Andrea Parker is a British

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, record label proprietor and DJ from

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, England.

Biography

Despite having a background in

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playing, Parker was influenced by electronic pioneers such as

Art Of Noise Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were an English avant-garde synth-pop group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and music ...

and

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. She formed the group Inky Blacknuss with producers Alex Knight and Ian Tregoning in 1993 for

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's Sabrettes

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, before signing to hip hop label

Mo' Wax Mo' Wax was a British record label founded by James Lavelle in 1992. The label was not co-founded by Tim Goldsworthy, as is often reported. Steve Finan became co-owner shortly after. Mo' Wax came to recognition for being at the forefront of t ...

for her solo output, releasing her debut album ''Kiss My Arp'' (a reference to the vintage ARP

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) in 1999. ''Kiss My Arp'' peaked at #73 on the

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Radio 200 and #2 on the CMJ RPM Charts in the U.S. Electronic music producer David Morley was an important part of her musical output as co-writer and almost all her studio work took place in his studio, which was then in Germany. In 2002, Parker formed the Touchin' Bass imprint after splitting from Mo' Wax, citing problems with the label's management merger, and the subsequent hold up in releasing any of her further projects. With her long-time production partner David Morley, her output became rooted in a darker, less organic sound than her work with Mo' Wax. Her output referenced classic

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from the 1980s, relying heavily on the use of drum machines such as the

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, as well as electro's

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connection by collaborating with DJ Assault and DJ Godfather on her ''Freaky Bitches'' 12". A retrospective called ''Here's One I Made Earlier…'' (a reference to the British television show ''

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'') was released in 2007.

Discography

* ''Angular Art'' (Infonet, 1995) * ''Melodious Thunk'' (

, 1996) * ''The Rocking Chair'' (Mo' Wax, 1996) * ''Ballbreaker / Some Other Level'' (Mo' Wax, 1998) * '' DJ-Kicks: Andrea Parker'' (

!K7 Records !K7 Music is a music company based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 (it has since relocated, first to Heidestrasse 52, and currently he ...

, 1998) * ''Kiss My Arp'' album (Mo' Wax, 1999) * ''The Unknown'' (Mo' Wax, 1999) * ''The Dark Ages'' (Quatermass, 2001) * ''Freaky Bitches'' (Touchin' Bass, 2002) * ''Game Over'' (Touchin' Bass, 2003) * ''Here's One I Made Earlier…'' (Touchin' Bass, 2007) * ''Private Dreams and Public Nightmares'' (Aperture Records, 2011)

References

External links

Official website

Semi-official website

SoundCloud page

Discogs.com page

Touchin' Bass label official site

Aperture Records label official site
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