- published: 02 Aug 2011
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Akira the Don (real name Adam Narkiewicz) is an independent British musician. Born in West Bromwich and raised in North Wales, for most of his career he has lived in Hackney, East London. In 2014, he relocated to Los Angeles.
His music and production traverses the boundaries between pop, hip-hop, indie and dance. He lists influences including Ice Cube, Adam Ant, Morrissey, Big Bang, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie and the Wu-Tang Clan. His debut album When We Were Young was produced in collaboration with Danny Saber (U2, Black Grape), James Brown (Nine Inch Nails, Ash) and Emile (50 Cent).
In May 2011, he released his second LP, The Life Equation. The album is co-produced with Stephen Hague and features collaborations with Gruff Rhys (of Super Furry Animals) and Envy.
In March 2014, Akira released his final LP titled A.T.D.R.I.P.. He played his final gig in London on May 19.
Akira has produced songs for a number of artists including two top forty hits for Lethal Bizzle, along with songs for Newham Generals' Footsie,Big Narstie,Envy, G-Mane, Littles, Marvin The Martian, Issue, and Time.
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"And I" is a song written by American R&B singer Ciara, and produced by Adonis Shropshire for Ciara's first album, Goodies (2004). It was released as the album's fourth and final single on August 30, 2005 (see 2005 in music) in North America.
The song was originally the third choice for the fourth single. Ciara has mentioned in an interview that "Thug Style", "Hotline" or "Pick up the Phone" would be the fourth single, but when Ciara suggested "And I" to executives at her previous record label LaFace, they were unhappy because they wanted "Next to You" to be the fourth single.
At the time of the U.S. release of "And I", Ciara's collaboration with Bow Wow, "Like You", and her collaboration with Missy Elliott, "Lose Control", were at the height of their popularity. "And I" peaked at 96 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and 27 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, which were poor positions compared to those attained by the first three singles from the album Goodies. It was not released outside North America because of this, and it is Ciara's least successful single.
The future is the time after the present.
Future or The Future may also refer to:
(2007) Akira the Don is a hypocrite, right up in the thick of it. Music video collaboration between actually-good-white-rapper Akira the Don and myself. You can buy the song here: http://akirathedon.com/music/singles-eps/hypocrite-2/ Music, Additional Artwork and Direction by Akira the Don Art and Animation by Ben Smallman LYRICS Ayo, this is AK Donovan Goin' on and on again About the stuff they done again Teeing off my mum again Now my site's updated, I'm a smoke me a fag By which I mean a cigarette, you Americans, THATS BAD Do I look like Beenie Man? Well, rah I wish that I did Cos he's a handsome devil And I've have, like, better looking kids Only joking, my unborn spawn. You're gonna be hot! Unless my mobile gives me cancer and my (What?) drops off Anyway, back to the point, whic...
DOWNLOAD ON ITUNES: http://smarturl.it/ATDAAA DOWNLOAD ATD SHOP: http://bit.ly/jDHb7z Ladies and Gs: The original Living In The Future! Created by me and my little brother Zef, it debuted on Newgrounds in 2005, when there was no Youtube, and got a quarter of a million views in a week. Now, finally, it is here. Thanks to Simon Tucker for ripping it. PAX! http://www.akirathedon.com AKIRA THE DON OFFICIAL: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER; http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Akira-The-Don/44945827732 BUY Akira The Don CDs, T Shirts, MP3s and more: http://www.akirathedon.com/shop/
BUY HERE: http://bit.ly/dGSJHe http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon http://www.akirathedon.com This was the third song I wrote after I taught myself to make whole songs back in 03. I sampled the opening few bars of Nico's mournful, lugubrious These Days and turned it into a thing of joy. I got Lois Winstone to sing the chorus, but she said my demo sounded great as it was, and to leave it like that. So I did. Then I took it to New York and put a children's choir on it. Billy Joel's dentist gave me $3000 worth of free dentistry because he said this song "will outlive us all". He also gave me a pair of those awesome orange visor things they put over your eyes when you're getting your teeth lazered. Wonchop did this video back in '05 as a demo for a potential full animation that, for a nu...
DOWNLOAD ON ITUNES: http://smarturl.it/ATDCLONES http://www.akirathedon.com http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon From the album, When We Were Young Video by Akira The Don & Zef AKIRA THE DON OFFICIAL: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER; http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/akirathedon BUY Akira The Don CDs, T Shirts, MP3s and more: http://www.akirathedon.com/shop/
Download on iTunes: http://bit.ly/MddKhM Download from the Don Shop: http://bit.ly/MddJdF Akira The Don - CLONES ft Bashy Released November 2006 Written and Performed by Akira The Don & Bashy Produced by James Brown & Akira The Don Mixed by James Brown, Mastered by Ted Jensen From the debut ATD LP: When We Were Young. When We Were Young was recorded throughout 2005 in New York, LA and London. It was produced by Akira The Don in collaboration with James Brown, Danny Saber and Emile Haynie. The album cost Interscope a quarter of a million dollars to record, but it only cost ATD a fraction of that to buy it back when they decided they didn't want to release it because it was just too great and made most of their other releases look like moronic anti-human bullcrap. You can buy When We...
DOWNLOAD: https://akirathedon.bandcamp.com/album/gothwave SPOOKY MERCH: https://akirathedon.bandcamp.com/merch You will enjoy this because its the SPOOKIEST THING ON THE WHOLE INTERNETS! SHARE FAR AND WIDE ELSE BE VISITED BY THE SKELETON OF SPOOK AND HIS WHOLE ARMY! THEM'S WAY WORSE THAN WHITE WALKERS! LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! http://www.akirathedon.com http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon http://www.instagram.com/akirathedon http://www.facebook.com/akirathedon Snap: iAkiraTheDon
Stream & Download: http://akirathedon.com/music/living-in-the-future-2-5/ iTunes: http://bit.ly/jrCMYf Edited & Directed by Akira The Don Dope visual interface by Mike Simmons MC Lars, Eddie Argos, Scroobius Pip and Big Narstie all filmed themselves with modern technology. Hail to them and their abyssal inner beauty. May they live forever. AKIRA THE DON OFFICIAL: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER; http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Akira-The-Don/44945827732 BUY Akira The Don CDs, T Shirts, MP3s and more: http://www.akirathedon.com/shop/
NEW ALBUM: https://akirathedon.bandcamp.com/album/goldtron DOWNLOAD: http://www.smarturl.it/ATDcrooked iTunes: http://smarturl.it/iATDRIP From the album ATDRIP: http://smarturl.it/atdrip Scroll down for Lyrics Read about the making of the video here: http://akirathedon.com/blog/new-video-akira-the-don-crooked-m-v-english-language-g-dragon-cover/ Directed and edited by Akira The Don Co-directed and shot by Andrew Bainbridge Akira The Don - CROOKED (G-Dragon Cover) Produced by Stephen Hague and Akira The Don Instrumentation by Blonde Jeremy Deacon and Stephen Hague Englishisation by Akira The Don with the aid of Kpoplyrics.net http://www.kpoplyrics.net/g-dragon-crooked-lyrics-english-romanized.html Thanks to THE CREW, and THE EXTRAS, and everyone who helped find the locations. And Cargo,...
DOWNLOAD: http://akirathedon.bandcamp.com/album/goldtron NEW MUSIC ALERT! Presenting: BAMF. Some peakwave glorious anthemia to ride bikes and fight clown gangs to. Tune In, Turn up, Splash Out. ATD, Don Studios, Downtown Los Angeles, 2016 Taken from the GOLDTRON album. Out now: http://akirathedon.bandcamp.com/album/goldtron http://www.akirathedon.com https://soundcloud.com/akirathedon http://www.youtube.com/akirathedon http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon http://www.facebook.com/akirathdon
http://www.akirathedon.com From the album of the year, The Life Equation. Produced by Stephen Hague and ME, Akira The Don. The video was directed by Dr Aaron Shrimpton, and filmed by Tom Coles, both of whom I stole from Scroobius Pip. We had a wonderful day in Southend On Sea filming it, and I hope you have a wonderful time wherever you are watching it. Let us know what you think in the comments and send it to all your friends and family ESPECIALLY your Nan. PEACE! Listen to Babydoll, and marvel at the beautiful sleeve: http://bit.ly/nQBMU0 Buy Babydoll on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/babydoll-ep/id465324833 Buy Babydoll MP3 bundle in Akira The Don's Little Shop of Awesome: http://bit.ly/psSCnA But the SUPER RARE CD: http://bit.ly/q152bH Buy The Life Equation: http://bit.ly/k...
Download Oh! on iTunes: http://bit.ly/LbTReN | Download Oh! in the Don shop: http://bit.ly/LbTVvd Me and my ole band The Women took advantage of a freak burst of sunshine in London to run up to Victoria Park park with my little brother's old KRON guitar, The Wedding Uke and my triangle, and play a couple of songs. L-R: Mary Turner, Akira The Don, James "Euro Jim" Harrison, Jeremy "Jeres" Allen. Shot by ATD on his HTC One X, which is very good but the audio goes out of synch and he has to do a lot of fidgeting in Premier. Oh! What A Glorious Thing is taken from the album When We Were Young: http://bit.ly/LbU2qu AKIRA THE DON WEBSITE: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/akirathedon TUMBLR: http://akirathedon.tumblr.c...
MERCH: http://livinginthefuture.bigcartel.com/ WEIRD GO PRO is from ATDRIP: http://smarturl.it/atdrip Download, CD, T-shirt, print: http://smarturl.it/atdrip Get your UNIFIED UNICORN shirt: http://www.unifiedunicorn.com/ From The Peoples Voice TV show The Banned, watch the whole episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOwCOyUbv-E RIP HST RIPATD LONG LIVE THE DON! @! http://www.akirathedon.com http://www.youtube.com/akirathedon http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon http://www.facebook.com/akirathdon Instagram: akirathedon
second vid i whipped up
http://www.akirathedon.com Akira The Don, DJ Jack Nimble, Marvin The Martian and Dego Brown guesting on John Kennedy's XFM show in 2006, with Tego Sigel strapped to the camera. Richard Bacon was cowering in terror down the hallway, but I ran into him in the corridoor afterwards and he expressed his admiration. AKIRA THE DON OFFICIAL: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER; http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Akira-The-Don/44945827732 BUY Akira The Don CDs, T Shirts, MP3s and more: http://www.akirathedon.com/shop/
Download BIG on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ATDBIG | Download in the Don shop: http://bit.ly/kZ6SEj Me and my ole band The Women took advantage of a freak burst of sunshine in London to run up to Victoria Park park with my little brother's old KRON guitar, The Wedding Uke and my triangle, and play a couple of songs. L-R: Mary Turner, Akira The Don, James "Euro Jim" Harrison, Jeremy "Jeres" Allen. Shot by ATD on his HTC One X, which is very good but the audio goes out of synch and he has to do a lot of fidgeting in Premier. Big is taken from the album The Life Equation: http://bit.ly/kZ6SEj AKIRA THE DON WEBSITE: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/akirathedon TUMBLR: http://akirathedon.tumblr.com/ INSTAGRAM: akirath...
Classic performance from the Oh! (What A Glorious Thing) single launch party at Sketch back in '06. I have NO IDEA who filmed it or mixed the sound, I just found it on an old harddrive. Props to you anyway! AKIRA THE DON OFFICIAL: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER; http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Akira-The-Don/44945827732 BUY Akira The Don CDs, T Shirts, MP3s and more: http://www.akirathedon.com/shop/ http://www.akirathedon.com is coming in flipping DAYS
Akira The Don performing live at Clwb Ifor Bach on May 17th 2011.
Get the CD, T-Shirt and Poster from the Don Shop: http://j.mp/kZ6SEj Buy on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/THELIFEEQUATION Buy in the Don Shop: http://bit.ly/kZ6SEj ENJOY THIS FINE STREAM OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM WOT I MADE! PAX! @akirathedon AKIRA THE DON OFFICIAL: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/akirathedon TUMBLR: http://akirathedon.tumblr.com/ INSTAGRAM: akirathedon BUY Akira The Don CDs, T Shirts, MP3s and more: http://www.akirathedon.com/shop/
OUT NOW on CD, Digital, and a beautiful 10" print! http://bit.ly/GFqz2T UNKILLABLE THUNDERCHRIST is the Homerian new mixtape from Akira The Don. 13 brand new songs, featuring special guest stars Envy, Footsie, Big Narstie, Polar Bear, Mr Lacey, Joey2tits, Issue, Time and more! Get your copy here NOW! http://bit.ly/GFqz2T TRACKLIST: 1: Akira The Don - D.R.E.A.M (Debt Rules Everything Around Me) 2: Akira The Don - Lemmings 3: Akira The Don ft. Footsie & Big Narstie - Weird And Creepy 4: Akira The Don ft. Issue - Thunderchrist 5: Akira The Don - This Is My Jam 6: Akira The Don ft. Envy & Joey2tits - Fuck You Pay Me (The Money) 7: Akira The Don ft. Time - Too Sweet To Be Sour 8: Akira The Don ft. Envy - Give Me Something (11:11) 9: Akira The Don - Baby 10: Akira The Don ft. Big Narstie & ...
After a 2 year wait Akira The Don finally sees PROMETHEUS.... And his thoughts...? Text version here: http://bit.ly/KrvqKQ SPOILERS AHEAD! SO MANY SPOILERS! ARGH! DON VLOG 04/04/12. As always leave any questions in the comments. PAX! @! WEBSITE: http://www.akirathedon.com SHOP: http://www.akirathedon.com/shop TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/akirathedon
Download, CD and print here: http://bit.ly/NfDzSe Produced and mixed by Akira The Don Mastered by Mike at Smash Mastering, Cardiff Featuring narration by David Piper Photography by Ev Sekkides, design by Zef Cherry-Kinaston ZION 2012: The Apocalympics is a unique and historical artwork, that I've been working on at an incremental rate of intensity since I moved here to Nu Olympia in 2007. It is the story of strange and troubling hypothesis: that of the Zion 2012 Olympics Project Bluebeam Staged Alien Invasion/Rapture/Mass Hypnosis Mega Ritual Event. It is a story with roots in the 1700s, that incorporates politicians, poets, authors, Nazi scientists, and a young prophet from Scunthorpe, who died in strange circumstances shortly after divulging a theory that would go on to change the cour...
http://www.akirathedon.com - An hour of disturbing sonics. Use with acid for a guaranteed BAD TRIP. Disturbing music is for life, not just for halloween. PAX! @! AKIRA THE DON WEBSITE: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/akirathedon TUMBLR: http://akirathedon.tumblr.com/ INSTAGRAM: akirathedon
Read a bout the thing and hear the whole show here: http://akirathedon.com/blog/atd-x-tom-robinson-2012/ So my dad just told me when I was born he stenciled the Tom Robinson Band fist on our wardrobe door. Songs played: Oh (What a Glorious Thing) We Won't Be Broke Forever Baby ft. Gruff Rhys Steven Wells (He Was The Greatest) A Very merry Ho Ho Ho http://www.akirathedon.com AKIRA THE DON WEBSITE: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/akirathedon TUMBLR: http://akirathedon.tumblr.com/ INSTAGRAM: akirathedon
DOWNLOAD AKIRA THE DON MUSIC ON ITUNES: http://bit.ly/XfrsrB All music (and everything else for that matter) by Akira The Don The tablet's a Wacom DTF 520, for those asking! PAX! @! AKIRA THE DON OFFICIAL: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER; http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Akira-The-Don/44945827732 BUY Akira The Don CDs, T Shirts, MP3s and more: http://www.akirathedon.com/shop/
http://www.akirathedon.com - Finally, the Piano Battle of the century is on Youtube! @akirathedon @chillygonzales @andrewwk AKIRA THE DON OFFICIAL: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER; http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Akira-The-Don/44945827732 BUY Akira The Don CDs, T Shirts, MP3s and more: http://www.akirathedon.com/shop/
Akira Ka Insaaf (2016) Telugu Film Dubbed Into Hindi Full Movie | Neetu Chandra, Milind Soman Satya (Rajasekhar) is an honest cop who is entitled with the job of bringing a terrorist suspect Dr.Ansari (Atul Kulkarni) from Vizag to Hyderabad. A terrorist (Milind Soman) has a personal score to settle with Satya and his job is to help Dr.Ansari escape from Satya's custody. The rest of the story is all about how Satya does his job successfully. Watch The Video To Know More. Bollywood Page3 Channel is your destination to watch HOT Actresses, Bollywood Hot Scenes, Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, Music Launch Events, Song Launch Events, Shocking News, Celebrity Wardrobe Malfunction, Hot Photo shoots, Breaking News, Funny Videos, Fashion Shows, Bollywood News videos, Latest Movies, Short Films,...
THE BANNED - EPISODE ELEVEN Gareth Icke showcases exciting talent in music and comedy. In Episode Eleven we have Undercover Hippy and solo artists - Roaman and Akira The Don. Plus there are videos by Klaudia Staniek and The Nerve, along with a skype call with Lucius from The Nerve. Further details can be found at our website, http://www.thepeoplesvoice.tv Support us to continue our work by donating via http://www.thepeoplesvoice.tv/donate/
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Akira The Don website: http://akirathedon.com/ Great interview, talking about the FOTM album, Morrisey and vampirism!. Morten has made me smile a lot when singing at 7:21 "Words" from F.R.David (1976), original song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTsSk0r_Tq8&list;=RDN3vnnc4XPAA&index;=12
Chilly Gonzales took on Akira The Don at Chess whilst talking about his new movie and album, Ivory Tower. Other subjects covered include harmony, title sequences and street fighter. All for http://www.thequietus.com http://www.chillygonzales.com http://www.akirathedon.com http://www.thequietus.com http://www.theindependentcontentcompany.co.uk
http://www.akirathedon.com http://www.thequietus.com Akira The Don sits down with Mags and Morten from A-Ha to talk about their new album, Morrissey, Hunter S Thompson, drugs, Leonard Cohen, and vampirism. Filmed by Michael Kinsella-Perks Edited by AK Donovan AKIRA THE DON OFFICIAL: http://www.akirathedon.com TWITTER; http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Akira-The-Don/44945827732 BUY Akira The Don CDs, T Shirts, MP3s and more: http://www.akirathedon.com/shop/
Cuban Linx 2 coming August 11th! Keep an eye on http://www.akirathedon.com for the full interview... Filmed by Dr Joey2Tits
http://www.akirathedon.com As you might well remember, a few weeks back, me and the boy genius Joey2tits linked The Chef Raekwon, who was recovering from his celebrated performance at matter, in a nice hotel room in Canary Wharf, and had a conversation about Joe Budden and coke rappers. In part 2 we discuss the forthcoming Only Built For Cuban Linx 2, the legacy of The ODB, and the RZA-less Shaolin VS Wu-Tang LP. Joey2tits behind the lens, ATD on chops.
Film Akira is full of action and drama but this girl is with full of masti and fun. Don’t miss is exclusive interview of very talented Sonakshi Sinha with us.
Film Akira is full of action and drama but this girl is with full of masti and fun. Don’t miss is exclusive interview of very talented Sonakshi Sinha with us.
Well I'm a man called Adam
Living in the future
I make all my tunes on a
Computer
I update my website daily
Interscope's the label that pays me
ADSL from the living room, connect to the phone
And I leave that shit running past six in the morning
Downloading songs, soft synths, software and episodes of South Park
Double you Double you Double you
WU TANG CORP DOT COM!
That shit's the bomb!
They just uploaded, like, 36 songs
I'll rip that shit while I read about wrongs on blog sites
Sometimes I get so excited
Search for something, and I find it
And the BPI haven't sued me yet
This is the way we ball
Tower PC
Wireless keyboard
Soundforge
Fruity Loops and Acid
Cracked off KaZaA
I love living in the future baby
This is the way we ball
Cable out the back
Phono two to jack
Eureka!
Into the amp then the speakers
Input
Selector
Aux
Go!
I love living in the future baby!
Well we can scratch CDs, and MP3s
Instantly on this DZ1200 Technics
And if you think that we're lying then check this...
That was Bethan and Huw on Radio 1 the other night
The things we can do!
I burned that off the BBC website
(Birddogg: yeah rite)
Shame they didn't say Birddogg...
The rap Cannon and Ball
Bird Dogg and the Don and
This Is The Way We ball...
Being beheaded (it's true)
And we can call out Mums from the top of the bus
The same phone does sums takes photos and cooks
You can read books on em
I can't believe it's true!
But I was bored at the back of a gig
And so I read Sun Tzu's The Art Of War
Computer games on planes
There's still Cops on Fox
And a cock like me can get on Top Of The Pops