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Dillon Francis | |
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Birth name | Dillon Hart Francis |
Born | (1987-10-05) October 5, 1987 (age 25) Los Angeles, California, United States |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Genres | Dubstep, electro house, Trap, moombahcore and moombahton |
Occupations | DJ and record producer |
Years active | Since 2010; 3 years ago (2010) |
Labels | Dim Mak Records, Fly Eye Records, Fool's Gold Records, Mad Decent and OWSLA |
Associated acts | A-Trak, Diplo, Doctor P, Example, Calvin Harris, Kill the Noise and Munchi |
Website | dillonfrancis.com |
Dillon Hart Francis (born October 5, 1987) also known by his stage name, "Tiësto",is an American electronic-dance musician, known for being one of the pioneers of moombahton, a fusion genre of house music and reggaeton, and moombahcore, a sub-genre of electronic-dance music deviating from moombahton.
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He was born in Los Angeles, California.[citation needed] [1]
Francis first rose to fame after gaining the respect of American producer Diplo and eventually collaborating on the song "Que Que". His song "Masta Blasta", originally a 130 BpM house track, was edited after inspiration from Dutch musician Munchi and eventually ended up as the moombahton track that brought him to fame.[2]
He has released works on multiple labels including Dim Mak Records, Mad Decent[3] and OWSLA.[4]
In February 2012, Francis became the first moombahton artist to achieve the number-one spot atop the Beatport Top 5 Releases Chart with the release of his extended play Something, Something, Awesome.[5]
In late 2012, he embarked on his Wet & Reckless tour across North America, as well as supporting the English electronic-music trio Nero on their Welcome Reality tour and English musician Flux Pavilion on his Standing on a Hill tour.[6]
In 2013 he announced a headlining 'Wurld Turr'[7] across the USA and Canada, as well as confirming that his debut album would be released in 2013. He also gained prominence by being announced as one of MTV Clubland's Artists to watch in 2013 [8], alongside acts such as Kill The Noise and Otto Knows.
Year | Album | Label |
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2010 | Swashbuckler | Play Me Records |
2011 | Westside! | Mad Decent |
2011 | Ultra (with Cory Enemy) | — |
2011 | Bossa Rocka | Top Billin |
2011 | Que Que (Remixes) (Diplo and Dillon Francis, featuring Maluca) | Mad Decent |
2012 | Something, Something, Awesome. | OWSLA |
2012 | Money Makin (Remixes) (with A-Trak) | Fool's Gold Records |
Year | Song | Label |
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2011 | "I.D.G.A.F.O.S." | Mad Decent |
2012 | "Money Makin" (with A-Trak) | Fool's Gold Records |
2012 | "Masta Blasta (The Rebirth)" | Mad Decent |
2012 | "Bootleg Fireworks (Burning Up)" | Fly Eye Records |
2013 | "Bootleg Fireworks (Burning Up) (The Rebirth) | Fly Eye Records |
Year | Song | Album | Label |
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2011 | "Beautician 2.0" | Mad Decent Vol. 1 | Mad Decent |
2012 | "Music Is Dead" (with Doctor P) | Mr Mongoose's Fantastic Weekend EP | Circus Records |
2012 | "Fiyah" | Straight Up Electro House! Vol. 7 | Straight Up |
2012 | "Epidemic" (with Jack Beats) | Careless | OWSLA |
2012 | "Here 2 China" (with Calvin Harris & Dizzee Rascal) | 18 Months | Fly Eye Records |
2012 | "Someone to Die For" (with Example) | The Evolution of Man | Data Records |
Year | Song | Artist |
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2010 | "Lassitude" | DJ Fresh and Sigma |
2011 | "Spaceman" | Vaski |
2011 | "Transition" | DWNTWN |
2011 | "Take It Back" | Toddla T |
2011 | "Just Fall" | HeavyFeet, featuring Hannah T |
2011 | "Look at Me Now" | Chris Brown, featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes |
2011 | "Broken Hearts" | Kito and Reija Lee |
2011 | "Hitz" | Chase & Status, featuring Tinie Tempah |
2011 | "She Blows (The Whistle Tune)" | Time Takers |
2011 | "Swagger Jagger" | Cher Lloyd |
2011 | "Hits Me Like a Rock" | CSS |
2011 | "Louder" | DJ Fresh, featuring Sian Evans |
2011 | "Stereo Hearts" | Gym Class Heroes, featuring Adam Levine |
2011 | "Feel So Close" | Calvin Harris |
2011 | "A Woman Like Me" | Willy Joy |
2011 | "Turn It On" | Kissy Sell Out |
2011 | "Earthquakey People" | Steve Aoki, featuring Rivers Cuomo |
2011 | "Circles" | Digitalism |
2011 | "Kill the Noise" | Kill The Noise |
2011 | "Who Is Ready to Jump" | Chuckie |
2012 | "Pull Up, Wheel Up" | Sinden |
2012 | "Hulk" | Clockwork |
2012 | "Stars Come Out" | Zedd, featuring Heather Bright |
2012 | "Daydreamer" | Flux Pavilion, featuring Example |
2012 | "Control Freak" | Steve Aoki, featuring Blaqstarr and Kay |
2012 | "Finale" | Madeon |
2012 | "Where Did I Go?" (with Kill Paris) | Monsta |
2012 | "Like Home" | Nicky Romero, featuring Nervo |
2013 | "So Young So High" | Dada Life |
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Name | Francis, Dillon |
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Short description | DJ and record producer |
Date of birth | October 5, 1987 |
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Francis Martin (1652–1722) was an Irish Augustinian.
He was born in Galway during the occupation of the town by the Cromwellian army, his family been one of the Tribes of Galway. He was educated in one of the secret schools in the city. In 1673 he began his studies for the priesthood in Louvain with the Augustinian order. Ordained there in 1680, he was the following year appointed Professor of Greek at the college. In the 1680s he was deeply involved in defending Papal Pronouncement against the Jansenists. He took his D.D. in 1688.
In 1691 he beamce Professor of Divinity at Mechelen, where he published two theses which led to his dismissal. However, he was re-appointed to his old post in Louvain, and in 1694 became its professor of Scripture.Subsequently he was appointed Vice-President of the college, and in the same year he was made a Canon of St. Peter's.
In 1714, Martin wrote a letter to Edward Synge, the Protestant Archbishop of Tuam, in an effort to convert him to Catholicism. Archbishop Synge refused, but said of Francis Martin that he was a man who preserved something of freedom in his judgement [and] meant well at bottom.
Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), better known by his stage name Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls". His second studio album, Ready for the Weekend (2009), reached number one in the UK Album Chart and includes the chart-topper "I'm Not Alone", the UK top five hit "Ready for the Weekend", and the singles "Flashback" and "You Used to Hold Me".
A remix album titled L.E.D. Festival was released in July 2010 as a free album in the August issue of Mixmag. Harris is currently working on his third studio album—due for release in 2012—which has produced the singles "Awooga", "Bounce", "Feel So Close", and "Let's Go". He has written and produced records for other recording artists including Kylie Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Dizzee Rascal, Rihanna (on the international chart topper "We Found Love"), and Kesha.