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Ben Westbeech
Ben Westbeech is a British DJ and record producer originating from Hertfordshire who spent his formative musical years in Bristol. Trained as cellist and vocalist, his influences include House music, house, soul, jazz and hip hop. Music career Early career: 2007–08 Westbeech gave a CD containing his first single "So Good Today" to a friend in London. Two months later she played it to Gilles Peterson who snapped it up. This led to him being signed to Gilles Peterson's new label, Brownswood Recordings. His debut album ''Welcome to the Best Years of Your Life'' was released in March 2007. He later appeared on ''Later... with Jools Holland'' alongside Paul McCartney and Björk. He also appeared on the track "Squeeze Me" on Kraak & Smaak's album ''Plastic People'', released in April 2008. ''There's More To Life Than This'': 2009–11 More recently, he appeared on the track "I Can See", which was the main single for Jazzanova's album titled ''Of All The Things'', released in Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For government statistical purposes, it forms part of the East of England region. Hertfordshire covers . It derives its name – via the name of the county town of Hertford – from a hart (stag) and a ford, as represented on the county's coat of arms and on the flag. Hertfordshire County Council is based in Hertford, once the main market town and the current county town. The largest settlement is Watford. Since 1903 Letchworth has served as the prototype garden city; Stevenage became the first town to expand under post-war Britain's New Towns Act of 1946. In 2013 Hertfordshire had a population of about 1,140,700, with Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Watford and St Albans (the county's only ''city'') each having between 50,000 and 100,000 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech recognition, computer vision, translation between (natural) languages, as well as other mappings of inputs. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' of Oxford University Press defines artificial intelligence as: the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages. AI applications include advanced web search engines (e.g., Google), recommendation systems (used by YouTube, Amazon and Netflix), understanding human speech (such as Siri and Alexa), self-driving cars (e.g., Tesla), automated decision-making and competing at the highest level in strategic game systems (such as chess and Go). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)
"Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)" is a song by British producer Breach. It features vocals from Andreya Triana. It was released on 18 November 2013, through Atlantic Records. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number nine and the UK Dance Chart at number two on 1 December 2013. The song samples portions of "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins Gloria Lavern Collins (June 12, 1948 – March 13, 2005), better known as Lyn Collins, was an American soul singer best known for working with James Brown in the 1970s and for the influential 1972 funk single, "Think (About It)". A favorite a .... Music video A music video to accompany the release of "Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)" was first released onto YouTube on 9 October 2013 at a total length of three minutes and thirty seconds. In the video, a woman (professional model/dancer Jo White) walks into a club and starts dancing among the crowd, but in a daydream sequence she imagines herself letting her mind, body and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack (song)
"Jack" is a song by British record producer Ben Westbeech, Breach. It was released through Dirtybird Records as a single on 12 July 2013, and peaked at number 9 in the UK Singles Chart. Music video The official music video was released on 14 June 2013. The music video follows a woman and a man with a mustache who appear to be lip-synching the song. Next appears a man dressed as a caveman with a furry skirt. He carries a box in with a lever that switches their hair to where there shouldn't have hair and vice versa. The caveman then presses the 'Automatic' button which continues the switching back and forth, also allowing him to perform a repetitive dance accompanied by a blonde female. After that the man picks the 'Ginger' option. This is followed by a cut-scene in which a red-haired lady climbs all over an orange (ginger), hairy armchair, with huge scissors and hairspray. Then after this scene the video returns to 'Automatic'. The hair reversal ends when the Asian woman blows and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling Single (music), singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and music streaming, streaming. The Official Chart, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV (Official UK Top 40), is the UK music industry's recognised official measure of singles and albums popularity because it is the most comprehensive research panel of its kind, today surveying over 15,000 retailers and digital services daily, capturing 99.9% of all singles consumed in Britain across the week, and over 98% of albums. To be eligible for the chart, a Single (music), single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Park
Karin Maria Erika Park (born 6 September 1978) is a Swedish-Norwegian singer-songwriter. Career Karin Park made her debut in 2003 with the single ''Superworldunknown'' (also album title). She was nominated "Newcomer of the Year" and "Best Female Pop Artist" at Spellemannprisen 2004 and was awarded the Alarmprisen 2004, ''Lydverketprisen'' for Newcomer of the Year. The single ''Superworldunknown'' was also nominated for "Norway's Best Song of all Times", by the journal Spirit and Norway's biggest radio station P3. After the release of her second album ''Change Your Mind'' (2006), the music developed in a new, darker and more synth-based direction. The third album, ''Ashes to Gold'' (2009), was produced by Fredrik Saroea, frontman of the Norwegian band Datarock. Following this record, Karin has continued to develop a more experimental, beat-oriented sound. Karin Park is also an eminent producer, who has done remixes for other bands and co-produced the latest Årabrot recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Jane Coles
Maya Jane Coles is a music producer, audio engineer and DJ based in the United Kingdom, born in London of British and Japanese descent. Under her real name, she mostly composes and plays techno music, while her alias Nocturnal Sunshine creates darker, more bass-driven productions with a heavy hip-hop and dub influence. She was previously part of an electronic dub duo called She Is Danger with Lena Cullen. Biography Debut Coles began making music as a teenager, learning to produce music using the Cubase software program when she was 15. She first produced hip-hop and trip hop. A few years later, she released her first two records on Dogmatik Records, in 2008 and 2009, which were more house music-based. Career Having already remixed acts such as Massive Attack and Gorillaz with her duo She Is Danger, Coles gained breakthrough exposure in 2010, when she released a four-track EP on Franck Roger's label, Real Tone Records. She was then named by ''DJ Mag'' as one of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Out My Head (Redlight Song)
"Get Out My Head" is a song by English producer Redlight featuring uncredited vocals from 2009 ''The X Factor'' contestant Nicole Jackson. The track was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 20 January 2012 and debuted at number eighteen on the UK Singles Chart, marking the producer's first appearance on that chart. Music video A music video to accompany the release of "Get Out My Head" was first released onto YouTube on 16 December 2011 at a total length of two minutes and fifty-one seconds. Chart performance For the week ending 4 February 2012, "Get Out My Head" debuted at number eighteen on the UK Singles Chart as the fourth highest new entry, with first week sales of 20,746 copies. The song spent three weeks inside the top 40, falling from number twenty-three to number forty-three on the week ending 25 February 2012. "Get Out My Head" also debuted at number four on the UK Dance Chart and number twenty-four on the Scottish Singles Chart for the week endin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude VonStroke
Barclay Macbride Crenshaw (born July 7, 1971), who is known by the stage name Claude VonStroke, is an American house producer based in Los Angeles. He owns Dirtybird Records based in San Francisco. In July 2006 he released his debut album, ''Beware of the Bird''. He has produced a 'Fabric' mix, which was released in May 2009, and has also appeared on Pete Tong's Essential Mix Radio show in 2007, 2013, and 2020. In 2009, he released his second studio album, ''Bird Brain''. In 2016, he was named America's Best DJ in Pioneer DJ and DJ Times’ annual poll.Claude VonStroke: Man or Machine? theskinny.co.uk, access date July 17, 2014 In 2017, he was nominated at the |
Strictly Rhythm
Strictly Rhythm is an American house music record label. History Strictly Rhythm relaunched in 2007 after a five-year break, following a venture with Warner Music. The label made a number of its recordings available for digital download and signed new productions from Quentin Harris, Osunlade, Chocolate Puma, Dennis Ferrer, Dirty South and Bob Sinclar. Three years later, in November 2010, the label opened a London office. Strictly Rhythm has offices in New York and London. In January 2013, BMG Rights Management agreed to acquire the historic Strictly Rhythm recordings catalogue and publishing rights for an undisclosed amount. In October 2015, BMG purchased the Strictly Rhythm publishing catalogue outright. Strictly Rhythm continues to operate as an independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusko (musician)
Christopher William Mercer (born 26 January 1985), known by stage name Rusko, is a British electronic music producer and DJ from York, England. History Rusko was born in Leeds and brought up in nearby York. He grew up in Wheldrake just outside of the city and attended Fulford School. He later graduated from Leeds College of Music with a degree in Music Performance. Immersed in the world of dubstep through Leeds based event "Sub Dub" which was held at the West Indian Centre, Rusko moved to London to work with the record label Sub Soldiers with now no longer associated act Caspa. During this period he introduced producer Reso to dubstep and the two lived for a time together, driving his flatmate "a bit mental" with hearing the track "Cockney Thug" through the wall for a week. On 26 October 2012, ''Fact Magazine'' posted an interview with Rusko where he stated he planned to release his music for free instead of signing with Mad Decent again, following his dispute with the record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
