. The song structure of music songs typically involves an intro, a chorus, various verse sections, a midsection. Some songs do not have a verse, taking a part from the chorus. The drum beat is one of the important elements within the genre and is almost always provided by an electronic drum machine rather than by a human drummer playing drumkit. The drum beats of house are four on the floor, with bass drums played on every beat, House music is often based on bass-heavy loops or basslines produced by a synthesizer and/or from samples of disco or funk songs. The tempo of most house songs is between 118 and 135 beats per minute, soul music and disco influenced house music. These artists produced longer, more repetitive, and percussive arrangements of existing disco recordings, early house producers such as Frankie Knuckles created similar compositions from scratch, using samplers, synthesizers, sequencers, and drum machines. Rachel Cain, co-founder of an influential Trax Records, was involved in the burgeoning punk scene and cites industrial
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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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Dubstep
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Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London, England. It emerged in the late 1990s as a development within a lineage of related styles such as 2-step garage, dub, techno, drum and bass, broken beat, jungle, and reggae. In the United Kingdom the origins of the genre can be traced back to the growth of the Jamaican sound system party scene in the early 1980s, the music generally features sparse, syncopated drum and percussion patterns with bass lines that contain prominent sub bass frequencies. The earliest dubstep releases date back to 1998, and were featured as B-sides of 2-step garage single releases. These tracks were darker, more experimental remixes with less emphasis on vocals, a very early supporter of the sound was BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, who started playing it from 2003 onwards. In 2004, the last year of his show, his listeners voted Distance, Digital Mystikz, simultaneously, the genre was receiving extensive coverage in music magazines such as The Wire and online publications such as Pitchfork, with a regular feature entitled The Month In, Grime/Dubstep. Interest in dubstep grew significantly after BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs started championing the genre, towards the end of the 2000s and into the early 2010s, the genre started to become more commercially successful in the UK, with more singles and remixes entering the music charts. Music journalists and critics noticed a dubstep influence in several pop artists work. The music website Allmusic has described Dubsteps overall sound as tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals. According to Simon Reynolds, Dubsteps constituents originally came from different points in the 1989—99 UK lineage, bleep n bass, jungle, techstep, Photek-style neurofunk, speed garage,2 step. Reynolds comments that the traces of pre-existing styles worked through their intrinsic sonic effects but also as signifiers, Dubsteps early roots are in the more experimental releases of UK garage producers, seeking to incorporate elements of drum and bass into the South London-based 2-step garage sound. These experiments often ended up on the B-side of a label or commercial garage release. Similar to a vocal garage hybrid – grime – the genres feel is commonly dark, tracks frequently use a minor key, other distinguishing features often found are the use of samples, a propulsive, sparse rhythm, and an almost omnipresent sub-bass. Some dubstep artists have incorporated a variety of outside influences. Dubstep rhythms are usually syncopated, and often shuffled or incorporating tuplets, the tempo is nearly always in the range of 138–142 beats per minute, with a clap or snare usually inserted every third beat in a bar. In its early stages, dubstep was often more percussive, with influences from 2‑step drum patterns. A lot of producers were experimenting with tribal drum samples, such as Loefahs early release Truly Dread. One characteristic of certain strands of dubstep is the bass, often referred to as the wub
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Drum and bass
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Drum and bass is a genre and branch of electronic music which emerged from rave and oldschool jungle scenes in England during the early 1990s. The style is characterised by fast breakbeats with heavy bass and sub-bass lines, sampled sources. The popularity of drum and bass at its peak ran parallel to several other homegrown dance styles in the UK including big beat. Drum and bass incorporates a number of scenes and styles, a major influence on jungle and drum and bass was the original Jamaican dub and reggae sound. Another feature of the style is the syncopation of the drum tracks breakbeat. Drum and bass subgenres include breakcore, ragga jungle, hardstep, darkstep, techstep, neurofunk, ambient drum and bass, liquid funk, deep, drumfunk, funkstep, sambass, dnbnoise, from its roots in the UK, the style has established itself around the world. Drum and bass has influenced other genres like hip hop, big beat, dubstep, house, trip hop, ambient music, techno, rock. Drum and bass is dominated by a small group of record labels. The major international labels have shown very little interest in the drum. But rave music tended to feature stronger bass sounds and a faster tempo beats per minute than that of early house music and it is important to note when discussing the history of drum and bass that prior to jungle, rave music was getting faster and more experimental. Professional DJ and producer C. K. states, There was a progression as far as the speed of music is concerned, anyone buying vinyl every week from 1989 to 1992 noticed this. By 1994, jungle had begun to gain popularity and fans of the music became a more recognisable part of youth subculture. However, this developed in tandem with the positive reputation of the music as part of the wider rave scene. As the genre became more polished and sophisticated technically, it began to expand its reach from pirate radio to commercial stations. It also began to split into subgenres such as jump-up. The popularity of drum and bass at its peak ran parallel to several other homegrown dance styles in the UK including big beat. But towards the turn of the millennium its popularity was deemed to have dwindled as the UK garage style known as speed garage yielded several hit singles. London DJ/producer C. K. says, It is often forgotten by my students that a type of music called garage house existed in the late 1980s alongside hip house, acid house and other forms of house music
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Techno
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Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States during the mid-to-late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno in reference to a genre of music was in 1988. Many styles of techno now exist, but Detroit techno is seen as the foundation upon which a number of subgenres have been built. Added to this is the influence of futuristic and fictional themes relevant to life in American late capitalist society, pioneering producer Juan Atkins cites Tofflers phrase techno rebels as inspiring him to use the word techno to describe the musical style he helped to create. This unique blend of influences aligns techno with the referred to as afrofuturism. To producers such as Derrick May, the transference of spirit from the body to the machine is often a central preoccupation, in this manner, techno dance music defeats what Adorno saw as the alienating effect of mechanisation on the modern consciousness. Stylistically, techno is generally repetitive instrumental music, oftentimes produced for use in a continuous DJ set, the tempo tends to vary between approximately 120 to 150 beats per minute, depending on the style of techno. The creative use of production technology, such as drum machines, synthesizers. Many producers use retro electronic musical devices to create what they consider to be an authentic techno sound, drum machines from the 1980s such as Rolands TR-808 and TR-909 are highly prized, and software emulations of such retro technology are popular among techno producers. The Electrifying Mojo was the first radio DJ to play music by the Detroit techno producers Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Mojo refused to follow pre-established radio formats or playlists, and he promoted social and cultural awareness of the African American community. In exploring technos origins writer Kodwo Eshun maintains that Kraftwerk are to Techno what Muddy Waters is to the Rolling Stones, the authentic, the origin, the real. Juan Atkins has acknowledged that he had an enthusiasm for Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder, particularly Moroders work with Donna Summer. Atkins also mentions that around 1980 I had a tape of nothing but Kraftwerk, Telex, Devo, Giorgio Moroder and Gary Numan, and Id ride around in my car playing it. Regarding his initial impression of Kraftwerk, Atkins notes that they were clean, Derrick May identified the influence of Kraftwerk and other European synthesizer music in commenting that it was just classy and clean, and to us it was beautiful, like outer space. Living around Detroit, there was so little beauty, everything is an ugly mess in Detroit, and so we were attracted to this music. May has commented that he considered his music a direct continuation of the European synthesizer tradition and he also identified Japanese synthpop act Yellow Magic Orchestra, particularly member Ryuichi Sakamoto, and British band Ultravox, as influences, along with Kraftwerk. In 1980 or 1981 they met with Mojo and proposed that they provide mixes for his show, which they did end up doing the following year. These young promoters developed and nurtured the local music scene by both catering to the tastes of the local audience of young people and by marketing parties with new DJs
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Ellie Goulding
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Elena Jane Ellie Goulding is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. Her career began when she met record producers Starsmith and Frankmusik, and she was spotted by Jamie Lillywhite. After signing to Polydor Records in July 2009, Goulding released her extended play, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding. In 2010, she became the second artist to top the BBCs annual Sound of, poll and win the Critics Choice Award at the Brit Awards in the same year. She released her studio album, Lights, in 2010. The albums title track, Lights, was released in the US in March 2011, Gouldings second studio album, Halcyon, was released in October 2012. Anything Could Happen preceded the album as the lead single, Halcyon debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and after 65 weeks reached number one. Halcyon debuted at nine on the US Billboard 200. Halcyon Days, an edition of Halcyon, was released on 23 August 2013, it included new singles including Burn. At the 2014 Brit Awards, she received the award for British Female Solo Artist, Goulding released her third studio album, titled Delirium, on 6 November 2015, with On My Mind as the albums lead single. In December 2015, she received her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance for her single Love Me like You Do. Elena Jane Goulding was born on 30 December 1986 in Hereford and raised in Lyonshall, a village near Kington, Herefordshire. Her father, Arthur Goulding, came from a family of undertakers, while her mother, Tracy, when she was 5, her parents separated, later she had a stepfather who was a lorry driver, whom she considered horrible. At 9, she playing the clarinet and at 14 began learning guitar. Goulding attended Lady Hawkins High School in Kington where she won the role of the Scarecrow in a production of The Wizard of Oz. At 15, she started songwriting and while at Hereford Sixth Form College entered a competition and won. After she successfully showcased for Turn First head Sarah Stennett, she was told to leave university and was set up in a house in West London, Lillywhite became her manager and introduced her to the producer Starsmith who would become her chief collaborator and the primary producer of Lights. The single peaked at number fifty-three on the UK Singles Chart following an appearance on Later
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Little Simz
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Simbi Ajikawo, better known by her stage name Little Simz, is a British rapper, singer and actress. Following the release of four mixtapes and five EPs, she released her debut album A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons on 18 September 2015 through her independent label, the album entered the UK R&B Albums Chart at number 20 and the UK Indie Albums Chart at number 43. Ajikawo was born in Islington, London to Nigerian parents and she studied at Highbury Fields School in London. She went on to attend St Mary’s Youth Club in Upper Street, Islington, Ajikawo later studied at Westminster Kingsway College and pursued her music career from there. After several months of auditioning by the BBC for the show Spirit Warriors, in 2012, Simz joined the cast of E4s TV series Youngers as Meleka. Simz is often nicknamed Bars Simzson and she describes her music as rap and experimental. Simz has performed alongside Estelle, Tinie Tempah, Ms. Dynamite, Simz has performed at Rising Tide, ILUVLIVE, Industry Takeover Hackney Empire, Somerset House and the House of Lords. She also performed at the BBC 1Xtra Prom 2015 at the Royal Albert Hall, Simz can be heard on the Leave to Remain film soundtrack, performing the song Leave It As That. In early 2013, she appeared on BBC Radio 1 Xtra to discuss her performance at the Hackney Weekend. Simz then went on to do a Maida Vale session for Huw Stephens and she also has had praise from Kendrick Lamar. On 16 December 2016 she released the album Stillness in Wonderland and it was inspired by Alices Adventures in Wonderland and supported by a comic book, art exhibition and festival. A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons Stillness in Wonderland STRATOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE2 XY. ZED BLANK CANVAS E. D. G. E AGE101, DROP1 AGE101, DROP2 AGE101, DROP 3|000 AGE101, DROP4 THE THEORY OF. AGE101, DROP X AGE101 DROP THE WORLD Welcome To Wonderland Little Simz at the Internet Movie Database Little Simz discography at MusicBrainz
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MistaJam
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Pete Dalton, known professionally as MistaJam, is a British DJ and radio presenter for BBC Radio 1, joining in 2008, and BBC Radio 1Xtra, previously joining them in 2005. With associate Joe Buhdha, he ran SureShot Entertainment organising the UK Takeover events and his show on BBC Radio 1, tag lined the Saturday Night Soundclash, is broadcast on Saturday nights between 7 pm - 10pm and is broadcast simultaneously on BBC Radio 1Xtra. The show is part of Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtras Urban Music strand on Saturday nights, musically, the show claims to represent Dubstep, UK funky, grime, hip hop, R&B, drum and bass, house, reggae, dancehall and everything in between. His BBC Radio 1Xtra show is broadcast Monday to Thursday between 7 p. m. -10 p. m. The show covers new urban music across a spectrum of genres and was intended to bridge the gap not only between the mainstream and specialist worlds but also between genres. Tag lined the key to the underground, the show features his Jam Hot the Daily Dose of Dubstep weekly DJ guest mixes. Since March 2011, as part of the show, the free Dubstep Download was launched and is available to UK listeners to download, in June 2010, Adidas approached MistaJam to host a video diary of Glastonbury Festival, including his DJ set in the East Dance Tent. The diary captures footage of interviews and MistaJam backstage with his peers and it also includes footage of his hugely popular live set. He has his own show on BBC Two called No Hats, No Trainers, the show was well received within its demographic and was commissioned for a second series, the first episode of which aired on 4 September 2010. Since the end of 2015, hes also been hosting his show on Pitbulls Sirius XMs Globalization Channel 4, on 16 May 2016, MistaJam performed a set live at Victoria Park in Leicester for the victory parade after Leicester City won the Premier League title. In October 2016, MistaJam won the ARIAS Music Broadcaster of the Year award for his BBC Radio 1 Extra Show, on 2 January 2017, MistaJam took over the 7pm - 9pm slot on BBC Radio 1 whilst Annie Mac is on maternity leave. Official website MistaJam on Twitter MistaJam at BBC Programmes MistaJam at BBC Programmes MistaJams Blog at BBC Online MistaJam on Radio 1 Updated Downloads and Tracklistings
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Kyla La Grange
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Kyla La Grange is an English singer and songwriter from Watford, England. She studied at Rickmansworth Secondary School in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire and her mother is South African, while her father is from Zimbabwe, though both live in England. She achieved a 2.1 in philosophy, studying at Pembroke College, Cambridge from 2004-07, in June 2012, Kyla headlined the Guardian New Band of the Day gig. Her debut album Ashes was produced by Brett Shaw at 123 Studios in East London, all the songs on the album were written by La Grange, except Love You Better which is a cover of The Maccabbes song from the album Wall of Arms. Been Better, Heavy Stone, Vampire Smile and Walk Through Walls were released as singles, in addition to these singles, I Could Be was released as an iTunes Free Single of the Week in August 2012. La Granges second studio album, entitled Cut Your Teeth was released on 2 June 2014 and was preceded by an eponymous single, the album explores minimalistic Electronica music produced by electronic producer Jakwob. In 2015, she released two new singles called So Sweet and Skin and she released a song called Hummingbird in late April 2016, and another, Justify, in December 2016
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Starry Eyed (Ellie Goulding song)
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Starry Eyed is a song by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding, released as the second single from her debut studio album, Lights. It was written by Goulding and Jonny Lattimer, and produced by Starsmith, Goulding made her debut US television performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. on 7 April 2011 performing Starry Eyed. When asked what Starry Eyed was about, Goulding told Digital Spy, I wanted a song that would reach out to people of every background and every enjoyment, whether you enjoy a natural high, taking drugs, drinking or whatever. Because Im essentially a pop artist I wanted to write a song everyone can relate to. Starry Eyed was featured in the 2010 superhero film Kick-Ass and on its soundtrack, the song was used in the MTV teen drama series Teen Wolf and Awkward, as well as during a segment of the Victorias Secret Fashion Show in November 2011. Nick Levine wrote for Digital Spy that the song manages to be folky, poppy and dancey all at the time, twinkly but not twee. Starry Eyed debuted at four on the UK Singles Chart. The song spent two weeks at number four, selling 45,579 copies in its second week and 39,942 copies in its third week. Starry Eyed was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry on 22 July 2013, the music video, directed by Ross Cooper and Bugsy Riverbank Steel of OneInThree, was filmed at Finsbury Town Hall in London and released on 20 January 2010. It sees Goulding in various costumes and settings of the venue as well as two acrobatic backup dancers dressed in fringe leotards, an alternative video, directed by Dugan ONeal, was filmed at Painshill Park in Surrey and released on 28 July 2011 for the US market. It features Goulding stargazing in the countryside with her on-screen boyfriend, Goulding is also seen in a Cystal Grotto wearing a silver dress, sporting blue eye contacts, and dancing around while lip-syncing. Towards the end of the video, Goulding and her boyfriend go to a tree where he places her hand on a tree in front of them, making geometric lines appear on the tree. English band You Me at Six covered the song on the Live Lounge segment of BBC Radio 1s The Jo Whiley Show on 18 May 2010 and their version reached number 104 on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 18 September 2010. Luke Holland, the drummer of American metalcore band The Word Alive, American singer Bridgit Mendler recorded an acoustic version of the song for her video series titled The Hurricane Sessions, with the music video released on YouTube on 8 May 2013. Sam Lansky of Idolator commented that her husky voice works nicely with the song, especially toward the end, Starry Eyed was included on the set list of Mendlers Summer Tour in 2013. She also performed the song on the breakfast show The Strawberry Alarm Clock on the Dublin-based radio station FM104 on 30 October 2013, credits adapted from the liner notes of Lights
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Under the Sheets
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Under the Sheets is a song by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding from her debut album, Lights. Produced by Starsmith, it was released as the lead single. The song premiered on Huw Stephenss BBC Radio 1 show on 30 September 2009 and was released on the UK iTunes Store on 15 November 2009 and it was also used to promote the second season of 90210 on E4 in the UK. According to Goulding, the single was released on independent label Neon Gold Records rather than Polydor so that she would not be put under too much pressure. They are about a girl and a guy who are in a relationship and its not like a sexual song, its more like shows that some relationships are based on nothing that is real, they are not based on something good. Ive had that experience in my life, because trying to cling on to something that you know youre in denial. He also described Gouldings voice as pure, girlish and as fluttery as a trapped in a cupboard. The Guardian reviewer Alexis Petridis called it a mildly anxious relationship memoir made over with digitised strings, breeze-block synths and crashing 1980s drums. There is barely a second of music which does not feature her vocal in some way, either as a muffled pixie choir, the music video for Under the Sheets was directed by the Lennox Brothers and released on 22 October 2009. She can be sitting on the floor, playing guitar, writing her lyrics in her socks, riding a vintage bicycle. Throughout the video Goulding wears a top and high-top kicks. Credits adapted from the notes of Lights
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BBC Radio 1
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Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7,00 pm, including electronic dance, hip hop, rock, indie or interviews. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by radio stations. Recently, the BBC claimed that it targets the 15–29 age group. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991, Radio 1 was established in 1967 as a successor to the BBC Light Programme, which had broadcast popular music and other entertainment since 1945. Radio 1 was conceived as a response to the popularity of offshore pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline and Radio London. Radio 1 was launched at 7,00 am on Saturday 30 September 1967. The first words on Radio 1 – after a countdown by the Controller of Radios 1 and 2, Robin Scott, welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1. This was the first use of US-style jingles on BBC radio, the first complete record played on Radio 1 was Flowers in the Rain by The Move. The second single was Massachusetts by The Bee Gees, the breakfast show remains the most prized slot in the Radio 1 schedule, with every change of breakfast show presenter exciting considerable media interest. Despite this, it gained massive audiences, becoming the most listened to station in the world with audiences of over 10 million claimed for some of its shows, in the early-mid-1970s Radio 1 presenters were rarely out of the British tabloids, thanks to the Publicity Departments high-profile work. Alan Freemans Saturday Rock Show was voted Best Radio Show 5 years running by readers of a music publication. In his last few months as controller, Johnny Beerling commissioned a handful of new shows that in some set the tone for what was to come under Matthew Bannister. One of these Loudnproud was the UKs first national radio series aimed at a gay audience, far from being a parting quirk, the show was a surprise hit and led to the networks first coverage of the large outdoor Gay Pride event in 1994. Bannister took the reins fully in October 1993 and his aim was to rid the station of its Smashie and Nicey image and make it appeal to the under 25s. Although originally launched as a station, by the early 1990s. Many listeners rebelled as the first new DJs to be introduced represented a crossover from other parts of the BBC with Emma Freud, Evans was a popular but controversial presenter who was eventually sacked in 1997 after he demanded to present the breakfast show for only four days per week. Evans was replaced from 17 February 1997 by Mark and Lard – Mark Radcliffe and they were replaced by Zoë Ball and Kevin Greening eight months later in October 1997, with Greening moving on and leaving Ball as solo presenter. Documentaries like John Peels Lost in Music which looked at the influence that the use of drugs have had over popular musicians received critical acclaim but were slated inside Broadcasting House, later in the 1990s the Britpop boom declined, and manufactured chart pop came to dominate the charts
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Cut Your Teeth (song)
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Cut Your Teeth is a song by British singer Kyla La Grange. It was released as the first single for her studio album. A pre-release of the album itself, the released in June 2014 has charted in a number of European charts, notably in Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden. A remix produced by Norwegian DJ and record producer Kygo was marketed as Cut Your Teeth, crediting Kygo and it was released by Sony Music on 11 August 2014. This mix was released as Cut Your Teeth in Scandinavian countries
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Chase & Status
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Chase & Status are an English electronic music production duo composed of Saul Milton and Will Kennard. In addition, MC Rage & Andy Gangadeen also make up the live band, the duo are from London, and formed in 2003 after meeting at university in Manchester. The duo have released three studio albums as well as collaborating with major artists such as Plan B, Cee Lo Green, Rihanna, Example. They run the independent record label MTA Records, Saul Milton and Will Kennard originally met in London through a mutual friend although met up again whilst university students in Manchester. Will studied History of Art at the University of Manchester, while Saul studied English, will decided to drop out of university to pursue a music career although Saul did manage to achieve an honours in his studies despite spending most of his time on music. Chase & Status had three number one singles on the UK Dance Chart between 2007–2009, the double A-side Hurt You / Sell Me Your Soul in 2007 and Take Me Away / Judgement in 2008 were two of them. On 5 October 2008, they reached number seventy on the UK Singles Chart, in 2009, they peaked at number forty five with Against All Odds, which featured UK rapper Kano. In November 2009, the duo entered the top forty of the UK Singles Chart for the first time with the track End Credits, the track was released on 2 November 2009 and featuring Plan B, it reached a peak of number nine on the UK Singles Chart. The single featured vocals from Mali and debuted at eleven on the UK Singles Chart. Hypest Hype was confirmed in October 2010 to be the single from the album. Because it was released as a download from their website on 8 November 2010. The fourth single from the album is Blind Faith, which features soul singer/songwriter Liam Bailey and was released in January 2011, other singles include Time, Hitz and Flashing Lights. The album also contains the song Heavy with Dizzee Rascal, the album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold in the first week of sales by the British Phonographic Industry. In contrast to More Than Alot and No More Idols, the new album has a darker sound, Chase & Status have also headlined electronic music festival South West Four hosted on Londons Clapham Common. Chase & Status, Live at Brixton, a CD/DVD featuring appearances from Tinie Tempah, Liam Bailey, on 15 October 2012, the track Big Man featuring Liam Bailey was released on the official Chase & Status website as a free download. The following day it was released through online retailers, the music video was also published on 15 October on their official YouTube channel and the UKFDrumandBass channel. On 8 March 2013, the duo were confirmed to headline Saturday night at Roskilde Festival following Metallica at Orange stage, on 11 March 2013, the duo were confirmed through their website to co-headline Saturday night at Reading Festival and Sunday night at Leeds Festival 2013. On 4 June 2013, the lead single Lost & Not Found featuring Louis M^ttrs was uploaded to the ChaseAndStatusVEVO channel
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Strictly Rhythm
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Strictly Rhythm is an American house-music record label. Strictly Rhythm Records artists include Erick Morillo, Todd Terry, Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, Armand Van Helden, DJ Pierre, Roger Sanchez, Josh Wink, Ultra Naté, and Barbara Tucker. ”Strictly Rhythm relaunched in 2007 after a five-year break following a venture with Warner Music. The label made some of its releases available on digital download, three years later, in November 2010, the label opened a London office. Recent signings include Jupiter Ace, and Richard Grey, Strictly Rhythm has offices in New York, London, Rome, and Berlin. In January 2013, BMG Rights Management agreed to acquire the Strictly Rhythm catalogue, satoshi Tomiie Ultra Naté Wamdue Project Thomas Bangalter Todd Terry Turn-Style Vengaboys Official Web site
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UK Dance Chart
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The actual chart currently receives airplay on MTV Dance, and the chart can be viewed on the BBC Radio 1s and Official Charts Companys website. The archive on the Official Charts Company website goes back to 3 July 1994, digital downloads became eligible on the Dance Album and Singles Chart in June 2009. Prior to that, only vinyl and CD sales only were compiled into the chart, the Dance Singles and Album Charts contain 40 positions
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Ghostpoet
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Obaro Ejimiwe is a British vocalist and musician better known by his stage name Ghostpoet. His first album, Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam, was shortlisted for the 2011 Mercury Prize and he released his most recent album, Shedding Skin, in 2015, and it was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, as was his second album. In June 2010, Ghostpoet released his first EP The Sound of Strangers on Brownswood Recordings and was featured in The Guardian’s New Band of the Day. Ghostpoets first single Cash & Carry Me Home was released on 24 January 2011, followed by the album on 7 February 2011. His single Survive It was launched in Rough Trade East Record store, in 2011, he supported Metronomy and Jamie Woon in their tours and performed at Glastonbury, Sónar, Latitude, Secret Garden Party and Bestival among others. Ghostpoet was among the nominees for the 2011 Mercury Prize, the winner of the prize, PJ Harvey, was announced on 6 September 2011. Ghostpoets second album Some Say I So I Say Light was released on 6 May 2013, the album was preceded by the single MSI musmiD, made available as a free download from SoundCloud in late February. Ghostpoet premiered Meltdown, the first single taken from his second album and his third album, Shedding Skin was released on March 2nd 2015. The album featured guest appearances by Nadine Shah, Etta Bond, Mélanie De Biasio, Lucy Rose, the album was shortlisted for the 2015 Mercury Prize. Ghostpoets track Finished I Aint appeared in the soundtrack of Sleeping Dogs Ghostpoet was featured on Massive Attacks song Come Near Me, the B-side to The Spoils
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Kano (rapper)
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Kane Robinson, better known as Kano, is an English rapper and actor from East Ham, London. He is a significant contributor and is considered one of the forefathers of grime, in 2004, Kano released his debut single Ps and Qs, which was an underground hit within the grime community. After signing to 679 Recordings, Kano released his studio album Home Sweet Home. This was followed by the album London Town, featuring Kanos highest-charting single This is the Girl featuring Craig David, through Bigger Picture Music, Kano released his third and fourth albums,140 Grime St and Method to the Maadness, both which charted in the top 50. After signing to Parlophone, and six years without a release, Kano released his fifth album Made in the Manor. Kano achieved his first top 10 album of his career in the year as fellow British rappers Skepta. It was shortlisted for the 2016 Mercury Prize and won Best Album at the 2016 MOBO Awards, Kano is widely considered an influential and founding figure in grime and British hip hop music and culture, alongside artists such as Skepta, Wiley and Dizzee Rascal. Kano attended Langdon Secondary School, achieving a diploma in graphic design. Crew who were an east London-based Grime crew whose original line-up consisted of Kano, Marcus Nasty, Jammer, D Double E, Ghetts, Stormin, Mak 10, Monkstar, Sharky Major, Armour & Hyper. Kano used the crews underground popularity as a springboard and left N. A. S. T. Y and his first solo track was Boys Love Girls, produced in 2002, and was later taken to a studio and remastered by Dizzee Rascal. He was then signed as a solo artist and began work on his solo album. In 2004, Kano was approached by Hugo Boss to model for their Spring/Summer collection, shortly afterwards Kano released his debut solo single, Ps & Qs, on a 12 vinyl-only release, which was a massive underground hit, marking Kano out as a rising star. In 2005 Kano released his single, Typical Me, his first full single release. Typical Me reached No.22 in the UK Singles Charts, the video for Typical Me was directed by Andy Hylton. The third single, Remember Me, fared well in the charts. Two weeks later, on 27 June 2005, Kanos début album Home Sweet Home was released, the week his album was released, it was the highest new entry, debuting inside the UK top 40 at No.36. In September 2005, the fourth single Nite Nite was released, featuring Leo the Lion, Nite Nite hit No.25 in the UK charts, spending six weeks altogether on the top 75. In December 2005, Kano released a version of album track Nobody Dont Dance No More featuring Katie Pearl
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Youngman (MC)
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Youngman is an urban MC and vocalist signed to Shy FX’s label Digital Soundboy Records. He has been awarded MistaJam’s Jam Hot, Zane Lowe’s Next Hype, son of Simon “Bassline” Smith, Youngman grew up and lives in Derby in the East Midlands of England. He has been the MC and ‘hype man’ to the likes of Breakage, Skream, Benga, Shy FX, in 2008 Youngman was runner-up in the Drum & Bass Awards Best Breakthrough MC category. In 2010 Youngman took to the studio with Benga to record early releases including ‘One and Only’, ‘Ho’ and his forthcoming album, ‘Me and My Music’ is a mixture of UK urban influences. Producers include Shy FX, Skream, Benga, MJ Cole, Breakage, Sam Frank, Digital Soundboy Recording Co.2011 Tear It Out Digital Soundboy Recording Co.2011 http, //www. kmag. co. uk/editorial/features/crissy-criss-and-youngman-interview. html iamyoungman. com
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Mr Hudson
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Benjamin Hudson McIldowie, better known by his stage name Mr. Hudson, is a British musician from Birmingham, England. First rising to prominence in 2006, with Mr Hudson and the Library, Hudson later embarked on a career in 2008. He was subsequently featured as a prominent composer on West’s 808s & Heartbreak, Hudson later appeared on American rapper Jay-Z’s Top 10 single Young Forever, from The Blueprint 3. He would find more success on his 2009 album, Straight No Chaser. Establishing his own studio in 2010 Hudson began writing and producing for other acts including Paloma Faith, Alex Clare, Pixie Lott, Josh Kumra and Wretch 32. He then spent most of 2014 in the studio with Duran Duran, co-writing and producing their latest album, born in Birmingham, Hudson grew up in the Handsworth area of the city and attended King Edwards School, Birmingham in Edgbaston. He attended Oxford University, where he read English Literature at St Annes College, studying a BEd at The University of St Mark and St John, he embarked on a brief teaching career in 2002, which is where the moniker Mr. Hudson is derived from. Before Mr Hudson formed Mr Hudson and the Library he was in Mansize, The Hudson Sound, the Hudson Sound and Phoenix Green featured Ali Forbes, Jarvy Moss, Ben Westwood and Mr Hudsons brother John McIldowie. They enjoyed considerable success in the Birmingham area and elsewhere with a spot at Ronnie Scotts in Birmingham. Mansize featured later collaborator Robin French, Hudson embarked on his music career when he formed Mr Hudson and the Library, composed of Maps Huxley aka Robin French, Wilkie Wilkinson, Joy Joseph and Torville Jones. The first result, an EP entitled Bread & Roses, came out via Deal Real in October 2006, the group toured with Amy Winehouse in early 2007 in support of their debut album, A Tale of Two Cities, released through Deal Real/Mercury. Mr. Hudson was first featured on Later with Jools Holland on 8 December 2006, the production on the bands debut album uses acoustic guitar interspersed with piano, backing vocals and bass guitar, steelpan, electric drums and unusual rhythm patterns. During the summer of 2007 they appeared at several UK festivals, including Glastonbury, T in the Park, The Big Chill, V Festival, Godiva Festival, in October 2007, the band played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in support of The Police. They also supported Kanye West on his Europe leg of his Glow in the Dark Tour, performing in Dublin, Belfast, in 2008, Mr. Hudson began recording as a solo artist. Although the name The Library was no longer used, these musicians formed his band for live performances. Sessions for Straight No Chaser initially started at Gizzard Studios in Bow, ed Deegan who had previously worked at Toe Rag Studios near by was acting as engineer, but Mr. Hudson received an offer from Kanye West to produce his album. Mr. Hudson appears on Kanye Wests fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak featured on Paranoid and he also co-produced Street Lights as well as supplying additional vocals on Say You Will and Amazing. Kanye West has stated, I believe Mr. Hudson has the potential to be bigger than me, the single Supernova was premiered on 13 May 2009 on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show and then released on 19 July 2009
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Fade (Jakwob song)
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Fade is a song by British music producer and DJ Jakwob, with vocals courtesy of Maiday. The song was released as a single on 15 March 2013 as a download in the UK. The song has peaked to number 35 on the UK Singles Chart, a music video to accompany the release of Fade was first released onto YouTube and VEVO on 10 February 2013 at a total length of three minutes and twenty-six seconds. The music video was directed by Billy Boyd Cape and features a performance from Nicole ONeill, in just 40 days the video peaked 1 million views. As of February 2016 its view count is over 2.9 million, on 24 March 2013 the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 35, becoming his first top 40 single in the UK. On 14 April 2013 the song re-entered the Top 40 at 37
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Shy FX
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Shy FX is the pseudonym of Andre Williams, an English DJ and producer from London. He specialises in drum and bass and jungle music, Shy FXs debut record was Jungle Love, released in 1992 on the Permission to Dance label. Released on EMI subsidiary Positiva, it gained support from both club and commercial radio DJs and helped to further popularise drum & bass as a mainstream music genre. The success of Shake Ur Body was followed by the duos album Set It Off, several EPs and single releases followed, by 2005, Shy FX had made the decision to consolidate his releases onto his own label and founded Digital Soundboy Recordings. In collaboration with T Power, they released the album Diary of a Digital Sound Boy on 17 October 2005, featuring the songs Feelings, On The Run. Shy FX and T Power also released Dont Wanna Know featuring Di, the song was notably used on the UK television programme Soccer AM as part of the Skills Skool feature. Shy FX produced Da Feelin for Dizzee Rascals 2007 album, Maths + English and he also produced Cant Tek No More on Dizzee Rascals 2009 album, Tongue N Cheek. His remix of Naughty Boy, Wiley and Emeli Sandés song Never Be Your Woman was released as the rather than the original mix. Shys remix charted at eight on the UK Singles Chart. He remixed She Said, a number 3 UK chart single by Plan B and his remix was released on both the She Said single and on the deluxe edition of Plan Bs The Defamation of Strickland Banks. More recently, he produced Raver featuring Kano, Donaeo and Roses Gabor, plus the UK artist Yasmins first single, On My Own. He announced that his album, Larger Than Life, was scheduled for a 2011 release but has since been renamed Cornerstone. Williams also produced Yasmins third single Light Up, which features Ms. Dynamite and it peaked at No.50 in the UK Singles Chart. DJ Freshs single Gold Dust was re-released, with the Shy FX Re-Edit as a single, the extended play includes multiple new remixes. In 2013, he released a single called Soon Come featuring Liam Bailey, the song reached number 55 in the UK Singles Chart. He also released the single Cloud 9 in 2013, a collaboration with Ms. Dynamite, in August 2014 Shy FX remixed the title track from London Grammars debut album If You Wait. For 2014s Red Bull Culture Clash, Shy FX joined forces with Chase & Status, David Rodigan and they went on to win the clash, defeating fellow crews Stone Love, Boy Better Know and A$AP Mob. Williams and T Power started the Digital Soundboy label in 2005, initially releasing their own material but quickly expanding to include the artists Visionary, Benny Page and Breakage
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Tiga (musician)
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Tiga James Sontag is a Canadian musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Tiga /ˈtiːɡə/ has released three albums entitled Sexor, Ciao. and No Fantasy Required, Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year. Tiga released a selection of compilations in the early 2000s, featuring mixes such as American Gigolo, DJ-Kicks, Tiga and, Mixed Emotions and his most recent compilation mix, Tiga Non-Stop, was released in November 2012, and premiered Tigas latest single Plush. The mix also features tracks from such as Kindness, Duke Dumont. Tiga has remixed songs from the likes of The xx, LCD Soundsystem, The Kills, Cabaret Voltaire, Scissor Sisters, Peaches, Moby, Depeche Mode, Justice, Friendly Fires and Mylo. Along with Zombie Nation, Tiga is half of ZZT, and has released material as The Dove, Rainer Werner Bassfinder, and TGV. He has also co-produced music with the likes of Soulwax, James Murphy, Chilly Gonzales, Jesper Dahlbäck, and most recently Matthew Dear, as a solo artist, Tiga released Sunglasses at Night with Finnish producer Jori Hulkkonen. The single reached number 25 in the UK Dance Chart, other successful chart singles include Pleasure From the Bass, You Gonna Want Me featuring Jake Shears, and his 2009 release “Shoes, ” co-produced with Soulwax and Chilly Gonzales. Tiga is the host of the BBC Radio 6 Music show My Name Is Tiga, the film won special mention at the Locarno International Film Festival. Tiga was born to parents and spent part of his early life in Goa. He also attended Selwyn House School in Montreal, Canada, in 1990 Tiga and a few friends started throwing small parties and street promotions in Montreal that evolved into a cult following. Having bought DNA records in 1994, the nightclub SONA was then conceived in Montreal in 1996, in 2001, Tiga entered the studio with producer Zyntherius to record a rendition of Corey Harts solo song, “Sunglasses at Night. Tiga also performed “Sunglasses at Night” with Zyntherius on Top Of The Pops. ”In 2003, the release of Tigas second album, Ciao. took place in 2009. In 2010, Tiga starred in Adam Traynors Ivory Tower, along Chilly Gonzales and Peaches, ZZT released their debut album, Partys Over, Earth on Turbo Recordings in 2011. Tigas 2013 song Plush is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto V. Tiga founded Turbo Recordings in Montreal in 1998. The label helped launch his own career, at the time as being central in the success of acts such as Chromeo, Proxy. UK Music Video Awards The UK Music Video Awards is an award ceremony founded in 2008 to recognise creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music videos. “My Name is Tiga” is the name of Tiga’s BBC Radio 6 show that features unreleased exclusive music and classic dance tracks
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Last Gang Records
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Last Gang Records is a record label that was formed by Canadian music industry lawyer Chris Taylor and concert promoter Donald K. Tarlton in the Fall of 2003 at the Pop Montreal Music Festival. As their music lawyer, Taylor had been working for the group Metric since the days of 1998 and had literally shopped the band to over 100 record labels around the world. He was prepared to release the album himself with his own money when he met with Tarlton, after viewing the Metric video for Grow Up and Blow Away Donald offered to help Taylor realize his vision of introducing Metrics music to the world. They formed a joint venture company under the DKD label group Last Gang Records, Metric released their critically acclaimed Old World Underground, Where Are You Now. in May 2004 and Last Gang Records was born. Last Gang was nominated as Independent Record Label of the Year at the Canadian Music Awards in 2006, Metric was nominated for a Juno Award in 2005 and albums by Tiga and MSTRKRFT won Juno Awards in 2007. A recent signing, Crystal Castles, were featured on the cover of the NME, the Toronto-based company also has its hands in publishing, licensing, multi-format releases, management and legal, pushing forward-thinking, progressive dance and alternative acts. Recently, the label has expanded their roster signing Purity Ring, Bear Mountain, Egyptrixx, Ryan Hemsworth, Electric Youth and it also shared that Taylor will bring Last Gang to eOne Music US. Last Gang Management is a management company founded in 2004. Primary operations are based in Toronto and Los Angeles, current clients include LIGHTS, Arkells, Tre Mission, Huoratron, and FrancisGotHeat. Last Gang Publishing is a publishing company founded in 2006. Primary operations are based in Toronto and Los Angeles, LGP represents a wide variety of songwriters, both as a co-publisher and through client services including synch representation and royalty collection and administration. LGP is strategically partnered with leading independent music publisher ole to provide global synch, Last Gang Publishing has secured synch placements in various television shows, large commercial ad campaigns, blockbuster video games and major motion picture films. Last Gang Publishing clients include Dubmatix, Egyptrixx, and Hiawatha among others, LGP also represents the songs of Last Gang Records recording artists, including, Mother Mother, Silver Starling, Magneta Lane and OLuge. Last Gang Records has released albums by, Metric Old World Underground, death From Above 1979 Youre A Woman, Im A Machine Metric Live It Out Metric Fantasies The Polaris Music Prize is awarded annually to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit. Last Gang Records has had three albums make the short list, and 11 nominations on the long list, list of record labels Last Gang Entertainment
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Killa Kela
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Killa Kela is an English beatboxer and vocalist & rapper from West Sussex. He also went on a U. S tour alongside DJ Z-Trip in 2007, from 2003 to 2008, Kela was a special guest at various N*E*R*D shows and festivals across Europe, including Seattle for the Sprite Liquid Mix festival and Oxegen Festival, Dublin. In 2008 Kela performed with Prince and Nikka Costa at the O2 Arena and he calls his technique multivocalism, a term coined by longtime artwork collaborator Mark Splinter in 2000. Kelas crew has performed hundreds of shows all around the world. Kela released The Permanent Marker in 2002, an album featuring Fallacy, Harry Love. He then toured with Mobb Deep, Redman, Busta Rhymes and he was second billed at the Earls Court Music festival with Jay-Z. Some of his voices are featured on the Basement Jaxx single Oh My Gosh Kela released an EP in Europe entitled For Those Whove Joined Us, featuring Stereo MCs, Artful Dodger, and DJ Vadim. The Elocution album came in 2005 & included The Elysian Quartet on strings, backing vocalists Rookwood and Trip, DJ Skeletrik and it also featured Sweetie Irie, James Rushent, Roots Manuva, and Neneh Cherry, with writing from Karen Poole. His song Jawbreaker was put on the FIFA Street 2 soundtrack and is to one of the strongest releases off the Elocution album. Kela parted ways with SonyBMG in 2007, during this period he also travelled to China, playing in Shanghai and Beijing with the Infadels on a tour organised by Split Works. Between albums, Kela created the single Nightwatcher alongside Alan Braxe and he also created a mix cd alongside his then crew Spitkingdom, entitled Days That Shook The World produced by James Rushent and DJ Skelectrik, which received Best Mix CD2007 in DJ Magazine UK. In 2009 Kela created his debut album Amplified, alongside producers Andy Knowles, Alan Braxe, Martin Rushent, The Shoalin Punks, James Rushent, and Stunt Double, and featuring artists such as DJ Craze, Bashy of Gorillaz, Hadouken. Lateef The Truth Speaker, and Spider J of Lee Scratch Perry, the album contained Built Like An Amplifier which included remixes from Dave Spoon, Sway, and Faith SFX. Everyday was produced by Alan Braxe with remixes from LifeLike, Jakwob and it also included Get A Rise, featuring Hadouken, which was heavily featured on the Need for Speed, Hot Pursuit soundtrack. Killa Kela began touring the UK with Lethal Bizzle on the Go Hard tour, with Frankmusik on his 2009 winter tour, on 28 September that year, Killa Kela appeared at the London School of Economics. In 2011, he featured in the Plan B movie Ill Manors, KK performed at the Glastonbury main stage to 83,000 people, as well as touring Australia and Asia. In 2007, his relationship with the UK actress Patsy Kensit came to an end. Released through 100% Records Killa Kelas website Acthook Profile
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Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
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Dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip were a hip-hop duo, combining electronic beats with sung, spoken, and rapped lyrics. The pair are Daniel Stephens, and David Peter Meads, the name Scroobius Pip is an intentional misspelling of the Edward Lear poem, The Scroobious Pip. Dan le Sac originally hails from Corringham and Scroobius Pip from neighbouring Stanford-le-Hope in Essex and their first single was Thou Shalt Always Kill. Signed with the Sunday Best record label, Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip released their album in 2008. Titled Angles, it reached 31 in the UK album chart and they released their second album entitled The Logic of Chance on 15 March 2010 on Sunday Best. Scroobius Pip released his solo album, entitled Distraction Pieces, on 19 September 2011 – while Dan le Sac released his, Space Between the Words. The duos third album entitled Repent Replenish Repeat was released 7 October 2013 and debuted at number 22 in the UK top 40, the duos highest album chart position to date. Both Dan le Sac and Scroobius Pip worked as solo artists before forming this duo, Dan le Sac as a musician, DJ and promoter. David Meads began writing poetry in about 2005, he adopted the pseudonym Scroobius Pip from Edward Lears poem, in a 2010 interview with Beatdom, Meads explained why he chose the name, I loved the story. Its about a creature that doesnt know what it is. By the end he realises that he is simply The Scroobious Pip and he doesnt fit into any one category and can just be his own creature. The duo formed in 2006 after Dan le Sac booked Scroobius Pip to play at a gig he was promoting at the Fez Club in Reading, Thou Shalt Always Kill was re-released in 2009 with additional vocals by Pos Plug Won of De La Soul. On Christmas Eve 2007, whilst still unsigned, the duo released a download of Letter From God To Man which includes a sample of Radioheads Planet Telex. To promote this, the duo created and posted a video on YouTube showing the pair auditioning for The X Factor in front of Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne. A montage of clips of judges comments are added to their performance of what Scroobius Pip says is It Aint No Fun by Snoop Dogg, featuring Warren G, Nate Dogg. The clip, titled Le Sac Vs Pip Letter from X-factor, was featured in The 10 Best Clips of the Month in the October 2008 edition of Q magazine, the video also included a voice over from Zane Lowe. They spent 2009 recording their studio album, The Logic of Chance which was released in March 2010. In September 2011 Scroobius Pip released his solo album Distraction Pieces through the label Strange Famous Records. It debuted at #35 in the UK album charts, in 2011, a portrait of Scroobius Pip was painted by British artist Joe Simpson, the painting was exhibited around the UK including a solo exhibition at The Royal Albert Hall
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The Temper Trap
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The Temper Trap is an Australian rock band that formed in 2005. The core members are Dougy Mandagi on vocals, Jonathon Aherne on bass guitar, Toby Dundas on drums and Joseph Greer on keyboards, in 2008, the group relocated from Melbourne to London. The band released their debut album Conditions in June 2009 to favourable reviews and commercial success, it peaked at No.9 on the ARIA Albums Chart and into the top 30 on the UK Albums Chart. Its lead single, Sweet Disposition, peaked in the top 10 on the Belgian, Irish and UK Singles Charts, at the ARIA Music Awards of 2010 in November, The Temper Trap won Best Group and Most Popular Australian Single for Sweet Disposition. Their eponymous second album was released in late May/early June 2012 under Liberation Music, Infectious Records, the album won the band Best Rock Album, and they also won Best Group at the 2012 ARIA Awards. In October 2013 guitarist Lorenzo Sillitto left the band, during the recording of the third album, the Temper Trap formed as an indie pop band in 2005. Indonesian-born Mandagi, who is originally from Manado and a grand-nephew of Arie Frederik Lasut, was a busker in Melbourne, Australia, in 1999 when he met Aherne, six years later, Mandagi met Dundas while the pair worked in a clothing store. In 2005, the three decided to form a band, with Mandagi on vocals and guitars, and Dundas on drums. The group was named The Temper Trap after Temper Temper, the trios first choice, was rejected due to its use by a United States band. The Temper Trap rehearsed with a variety of guitarists before Dundas recommended his former Geelong Grammar schoolmate, Sillitto. The group performed at St Jeromes Laneway Festival in March 2006, the group signed to Michael Gudinskis label, Liberation Music, and released its debut extended play, The Temper Trap, in November 2006 through the label, the EP was produced by Scott Horscroft. The review also described Aherne regularly moving around the stage and Sillitto providing guitar solos that subtlety drove the melody from the side of stage, after finishing an Australian tour, the band then performed at the V Festival in Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast. In late 2008, The Temper Trap started recording their album, Conditions. They travelled to the UK and attracted the attention of the music industry after playing at the Musexpo in London in October. By January 2009, the band had signed to Infectious Records for European releases, the BBC chose The Temper Trap in its top 15 Sound of 2009 list. In March, the finished recording Conditions in London with UK music producer Jim Abbiss. Mandagi said his key influences when recording it had included Radiohead, Prince, Massive Attack, in May, after performing at South by Southwest in March, they signed to Glassnote Records for US releases. The album was released in Australia on 19 June and debuted at No.9 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and it was released in the UK in August
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Fader (The Temper Trap song)
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Fader is the third single from the Australian indie rock band The Temper Trap from their debut album Conditions. The single was first released in Australia in December 2009, where it peaked at No,85, marking the single highest and currently only placement in the Charts. It was also voted in at No.21 in the 2009 Triple J Hottest 100, the single was released digitally in the UK on 4 January 2010 where it peaked at number 76 on the UK Singles Chart later that week. The song was featured in the 2010 Australian film Tomorrow, When the War Began and in the 2011 films The Roommate and Chalet Girl. The song was featured in season 1 episode 6 of the hit US TV series The Vampire Diaries and in the video games MLB11, The Show. 47 in the Australian Singles Chart, with the album already released, the song has begun to receive pre-release downloads. Right across many Australian radio stations, Fader was added back to the playlist as a re-release on October 2010, Fader reached a new peak of No.54 on 8 November 2010. On 10 January 2010, Fader entered the UK Singles Chart at its peak of #76, lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Matisyahu
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Matthew Paul Miller, known by his Hebrew and stage name Matisyahu, is a Jewish American reggae vocalist, beatboxer, and alternative rock musician. Known for blending Orthodox Jewish themes with reggae, rock and hip hop beatboxing sounds, since 2004, he has released four studio albums as well as two live albums, two remix CDs and two DVDs featuring live concerts. In addition, Matisyahu played the role of Tzadok in The Possession, through his career, Matisyahu has worked with Bill Laswell, reggae producers Sly & Robbie, and Kool Kojak. Matthew Paul Miller was born on June 30,1979, in West Chester and his family eventually settled in White Plains, New York. He was brought up a Reconstructionist Jew, and attended Hebrew school at Bet Am Shalom and he spent much of his childhood learning the tenets of Judaism, but by the time he was a teenager, Matisyahu began to rebel against his rigid upbringing. He started taking drugs and dropped out of White Plains Senior High School and he became a self-professed Phish-head, taking hallucinogens and following the rock band Phish on tour. In autumn 1995, Matisyahu attended a program at the Alexander Muss High School in Hod Hasharon. The program offers students first-hand exploration of Jewish heritage as a way of solidifying Jewish identity, after he finished Muss, he returned to New York, where he subsequently left high school after the first day of his senior year to travel throughout the US. A stint in a center in upstate New York followed. Miller then attended a wilderness trip in Oregon for teenagers. It was not necessarily for drug rehabilitation, but that was part of the reason I was out there and he finished high school at a wilderness program in Bend, Oregon. In Oregon, he identified himself as Matt, the Jewish rapper kid from New York, Matisyahu has contrasted this time in Oregon to his life in New York City. I was suddenly the token Jew and this was now my search for my own identity, and part of Judaism feeling more important and relevant to me. He returned to New York and started developing his reggae, spending hours in his room, around that same time, he says, he started to become more interested in Judaism, taking classes on Jewish spirituality at The New School. He approached Eli Cohen, a rabbi at New York University and he recounts that at the same time, he started praying, getting himself a prayer book and prayer shawl. He learned of the Carlebach Shul synagogue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City and it was then that he met NYUs Chabad rabbi, Dov Yonah Korn. From 2001 through July 2007, Matisyahu was affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, however, as of July 17,2007, he told the Miami New Times in an interview that he no longer necessarily identifies with the Lubavitch movement. In the interview he stated that. the more Im learning about types of Jews
