Colleen Marie D'Agostino
is an American musician and singer-songwriter from
Simi Valley, California
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. In 2005, while attending
San Diego State University
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she formed
The Material
The Material is an American rock band from San Diego, California. Colleen D'Agostino (vocals) moved to San Diego to pursue a music degree at San Diego State University. In her third year, she began playing with Jon Moreaux (guitar) and Noah Vow ...
. They released their first EP entitled ''Tomorrow'' on September 1, 2007. After six years recording and touring with The Material, Colleen started an
electropop side project called With Beating Hearts. The first With Beating Hearts EP was released on October 11, 2011.
In 2013, Colleen was featured on a song called "Drop the Poptart" on Canadian producer
deadmau5
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's
SoundCloud
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. She was also the featured vocalist on "
Seeya", the second single from deadmau5's
Grammy- and
Juno
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*Juno (film), ''Juno'' (film), 2007
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-nominated studio album ''
while(1<2)''. "Seeya" has since gone platinum in Canada, after Colleen and deadmau5 performed the song on the 2015 Juno Awards on March 15, 2015 in
Hamilton, Ontario
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,
Canada
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.
After the success of her collaborations with deadmau5, Colleen was signed to the producer's imprint label,
mau5trap
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. Her debut EP on mau5trap, ''Collide,'' was released on March 15, 2015. The "Drop the Poptart" demo was expanded and released as the first single from ''Collide'' as "Stay (featuring deadmau5)."
Career
The Material (2005–present)
The Material was formed in 2005 in
San Diego
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, with an original line up of Colleen D'Agostino (vocals), Jon Moreaux (guitars), and Noah Vowles (drums). The trio soon added bassist Kevin Falk to the lineup. Before recording their debut EP, ''Tomorrow'', Kevin was replaced by Brian Miller, and Roi Elam joined as a second guitarist. Co-produced by Brian Grider and the band, ''Tomorrow'' was released on September 1, 2007. The Material reached the Top 3 in
MTV2 and
Mountain Dew's Dew Circuit Breakout competition, losing to
Seattle
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-based
The Myriad. "Moving to Seattle" was made available on the multi-platform video game
Rock Band.
In advance of their 2009 nationwide tour with
Blameshift and And Then There Was You, The Material recorded their second EP, ''To Weather the Storm''. This EP was released digitally on June 16, 2009.
In 2010, the band went back into the studio to record their first full-length album ''What We Are''.Noah Vowles was replaced on drums by Kevin Pintado, and Jordan Meckley replaced Dustin Sherron on bass. After recording ''What We Are'', the band performed on the
Motel 6
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Rock Yourself to Sleep Tour alongside
Every Avenue
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,
There For Tomorrow,
Sing It Loud and
The Secret Handshake
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and the 2012
Warped Tour
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.''What We Are'' was released both physically and digitally on January 11, 2011. The title track "What We Are" is the theme song for
MTV Australia
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's
Freshwater Blue.
The Material returned in 2013 with their second full-length album ''Everything I Want To Say'', released on April 9, 2013, and a west coast tour with
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
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. The band is currently on hiatus while Colleen pursues a solo career.
Solo and With Beating Hearts (2011–present)
In 2011, Colleen formed an electropop side project called With Beating Hearts. A five-track self-titled debut EP was released on October 11, 2011, followed by a remix EP featuring remixes from
Blake Harnage
Blake Preston Harnage (born November 26, 1988) is an American songwriter, music producer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. He has written, produced, engineered, mixed or performed on songs for Versa, PVRIS, Hands Like Houses, All Time Low, W ...
of
VERSA
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,
Joel Piper
Joel Piper (born October 18, 1985) is a Mexican singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and disc jockey born in Sonora, Mexico. He most famously known for being the ex-drummer and clean vocalist for the metalcore band Confide from 2009 to ...
, Tai LeGagnoux, Blake Miller and AiRWOLF, and RoboCLIP on July 30, 2013.
In the fall of 2013, Colleen was asked to submit some top line ideas for deadmau5's upcoming studio album after members of his mau5trap label's staff attended one of The Material's shows. Shortly thereafter, deadmau5 posted a sketch called "Drop the Poptart" to his SoundCloud page. Variations of the song could be heard during future deadmau5 live performances and several deadmau5 live streams from his studio. The song eventually became "Stay (featuring deadmau5)" and was included on Colleen's debut mau5trap EP, ''Collide''.
With Beating Hearts' third EP, ''The Wolves'' was released on February 4, 2014. The music video for the first single, "Drag Me Down," premiered on popular
EDM
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blog, LessThan3.
Colleen and deadmau5 collaborated again on "
Seeya, the second single from his
while(1<2) album on
Astralwerks/
Virgin Records
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/
Universal Music Group
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." "Seeya" was released as a digital download on May 27, 2014, with the ''while(1<2)'' album following on June 17, 2014.
The song was certified gold by
Music Canada in October 2014
deadmau5 on Twitter
/ref> and platinum in March 2015. Colleen and deadmau5 performed "Seeya" live for the first time on the 2015 Juno Awards in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
mau5trap released Colleen's ''Collide'' EP on March 15, 2015 to coincide with Colleen's performance with deadmau5 on the Juno Awards. The EP features productions by deadmau5, Matt Lange
Matt Lange is an American DJ and producer based in Los Angeles. He is best known for co-producing "Goodbye" with DJ Glenn Morrison, together with soundtracks for movies including '' Blade Runner 2049'' and ''Ready Player One''. His use of modu ...
and Eekkoo, John Major, Roc Nation
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producer Ben Harrison and AyB, and Blake Harnage.
Discography
With The Material
Studio albums
* ''What We Are'' (January 11, 2011)
* ''Everything I Want To Say'' (April 9, 2013)
Extended plays
* ''Tomorrow'' (September 9, 2007)
* ''To Weather the Storm'' (June 16, 2009)
* ''Acoustic Sessions'' (May 1, 2010)
* ''The Acoustic EP'' (April 9, 2014)
Solo and with Beating Hearts
* ''With Beating Hearts EP'' (October 11, 2011)
* ''The Remixes EP'' (July 30, 2013)
* ''The Wolves EP'' (February 4, 2014)
* ''Collide EP'' (March 15, 2015)
Collaborations
References
External links
*
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Deadmau5
American women singer-songwriters
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Mau5trap artists