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Neil McLellan
Neil McLellan is an English record producer, composer and mix engineer. McLellan has worked with XL Recordings, Sony BMG Music Ent., Epic, Sire, Arista, Columbia, Maverick, Virgin, and Island Records to produce a string of No. 1 hits, as well as gold and platinum records. Bands and artists Neil has worked with include: The Prodigy, Erasure, Madonna, Archive, Oasis, Nine Inch Nails, Orbital, Eric Kupper, Carl Cox, Sasha, Senser, Telepopmusik, Hinda Hicks, Manu Chao, Brother Brown, Terrorvision, U.N.K.L.E., and Heartless Crew. McLellan's most popular work began with the UK band The Prodigy, co-producing and mixing ''Music for the Jilted Generation'', and mixing the hit singles " Firestarter" and " Breathe". In 2004, he co-produced the Prodigy album '' |
Eric Kupper
Eric Kupper is an American keyboardist, arranger, songwriter, remix artist, DJ, and record producer of French descent. Biography Eric Kupper began playing in bands in his formative years, and got his real start in the mid-1980s working as a keyboardist, guitarist, and songwriter for such producer/remixers as David Morales, Frankie Knuckles, Arthur Baker, Mark Kamins, Justin Strauss, Peter Rauhofer, and Richie Jones. Since 1986 he has played on, remixed, and/or produced over 2,000 records for artists spanning all contemporary musical genres. His work in the mid-to-late 1980s/early 1990s, especially his work with Def Mix Productions, is considered to be part of the foundation for house music as it exists today. He released an album under his own name, ''From the Deep'', in 1995.Bidder, Sean (1999) "Eric Kupper", in ''The Rough Guide to House Music'', Rough Guides, , p. 1994-45 As a remixer he has worked with Ayumi Hamasaki, Garbage,Paoletta, Michael (2006) "Inside Track: Manson S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breathe (The Prodigy Song)
"Breathe" is a song by English band the Prodigy, released in November 1996 as the second single from their third album, ''The Fat of the Land'' (1997). It became the group's second consecutive number-one in the United Kingdom and also topped the charts in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. The song features a drum break from the song "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed" of the group Thin Lizzy. The whiplashing sword sound effect is a sample of the song "Da Mystery of Chessboxin", by Wu-Tang Clan. As with " Firestarter", Jim Davies played the guitar in the song. In 2003, ''Q Magazine'' ranked "Breathe" number 321 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever". History The first ever performance of the song was held at a concert at the Pionir Hall in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, on 8 December 1995, 11 months prior to its release. It was the first major international music act to play in Belgrade since the breakup of Yugoslavia, and came shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firestarter (The Prodigy Song)
"Firestarter" is a song by British band the Prodigy, released on 18 March 1996 as the first single from their third album, ''The Fat of the Land'' (1997). It was their tenth single overall and is the group's first number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, staying on top for three weeks, and their first big international hit, topping the charts in the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, and Norway. In 2020, British newspaper ''The Guardian'' ranked the song number eight on their list of ''The 100 Greatest UK No 1 Singles''. Composition The songwriting credits include Kim Deal of alternative rock group the Breeders, as the looped wah-wah guitar riff in "Firestarter" was sampled from the Breeders' track "S.O.S." from the album ''Last Splash''. The drums are sampled from a remix of the song "Devotion" of the group Ten City. The "hey" sample is from the 1984 song "Close (to the Edit)" by Art of Noise. Then-members Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan and Paul Morley al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music For The Jilted Generation
''Music for the Jilted Generation'' is the second studio album by English electronic music group the Prodigy. It was first released in July 1994 by XL Recordings in the United Kingdom and by Mute Records in the United States. Just as on the group's debut album ''Experience'' (1992), Maxim Reality was the only member of the band's lineup—besides Liam Howlett—to contribute to the album. A remastered and expanded edition of the album titled ''More Music for the Jilted Generation'' was released in 2008."More Music for the Jilted Generation", 2008 releas(Retrieved 26 May 2008) Music and content ''Music for the Jilted Generation'' uses elements of rave music, rave, breakbeat techno, techno, and hardcore techno. The album is largely a response to the corruption of the rave scene in Britain by its mainstream status as well as Great Britain's Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which criminalised raves and parts of rave culture. This is exemplified in the song "Their Law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartless Crew
The Heartless Crew are a UK garage crew from North London. The group has been credited for paving the way for grime music, alongside So Solid Crew and Pay As U Go. Its original members are MCs Bushkin and Mighty Moe and DJ Fonti. Career Bushkin and Fonti are of West Indian heritage, whilst Mighty Moe's mother is Palestinian and his father is from Iraq. The group were established in 1992 when Bushkin and Fonti met at North London's Holloway Boys School. Fonti would meet up with Mighty Moe at college. Originally, the crew had more members. The crew has stated their inspirations include Rory from Stonelove, Shabba Ranks, KRS-One, Stevie Hyper D, Inspector Longman and New Dimensions sound system, Sky Juice - Metro Media, Buju Banton, R. Kelly, DJ Brockie and MC Det. They started off playing at house parties and small clubs, moving through to a residency at Chimes nightclub in Hackney in 1996. Their first performance at Chimes nightclub was in 1994. Prior to becoming a UK gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrorvision
''TerrorVision'' is a 1986 American science fiction horror comedy film directed by Ted Nicolaou, produced and written by Albert and Charles Band and composed by Richard Band, all of whom would go on to found and work with Full Moon Features in 1989. ''TerrorVision'' was made by Empire International Pictures, the production company owned by Charles Band prior to Full Moon, and was released in February 1986. The story follows an alien creature sent to Earth, which ends up inside a household where three kids must take care of it to prevent it from going into a hungry rampage. While not a critical or commercial success, it later developed as a cult film, particularly a "so bad it's good" film. Plot On an alien planet named Pluton, an alien garbage disposal converts a monstrous mutant called a Hungry Beast into energy and beams it into space. Meanwhile, on Earth, the Putterman family is getting satellite television, courtesy of a temperamental DIY satellite antenna. The reception is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother Brown
Brother Brown (founded 1995 and disbanded in 2004) was a Danish house music duo, consisting of Atle Rønne Thorberg and Henrik Olsen. In the later half of the 1990s and beginning of the 2000s, Brother Brown made numerous remixes, most significantly of Madonna and of the Pet Shop Boys. Three of their remixes reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Dance Chart: Madonna's "Die Another Day", Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" and Cher's version of "When the Money's Gone". Brother Brown's most significant release was "Under the Water" which featured Danish female folk vocalist Marie Frank. "Under the Water" reached No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart and won Brother Brown a Danish Grammy in 2000. Discography Own productions *Brother Brown - "Slap Me Some Skin" (1997), Yoshi-Toshi *Brother Brown - "Where Are My Organs" (1998), Kumba *Brother Brown - "Under the Water" (1999), FFRR/Yoshi-Toshi - UK #18 *Brother Brown - "Brotha - Brotha" (2000), Yoshi-Toshi *Brother Brown - "Starcatching Girl" (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manu Chao
Manu Chao (; born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish singer. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his musical career in Paris, busking and playing with groups such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos, which combined a variety of languages and musical styles. With friends and his brother Antoine Chao, he founded the band Mano Negra in 1987, achieving considerable success, particularly in Europe. He became a solo artist after its breakup in 1995 and since then tours regularly with his live band, Radio Bemba. Early life Chao's mother, Felisa Ortega, is from Bilbao, Basque Country, and his father, writer and journalist Ramón Chao, is from Vilalba, Galicia. They emigrated to Paris to avoid Francisco Franco's dictatorship—Manu's grandfather had been sentenced to death. Shortly after Manu's birth, the Chao family moved to the outskirts of Paris, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinda Hicks
Hinda Hicks (born 1976) is a British and Tunisian-born singer, actress and artist who first gained notability with her musical career in the late '90s. She is best known for her debut album ''Hinda'', that charted at #20 on the 1998 UK Top 40 Chart, and led to three nominations in the MOBO Awards and nominations for Best British Female Artist and Best British Newcomer at the 1999 Brit Awards. Introduction Hicks was born in Tunisia but was raised in West Sussex, where she soon emerged as "one of the U.K.'s most promising talents". Before her musical career, she had a passion for basketball, which resulted in a coaching qualification, as well as a United States scholarship. However, her sights set on music after her friend overheard her singing along to an Aretha Franklin track, thus encouraging her to sing. Artists like Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone helped to shape the roots of Hicks' musical career, which she later describes in an interview with Ras Kwame as "the balance b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
