Name	Track Records
Image name	Trackrecs.jpg
Founded	1966
Founder	Kit Lambert, Chris Stamp
Distributor	Polydor Records (UK)Atlantic Records (US)Decca Records (US)MCA Records (US)
Genre	Rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, blues-rock
Country	United Kingdom
Location	London
Url	www.trackrecords.co.uk

Track Records was an English record label founded in London in 1966 by Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, then managers of hard rock band The Who. The most successful artists whose work appeared on the Track label were The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, Arthur Brown, Thunderclap Newman and Golden Earring. In its early years Track was one of the hippest and most successful record companies in the UK. The label ceased operations in 1978.

Background

Track was among the first British owned independent record labels. It was originally intended to provide more creative freedom for the Who. But Chris Stamp, in a filmed interview, also says that at the end of 1966 he and Kit were spurred to set up Track in order to get involved with new arrival Jimi Hendrix, as they could not manage or produce him, due to Chas Chandler having got there first.

Lambert and Stamp had already grappled with the rigid confines of the established record companies. In 1966 they were involved in a court battle to release The Who from an onerous contract with producer Shel Talmy and the Decca Records (US) and Brunswick Records (UK) labels. At this time Lambert and Stamp started releasing the Who's records in the UK on Robert Stigwood's Reaction Records label. Both Track and Reaction were very much reliant upon distribution support in the UK from the large Polydor Records label based in Germany. Polydor's involvement with these two small labels can be seen as learning process about the Pop/Rock music market. Polydor was interested in expanding its base beyond Easy listening and ballads. Its best known artist at the time was Bert Kaempfert.

History

Hendrix' first single "Hey Joe" was intended for release by Track, but since the label was not yet fully in operation it was first released in the UK on Polydor in December 1966. His second single "Purple Haze", released on 17 March 1967, was the first Track Records single and Are You Experienced was the first LP. These and other Hendrix recordings released by Track were licensed to Reprise Records in the US. The first UK Who single on Track was "Pictures of Lily" released in April 1967. The same year Track also issued the Who singles "The Last Time" and "I Can See for Miles" and the LP The Who Sell Out. The Who stayed with Decca Records in the US until 1972, when Decca was folded into its parent company MCA Records.

By late 1967 Track faced a lawsuit from Ed Chalpin and his company PPX Industries, based in New York City. Chalpin had signed Hendrix to a 3 year exclusive recording contract in October 1965. Chalpin viewed the 1966 Hendrix agreement with Track as a violation of his PPX contract and was later able to claim a large monetary settlement. Track quickly fell into financial trouble.

Arthur Brown had a 1968 UK #1 hit with "Fire" which was produced by The Who's Pete Townshend. US versions of Arthur Brown's recordings were distributed by Atlantic Records. "Fire" reached #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Brown has claimed that he was never properly compensated by Track.

In 1968 Track began releasing compilations albums such as The Who's Direct Hits. Some of these, including Electric Jimi Hendrix (1968) and The Who's Who Did It! (1970), are thought to have been sold only on a very limited basis through mail order, making them extremely rare today. A various artists compilation titled The House That Track Built was issued in 1969. In 1970 Track began a 14 album series titled Backtrack 1 through Backtrack 14. These were budget priced re-issues and new compilations of earlier Track recordings, occasionally containing previously unreleased material and rare versions. This series, which was very unusual for its time, included both Hendrix and the Who's first two Track albums along with works by lesser known Track artists. The reissue albums did not feature any of the original cover art. The strategy of producing such a large number of reissues was probably a drastic attempt to boost sales as a direct result of the PPX lawsuit.

In 1970 the group Thunderclap Newman released their only album, Hollywood Dream on Track (Atlantic in the US) The album was another Pete Townshend production and contained the UK #1 hit "Something in the Air". Track released a 3 song EP by Jimi Hendrix titled Voodoo Chile which was Hendrix's only No. 1 UK hit in 1971. After the posthumous Jimi Hendrix album The Cry of Love Polydor took over Hendrix' catalogue, except for North America, where it remained with Reprise Records. US versions of Who solo albums such as Pete Townshend's 1972 release Who Came First were released by Track/Decca.

In 1972 the Dutch rock group Golden Earring had a successful UK tour with The Who and were signed to Track. Their 1973 Track album Moontan became their biggest international success. It was released by Track/MCA in the US. The hit song "Radar Love" was especially popular in the US where the single reached #13.

In 1973 The Who produced Quadrophenia their last album of new material released by Track (Track/MCA in the US). In 1974 Track released its last Who title Odds & Sods a compilation of previously unreleased material recorded between 1964 and 1972 which was compiled by John Entwistle. In 1974 Who parted ways with Lambert and Stamp amid litigation. In a move initiated by Roger Daltrey, the band attempted to collect a large sum of unpaid royalties from Track. The Who moved to Polydor, except in North America, where they remained with MCA (which became a sister label to Polydor after Universal Music Group absorbed PolyGram in 1999).

By 1975 Track was left with only Golden Earring on its roster who also soon left. After that Track only released two more LPs, one by The Heartbreakers and one by Shakin' Stevens. Track ceased business operations in 1978 though Track albums that remained in print in the UK remained on the Track label until the distributor re-issued them on Polydor a few years later. Kit Lambert died in 1981 at age 45.

Track may have also been involved at one point with the Apple Records release by John Lennon and Yoko Ono titled Two Virgins. This album was mastered with a Track matrix number (613012) between the run out grooves after EMI (Apple's distributor) refused to press the record. The Two Virgins album was later distributed in the UK by Transatlantic Records.

The logo and name 'Track Records' were resurrected (twenty years later) in 1999 by Ian Grant, former manager of The Stranglers, The Cult and Big Country and used for his record company. It is unknown what if any legal connection this label has to the original Track created by Lambert and Stamp.

List of Track Records artists 1967-1978

Arthur Brown

Roger Daltrey

Eire Apparent

John Entwistle

Andy Ellison

Fairport Convention

Golden Earring

The Heartbreakers

Marsha Hunt

HUGG

John's Children

The Parliaments

Murray Roman

Shakin' Stevens

Pete Townshend

Thunderclap Newman

References

External links

Track Records

Category:British record labels Category:Record labels established in 1966 Category:Rock record labels Category:The Who

Name	Thom Yorke
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Thomas Edward Yorke
Alias	Tchock, Tchocky, Dr. Tchock
Born	October 07, 1968Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England
Alma mater	University of Exeter
Instrument	VocalsGuitarPianoKeyboardsPercussionBass guitarProgrammingDrums
Genre	Alternative rockElectronica
Occupation	Musician
Years active	1985–present
Label	XL
Associated acts	Radiohead, Atoms for Peace, Unkle, Björk

Thomas Edward "Thom" Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar (notably during the Kid A and Amnesiac sessions). In July 2006, he released his debut solo album, The Eraser.

Yorke has been cited among the most influential figures in the music industry: in 2002, Q Magazine named Yorke the most powerful British musician and in 2005, Radiohead were ranked #73 in Rolling Stones "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" list. Yorke has also been cited among the greatest singers in the history of popular music: in 2005, a poll organised by Blender and MTV2 saw Yorke voted the 18th greatest singer of all time, and in 2008, he was ranked 66th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of all Time." Allmusic wrote: "Few rock singers of the '90s were as original and instantly unforgettable as Thom Yorke."

Life and career

Early years

Yorke was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. At birth, his left eye was fixed shut; his doctors believed that his eye was paralyzed and that the condition was permanent. Yorke's parents took him to an eye specialist, who suggested a muscle graft. Yorke underwent five eye operations before he was six years old. Yorke's father, a chemical equipment salesman, was hired by a firm in Scotland shortly after his son's birth and the family lived there until Yorke was seven. During this time Yorke had to wear a patch over his eye. He has stated that the last surgery was "botched," leaving him with a drooping eyelid.

Yorke's family moved frequently; Yorke would move from school to school, where classmates teased him because of his eye problems. The family finally settled in Oxfordshire in 1978. He attended the all boys public school Abingdon where he met future band members Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, Colin Greenwood and Colin's younger brother, Jonny. Yorke and his friends formed a band named On A Friday, as Friday was the only day on which the members were allowed to rehearse.

After leaving school, Yorke postponed going to university for a year. During that time he worked in a few jobs and was involved in a car accident that made him wary of any kind of mechanised transport. Yorke left Oxford to study at the University of Exeter in late 1988, which as a result put On a Friday on hiatus aside from holiday break rehearsals. While at Exeter, Yorke worked as a DJ at Guild nights in the Lemon Grove and played briefly with the band Headless Chickens. Yorke also met Rachel Owen, whom he began dating.

Radiohead

On A Friday resumed activity in 1991 as the members were finishing their degree courses. Now relocated to Oxford, they signed to Parlophone and changed their name to Radiohead. Around this time, Yorke said he "hit the self-destruct button pretty quickly"; he drank heavily, which resulted in him randomly cutting his hair off and being too drunk to perform onstage.

Radiohead first gained notice with the worldwide hit single "Creep", which later appeared on the band's 1993 debut album Pablo Honey. Yorke admitted later that the success had fed his ego; he tried to project himself as a rock star, which included bleaching his hair and wearing extensions. He said, "When I got back to Oxford I was unbearable . . . [A]s soon as you get any success you disappear up your own arse and lost it forever."

By the time of their second album, The Bends (1995), the band, through frequent touring and greater attention to detail in the recording studio, had picked up a large cult fan base and had begun to receive wider critical acclaim. After the album's release, the American group R.E.M. picked Radiohead as its opening act for the European leg of their tour. While on tour Yorke and R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe became close friends; in particular, Stipe gave him advice on how to deal with the demands of being in a rock band. During the production of the band's third album, OK Computer (1997), all five members had differing opinions and equal production roles, with Yorke having "the loudest voice," according to guitarist Ed O'Brien. After the album was finished, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood contributed to the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack along with other musicians under the moniker Venus in Furs. Upon release, OK Computer was heralded as a landmark album by nearly every publication that reviewed it, establishing Radiohead as one of the leading alternative rock acts of the 1990s. But Yorke was ambivalent about this success. Some of these concerns were voiced in the documentary film Meeting People Is Easy, which focused on the period. Yorke has explained in various interviews that he dislikes the "mythology" within the rock genre, and hates the media's obsession with celebrities.

Yorke and the band adopted a more radical approach on 2000's Kid A and 2001's Amnesiac, processing vocals, obscuring lyrics, and departing from rock for a more varied musical landscape including electronic, jazz and avant-garde classical influences. The albums expanded Radiohead's sales while earning acclaim for experimentation, but also divided fans and critics. In 2003, Radiohead released their sixth album, Hail to the Thief, a blend of rock and electronica that Yorke described as a reaction to the events of the early 2000s and newfound fears for his children's future, though he denied a specific political intent. The band has continued to tour, and in 2005 they undertook recording sessions for a seventh album, In Rainbows, released as a DRM-free download in October 2007.

Solo work

Yorke released his solo album, The Eraser, in 2005. Produced by Nigel Godrich and featuring cover art by Stanley Donwood, it was released on the independent label XL Recordings. Yorke described the album as "more beats and electronics" and denied that it meant he was leaving Radiohead, saying, "I want no crap about me being a traitor or whatever splitting up blah blah... this was all done with their blessing." The Eraser reached number 3 in the UK in its first week and number 2 in the United States, Canada and Australia, as well as number 9 on the Irish charts. The album was on the prestigious Mercury Prize shortlist and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.

Yorke rarely plays as a solo act, having never embarked on a solo tour. He has sometimes played short acoustic sets of Radiohead songs in the band's webcasts and television appearances, and occasionally on his own at rallies. However, he did play solo sets at the 2002 Bridge School Benefit concerts organised by Neil Young. In 2006, he performed stripped-down versions of several songs from The Eraser ("Analyse," "The Clock, " "Skip Divided" and "Cymbal Rush") on radio and TV programmes, and since then he has played and sung "Cymbal Rush" as an encore at some Radiohead concerts. In July 2009, Yorke played a rare solo performance at the Latitude Festival in England. In February 2010, Yorke played a solo show for the Green Party at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, where he played select Radiohead songs and songs from The Eraser, as well as five entirely new songs: "The Daily Mail", "Lotus Flower", "Give Up The Ghost", "I Froze Up", and "Mouse, Dog, Bird".

On 21 September 2009 Yorke released a new double-A side single, "Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses / The Hollow Earth". It was later announced that he has established an unnamed band with Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joey Waronker of R.E.M. and Beck, Mauro Refosco of Forro in the Dark and producer Nigel Godrich. They played two sold out shows at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on 4 and 5 October 2009. Two days before, Yorke also played a "warm-up" show at the Echoplex in Los Angeles. On 25 February 2010, Yorke officially gave the band the name Atoms for Peace.

In June 2010, Yorke attracted some notoriety when he stated in an interview that "It will be only a matter of time - months rather than years - before the music business establishment completely folds" and that such an event will be of "no great loss to the world." Yorke's quote quickly caused a stir of buzz on the blogosphere, with critics both praising and criticising his frankness.

Collaborations

Aside from his own solo work, Yorke has collaborated with several artists. He sang backing vocals on PJ Harvey's Mercury Prize-winning 2000 album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea and sung a duet with Harvey on one of her songs, "This Mess We're In". In the same year, he also appeared on Björk's soundtrack album Selmasongs, singing "I've Seen It All" with her. The Oscar-nominated song was written for Dancer in the Dark, a film starring Björk, and Yorke's part is sung in the film by actor Peter Stormare; due to time constraints, Björk performed it alone at the 2001 Academy Awards. The two worked together again in 2008 on a charity single called "Náttúra".

Yorke also sang covers of the Roxy Music songs "2HB", "Ladytron" and "Bitter-Sweet" for the 1998 film Velvet Goldmine, as part of Venus in Furs. The band existed solely for the film's soundtrack and also consisted of Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, Suede's Bernard Butler, and Roxy Music's Andy Mackay. Yorke was duplicating Bryan Ferry's original vocals. Two other cover songs were performed by Venus in Furs, with vocals by actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the film; Yorke never appeared onscreen.

Examples of Yorke's other collaborations are the 1998 single "Rabbit in Your Headlights", which he sang and co-wrote with DJ Shadow and which closes Psyence Fiction, the debut album by the group UNKLE; "El President," a 1998 duet with Isabel Monteiro of the band Drugstore, which was also released as a single; and vocals on the 2007 track "The White Flash," by the electronic music group Modeselektor, from their album Happy Birthday. Yorke has also collaborated with Stanley Donwood on a picture book entitled Dead Children Playing. Yorke also covered lead vocal duties on "...And the World Laughs with You" from the 2010 Flying Lotus album Cosmogramma.

In 2010, Yorke worked with Bryan Ferry, Mark Ronson, Bob Hoskins, Andy Murray, and David Cameron to release the charity single "2 Minute Silence"—a track composed entirely of silence—to raise money for the families of British troops released on Remembrance Day, 7 November. The song peaked in the UK Singles Chart at number 20.

Atoms for Peace

On 25 February 2010 Yorke revealed the name of his new band—"Atoms for Peace"—and announced a series of U.S. tour dates. Yorke first introduced the band late in 2009. It includes Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers on bass, R.E.M. all-round session drummer Joey Waronker, percussionist Mauro Refosco of the musical collective Forro in the Dark and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich on keyboards and treatments. When the band officially debuted in Los Angeles last October, it was billed with question marks due to it being unnamed. In a note on Radiohead's website, Yorke wrote; "It has been decided that we call ourselves Atoms For Peace. hope you like the name. it seemed bleedin' obvious." Atoms for Peace is a track on Yorke's 2006 solo album The Eraser. Yorke said the band would play eight dates starting in New York on 5 April before hitting the three-day 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California on 18 April. Radiohead recently took a break from recording, but performed a Haiti relief fund-raising concert in Los Angeles in January.

Personal life

Yorke currently lives in Oxford with his girlfriend, Rachel Owen, who obtained a Ph.D. from the University of London for research on the illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy, having previously studied fine art printmaking at Exeter University and painted at the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence. They have two children, Noah, born in 2001, and Agnes, born 2004. He has one brother, Andy, ex-vocalist of the band Unbelievable Truth.

In 2005, Yorke became a spokesman for Friends of the Earth and their campaign to reduce carbon emissions, The Big Ask.

Yorke often pays tribute to his children while performing live; during songs at the 2006 Bonnaroo Festival, Yorke played with guitar picks imprinted with Agnes' fingerprints.

Musical approach

Vocal characteristics

As a singer, Yorke is recognisable by his distinctive tenor voice, vibrato, frequent use of falsetto, and ability to reach and sustain notes over a wide vocal range. During the recording sessions for The Bends in 1994, the band watched Jeff Buckley in concert; Yorke later said the concert had a direct effect on his vocal delivery on "Fake Plastic Trees". However, Yorke has said, "It annoys me how pretty my voice is... how polite it can sound when perhaps what I'm singing is deeply acidic." He has often adopted other styles of singing, such as an aggressive shouting style in the middle section of "Paranoid Android" and a semi-spoken style for 2003's "Myxomatosis" and "A Wolf at the Door".

Musicianship

Aside from vocal duties and writing lyrics, Yorke's musical contributions to Radiohead include guitar, both acoustic and electric (usually rhythm parts, with band member Jonny Greenwood handling lead), and piano (including Rhodes piano, especially on Kid A). He also plays bass guitar on occasion (the bass line for "The National Anthem" was recorded by him) as well as drums; during the 2006 and 2008 tours he performed percussion on stage in tandem with drummer Phil Selway on the track "Bangers & Mash".

Yorke, unlike the other members of Radiohead, has never learned how to read music. He said, "If someone lays the notes on a page in front of me, it's meaningless... because to me you can't express the rhythms properly like that. It's a very ineffective way of doing it, so I've never really bothered picking it up." His solo effort The Eraser featured piano, bass and guitar, but was built primarily around electronics.

In interviews Yorke has cited a variety of personal musical heroes and influences, including jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus, Neil Young, Miracle Legion, singer Scott Walker, electronic acts Aphex Twin and Autechre, and Krautrock band Can. Talking Heads, Queen, Joy Division, Magazine, Elvis Costello, The Smiths and Sonic Youth were early influences on Radiohead and Yorke. In 2004, at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Yorke mentioned to the crowd, "When I was in college, the Pixies and R.E.M. changed my life," and he has often mentioned both bands as examples.

Activism

Yorke has been outspoken on various contemporary political and social issues. Radiohead had read No Logo by Naomi Klein during the Kid A sessions ("No Logo" was also briefly considered as the album title) and all the members were reportedly heavily influenced by it, though Yorke said it "didn't teach him anything he didn't already know." Yorke's activism in support of fair trade practices, with an anti-WTO and anti-globalisation stance, garnered significant attention in the early 2000s. Yorke had previously referenced maquiladoras in the title of a Radiohead B-side in 1995, and decried the IMF in 1997's "Electioneering." Yorke is also a professed fan of Noam Chomsky's political writings, and is a vegan.

Yorke is also notable as a political activist on behalf of other causes, including human rights and anti-war movements such as Jubilee 2000, Amnesty International and CND, and Friends of the Earth's Big Ask campaign. Radiohead played at the Free Tibet concert in both 1998 and 1999, and at an Amnesty International concert in 1998. In 2005, Yorke performed at an all-night vigil for the Trade Justice Movement. In 2006, Jonny Greenwood and Yorke performed a special benefit concert for Friends of the Earth. Yorke made headlines the same year for refusing Prime Minister Tony Blair's request to meet with him to discuss climate change, declaring Blair had "no environmental credentials". Yorke has subsequently been critical of his own energy use. He has said the music industry's use of air transport is dangerous and unsustainable, and that he would consider not touring if new carbon emissions standards do not force the situation to improve. Radiohead commissioned a study by the group Best Foot Forward which the band claims helped them choose venues and transport methods that will greatly reduce the carbon expended on their 2008 tour. The band also made use of a new low-energy LED lighting system and encouraged festivals to offer reusable plastics.

In December 2009, Yorke gained access to the COP 15 climate change talks in Copenhagen, posing as a member of the media.

Relationship with celebrities and the media

Yorke has had an uneasy relationship with other celebrities and the media. Following Radiohead's 1993 Pablo Honey tour of America, Yorke became disenchanted at being "right at the sharp end of the sexy, sassy, MTV eye-candy lifestyle" he felt he was helping to sell to the world. The 1998 documentary film Meeting People is Easy portrays Yorke's disaffection with the music industry and press during the 1997-8 "Against Demons" world tour.

A number of celebrities have been upset by Yorke's public persona. In 2001, Kelly Jones, the lead singer of the Welsh band Stereophonics, referred to Thom Yorke as a "miserable twat" (a comment he later retracted). In 2002, Jack Black claimed to have approached Yorke to congratulate him on his solo show at the Bridge School benefit concert in San Francisco, only for Yorke to ignore him and walk away. Referring to the incident, Black stated in an interview: "I heard later that he's famously cold, and it wasn't just me that he despises, but the whole world." After completing a trek of Kilimanjaro in 2009, Ronan Keating was asked by an interviewer which celebrity he would most like to throw off a mountain. Keating named Yorke, and referred to him as a "muppet", stating that Yorke was once rude to him, although he did admit to still liking his music. In the same year, Miley Cyrus and Kanye West also complained about Yorke's alleged rudeness. In a response to these complaints, Yorke wrote on Radiohead's Dead Air Space website, "wish us all a safe journey if you still like us and you're not one of those people I have managed to offend by doing nothing."

Discography

Notes

References

External links

The Eraser: Official website for Yorke's solo album release

Thom Yorke, Going Solo: Interview with Yorke, from NPR's "Fresh Air" radio program—July 2006

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Name	Kaskade
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Ryan Raddon
Born	February 25, 1971
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genre	House, deep house
Occupation	Disc jockey, record producer
Years active	2001–present
Label	Om Records, Ultra Records
Associated acts
Url

Ryan Raddon (born February 25, 1971 in Evanston, Illinois), better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ and record producer. On October 27, 2010, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records Kaskade placed at #35.

History

Kaskade was born in 1971 in Evanston, Illinois. He is the brother of Rich Raddon. He attended Brigham Young University in Provo, UT from 1989-1990 honing his DJ skills in his dorm room at DT. He later moved to Salt Lake City in 1992 to attend the University of Utah. During this time he owned and operated a local record store, Mechanized Records. In May 2000, Kaskade moved to San Francisco and began working as an A&R; assistant for Om Records. Releasing his first single "What I Say" on the label in 2001. Ryan is from Chicago, has lived in New York, LA, Tokyo, and San Francisco which earned him the nickname "Big City". Ryan is fluent in Japanese, and is currently married to Naomi Raddon.

In the Moment saw Kaskade's first top 10 single with "Stepping' Out" reaching #5 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play chart and #6 on Dance Radio Airplay. The fourth single to be released from the album, "Everything," reached #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play.

Upon signing with Ultra Records in late 2006, Kaskade subsequently left Om Records and now only releases with the former.

Most recently Kaskade has worked with Canadian house/electronic DJ/artist "Deadmau5" to produce tracks on Strobelite Seduction, including the first single (released as an EP) Move For Me. The single became his fifth top ten hit on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay Chart, reaching the number one position in its September 6, 2008 issue. It also gave Kaskade his first number one single on this chart. The dance single has become a crossover hit, managing to reach number 71 on the Canadian Hot 100 as of February 14, 2009. The follow up single, "Angel On My Shoulder", also found success on the dance chart, placing at number 5 on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay Chart. "I Remember", another collaboration with Deadmau5, became his first UK hit, peaking inside the top 15 on the Uk Singles Chart. The video-clip which accompanied "I Remember" was filmed in Manchester, England. The single became his second chart topper on the Billboard dance chart. In 2010, he added another number one Billboard Hot Dance Airplay track to his credit with "Dynasty", featuring Haley Gibby on vocals.

Other projects

Kaskade is also an active member of Summer Of Space, Late Night Alumni and The Sellars. Remixed Late Night Alumni's "Empty Streets", which is found on Tiësto's "In Search of Sunrise 5" mix. Late Night Alumni released their second album in November 2009 titled "Of Birds, Bees, Butterflies, Etc."

Kaskade is one of 9 artists who participated in thetruth.com’s Remix Project, where he remixed the Sunny Side song “Smaller Babies”.

Kaskade also had a comprehensive video outlining his creative process and musical background created about him. It was featured on an online television show called The Craft .

On May 30, 2010 Kaskade becomes a resident DJ for a daytime pool party at the Encore Beach Club in Las Vegas, NV. The party is titled "Kaskade Sundays."

Personal life

Kaskade is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served for two years as a missionary in Japan. Despite being a Latter-day Saint, Kaskade voiced his opposition to Proposition 8 which banned same-sex marriage in California, citing his sympathies for the gay community and their role in propelling of dance music into popularity.

Discography

Albums

It's You, It's Me (2003)

In the Moment (2004)

The Calm (2006) (available online only)

Love Mysterious (2006)

Here & Now (2006)

Strobelite Seduction (2008)

Dynasty (2010)

Singles and EPs

"What I Say" (2001)

"Gonna Make It" (2001)

"I Feel Like" (2002)

"True" (2004)

"Keep On" (2004)

"Steppin' Out" (2004)

"Soundtrack to the Soul" (2004)

"The Gift" (2004)

"To Do" (2004)

"Sweet Love" (2004)

"Everything" (2005)

"Safe" (2005)

"Be Still" (2006)

"Stars Align" (2006)

"In This Life" (2007)

"Sorry" (2007)

"Sometimes" (2007)

"4 AM" (2008)

"Move for Me" (with Deadmau5) (2008)

"I Remember" (with Deadmau5) (2008)

"Angel On My Shoulder" (2008)

"Step One Two" (2008)

"I Remember" (Remixes) (with Deadmau5) (2009)

''So Far Away" (with Seamus Haji & Emily Haines)

"Dynasty" (feat. Haley) (2010)

"Fire In Your New Shoes" (feat. Dragonette) (2010)

Mixes

Sounds of Om 3 (2002)

San Francisco Sessions 4 (2003)

House of Om 3 (2005)

Bring the Night (2007)

The Grand (2009)

The Electric Daisy Carnival CD (2010)

dance.love (2010)

Remixes

Afro-Mystik - Natural (Kaskade Roots Remix)

Amma - Heartbeat (Kaskade Mix)

Amma - On My Own (Kaskade Mix)

Andy Caldwell - I Can't Wait (Kaskade Remix)

The Beard featuring Phillipa - For Me (Kaskade Mix)

Britney Spears - Break the Ice (Kaskade Remix)#1 Billboard Hot Dance Play

Britney Spears - Gimme More (Kaskade Remix)#1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

Britney Spears - Womanizer (Kaskade Remix) #2 Billboard Hot Dance Airplay

Cabin Crew - Can't Stop It (Kaskade Remix)

Chieko Kinbara - If You Only (Kaskade Original Mix)

Chieko Kinbara - Stay with Me (Kaskade Remix)

Colette - Didn't Mean To Turn You On (Kaskade Extended Mix)

Colette - Hypnotized (Kaskade Extended Mix)

Colette - What Will She Do For Love (Kaskade's Big Room Mix)

Conjure One - Face the Music (Kaskade Club Mix)

Crystal Method featuring Emily Haines - Come Back Clean (Kaskade Remix) ''#11 Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs

David Morales featuring Tamra Keenan - Here I Am (Kaskade Remix)#1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

Dissent - Bleeding Together (Kaskade Remix)

DJ Mark Farina - To Do (Kaskade's Carry On mix)

Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Kaskade Club Remix)

Esmée Denters - Outta Here (Kaskade Club Remix)

Floetry - SupaStar (Kaskade Vocal Mix)

Genki Rockets - Breeze (Kaskade Remix)

Haley - This Is How It Goes (Kaskade's Grand Club Edit)

Jay-J & Mark Grant - Love Is (Kaskade Mix)

J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science - Rainfall (Kaskade Remix)

Jes - Imagination (Kaskade Club Remix)#1 Billboard Hot Dance Airplay

Joslyn - Funk 2 Night (Kaskade Remix)

Jyongri - Lullaby For You (Kaskade Mix)

Justin Timberlake - LoveStoned (Kaskade Remix) #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You (Kaskade Full Vox Mix)

Kaskade - Baby Mine (Dumbo)

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (Kaskade Club Mix)

Keri Hilson - Slow Dance (Kaskade Remix)

King Kooba - If I Could (Kaskade More Pop Mix)

Koda Kumi - Run For Your Life (Kaskade Remix)

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (Kaskade Remix) ''#1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs

Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce - Telephone (Kaskade Remix)

Late Night Alumni - Another Chance (Kaskade's 'Homage to Roger' Remix)

Late Night Alumni- I Knew You When (Kaskade Mix)

LeAnn Rimes - What I Cannot Change (Kaskade Remix)#1 Billboard Hot Dance Airplay

Little Boots - Remedy (Kaskade Club Remix)

Livvi Franc - Now I'm That Bitch (Kaskade Remix)#1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

Mark Farina - Cali Spaces (Kaskade Remix)

Mark Farina - To Do (Kaskade Carry On Mix)

Mocean Worker - Chick a Boom Boom Boom (Kaskade Remix)

Naked Music NYC - If I Fall (Kaskade Soulshower Mix)

Natalie Bassingthwaighte - Alive (Kaskade Remix)

Nelly Furtado - All Good Things (Come To An End)(Kaskade Remix) #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

Neon Trees - Animal (Kaskade Mix)

Paul Van Dyk - Home (Kaskade Remix)

Paris Hilton - Nothing In This World #12 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

Peyton - I'll Rise (Kaskade Remix)

Plumb - In My Arms (Kaskade Extended Remix)

Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play.

Rasmus Faber - Are You Ready (Kaskade Remix)

Rithma - Builder (Kaskade Let's Make Out Mix)

Rithma - Love & Music (Kaskade Remix)

Roomsa feat. Lady Sarah - This Girl (Kaskade Remix)

Samantha James Waves of Change (Kasekade Extended Remix)

Seal - Amazing #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play (two weeks)

Summer Of Space - Hearts Reaction (Kaskade Electro Rubb)

Summer Of Space - With You (Kaskade Does Rock Mix)

Terri Walker - Guess You Didn't Love Me (Kaskade Remix)

truth® - Smaller Babies (Kaskade Remix)

West Magnetic - Give It Up For Free (Kaskade's Vision Mix)

The World's Most Beautiful I'm A Lot Like You (Kaskade's Vocal Mix)

See also

Om Records

List of number-one dance hits (United States)

List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

Notes and references

External links

Official Site

Artist Site at Ultra Records

Fan Site full of information

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Datebirth	April 18, 1973
Placebirth	Asella, Arsi Province, Ethiopia
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5000 meters || align	right | 12:56.96 || align=right | 4 June 1994 || Hengelo, Netherlands ||
two miles || align	right | 8:07.46 || align=right | 28 May 1995 || Kerkrade, Netherlands || Third fastest time ever
10,000 meters || align	right | 26:43.53 || align=right | 5 June 1995 || Hengelo, Netherlands ||
5,000 meters || align	right | 12:44.39 || align=right | 16 August 1995 || Zurich, Switzerland ||
5,000 meters || align	right | 13:10.98 || align=right | 27 January 1996 || Sindelfingen, Germany, || indoors
3,000 meters || align	right | 7:30.72 || align=right | 4 February 1996 || Stuttgart, Germany, || indoors
5,000 meters || align	right | 12:59.04 || align=right | 20 February 1997 || Stockholm, Sweden || indoors
Two miles || align	right | 8:01.08 || align=right | 31 May 1997 || Hengelo, Netherlands ||
10,000 meters || align	right | 26:31.32 || align=right | 4 July 1997 || Oslo, Norway ||
5,000 meters || align	right | 12:41.86 || align=right | 13 August 1997 || Zurich, Switzerland ||
3,000 meters || align	right | 7:26.15 || align=right | 25 January 1998 || Karlsruhe, Germany || indoors
2,000 meters || align	right | 4:52.86 || align=right | 15 February 1998 || Birmingham, UK|| indoors
10,000 meters || align	right | 26:22.75 || align=right | 1 June 1998 || Hengelo, Netherlands ||
5,000 meters || align	right | 12:39.36 || align=right | 13 June 1998 || Helsinki, Finland ||
5,000 meters || align	right | 12:50.38 || align=right | 14 February 1999 || Birmingham, UK || indoors
10 kilometers || align	right | 27:02 || align=right | 11 December 2002 || Doha, Qatar || road race
Two miles || align	right | 8:04.69 || align=right | 21 February 2003 || Birmingham, UK, || indoors
15 kilometers || align	right | 41:22 || align=right | 4 September 2005 || Tilburg, Netherlands || road race, not IAAF-ratified
10 miles || align	right | 44:24 || align=right | 4 September 2005 || Tilburg, Netherlands || road race, world best
20 kilometres || align	right | 55:48 || align=right | 15 January 2006 || Tempe, Arizona, US || en route to half-marathon
half marathon || align	right | 58:55 || align=right | 15 January 2006 || Tempe, Arizona, US ||
25 kilometers || align	right | 1:11:37 || align=right | 12 March 2006 || Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands || road race, not IAAF-ratified – no post-race EPO test
one hour run || align	right | 21,285 m || align=right | 27 June 2007 || Ostrava, Czech Republic ||
marathon || align	right | 2:04:26 || align=right | 30 September 2007 || Berlin, Germany ||
marathon || align	right | 2:03:59 || align=right | 28 September 2008 || Berlin, Germany || current world record
30 kilometers || align	right | 1:27:49 || align=right |20 September 2009 || Berlin, Germany || en route to marathon
1,500 meters || align	right | 3:33.73 || align=right | 6 June 1999 || Stuttgart
Mile || align	right | 3:52.39 || align=right | 27 June 1999 || Gateshead
3,000 meters || align	right | 7:25.09 || align=right | 28 August 1998 || Brussels
Two miles || align	right | 8:01.08 || align=right | 31 May 1997 || Hengelo
5,000 meters || align	right | 12:39.36 || align=right | 13 June 1998 || Helsinki
10,000 meters || align	right | 26:22.75 || align=right | 1 June 1998 || Hengelo
10 km (road) || align	right | 27:02 || align=right | 11 December 2002 || Ad-Dawhah
15 km (road) || align	right | 41:38 || align=right | 11 November 2001 || Nijmegen
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20,000 meters (track) || align	right | 56:26.0 || align=right | 27 June 2007 || Ostrava, Czech Republic
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25 km (road) || align	right | 1:11:37 || align=right | 12 March 2006 || Alphen aan den Rijn (not recognised by IAAF)
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Two miles || align	right | 8:04.69 || align=right | 21 February 2003 || Birmingham
5,000 meters || align	right | 12:50.38 || align=right | 14 February 1999 || Birmingham

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Name	Kieran Hebden
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Alias	Four Tet
Origin	United Kingdom
Instrument	Drumsacoustic guitarsHornsPianoHarpsichords
Genre	ElectronicFolktronicaIntelligent Dance MusicJazz
Years active	1998–present
Label	Output RecordingsDomino Records
Associated acts	Fridge
Url	http://www.fourtet.net/

Kieran Hebden (born 1980, Putney, London, England, United Kingdom) is a post-rock and electronic musician. Hebden first came to prominence as a member of the band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist under the moniker of Four Tet.

Hebden's music typically eschews the traditional pop song format in favour of a more abstract approach—his sound and melodies incorporate elements of hip hop, electronica, techno, jazz, and folk music with live instrumentation.

Alongside recording his own material, Hebden has also performed remixes for a number of artists including Aphex Twin, Anti-Pop Consortium, Bonobo, Beth Orton, Explosions in the Sky, Super Furry Animals, Radiohead, Manic Street Preachers, Matthew Dear, Sia, Nathan Fake, Bloc Party, Andrew Bird, Kings of Convenience, Battles, Juana Molina, Madvillain, The xx, Foals and Black Sabbath, as well as producing two albums by psychedelic improvisational group Sunburned Hand of the Man. Hebden's recent output includes a number of improvisational works with the late jazz drummer Steve Reid, and a collaboration with Burial.

History

Kieran Hebden was born in London to a South African-born Indian mother and a sociology lecturer father. He attended Elliott School in Putney, A new EP, Ringer, was released on 21 April 2008.

In 2008, Hebden collaborated with composer David Arnold to write "Crawl, End Crawl", the song used for the end credits of the film Quantum of Solace.

In 2009, Hebden worked on a secret collaboration with Burial. The two track 12" was released with a plain black cover with no liner notes or details contained on the vinyl, other than the artists' names and the track titles: "Moth" and "Wolf Cub".

In November 2009, details of the fifth full-length Four Tet album were released. Heavily influenced by a stint DJing at the Plastic People club in Shoreditch and entitled There Is Love in You, it was released on 25 January 2010. The album was preceded by a limited edition release of the 12" single "Love Cry".

Selected discography

Albums (as Four Tet)

Dialogue (Output Recordings, May 1999)

Pause (Domino Records, 28 May 2001)

Rounds (Domino Records, 5 May 2003) - UK #60

Everything Ecstatic (Domino Records, 23 May 2005) - UK #59

Remixes (Domino Records, 25 September 2006)

Ringer (Domino Records, 21 April 2008)

There Is Love in You (Domino Records, 25 January 2010) - #35 UK, #157 US

Mix albums

(Azuli Records, 4 October 2004) (DJ mix album compiled by Hebden)

(Studio !K7, 26 June 2006) (mix album in the DJ-Kicks series)

Albums (as Kieran Hebden)

The Exchange Session Vol. 1 (with Steve Reid; Domino Records, 27 February 2006)

The Exchange Session Vol. 2 (with Steve Reid; Domino Records, 22 May 2006)

Tongues (with Steve Reid; Domino Records, 19 March 2007)

NYC (with Steve Reid; Domino Records, 4 November 2008)

References

Guardian interview

TheMilkFactory interview

Sound On Sound interview

Four Tet chooses his nine most influential records

External links

Official website

Fourtet on SoundCloud

Review of 'Sing' on the Daily Music Guide

Kieran Hebden Red Bull Music Academy video lecture session

Four Tet on Andrew Meza's BTS Radio

Four Tet Essential Mix

Category:1977 births Category:English electronic musicians Category:English people of Indian descent Category:Folktronica Category:Intelligent dance music musicians Category:English experimental musicians Category:Ableton Live users Category:Living people Category:People from Putney

Name	Edwyn Collins
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Edwyn Stephen Collins
Born	August 23, 1959Edinburgh, Scotland
Instrument	Vocals, electric guitar
Genre	Alternative rock
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician.
Label	Setanta/Epic Records
Associated acts	Nu-Sonics, Orange Juice
Url	www.edwyncollins.com

Edwyn Stephen Collins (born 23 August 1959, Edinburgh) is an Ivor Novello Award winning Scottish musician, playing mostly electric guitar-driven pop. Collins formed the musical group Nu-Sonics in 1976, which later became Orange Juice. He has since pursued a solo career as a musician, in addition to work as an illustrator, television actor and producer, and as a record producer.

Career

Orange Juice had a Number-8 hit single with "Rip It Up", their only UK Top 40 single and biggest commercial success. In 1985, Orange Juice disbanded; after some difficulty finding a record label with which to sign, Collins began his solo career a year later after signing with the Elevation subsidiary of Creation Records.

"Losing Sleep" will be released on September 13 in the UK. It's Collins's first written and recorded album since his serious illness in 2005. It was recorded at his own West Heath Studios between November 2008 and May 2010 and produced by the former Orange Juice frontman and Sebastian Lewsley. He collaborated with The Cribs' Ryan Jarman and Johnny Marr, Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, The Magic Numbers singer Romeo Stodart, The Drums and Aztec Camera singer Roddy Frame.

Personal life

Collins is married to Grace Maxwell, who is also his manager. The couple live in London, have one son, William, who maintains his father's MySpace page.

In a BBC 6 Music radio interview on 18 February 2005, Collins had said he felt unwell, but ascribed the nausea and vertigo to food poisoning. Two days later, he was admitted to intensive care in London's Royal Free Hospital after apparently suffering a major cerebral hemorrhage. After suffering a second haemorrhage he had an operation on 25 February 2005, which was followed by a lengthy programme of neurological rehabilitation owing to right-sided weakness and difficulty with speech. The aphasia he suffered allowed him to repeat only four phrases, over and over again: "yes", "no", "Grace Maxwell" and "the possibilities are endless".

Collins released his sixth solo album in September 2007 on Heavenly Records entitled Home Again. In November 2009 Collins walked on stage at London’s Bloomsbury Ballroom looking dapper in a black suit and leaning on a silver-topped cane, he spoke slowly to the crowd, his right arm curled up at his side. "But when he started to sing, his baritone proved as powerful as ever."

A BBC Scotland documentary, Edwyn Collins:Home Again, was broadcast on 19 May 2008 and narrated by Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos. Filmed during 2007, it followed Collins's progress in recovering from his illness, and his first return to live performance at the BBC Electric Proms. He also performed at the Glastonbury Festival, broadcast on 28 June 2008 on BBC Two and at T in the Park on 10 July 2009. On 20 February 2010 he joined The Maccabees onstage at Brixton Academy for their encore, performing vocals on a storming rendition of "Rip It Up."

In 2010 he received an honorary masters degree from the Buckinghamshire New University in recognition of his “strong influences and contribution to the national and international music industry over the last three decades”. On 21 August 2010 he attended the Helmsdale Highland Games as the chieftain, an honour also previously bestowed on his grandfather.

On 30 September Collins and his band broadcast three numbers live from the Royal Beacon Hotel in Exmouth for BBC Radio 2's Radcliffe and Maconie Show.

Solo discography

Hope and Despair - Demon, 1989

Hellbent on Compromise - Diablo, 1990

Gorgeous George - Setanta, 1994, UK #8, US #183

I'm Not Following You - Epic, 1997, UK #55

Doctor Syntax - Setanta, 2002

A Casual Introduction 1981/2001 - Setanta, 2002 (collection of Orange Juice and solo work)

Home Again - Heavenly Records, 2007, UK #90

Losing Sleep - Heavenly Records, 2010, UK #54

See also

List of Scottish musicians

List of 1990s one-hit wonders in the United States

List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s

List of British popular musicians of the 1990s

List of British comedians

Empire Records

References

External links

Official website

BBC's musical biography of Edwyn Collins

Detailed biography

Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish rock guitarists Category:Scottish rock singers Category:Scottish singer-songwriters Category:People from Edinburgh Category:Stroke survivors

Name	deadmau5
Landscape	deadmau5
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Joel Thomas Zimmerman
Alias	Halcyon441, Deadmau5
Born	January 05, 1981
Origin	Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Genre	Progressive House, Electro House, Neo-trance, House, Dubstep, Grimecore, New Wave
Occupation	DJ, Producer, Remixer songwriter
Years active	2005 - present
Label	Mau5trap Recordings, Ultra Records, Ministry of Sound Australia, SongBird, Play Records. Play Digital, WeWillDoo, EMI Records, Ministry of Sound, Virgin Records
Associated acts	Chris LakeKaskadeMoguaiMelleefreshBilly Newton-DavisWolfgang GartnerBSOD (w/ Steve Duda)WTF? (w/ Tommy Lee, Steve Duda, DJ Aero)nfrmn pre-deadmau5
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Notable instruments	Nord Lead 2x, Moog Little Phatty, Voyager RME, Ableton, Allen & Heath Xone 3D, Allen & Heath Xone 4D, Lemur Input Device, Ableton Live 8, Monome 256, Reaktor, Cubase, Kaossilator, Nuendo, Native Instruments Maschine

Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), better known by his stage name Deadmau5 (stylized as deadmau5; pronounced "dead mouse"), is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto, Ontario. Although Deadmau5 classes himself as having no genre, his extensive discography includes tracks such as "Arguru" and "Not Exactly", which have been included in compilation albums such as , MixMag's Tech-Trance-Electro-Madness (mixed by deadmau5 himself), and on Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance radio show. His debut album, Get Scraped, was released in 2006, followed by others in the next few years.

As well as his own extensive solo back catalogue, deadmau5 is recognised for his work alongside numerous other DJs and producers, such as Kaskade, MC Flipside, Rob Swire of Pendulum, Skrillex, and Steve Duda under the BSOD alias.

He was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for his remix of the track "The Longest Road" by Morgan Page featuring Lissie in the category of "Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical"

deadmau5 won a Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year in 2010 for the album For Lack of a Better Name.

He is known for often performing in a titular costume head which he originally created while learning to use a 3D program, which resembles a mouse head.

On October 27, 2010, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, placing deadmau5 at #4, up two spots from the previous year.

History

2008

deadmau5 received two nominations for the Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2008 for a track with Billy Newton-Davis and Melleefresh. He did not win an award for Melleefresh's "After Hours" song, but he won the award for Newton-Davis' "All U Ever Want". He was also named "Producer of 2007" by DJ magazine's 2007 Top 100 winner Armin van Buuren, and by runner up Tiësto. In 2008, he placed #11 in the DJ Magazine Top 100 poll, tying Infected Mushroom (2006) for the highest new entry in the poll's history, showing deadmau5's fast rise to prominence. On May 1, 2008, deadmau5 became the most awarded DJ/producer of the Beatport Music Awards. He was named "Best Progressive House Artist" by Beatport. (In 2009, Beatport also awarded deadmau5 the most awards that year, winning first place in both of his nominations, as well as being given the "Greatest House DJ Ever" award, two years in a row). He also had a radio station dedicated to him in for the Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) portable gaming consoles, as well as the iPhone.

His album, Random Album Title, was released electronically in September 2008 via Ultra Records in the United States and Ministry of Sound in the United Kingdom and Europe. Physical copies of the album were released in November 2008.

In the United States, deadmau5's collaboration with Kaskade, "Move for Me," reached #1 on Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Airplay chart in its September 6, 2008 issue.

2009

In 2009, he was nominated for Grammy Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical ("The Longest Road" [deadmau5 Remix] by Morgan Page featuring Lissie). Since then, deadmau5 has seen three of his tracks, all collaborations ("Move for Me" and I Remember with Kaskade; "Ghosts N Stuff" with Rob Swire) reach number-one on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart, making him the only Canadian on that chart to achieve that status (he is also the third Canadian to top that chart, following Deborah Cox and Nelly Furtado, both with one a piece).

In 2009, he was the best-selling artist on Beatport with more than 30,000 digital downloads with his singles "Not Exactly," "Faxing Berlin," and "Ghosts N Stuff."

deadmau5 headlined the Dance Arena on July 10, 2009, at the Oxegen Festival in Ireland. He also headlined LovEvolution in San Francisco, California on October 3. He played at Belsonic in Belfast, Northern Ireland on August 28, at the Leeds, Reading, and Creamfields Festivals on August 29 and 30 in the Lock Up/Dance Tent/Mixmag stage, drawing a large crowd at each of the events. He has performed on BBC Radio 1 multiple times, which include an Essential Mix set on August 19, 2008, and a shared set with Pete Tong live at the Warehouse Project in Manchester on October 11, 2008. He played back to back shows that were broadcast via BBC Radio1 live from Ibiza on August 31 and September 1, 2009. deadmau5 was offered and accepted to play another set live on New Year's 2010 along with Justice, Eric Clapton, and Plump DJs.

Information on his album For Lack of a Better Name was posted on his official MySpace page. ::''“On September 22, 2009 (U.S only, rest-of-world release October 5) deadmau5 launches his brand new mix album, the Grammy-nominated, Juno Award-winning electronic music sensation who has racked up more than 5,000,000 hits on MySpace will unleash his second album for ULTRA Records — titled 'For Lack of a Better Name' — and then set off on a massive fall tour throughout North America.

In the fall of 2009, deadmau5's performances were recorded and made available for sale immediately following the concert on USB wristband flash drives.

::On For Lack of a Better Name, the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2008 debut Random Album Title, deadmau5 takes a different turn by incorporating various styles of music into multi-blocks of songs. The album will include "Ghosts N Stuff", featuring Pendulum's Rob Swire”.

2010

deadmau5 performed at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia on February 19, 2010, during the live medal presentations in men’s luge doubles and biathlon (women’s 15-km individual and men’s 20-km individual). His track "Moar Ghosts N Stuff" was aired on national TV throughout the United States when it was played over loudspeakers during Hannah Kearney's gold-medal run in women's moguls.

In March 2010, deadmau5 was nominated for four International Dance Music Awards, and won a further three, including Best Artist (Solo) and Best American DJ (see complete list below).

The next studio album by deadmau5, announced as his first "artist album," is scheduled for release in May. A song from the album titled "Some Chords" has been released via his YouTube account. The album has since been delayed.

In June 2010, Beatport announced the winners of their annual Beatport Music Awards, awarding deadmau5 Best Electro House Artist, Best Progressive House Artist, and "most influential, relevant and forward-thinking person in electronic music over the past 12 months." deadmau5 also performed live at the Electric Daisy Carnival's Kinetic Fields section in Exposition Park, Los Angeles on June 25, 2010.

His third studio album, titled 4x4=12, was released on December 6, 2010 in the United Kingdom and December 7, 2010 in the United States. The singles "Some Chords," "Animal Rights," and "Sofi Needs a Ladder" have been released and will feature on the album.

A short while after he released 4x4=12, he stated that would be releasing a new album some time in 2011 and wouldn't release any material as singles

DJ Hero 2

deadmau5 is a playable avatar within the forthcoming DJ Hero 2 video game being released in the last quarter of 2010. Additionally, one of the initially revealed tracks is a mashup between deadmau5's "Ghosts N Stuff" with Lady Gaga's "Just Dance."

Personal

Name origin

The name "deadmau5" started when Zimmerman found a dead mouse in his computer while he was replacing his video card. He talked with people in chat rooms and he became known as "that dead mouse guy" and since his username was too long, he shortened "Dead Mouse" to deadmau5.

Health

On 30 July 2010 at the in Washington, D.C., deadmau5 collapsed on stage, suffering from exhaustion and vomiting. deadmau5's set was cut short as he was rushed to a hospital, and his collapse also led to the cancellation of the nine shows following the event.

Controversies

Rivalry with Marcus Schossow

In December 2007, Marcus Schossow, Maor Levi and Dj Eco created a project named Deadrat6 as a joke on deadmau5, claiming his tracks sound alike.

Comment about DJs

In an October 2008 interview with the Irish Daily Star, deadmau5 was quoted as follows: ::“It puts me to fucking sleep, to be quite honest; I don’t really see the technical merit in playing two songs at the same speed together and it bores me to fucking tears and hopefully, with all due respect to the DJ type that will fucking go the way of the dinosaur, I'd like them to dis-a-fucking-pear! It's so middle man, they’re like fucking lawyers! You need them, but they’re fucking cunts. God bless them, they’re my number one customer right, so I’m not gonna go dis every fucking DJ. But to say you become this massive, "up on a podium" performer by playing other peoples productions, at the same speed as someone else's productions and fading between the two of them, I don’t get it...”

Zimmerman apologized for this comment on November 4, 2008. He explained that the interview was bad, and that it did not express his opinion about DJs correctly:

::"Let me start by admitting…. I did not grow up in the EDM scene. I don't consider my career to be about “being a DJ”. I don't have “DJ roots”. I never had any intention of becoming a DJ, and my conception of “DJ’s” in general from this standpoint has always been being forced into some nightclub when I would have rather stayed home, and watch some dude mash the “play / stop” button and occasionally move a pitch slider. Love it or hate it... that’s just been my conception of the traditional “DJ”. Mind you, I'm not a total fucking idiot, and I recognize talent when I see it... and there are many talented DJ’s out there for sure. In my eyes, those would be the individuals who utilize technology to deliver the music in ways that are both skillful and innovate, more-so than my vision of the “play/stop/pitch” DJ. To me, the club is about “the party”; the people make the night; the DJ obviously needs to use that to his advantage, it’s give and take."

DirtyCircuit

In 2008, an artist called DirtyCircuit claimed to have been threatened with legal action after using a sample called "LP_Faxing Berlin C_128bpm" that came bundled with FL Studio, and to which deadmau5 claimed copyright. The sample was a direct clip of a full bar of the song. Deadmau5 provided a "Demo Track" which came bundled with FL Studio, along with several loop samples. The case caused a slight discomfort among the users of FL Studio, and some have pointed out potential inconsistencies in the EULA of the software.

Discography

CD Albums

Random Album Title (2008)

For Lack of a Better Name (2009)

4x4=12 (2010)

Digital Releases

Get Scraped (2006)

Vexillology (2006)

Project 56 (2008)

EP's

Everything Is Complicated (2007)

Full Circle (2007)

Compilations

It Sounds Like (2009)

For Lack Of A Better Album Title (2010)

DJ Friendly Mix Albums

At Play (2008)

At Play 2 (2009)

At Play 3 (2010)

Recognitions

Awards

; Juno Awards

2008 Dance Recording of the Year for "All U Ever Want" with Billy Newton-Davis.

2009 Dance Recording of the Year for "Random Album Title".

2010 Dance Recording of the Year, "For Lack of a Better Name".

; Beatport Music Awards

2008 Best Electro House Artist.

2008 Best Progressive House Artist.

2008 Best single for "Not Exactly".

2008 Best remix, 3rd place for Burufunk vs. Carbon Community - "Community Funk" (Deadmau5 Remix).

2009 Best Electro House Artist.

2009 Best Progressive House Artist.

; DJmag.com Top 100 DJs Poll

2008 Highest new entry, voted 11th best DJ.

2009 Voted 6th best DJ.

2010 Climbs two places to 4th best DJ

; International Dance Music Awards (IDMA)

2010 Best Artist (Solo)

2010 Best American DJ

2010 Best Electro Track for "Ghosts 'N' Stuff"

Nominations

2008 Juno Dance Recording of the Year for "After Hours" with Melleefresh

2008 Beatport Music Awards Best Remix of 2007, won as Third Best Remixs 2007 for Burufunk and Carbon Community's "Community Funk" (Deadmau5 Remix).

2009 Grammy Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical ("The Longest Road" (Deadmau5 Remix) by Morgan Page featuring Lissie)

2009 Juno Dance Recording of the Year for "Move For Me" with Kaskade

2009 Juno Dance Recording of the Year for Random Album Title

2010 International Dance Music Award for Best Progressive/Tech Track for "Strobe"

2010 International Dance Music Award for Best Global DJ

2010 International Dance Music Award for Best Producer

2010 International Dance Music Award for Best Video for "Ghosts 'N' Stuff" (Directed by Colin O'Toole)

References

External links

Artist Site at Ultra Records

Category:Canadian house musicians Category:Canadian electronic musicians Category:Canadian DJs Category:Juno Award winners Category:Remixers Category:Musicians from Toronto Category:Ableton Live users Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Ultra Records artists