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Major Lazer (Sound System)
Major Lazer is an American electronic dance music and DJ trio, which includes record producer Diplo, and DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums. They were founded in 2008 by Diplo and Switch, with Switch leaving after three years in 2011. He was then replaced by both Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. In June 2019, Jillionaire left the group and was replaced by Ape Drums. Their music spans numerous genres, mixing reggae with dancehall, reggaeton, soca, house and moombahton. Major Lazer has released four full-length albums: '' Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do'' in 2009, '' Free the Universe'' in 2013, '' Peace Is the Mission'' in 2015, and '' Music Is the Weapon'' in 2020. They have also released six EPs, including ''Apocalypse Soon'' in March 2014, which featured vocal contributions from Pharrell Williams and Sean Paul, and '' Know No Better'' in 2017, which featured appearances from Camila Cabello, Quavo, Travis Scott, and J Balvin, among others. Major Lazer has also notably p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrojack
Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), better known as Afrojack, is a Dutch DJ, music producer and remixer from Spijkenisse, South Holland. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album '' Forget the World'' was released in 2014. Afrojack regularly features as one of the ten best artists in the Top 100 DJs published by ''DJ Mag''. He is also the CEO of LDH Europe. Early life Van de Wall was born and raised in Spijkenisse, South Holland, to a Dutch mother and a Surinamese father. He developed an interest in music at an early age and learned to play the piano at the age of five. From a single-parent household, his mother Debbie owned a local gym. After leaving school, Van de Wall studied graphic design at thGrafisch Lyceum Rotterdamin Rotterdam for a year before embarking on a career as a DJ/producer. At the age of 11, he started producing his own tracks from home for "five hours a day," and it took him a good seven years to produce his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Music
House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago's underground Clubbing (subculture), club culture in the late 1970s, as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat. House was pioneered by African Americans, African American DJs and producers in Chicago such as Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy, Jesse Saunders, Chip E., Steve "Silk" Hurley, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Marshall Jefferson, Phuture, and others. House music expanded to other American cities such as New York City and became a worldwide phenomenon. House has had a large effect on pop music, especially dance music. It was incorporated by major international pop artists including Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson ("Together Again (Janet Jackson song), Together Again"), Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys and Madonna ("Vogu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggaeton
Reggaeton (, ), also known as reggaetón and reguetón (), is a music style that originated in Panama during the late 1980s. It was later popularized in Puerto Rico. It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American Hip hop music, hip hop, Latin American music, Latin American, and Caribbean music. Vocals include rapping and singing, typically in Spanish. Reggaeton is regarded as one of the most popular music genres in the Caribbean Spanish, Spanish-speaking Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, Panama, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela. Over the 2010s, the genre has seen increased popularity across Latin America, as well as acceptance within Pop music, mainstream Western music. Etymology The word ''reggaeton'' (formed from the word ''reggae'' plus the augmentative suffix ) was first used in 1988 when El General's representative Michael Ellis gave it that name to describe it as "''reggae grande''" (big reggae). The spellings ''reggaeton'' and ''r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Genre
A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. It is to be distinguished from ''musical form'' and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Music can be divided into genres in varying ways, such as popular music and art music, or religious music and secular music. The artistic nature of music means that these classifications are often subjective and controversial, and some genres may overlap. Definitions In 1965, Douglass M. Green distinguishes between genre and Musical form, form in his book ''Form in Tonal Music''. He lists madrigal (music), madrigal, motet, canzona, ricercar, and dance as examples of genres from the Renaissance music, Renaissance period. To further clarify the meaning of ''genre'', Green writes "Beethoven's Op. 61" and "Mendelssohn's Op. 64 ". He explains that both are identical in genre and are Violin concerto, violin concertos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jillionaire
Christopher Leacock (born 3 April 1978), better known by his stage name Jillionaire, is a Trinidadian DJ and music producer. He is best known for being a former member of the American electronic music group Major Lazer, along with Diplo and Walshy Fire. In 2014 he released then EP ''Fresh'' along with Salvatore Ganacci on the Universal Music label. Jillionaire is credited with creating a unique mix of indie dance and big room house together with the Caribbean rhythms of dancehall and soca. In 2010 he performed at New Zealand's WOMAD Festival. He joined Major Lazer in 2011, along with Walshy Fire, but quit in June 2019 in order to focus on solo projects. Major Lazer Major Lazer was originally founded by Switch and Diplo. In 2011 Switch left the group and was replaced by Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. They three released two studio albums and one EP with this lineup: ''Free the Universe'', '' Apocalypse Soon'' and ''Peace Is the Mission''. In June 2019 Jillionaire departed Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switch (songwriter)
David James Andrew Taylor, better known by his stage name Switch, is an English songwriter, DJ, sound engineer, and record producer. He is best known for his work with Beyonce, M.I.A. and Major Lazer, of which he was a founding member. He was nominated at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in the Song of the Year category for ‘ Paper Planes’ by M.I.A. which he co-produced with Diplo. Other artists he has produced include Christina Aguilera, Chaka Khan, Santigold, and Brandy among many others. He has released various singles under his own name, and is also well known for remixing and producing for many major artists. Most notably Switch has worked extensively with fellow British artist M.I.A. co-producing tracks on her albums ''Arular'', ''Kala'', and ''Matangi''. For the latter, he travelled to work with M.I.A. in A. R. Rahman's Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios and other locations such as Kodambakkam, Chennai and Trinidad and Tobago. He says "When you go somewhere like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ape Drums
Eric Alberto-Lopez (born 28 June 1990), known professionally as Ape Drums, is a Mexican-American DJ and record producer. Ape Drums is known for fusing electronic dance music with Caribbean sounds, described by Thump as "Modern Dancehall Music." He is also one third of the DJ/production trio Major Lazer, replacing Jillionaire in the summer of 2019. Career His debut single "Bashment" was released in 2014 on Slow Roast Records. His Major Lazer collaboration, "The Way We Do This" (a reimagining of the classic "Bookshelf Riddim") was played at festivals worldwide by the group, before it was finally released in 2016 on Ape Drums' debut Mad Decent EP. Later in 2016, Ape Drums released "LFUTP" featuring up-and-coming Philly artist Lil Uzi Vert via Fools Gold Records. Ape Drums gained a new level of international fame when his single "Mutant Brain" was used in the 2016 Kenzo World ad campaign, directed by Spike Jonze and starring actress Margaret Qualley. The single was then quickly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walshy Fire
Leighton Paul Walsh, better known by his stage name Walshy Fire, is a Jamaican American DJ, MC and record producer. He is part of the dancehall reggae-influenced group Major Lazer alongside fellow DJs Diplo and Ape Drums. Walshy Fire toured with the Black Chiney sound system beginning in 2004. Black Chiney is cited as a significant influence on the evolution of Major Lazer with its mashups that blend hip hop or R&B rhythms with reggae & R&B artist vocal tracks and its representation of the Jamaican sound system. The subsequent mix tapes that the Black Chiney collective of DJs, engineers and MCs would develop were the training ground for Walshy to become a remix producer. Early life Walsh was born and raised in Carol City, Florida in a Chinese-Jamaican family. He attended North Miami Beach High School. He attended Clark Atlanta University for undergraduate studies and Florida A&M University for graduate school where he completed a Master’s degree in Journalism. His brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplo
Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with Sia and Labrinth, a member of electronic duo Jack Ü with producer and DJ Skrillex, and a member of Silk City with Mark Ronson. He founded and manages record company Mad Decent, as well as co-founding the non-profit organization Heaps Decent. His 2013 EP, ''Revolution'', debuted at number 68 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. The EP's title track was later featured in a commercial for Hyundai and is featured on the ''WWE 2K16'' soundtrack. Diplo worked with and dated British musician M.I.A., an artist who is credited with giving him exposure in his early career. Later, he, M.I.A., and fellow producer Switch created a Jamaican dancehall project and cartoon series titled ''Major Lazer''. Since then, Diplo has worked on production and mixtape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badshah (rapper)
Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, (born 19 November 1985), known by his stage name Badshah, is an Indian rapper, singer, film producer and businessman known for his Hindi, Haryanvi, and Punjabi music. He started his career in 2006 alongside Yo Yo Honey Singh in his Hip Hop group Mafia Mundeer. He split from Honey in 2012 and released his independent Haryanvi song ''Kar Gayi Chull'', which was later adopted into the 2016 Bollywood movie, ''Kapoor & Sons''. His music has been featured in Bollywood soundtracks for films such as 2014 films ''Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania'' and '' Khoobsurat''. He is also considered one of the highest-paid artists and also a controversial rapper of India, for his songs like ''Genda Phool'' and ''Pagal''. His debut single, "''DJ Waley Babu''" featuring Aastha Gill, was ranked number one on the Indian iTunes charts within 24 hours of the release. The song crossed a million views on YouTube within 30 hours. In 2016, he collaborated with Navv Inder on "''Wakh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anitta (singer)
Larissa de Macedo Machado (born March 30, 1993), known professionally as Anitta, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and television host. She is regarded as one of biggest Brazilians artists of all time, as one of the first artists in the country to have risen an international career. She rose to national fame with the release of her single "Show das Poderosas" in 2013. After achieving national commercial success with her debut profissional single "Meiga e Abusada" in 2012, she signed a recording contract with Warner Music Brazil in January 2013. In July of the same year, she released her self-titled debut album which produced four hit singles on local charts and was certified platinum. Her second studio album, '' Ritmo Perfeito'' (2014), also achieved a minor commercial success in the country, and was accompanied by the release of her first live album '' Meu Lugar'', on the same day. In 2015, she released her third studio album entitled ''Bang'', which was certified platinum an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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