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's "Best New Band" award for 2006, which showcases the top new artists in Copy's native

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Bootleg Remix CDs

In 2006, Copy released his first

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CD under the 'DJ Copy' moniker – it featured 6 remixes of R&B/pop artists including

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and

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. The disc was called "The Diva Mixtape" and was not released digitally. The next year, DJ Copy released another remix CD – this time of rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The disc was titled "Bone Thugs-N-Harmony-N-Copy", and featured 6 remixes of songs by the group including "Ecstasy" and "Tha Crossroads". The disc came with CD order of Hair Guitar from Audio Dregs. In the same frame of time that Hard Dream was produced, Copy created a remix CD of

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songs called "The Pied Piper of Electro". It came free with a preorder of the Hard Dream CD from Audio Dregs. Regarding the R. Kelly CD, Libman said in an interview with Willamette Week that he "grew up listening to a lot of hip-hop and R&B, but it's never really come to the forefront of ismusic until now".

Hard Dream

Copy's first two albums were released in close succession (2006 and 2007), and he didn't release much music until 2010 (according to the Willamette Week's Local Cut, he was doing a lot of DJing around Portland), when Hard Dream (to be released on Audio Dregs) was released on September 21. Before the album was released, a track from the album, called "Breakfast" was released for download and reviewed by XLR8R and Local Cut, a local Portland music journal. An interview was also conducted by Disco Workout, a music blog, and two more songs were made available for listening. Libman stated in that Disco Workout review that Hard Dream was intended to have a "sort of darker, moodier tone" than previous albums.

Albums

Copy has released four albums on Audio Dregs, and one album on Gold Robot Records. All are produced in an electronic style. Copy calls his music "Electro Disco Pop", and it features many different varieties of software or otherwise synthesizers, commonly layered, along with electronically sequenced drum beats. During his live shows, Copy plays a

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and sometimes features a live drummer.

Mobius Beard

Released March 21, 2006.

Track list

# A Slight But Delicious Warble (5:10) # Just Expect (3:44) # Like A Turtle (5:23) # Backward (3:55) # Calling You Back (3:13) # It's A Little Too Late (4:49) # Afro Oven (4:18) # Plagiarhythm (4:08) # Tailored Pants (5:30) # Thanks For The Pen (3:48) # The Wheel (3:16)

Hair Guitar

Released April 24, 2007.

Track list

# Fist (4:36) # This is Promotional (3:29) # Assassinator (6:06) # Zipper Problems (3:56) # Could You Like Her? (3:51) # See You Around Maybe (4:11) # Actual (4:17) # You Can Not Believe It # Remembering Florida (4:17) # Closet Face (5:18)

Hard Dream

Released September 21, 2010.

Track list

# One Less Time (8:06) # Shoots (3:12) # Breakfast (5:14) # Something (4:26) # I Can Smell It (3:22) # Real Scared (3:11) # It Could Have Been More (5:06) # I Didn't Know (3:28) # On One Condition (4:43) # Stay Away From It (4:39) # She Sings Like an American Car (iTunes Bonus Track) (5:34)

Chalice Agenda

Released May 5, 2015.

Track list

# Contraction (3:01) # Fan Fiction (4:10) # Hard To Care (5:49) # Kelvins (3:11) # Multiples (3:21) # Opportuned (3:18) # Perish (3:31) # Plantation Vibe (3:12) # Tell Me Something New (3:11) # To Me (3:57) # Why Does It? (3:31)

Chosen Atmospheric Pieces

Released November 11, 2016.

Track list

# Sequel (3:26) # Night Terror (4:13) # Another Dollar (3:34) # August One (3:17) # Rose (4:53) # A Thing or Two (3:09) # We're All Going to Die (4:01) # Insideout (3:51) # You're An Odd One (3:00) # Axel Take 2 (4:04) # S is for Cyanide (4:54)

Other Releases

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''. In July 2011, Copy created a

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page and released two previously unreleased tracks.

Reviews

Willamette Week (on Hard Dream)

Dusted Magazine

Tiny Mix Tapes

PopMatters

Willamette Week

Disco Workout

XLR8R

Local Cut

References

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