A fan club is a group that is dedicated to a well-known person, group, idea (such as history) or sometimes even an inanimate object (such as a famous building). Most fan clubs are run by fans who devote considerable time and resources to supporting them. There are also "official" fan clubs that are run by someone associated with the person or organization the club is centered around. This is the case for many musicians, sports teams and more.
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Name | Aishah and the Fan ClubFan Club |
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Background | group_or_band |
Origin | New Zealand |
Years active | 1988–1993 |
Past members | AishahPaul MossDave LarsenGlenn PetersMalcolm SmithHazri YutimLewis Daly }} |
Their second album, titled ''Respect the Beat'', also produced three hit singles, including "I Feel Love" and "I Never Gave Up on You", and the band's only single to make the US Billboard Hot 100 Charts - "Don't Let Me Fall Alone". The remixes for this song were among the most played dance tunes in clubs at the time.
The group was formed while Wan Aishah binti Wan Ariffin was in New Zealand doing her studies in the late 1980s. She was spotted by the other members of the group, and asked to join the band. Besides Aishah who sang lead vocals, the other members included Paul Moss on guitar and programming, Dave Larsen on drums, Glenn Peters on bass, Malcolm Smith on keyboards, and Hazri Yutim on second keyboard/synthesis. Malcolm and Paul were also the main songwriters for the group.
The band won the International Artist of the Year at the 1991 New Zealand Music Awards.
Aishah remains popular in Malaysia and has released music in the Malay language. Paul Moss also lives in Malaysia where he has become a judge of reality TV singing competitions, Malaysian Idol and One In A Million.
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Moss was the AS A&R; director of record company Positive Tone from its inception in 1994 until last year. Moss oversaw the transformation in Malaysian music that created whole new markets for English-language artistes and new genres of music.
The band originated from New Zealand and had five members. They were Paul Moss himself on guitars, Malcolm Smith on keyboards, Glenn Peters on Bass, Dave Larsen on drums and Aishah as their lead vocalist.
Aishah and The Fan Club were a big hit in 1990 when they ralbum ''Sensation'' which had three #1 singles in New Zealand and Malaysian charts. The hits were "Sensation", "Paradise" and "Call Me".
Their next album titled "Respect The Beat" also produced three hit singles such as "I Feel Love", "Never Gave Up On You" and the only single to actually debut in the US Billboard Hot 100 charts "Don't Let Me Fall Alone". The remixes for the song were also released and became one of the most played dance tunes during that time.
After the band split in 1993, Aishah went on her solo career and the rest of the members went back to New Zealand. Moss, however, returned and decided to settle down in Malaysia in 1995. He and Ahmad Izham Omar (who is today the CEO of 8TV, a Malaysian TV channel) formed their own music company called Positive Tone under the EMI label.
Paul Moss is responsible for artist signing, artistic direction, recording, production and content development at Positive Tone. Paul Moss is also a multi-award-winning music producer, songwriter and arranger. He has produced several gold and platinum releases and Anugerah Industri Malaysia (AIM) winners from OAG, Innuendo and Juliet the Orange. He has also worked with other recording artists such as Too Phat, Ella and Nice Stupid Playground.
Category:Living people Category:Malaysian businesspeople Category:Malaysian people of New Zealand descent Category:One in a Million (TV series) Category:Idol series judges
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Birth name | David Khari Webber Chappelle |
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Birth date | August 24, 1973 |
Birth place | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Medium | Stand-up, television, film |
Nationality | American |
Religion | Islam |
Active | 1987–present |
Genre | Satire/political satire, improvisational comedy, observational comedy, surreal humor, sketch comedy, black comedy, blue comedy |
Subject | Racism, race relations, American politics, African American culture, pop culture, recreational drug use, human sexuality, morality |
Influences | Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Mel Blanc, Chris Rock |
Signature | Dave Chapelle Signature.svg |
Spouse | Elaine Chappelle (2001-present) 3 children |
Notable work | Himself and Various in Chappelle's ShowHimself in Dave Chappelle's Block PartyAchoo in Robin Hood: Men in TightsThurgood Jenkins in Half Baked
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After his parents separated, Chappelle stayed in Washington with his mother while spending summers with his father in Ohio. In 1991, he graduated from Washington's Duke Ellington School of the Arts where he studied theatre arts.
In June 2004, based on the popularity of the "Rick James" sketch, it was announced that Chappelle was in talks to portray Rick James in a biopic from Paramount Pictures (also owned by Viacom). James's estate disagreed with the proposed comical tone of the film and put a halt to the talks.
In 2004, Chappelle recorded his second comedy special, this time airing on Showtime - ''Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth'', at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium.
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Season 3 was scheduled to air on May 31, 2005, but in that month, Chappelle stunned fans and the entertainment industry when he abruptly left during production of the third season of ''Chappelle's Show'' and took a trip to South Africa. Chappelle has since stated that he was unhappy with the direction the show had taken.
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He continued:
Chappelle also said that he felt some of his sketches were "socially irresponsible." He singled out the "pixie sketch" in which pixies appear to people and encourage them to reinforce stereotypes of their races. In the sketch, Chappelle is wearing blackface and is dressed as a character in a minstrel show. According to Chappelle, during the filming of the sketch, a crew member was laughing in a way that made him feel uncomfortable and made him rethink the show. Chappelle said, "it was the first time I felt that someone was not laughing with me but laughing at me."
During these interviews, Chappelle did not rule out returning to ''Chappelle's Show'' to "finish what we started," but promised that he would not return without changes to the production, such as a better working environment. He also stated he would like to donate half of the DVD sales to charity. Chappelle expressed disdain at the possibility of his material from the unfinished third season being aired, saying that to do so would be "a bully move," and that he would not return to the show if Comedy Central were to air the unfinished material. On July 9, 2006, Comedy Central aired the first episode of ''Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes''. An uncensored DVD release of the episodes was made available on July 25.
Chappelle again appeared on ''Inside the Actors Studio'' and in celebration of the show's 200th episode, he humorously interviewed the show's usual host, James Lipton. The episode aired on November 11, 2008.
Chappelle is a Muslim, having converted to Islam in 1998. He told ''Time Magazine'' in a May 2005 interview, "I don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful if you learn it the right way."
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! Year | ! Film | ! Role | Notes |
1992 | ''Def Comedy Jam'' | Himself | |
1993 | ''Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' | Ahchoo | |
1995 | Dave | One episode | |
1996 | Reggie Warrington | ||
1997 | ''Con Air'' | Pinball | |
1998 | ''Half Baked'' | Thurgood Jenkins / Sir Smoke-a-Lot | |
1998 | ''You've Got Mail'' | Kevin Jackson | |
1999 | ''200 Cigarettes'' | Disco Cabbie | |
1999 | ''Blue Streak'' | Tulley | |
2000 | ''Screwed'' | Rusty P. Hayes | |
2002 | ''Undercover Brother'' | Conspiracy Brother | |
2003-2006 | ''Chappelle's Show'' | Himself and others | |
2005 | ''Inside the Actor's Studio'' | Himself | |
2006 | ''Dave Chappelle's Block Party'' | Himself | Documentary |
2007 | Himself | Documentary | |
2008 | ''Inside the Actor's Studio'' | Himself |
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! Year | ! Album | ! Role | Notes |
2000 | Killin' Them Softly | Executive Producer | TV Documentary |
2004 | ''For What It's Worth'' | Executive Producer | TV Movie/Showtime Special |
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name | Liquid Stranger |
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landscape | yes |
background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
birth name | Martin Stääf |
alias | Bloatsucher, Hectopascal, Necton, Rhoca, Plantman, Slugger |
birth date | November 13, 1978 |
origin | Varberg, Sweden |
instrument | Piano, electronics, computer, softsynth, drum machine, synthesizer, percussion |
genre | Electronic music |
occupation | Disc jockey, musician, songwriter, producer, remixer, studio engineer |
years active | 1984-present |
label | Interchill Records, Kahvi Collective, Spirit Zone Recordings, Candy Mind records, Subnatura, Monotonik, Adversion Recordings, Six Degrees, Bleep Street, Escapi, Flexible, Sonic Walker, System Recordings, Amenorea, Rotten Recordings |
website | }} |
Martin Stääf (born 13 November 1978), aka Liquid Stranger, is a Swedish-born electronic musician, described by Generation Bass as ”the epitome of Transnational Dubstep covering everything from Latin, Asian, Eastern European and Jamaican Dancehall dubs.” Martin Stääf is known for his experimental approach to composition where he merges genres to create a unique style of music. Martin Woods of Chillbase describes Liquid Stranger's music as a “unique blend of Ambience, Big Band Jazz, Dubstep and Psychedelica drizzled over electronic Dub Reggae grooves.” Martin Stääf is currently living in Scottsdale, Arizona.
In 1997 Martin Stääf formed the outfit Necton together with Patrik Olsén, mainly focusing on progressive and psychedelic trance. Necton released two full length albums, 6 vinyl Eps, and were featured on numerous CD compilations. They were signed to Spirit Zone Recordings, Digital Structures and Spiral Trax. Necton toured extensively around the world between 1997 -2003.
During this time, Martin Stääf released Nu Skool Breaks on labels Ministry Of Sound, Sound Of Habib, Muti Music, Random Recordings, Hope Recordings, and Muve Recordings under the alias Rhoca. Stääf also released funky Techno on Iboga Records, Plusquam Records, and Nanobeat Records.
The first release under the name Liquid Stranger was the song Environmental Meltdown, featured on the compilation Global Psychedelic Chill Out - Compilation Vol. 4 by Spirit Zone Recordings.
When asked in an interview why he moved away from the trance scene, Stääf replied: ”I never really switched per se, I have always made tons of different types of music. During the time I toured with Necton, I produced various stuff like Ambient, Electro and Drill n bass. What excites me is the fusing of genres. I have no fixed style that I stay with too long, I do not like boundaries.”
In 2004, Martin Stääf founded the record label Candy Mind Records together with his brother Jens Stääf. Candy Mind Records released 33 digital Ep's, and one full-length CD release from Dorothy's Magic Bag. During the Candy Mind era, Martin Stääf and his brother started the duo Hectopascal. They released the full-length album Anywhere And Me on Kahvi records. The Ep's Pixels and Pixies, and Alive In Veddige were released on Candy Mind Records.
The song We Meet At Last appeared on the compilation Bliminal, and was licensed by Velcrow Ripper for the film Fierce Light – Where Spirit Meets Action, released in 2008.
The first full-length Liquid Stranger album, The Invisible Conquest, was released by Interchill Records in 2007. A bass-heavy album with melodic bass lines, percussive grooves, tribal accents and minimal psychedelic overlays. The Invisible Conquest received high ratings and praise from critics. Properly Chilled wrote of the album ”Liquid Stranger's sound has the grandeur of its peers without building an humongous ego. . .we give this record two thumbs way up and a standing ovation”, and Raves.com described it as ”A taste of the experimental, a chunk of tribal, all wrapped around a root of dub excellence. . .dub vibes that shoot right through to the middle of your gut.” Morpeus Music describes the music of Liquid Stranger as ”Bass driven atmospheric chillout. Liquid Stranger creates mostly instrumental montages with strong rhythmic content.”
The second full-length Liquid Stranger album was released by Interchill Records in 2009. This album saw Liquid Stranger moving significantly into heavier Dubstep and reggae influenced grooves. Vocalists Brother Culture, Danman, Deeyah and Warrior Queen are featured on the album. Seb Taylor from Kaya Project plays Steel Guitar on the songs His Fully Automatic Wheelbarrow, and Dew Point. Dub-connection wrote of the album ”the production varies and waves between a electro-dub chill-out and powerful tracks in the limit of drum and bass with a bit of stepper to spice the sound.” Morpheus Music wrote of the album ”The diverse roots of Liquid Stranger's sound sprawl across electro, ambient, grime, global, breaks and garage.” Sun Is Shining wrote ”Some albums float your boat with one or two tracks becoming ingrained in your mind for days, weeks and even months. Once in a blue moon an album levitates that boat out of the water and into the clouds. LS’s long awaited second album is certainly filed in the latter category.”
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