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Porter may refer to:

People[link]

• Porter (name), an English surname or given name

Occupations[link]

• Porter (carrier), person who carries objects
• Porter (college), member of staff in many of the colleges of the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Durham
• Porter (doorkeeper), one of the minor orders of the Roman Catholic ministry; doorkeeper or gatekeeper
• Porter (railroad), railroad employee who assists passengers
• Deal porter, dockworker specializing in handling baulks of softwood
• Doorman (profession)
• Groom Porter, official in charge of gambling in the Tudor court; the owner or operator of a gaming hall
• Kitchen Porter, a junior assistant position in the Brigade de cuisine of a commercial kitchen

Places[link]

Canada

• Porters Lake, Nova Scotia

United Kingdom

• Porter Brook, river in Sheffield, England

United States

• Malone-Porter, Washington
• Porter, California
• Porter, Indiana
• Porter, Maine
• Porter, Minnesota
• Porter, New York
• Porter, Oklahoma
• Porter, Texas
• Porter, West Virginia
• Porter, Wisconsin, a town
• Porter County, Indiana
• Porter Heights, Texas
• Porter's Mills, Wisconsin, a ghost town
• Porter Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Porter (MBTA station), at that square
• Porter Township, Michigan (disambiguation) (three places)
• Porter Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) (seven places)

Space

• Porter (lunar crater)
• Porter (Martian crater)

Other uses[link]

• Porter Assay, a method to measure proanthocyanidin (OPC) content of a sample
• Porter (band), Mexican indie band
• Porter (beer), type of beer
• Porter Airlines, Canadian regional airline based in Toronto
• Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
• Porter College, residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz
• Porter five forces analysis, framework for industry analysis and business strategy development
• Porter generic strategies
• Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
• Porter's Regiment, American Revolutionary War soldiers under a Colonel Porter
• H. K. Porter, Inc, a locomotive manufacturer
• Hyundai Porter, a pickup truck
• Miss Porter's School, in Farmington, Connecticut
• Piaggio Porter, electric van
• Pilatus PC-6 Porter, Swiss aircraft

See also[link]

• Port

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Gregory Porter is a jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actor. His debut album, Water, released in 2010 via Motéma Music, was nominated for Best Jazz Vocal album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.^[1] He was also a member of the original Broadway cast of It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues. His sophomore album, Be Good, which contains many of Porter's compositions, was released on February 14th, 2012, and garnered critical acclaim for both his distinctive singing and his compositions, such as "Be Good (Lion's Song), "Real Good Hands", and "On My Way To Harlem".

Biography[link]

Porter was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Bakersfield, California, where his mother was a minister. He attended San Diego State University on a football scholarship until a shoulder injury sidelined him permanently. Performing in local jazz clubs, Porter met saxophonist, pianist, and composer Kamau Kenyatta, whose mentoring played an integral role in Porter's career trajectory and professional development. Kenyatta introduced Gregory to flautist Hubert Laws who, upon hearing Porter singing along to Charlie Chaplin's "Smile", chose to include a bonus track featuring Porter's vocals on his Hubert Laws' Remembers the Unforgettable Nat King Cole (1998). Eloise Laws, Hubert's sister, happened to be visiting the studio, and helped get Porter cast in one of the leading roles in a new musical, It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, which premiered at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts before moving to Off-Broadway and ultimately Broadway, in spite of previously having appeared in only one other theatrical work, Avenue X.

He currently lives in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. He is a resident performer at Smoke Jazz and a frequent guest performer at Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has recorded with Nicola Conte. He has also appeared on Later... with Jools Holland on BBC2 (notably on Jools' 2011 New Year show, Hootenanny) and appeared at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland and the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta. At Christmas 2011, Gregory appeared on the TV show Carole King and Friends at Christmas on BBC Four; the show played in many other locations around the world.

Following his performance at London Jazz Voice, with his a cappella version of "Feeling Good" opening the 2011 London Jazz Festival, Gregory features on a 14-date tour of the UK (beginning May 2, 2012) as one of the special guests with Jools Holland and his Orchestra. Jamie Cullum is a supporter of Gregory and invited him to record a session for his BBC Radio 2 program and he was Gregory's special guest at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2012 (May 5), following a performance on May 4 on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night singing the songs of Ray Charles.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 2010: Water
• 2012: Be Good'

References[link]

1. ^ http://www.grammy.com/videos/gregory-porter-at-nominees-reception

External links[link]

• Official website
• Gregory Porter at Motéma Music
• Gregory Porter Booking Agent: RedFireMusic www.redfiremusic.co.uk

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Porter Robinson
Performing in January 2012.
Background information
Birth name	Porter Robinson
Born	(1992-07-15) July 15, 1992 (age 19)
Origin	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Genres	Complextro, Electro House, dubstep, Moombahton, trance, progressive house
Occupations	Producer, DJ, Musician
Years active	2010–present
Labels	OWSLA, Big Fish Recordings, Ministry Of Sound
Website	Porter Robinson Facebook Porter Robinson Twitter

Porter Robinson (born July 15, 1992) is an American electronic dance music producer and DJ from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He primarily produces in the electro house genre. He also named the genre complextro when he created the portmanteau to describe his own sound.^[1]

Biography[link]

Porter Robinson began producing at the age of 13 using Sony ACID Pro emulating sounds he heard from video games. He later began producing hands-up under the alias Ekowraith^[2] using FL Studio. It was at this time that Robinson became friends with a young Madeon, who was also producing hands-up under the name Deamon, and also using FL Studio.

Robinson primarily uses Lennard Digital Sylenth1, Native Instruments Massive, 3xOsc, Sytrus and several other commercial and free audio plugins.

He is currently 19 years old and recently graduated high school in his hometown of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.^[3][4]

Music career[link]

He has released a variety of original singles on Glamara Records and Big Fish Recordings. His first single, "Say My Name", was an enormous success, landing at #1 on Beatport's Electro House chart.^[5][6] In the summer of 2011 he signed with OWSLA, a new label operated by Skrillex, to release his first EP entitled Spitfire. Spitfire reached the number one spot on the iTunes Dance chart as well as the number one spot on Beatport's overall release chart.

Porter has been commissioned for official remixes by Lady Gaga (Interscope Records), Avicii (Ministry of Sound),^[7] Spencer & Hill (Bazooka Records)^[8] and Innerpartysystem (Red Bull Records).^[9]

Touring[link]

As a DJ, he has toured internationally^[10] and performed alongside artists including Deadmau5, Tiesto, David Guetta, Skrillex, Diplo, Madeon, Moby, Afrojack, Above & Beyond, Dada Life, A-Trak, Gareth Emery and many more.

He performed at many major music festivals during 2011 including Ultra Music Festival,^[11] Electric Daisy Carnival (3 cities),^[12] Electric Zoo,^[13] South by Southwest,^[14] Global Dance Festival, Virgin Mobile FreeFest, Beyond Wonderland,^[15] Electric Forest and Nocturnal Festival.^[16]

Throughout February 2011, he appeared on the Project Blue Book Tour with Skrillex and Tommy Lee & DJ Aero.^[17]

In June and July 2011, he performed as direct support to Skrillex on the OWSLA tour.^[18]

In August 2011 he toured throughout Australia and New Zealand.^{[citation needed]}

In September and October 2011, he performed as direct support to Tiesto on his College Invasion tour of the United States and Canada.^[19] Following this, Porter began a run of headline dates across clubs in North America as part of "The Spitfire Tour".^[20]

In 2012 he is announced to play festivals including Festival Imperial, Coachella, Future Music Festival, Ultra Music Festival, and Lollapalooza, and performed a live Essential Mix that was broadcasted from Hull City Hall, January 28 on BBC Radio 1 during his first trip to the UK. During the set, he played a new, unreleased track called "Language" which was later released on April 10.

Discography[link]

EPs[link]

• Spitfire (2011)

Singles[link]

• "Leaving" (2010)
• "Get Brain" (2010)
• "Say My Name" (2010)
• "I'm On Fire" (2010)
• "Hello" (with Lazy Rich and Sue Cho) (2010)
• "The Wildcat" (2010)
• "Language" (2012)

Remixes[link]

• Picco , "Venga" (2010)
• Heiko & Maiko, "Wer Ist Sie?" (2010)
• Spencer & Hill, "Less Go" (2010)
• Tim Berg, "Seek Bromance" (2010)
• Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup, "We No Speak Americano" (2010)
• Innerpartysystem, "American Trash" (2011)
• Lady Gaga, "The Edge of Glory" (2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Porter Robinson Beatport
• Porter Robinson Soundcloud
• Porter Robinson Twitter
• Porter Robinson Facebook
• Porter Robinson OWSLA
• Interview with Porter Robinson Immediately following his first show ever
• Porter Robinson FL Studio Power User page

Mat Zo
Background information
Birth name	Matan Zohar
Also known as	MRSA, MRZO
Born	(1990-04-30) April 30, 1990 (age 22)
Origin	London, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Progressive house/trance
Occupations	Musician, DJ
Instruments	Keyboards, mixer, synthesizer
Years active	2006-present
Labels	Anjunabeats, Hospital Records, Armada Music
Associated acts	Arty, Unripelemon, Reif
Website	www.matzomusic.com

Matan "Mat Zo" Zohar (born April, 1990) is a British trance music and progressive house music producer, composer and DJ.^[1]

Life and career[link]

The son of successful artist Israel Zohar, and half-brother of Israeli singer Alma Zohar, Matan Zohar was born in London, England in 1990. He was raised by his mother who was a professional violinist, who possessed staunch musical ethos and nurtured Matan's early love of--and prodigious inclination toward--music. From age one to eleven, Zohar and his family lived in the city of Cleveland, Ohio in the United States. It was there at age 8 where his father presented young Zohar with a guitar as a gift.^[2] He returned at age 11 to London and continued pursuing his musical interests as a drummer and bassist as a member of a jazz and rock band respectively. However, Zohar became more interested in musical acts such as Daft Punk and the Chemical Brothers, and his musical inclinations shifted to those of electronic dance music and DJing. After 3 years living and producing music in London, his recording began to gain attention and play time by other disc jockeys such as DJ Tarkan, Perry O'neil, Swedish Egil, DJ R-Man, Jav D, Micah, Airwave, Andy Moor and Markus Schulz^[3] In the 2009 publication of DJ Magazine's top 100 poll he was described by musical acts Above & Beyond, Lange and Daniel Kandi as a promising producer. In the 2010 publication, Mat Zo was a new entry at #66.^[4][5][6]

Productions :

• Mat Zo "Exodus" Original Mix / Relysis Remix
• Mat Zo "No Hassle" Original Mix / Progressexual Mix: Blue Room Project
• Mat Zo "Foot And Mouth EP"
• Mat Zo "Clovers & Acid / What's Left In My Snorty" Original Mixes
• Mat Zo "Rush / Defined" Original Mixes
• Mat Zo "Lucky Strike / Synapse Dynamics" Original Mixes
• Mat Zo "Aurus / The Price Of Oil" Original Mixes
• Mat Zo "Nuclear Fusion" Original Mix / Rex Mundi Remix
• Mat Zo "Equinox / Subaquatic Dream" Original Mixes
• Mat Zo "Fractal Universe / This Is Reality" Original Mixes
• Mat Zo "Default / Rush 2009" Original Mixes
• Mat Zo "Near The End / Land Of The Free" Original Mixes
• Mat Zo "24 Hours" Original Mix / Oliver Smith Remix
• Mat Zo "24 Hours" Rank 1 Remix
• Mat Zo "The Lost / The Found" Original Mixes
• Mat Zo "Back In Time / Millenia" Original Mixes
• Arty & Mat Zo "Rebound" Original Mix / Radio Edit
• Mat Zo "Superman" Original Mix / Mike Koglin Remix
• Mat Zo "Frequency Flyer" Original Mix
• Arty & Mat Zo "Mozart" Original Mix / Radio Edit
• Mat Zo "Loop" The Essential Unreleased Mix
• Mat Zo "Bipolar / It's Yours / Ring On It / Yoyo Ma" Original Mixes
• Mat Zo feat. Linnea Schossow "The Sky" Club Mix / Extended Mix

Remixes[link]

• Lustral "In My Life" Mat Zo Dub
• Keenan & Anderson feat. Tiff Lacey "Runaway" Mat Zo Vocal Remix/Dub
• DJ Tiesto "Driving To Heaven" Mat Zo Remix
• Lange feat. Emma Hewitt "Live Forever" Mat Zo Remix
• Soliquid "Music Is For Rich People" Mat Zo Remix
• Waterspark "Fairway" Mat Zo Remix
• U2 "Beautiful Day" Mat Zo Remix
• Mark Pledger vs. Matt Hardwick feat. Melinda Gareh "Fallen Tides" Mat Zo Vocal Remix
• Activa pres. Solar Movement "Eclipse" Mat Zo Remix
• Signalrunners "Recoil" Mat Zo Remix
• Josh Gabriel pres. Winter Kills "Deep Down" Mat Zo Remix
• Sunny Lax "P.U.M.A." Mat Zo Remix
• Tritonal "Lifted" Mat Zo Remix
• Kyau & Albert "Be There 4 U" Mat Zo Remix
• Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford "Thing Called Love" Mat Zo Remix
• Judge Jules "City Nights" Mat Zo Remix
• Kylie Minogue "Get Outta My Way" Mat Zo Remix
• Tate & Diamond Feat. Nicolai "Electrified" Mat Zo Electrofied Dub
• Above & Beyond feat. Zoë Johnston "Love is not Enough" MRZO Remix

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mat Zo Official website
• Mat Zo Myspace profile
• Mat Zo Facebook page

Chris O'Dowd (born 9 October 1979)^[1] is an Irish comedian and actor best known for playing Roy Trenneman in British sitcom The IT Crowd. He has also appeared in several Hollywood films, including Gulliver's Travels and Bridesmaids, the latter of which, according to IFTN, "has thrown him into the position as one of Hollywood's leading men almost overnight with the film making over $100 million dollars at the US box office."^[2]

Early life[link]

O'Dowd was born in Sligo and raised in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland. His mother, Denise, is a counsellor and psychotherapist, and his father, Sean O'Dowd, is a graphic designer.^[3][4][5] He studied politics and sociology in University College, Dublin, and subsequently attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. O'Dowd did not obtain a degree from UCD, telling the UCD student newspaper the Tribune in 2011, "I didn't finish my degree. The politics part of it was fine, but I was doing sociology as-well and I could never bring myself to find an interest in it."^[6] He contributed to The University Observer and was active in UCD Dramsoc and the Literary and Historical Society.^[7]

Career[link]

O'Dowd has starred in Britain in Channel 4's comedy The IT Crowd, BBC 2's Roman's Empire, Red Cap and the award-winning documentary-drama The Year London Blew Up. He has also appeared on Irish television, having starred in the RTÉ One drama The Clinic and the drama Showbands alongside Kerry Katona. O'Dowd has appeared in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People in a minor role. O'Dowd has also had roles in a number of films, including the 2005 film Festival where he played stand-up comedian Tommy O'Dwyer, a role for which he won a Scottish BAFTA award, and a small role in Vera Drake. O'Dowd appears in Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, a comedy sci-fiction film with Marc Wootton, Dean Lennox Kelly and Anna Faris. He played Liam in the 2007 German film Hotel Very Welcome.

He starred in the 2009 film The Boat That Rocked, released in Canada and the U.S. as Pirate Radio. The film is inspired by the story of offshore pirate broadcasters Radio Caroline. O'Dowd plays Simon, the station's breakfast DJ."The breakfast jock on Radio Caroline at the time was Tony Blackburn, so there's definitely an element of him in it,"^[8] says O'Dowd of his character. "And then I called in different Irish DJs that would have been contemporaries of Tony Blackburn at the time, a guy called Larry Gogan and a couple of other people."^[8]

O'Dowd also starred opposite Sienna Miller in the film Hippie Hippie Shake, which is about the groundbreaking '60s magazine, Oz. The publication was the precursor to a whole generation of lad mags. O'Dowd plays Felix Dennis, who would later become the publisher of Maxim. The story centers on the landmark indecency trial. In real-life, O'Dowd's character was defended by John Mortimer who went on to write Rumpole of the Bailey. In preparation for the role, O'Dowd met up with Dennis. "He was an incredibly charismatic man," O'Dowd stated."^[8]

In April 2009 it was announced that O'Dowd has been cast in a remake of Gulliver's Travels as General Edward. "It's shooting in Pinewood from the end of April,"^[8] said O'Dowd, shortly after his participation was announced. "I'm just going back to England to learn how to ride a horse... I'm a general in the army, so there's going to be a little bit of horse riding. I think it's going to be really fun though, we're all kind of learning together."^[8]

O'Dowd appeared in the 2010 film Dinner for Schmucks, an American version of a French farce called Le Dîner de Cons.^[9] He also appeared on panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Season 21, episode 11), and starred in an ITV2 comedy series entitled FM. In 2010, O'Dowd took part in Little Crackers, writing and directing a short film loosely based on his own childhood and Christmas in his family home from 1984 to 1988. In April 2011, he starred in the BBC adaptation of The Crimson Petal and the White as William Rackham, and appeared in the May 2011 release Bridesmaids as Officer Nathan Rhodes.

O'Dowd has been announced as a cast member in the Knocked Up sequel This Is 40.^[10][11][12] He based his character on people in Hoxton who "wear skinny jeans and hate the world, which comes from an inability to deal with women."^[13] He described "fighting over Megan Fox in a pool" during filming as "one of the most fun things I've ever done".^[14]

O'Dowd recently wrapped production on Wayne Blair's debut feature, Australian musical The Sapphires.^[15] The musical powerhouse, based on a popular stage show, was shot across Australia and Vietnam and produced by Goalpost Australia.^[16][17] He is to write and executive produce a new American comedy series called Big Men.^[18], after NBC won the bidding war for it.^[19] He wrote a series based on his childhood called Moone Boy for Sky One.^[20] Segments of the series, which will be aired on Sky 1 in June, were filmed in his hometown of Boyle.

Personal life[link]

O'Dowd is engaged to writer and television presenter Dawn Porter.^[4] He is Catholic.^[21]

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Television[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Chris O'Dowd at the Internet Movie Database
• When Liberation Frequency met Chris O'Dowd
• Chris O'Dowd speaks to his old university newspaper, the College Tribune