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Tensnake
Marco Niemerski, known professionally as Tensnake (born 1975), is a German DJ and producer from Hamburg best known for his 2010 track " Coma Cat", which appeared on at least 15 compilations that year. "Coma Cat" reached number 85 on the UK Singles Chart, number 11 on the UK Indie Chart and number 17 on the UK Dance Chart. Musical career Tensnake emerged in the mid-2000s with a disco-influenced style and rose to critical acclaim by the end of the decade. He is most widely known for his popular 2010 song " Coma Cat". Born in Hamburg in 1975, Marco grew up listening to disco, soul, boogie, funk and 80s pop. As he grew older he went through a brief Mod phase before finding and embracing more dancefloor-inspired influences from Larry Levan to Junior Boys Own, Romanthony to Masters of Work. After starting the Mirau label with friends in 2005, Marco's first record was "Around The House". He made his commercial recording debut on the Mirau label with his ''Restless'' EP in 2006, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glow (Tensnake Album)
Glow is the debut studio album by German record producer Tensnake. It was released on 3 March 2014 in the United States and 10 March 2014 in the United Kingdom. The album features collaborations with Fiora, Jacques Lu Cont, MNEK and Nile Rodgers among others. Marketing Singles The album's lead single "58 BPM" features vocals by Fiora. It was released in the United States through his label True Romance on 27 August 2013, but served as the B-side to "See Right Through" in Europe. An official video to accompany the song was released. The second single from the album, "See Right Through", was released in the United Kingdom on 16 September. Later, a free download of the track "No Relief" was released on Tensnake's SoundCloud page. "Love Sublime" featuring Nile Rodgers and Fiora was released as the album's third single on 28 January 2014 in the United States and alongside remixes in the United Kingdom on 9 March 2014. "Love Sublime" also appears in the soundtrack of the 2014 video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coma Cat
"Coma Cat" is a song by German record producer Tensnake. It was released on 25 January 2010 and re-released on 20 September 2010 through Defected Records and Permanent Vacation. The song reached number 85 in the UK Singles Chart, number 17 in the UK Dance Chart and number 11 in the UK Indie Chart. The song is loosely based on Anthony and the Camp Anthony and the Camp is a dance music group led by producer Anthony Malloy. The group also consists of Crawford Peterson, Henley Goddard and Linden Aaron. Malloy, who already had a number-one hit on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with his fo ...s song What I Like from 1986. The DJ and producer Mark Knight also produced an official remix of the track. Music video The official video for "Coma Cat" premiered on 8 October 2010, at a total length of 2 minutes and 57 seconds. Track listing Chart performance Weekly charts References {{authority control 2010 singles 2010 songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Price
Stuart David Price (born 9 September 1977) is an English electronic musician, DJ, songwriter, and record producer known for his work with artists including Madonna, Dua Lipa, The Killers, New Order, Kylie Minogue, DMA's, Example, Take That, Missy Elliott, Scissor Sisters, Pet Shop Boys, Brandon Flowers, Gwen Stefani, Seal, Keane, Jessie Ware, Frankmusik, Hard-Fi, Hurts, Everything Everything, Rina Sawayama, and Darin. His acts include his own band Zoot Woman (with Adam Blake and Johnny Blake), Les Rythmes Digitales (, literally "The Digital Rhythms"), Paper Faces, Man with Guitar, Thin White Duke (not to be confused with David Bowie's earlier persona of the same name), and the parodic French moniker Jacques Lu Cont (though he actually grew up in Reading, England). Solo and group work Price was born in Paris, France, but grew up in Reading, Berkshire. His musical career started with two acts working simultaneously, releasing music on London-based label, Wall of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomorrowland (festival)
Tomorrowland is a Belgian electronic dance music festival held in Boom, Flanders, since 2005. History 2005 The first edition of the festival took place on 15 August 2005. Manu Beers, Michiel Beers and ID&T organized the festival. Performers included Push (M.I.K.E.), Armin van Buuren, Cor Fijneman, Yves Deruyter, Technoboy, Yoji Biomehanika and Coone. 2006 The second festival, on 30 July 2006, hosted Armin van Buuren, Axwell, Marco Bailey, Fred Baker, David Guetta, Ruthless and DJ Zany. The DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold was also announced on the poster, but canceled at the last moment, as he was on tour with Madonna at the time. Emjay, the producer of 'Stimulate', the anthem of 2006, performed on the main stage with The Atari Babies. 2007 The third year, the festival lasted two days for the first time in its history, taking place on 28 and 29 July 2007. 2008 In 2008, the festival took place on 26 and 27 July. For the first time, more than 100 DJs participated. The numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiora (musician)
Fiora Cutler (also known as Amy Cutler; born 21 June 1979), better known mononymously as Fiora, is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, and composer born in Launceston, Tasmania, and based in Berlin, Germany. Education Classically trained in singing and violin, Fiora won a scholarship to the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University to study voice completing a bachelor's degree in music performance with Professor Janet Delpratt graduating in 2001. Early career Fiora made her professional debut in opera with Opera Queensland, and as soloist with orchestra performing Handel's ''Messiah'' with the Queensland Orchestra in 2001. With a preference for chamber works and lieder, she performed most often in recital with her longtime friend, pianist and composer Paul Hankinson. Increasingly frustrated with the world of classical music, Fiora began writing her own music in 2002. Together with Hankinson, she began setting the texts of Australian poet Judith Wrigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MNEK
Uzoechi Osisioma "Uzo" Emenike (born 9 November 1994), professionally known by his stage name MNEK (, ), is a British singer, songwriter and record producer. He has been nominated for a Grammy and a Brit Awards, Brit Award, and has received the ASCAP Vanguard Award. His writing and production credits include H.E.R., Jax Jones, Zara Larsson, Little Mix, Dua Lipa, Flo (group), FLO, Sugababes, Clean Bandit, Julia Michaels, Craig David, Christina Aguilera, Becky Hill, Selena Gomez, Years & Years, Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé, Madonna, KSI, Mabel (singer), Mabel and Twice. Career 2011–2013: Breakthrough His stage name is a gramogram of his surname, Emenike. In an interview with Build LDN, MNEK talked about his introduction into the music industry and how, at first, he did not even know what a publisher was. He stated, "I started writing poems and writing songs around the age of 8 or 7 and I started playing around with production software from really young as well. I then put some stuff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Faint
The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Graham Ulicny, Dapose and Clark Baechle. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes, with whom The Faint toured in 2005). He quit shortly after the band was formed,The Faint // Profile ''The Faint'', (2005-01-27). Retrieved 2008-05-09. though the Faint continued to share a spot with Bright Eyes on . History Growing up, Fink, Petersen, and Baechle skateboarded in their free time, until ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Robotnick
Alexander Robotnick (a.k.a. ''Maurizio Dami'') is an Italian electronic musician. He made his debut on the Italian music scene as the founding member of Avida, a dance-cabaret band featuring Daniele Trambusti and Stefano Fuochi. In 1983 he attained international popularity with his track "Problèmes d'amour", published first by the Italian label Materiali Sonori and then by Sire-Wea. "Problèmes d'amour" went on to become a "cult track" of dance music.Gino Castaldo. ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. p. 173. In 1984 he joined "Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici" a multimedia-oriented group and composed soundtracks for theatre works, videos and video-installations. He also composed soundtracks for films and theatre works by Italian directors such as Alessandro Benvenuti, Antonio Climati, Marco Mattolini, and Marco Risi. In 1987 he turned his interest to World Music, and for the next decade collaborated with African, Kurdish and Indian musicians. In 1994 Robotn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Shapiro
Sally Shapiro is the pseudonym of a Swedish vocalist and the name of the Italo disco/synthpop duo composed of Shapiro and musician Johan Agebjörn. On 28 April 2016, Sally Shapiro announced the end of their 10-year career alongside the release of the final single "If You Ever Wanna Change Your Mind". They returned from retirement in January 2018 for a collaboration with Ryan Paris called "Love On Ice". In 2021, they signed with Italians Do It Better and announced the 2022 release of their fourth studio album ''Sad Cities''. History Shapiro grew up listening to Swedish pop and disco and the band was influenced by Eurobeat and Italo disco. Agebjörn shed some light on the choice of the fictional stage name in an October 2007 interview with ''Exclaim!'' magazine: Sally Shapiro's debut album, 2007's '' Disco Romance'', was produced by Agebjörn. The album received strong reviews, and Shapiro was championed by many prominent music blogs including Pitchfork Media. The album was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Embassy (band)
The Embassy is a Sweden, Swedish pop duo consisting of guitarist/vocalist Fredrik Lindson and keyboardist/programmer Torbjörn Håkansson. Their music can be described as a blend of disco, twee pop and Pub rock (United Kingdom), pub rock. Their music was first released by the independent label Service (record label), Service but is currently released via the bands own imprint, International. The group’s Post modernism, post-modernist attitude, anti-rock aesthetics and disrespectful live performances have made them both loved and loathed. History 1999: Formation The Embassy was formed in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1999. 2002: Futile Crimes The group’s debut album Futile Crimes (The Embassy album), Futile Crimes was released in 2002, preceded by the three singles “Sneaky Feelings EP”, “It Never Entered My Mind” and “The Pointer/Make me sad”. The album consists of 10 songs recorded by Union Carbide Productions, Björn Olsson in Sehr Schöön studios. The group sparked c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Boys
Junior Boys are a Canadian electronic pop group, founded in 1999 in Hamilton, Ontario by Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Dark left the project shortly after, and was replaced by engineer Matt Didemus. The duo initially gained critical praise for their 2003 single "Birthday" and 2004 debut album '' Last Exit''. Their work incorporates disparate influences from 1980s synthpop, UK garage, techno, and R&B. History Origins–2007: ''Last Exit'' and ''So This Is Goodbye'' Junior Boys formed in 1999 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as a duo of Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Years of collaboration followed and a demo was produced, but after many rejections and near-misses, they were resigned to being bedroom beat constructors. Soon after, Johnny Dark left the band to pursue other interests. Eventually, KIN Records heard their demo at the end of 2002 and commissioned more work from remaining member Greenspan. Hooking up with his engineer, Matt Didemus, he began again, writing more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
