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Vadim Alexandrovich Peare (russian: Вадим Александрович Пир, Vadim Aleksandrovich Pir ), known professionally as DJ Vadim, is a
Russian-English DJ and record producer. Born in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
and raised in
London
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, Peare is additionally a promoter, record collector, radio presenter, occasional painter and writer, whose music combines hip hop, soul, reggae and electronica. He previously ran Jazz Fudge.
Peare's music combines
hip hop,
soul
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Etymology
The Modern English noun '' soul'' is derived from Old English ''sāwol, sāwel''. The earliest atte ...
,
reggae
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, and
electronica. He has been described as "one of the few artists creating genuinely new work in the Hip-Hop field"
[''Record Mart & Buyer'', Issue 12, July 1999, p. 59] and an artist who "cannot be ignored".
Career
In 1994, Vadim founded his own
independent record label, Jazz Fudge, but signed to
Ninja Tune the following year,
before his current label
BBE, in 2007. Aside from DJing and
producing, he has also worked as in
A&R and promotion, as well as a radio presenter on the
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's ''Around the World in Eight Relays'' programme.
Throughout his career, he has worked with a variety of musicians, singers and groups, including
DJ Krush
, better known by his stage name DJ Krush, is a record producer and DJ. He is known for his atmospheric instrumental production which incorporates sound elements from nature and extensive use of jazz and soul samples.
Early life
Ishi was born in ...
,
Stevie Wonder,
The Roots,
Prince
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,
Public Enemy
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,
Dilated Peoples
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,
Kraftwerk,
Sly and the family stone
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,
Fat Freddys Drop,
Super Furry Animals
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, and
Paul Weller
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. He is also known for having worked with a number of unsigned artists who later went on to find commercial success.
In addition to his regular album releases, he has also recorded under the names "Andre Gurov" and "Little Aida" and has appeared as a member of the various artists project The Isolationist. He is also the DJ and
producer for
Spanish
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hip hop group
7 Notas 7 Colores
7 Notas 7 Colores is a Spanish hip-hop group of the 90's hailing from Barcelona.
Biography
7 Notas 7 Colores emerged in Barcelona in 1993, when there were few rap groups in Spain. Its members were from different towns and neighborhoods around the ...
, and, in 2001, was nominated alongside them at the
Latin Grammy Awards
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.
His album, ''
U.S.S.R. Life from the Other Side'', featured
Scratch Perverts
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,
Iriscience (from
Dilated Peoples
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),
Blade
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. To promote the record, Vadim put together a live group - The Russian Percussion - consisting of
Mr Thing (turntables),
Killa Kela
Killa Kela (born Lee Potter) is a British beatboxer and rapper from West Sussex.
Career
Killa Kela’s career started in 1997 when he formed a 10 collective strong U.K Hip Hop crew called 360 Physicals; composed of MC’s DJ’s and graffit ...
(beat box),
Blu Rum 13 (MC),
John Ellis (keyboards). The tour consisted of 200 live shows taking in twenty four countries throughout
Europe
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and
North America.
He is the founder member of the hip-hop group One Self. Their album, ''Children of Possibility'', was released on Ninja Tune Records in 2005.
''U Can't Lurn Imaginashun'' was his return on BBE records in May 2009 that featured the single "Soldier" by
Big Red (MC). To promote the record, Vadim put a live group together consisting of Sabira Jade (singer),
Ste Keyz (Keyboardist),
Pugs Atomz (MC). They would later become a group called
The Electric and put out an album called ''Life is Moving'' on Vadim's on imprint Organically Grown Sounds (OGS) in 2010. His album, ''Don’t Be Scared'' (BBE, 2012) was praised for the "inventiveness of the beats" (incorporating dubstep, breaks, bhangra, Afrobeat and vintage house) by ''
Q'' reviewer Paul McGee who rated it 4/5 and tagged "The One to Buy!"
He has made many remixes from
The Cure
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,
Erykah Badu
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,
Alice Russell,
Paul Weller
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,
Prince
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, and
CL Smooth
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Career
After the duo Pete Rock & CL S ...
.
On average he performs 170-180 shows a year and has played in over 63 countries.
In 2020, Vadim was interviewed by the Data.Wave webzine.
Style
DJ Vadim composes both music for MCs, singers and poets and soulful instrumental hip-hop beats. In both cases, certain stylistic trends emerge;
* Dominating rhythmic percussion, heavy use of drum programming which are sometimes broken or stuttering, heavy bass and synthesizer use.
* Organic, soulful touches often using studio musicians, with undertones of roots reggae and ragga and driving, hip-hop drum orchestration.
* Original sounding compositions, arrangements that fuse many genres from hip-hop and electronica to soul and reggae.
* Heavy use of ethnic sounds, including Asian, South American and African.
"Anyone recalling
Sly & Robbie
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's mid-80s exercises in electro-dub fusion might see DJ Vadim’s latest as almost an update of that aesthetic," Paul McGee wrote in ''Q'', reviewing ''Don’t Be Scared'' LP (2012).
Discography
DJ Vadim
Studio albums
* ''U.S.S.R. Repertoire'' (
Ninja Tune, 1996)
* ''U.S.S.R. Reconstruction'' (Ninja Tune, 1998)
* ''
U.S.S.R. Life from the Other Side'' (Ninja Tune, 1999)
* ''U.S.S.R. Instrumental to Life'' (Ninja Tune, 1999)
* ''
U.S.S.R. The Art of Listening'' (Ninja Tune, 2002)
* ''U.S.S.R. The Art of Instrumentals'' (Ninja Tune, 2002)
* ''
The Soundcatcher'' (
BBE, 2007)
* ''U Can't Lurn Imaginashun'' (BBE, 2009)
* ''Don't Be Scared'' (BBE, 2012)
* ''Dubcatcher'' (BBE, 2014)
* ''Grow Slow'' (BBE, 2015)
* ''Dubcatcher 2'' (Soulbeats Records, 2016)
*''Dubcatcher Vol. 3 (Flames up!)'' (Soulbeats Records, 2018)
Compilation albums
* ''DJ Vadim Presents: Sculpture and Broken Sound'' (
P-Vine Records, 1997)
* ''Architects of the Great'' (Jazz Fudge, 1998)
* ''The Forgotten Women/Stereo Pictures'' (MK2, 2003)
* ''Lettuce Propelled Rockets'' (JFM, 2005)
* ''Live in Brooklyn'' (Mothergrain, 2007)
EPs
* ''Abstract Hallucinating Gases'' (Jazz Fudge, 1995)
* ''Headz Ain't Ready'' (Jazz Fudge, 1995)
* ''Bang 2K'' (Ninja Tune, 2002)
Singles
* "Nonlateral Hypothesis" (Ninja Tune, 1996)
* "Aural Prostitution" (Ninja Tune, 1996)
* "Heterogeneous" / "Nocturnal Thought Tracks" (Jazz Fudge, 1996)
* "Conquest of the Irrational" (Ninja Tune, 1997)
* "Friction" (Ninja Tune, 1999)
* "It's Obvious" (Ninja Tune, 1999)
* "Your Revolution" / "The Higher Standard" (Ninja Tune, 2000)
* "Leaches" / "Up to Jah" (Ninja Tune, 2002)
* "Combustible" / "Ghetto Rebels" / "Dimelo es el Verbo" (Ninja Tune, 2002)
* "It's On" (Ninja Tune, 2002)
* "Edie Brickell" / "Cum Shots" (Ninja Tune, 2003)
* "Till Suns in Your Eyes" / "Headline News" (Ninja Tune, 2003)
* "Explode" (JFM, 2005)
* "Like the Wind" / "Boom Sumting" (BBE, 2007)
* "Got to Rock" / "Black Is the Night" (BBE, 2007)
* "Talk to Me" / "Like the Wind" (BBE, 2008)
* "Hidden Treasure" / "Saturday" / "Soldier" (BBE, 2009)
* "This DJ" (BBE, 2012)
* "The Terrorist" (Ninja Tune, 2010)
* "Hope" (BBE, 2014)
* "Black Is the Night" (BBE, 2015)
* "Fussin n' Fighting" (Soulbeats Records, 2015)
Little Aida
EPs
* ''Confessions'' (Jazz Fudge, 1996)
Andre Gurov
EPs
* ''Revelations of Wrath'' (Jazz Fudge, 1997)
* ''A New Rap Language'' (Jazz Fudge, 1997)
The Bug
Albums
* ''Taping the Conversation'' (Wordsound, 1997)
The Isolationist
Albums
* ''The Isolationist'' (Jazz Fudge, 1999)
Singles
* "Hydrogen Slush" (Jazz Fudge, 1998)
Blixton Rodriguez
EPs
* ''August Showers'' (2005)
One Self
Albums
* ''Children of Possibility'' (Ninja Tune, 2005)
* ''Children of Instrumentals'' (Ninja Tune, 2005)
EPs
* ''Organically Grown'' (2006)
Singles
* "Be Your Own" (Ninja Tune, 2005)
* "The Blue Bird" / "Fear the Labour" (Ninja Tune, 2005)
* "Paranoid" / "Over Expose" / "Come Along" (Ninja Tune, 2005)
The Electric
Albums
* ''Life Is Moving'' (Organically Grown Sounds, 2011)
EPs
* ''Plug It In'' (Organically Grown Sounds, 2010)
* ''Toot Toot'' (Organically Grown Sounds, 2011)
Singles
* "Beautiful" (Organically Grown Sounds, 2010)
Productions
* Part 2 - "Automatic (DJ Vadim Remix)" and "Temperamental" from ''Prelude to Cycle 6'' (1997)
* Silc - "Platina (DJ Vadim Mix)" (1999)
* 7 Notas 7 Colores - "Rocks Eddy" and "Pónmelo Duro" from ''77'' (1999)
*
Swollen Members
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- "English Breakfast" from ''Monsters in the Closet'' (2002)
*
TTC - "De Pauvres Riches" from ''Ceci N'est Pas Un Disque'' (2002)
*
DJ Cam
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- "Innervisions (DJ Vadim Remix)" from ''Revisited By'' (2005)
*
Foreign Beggars
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- "Black Hole Prophecies" from ''Stray Point Agenda'' (2006)
* Смоки Мо - "Салют" from ''Планета 46'' (2006)
*
Alice Russell - "Fly in the Hand (DJ Vadim Mix)" (2006)
*
Belleruche - "Northern Girls (DJ Vadim Mix)" (2008)
* Панда - "Наука И Жизнь" from ''Кругозор'' (2010)
*
The Glitch Mob
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- "Fortune Days (DJ Vadim Remix)" from ''Drink the Sea: The Remixes'' (2011)
* Sifu Versus - "Ανάβει Πράσινο" (2012)
*
Yarah Bravo - "Freedom Fighters" and "Fuerza" from ''Love Is the Movement'' (2014)
* The Mouse Outfit - "Step Steadier (DJ Vadim Remix)" from ''Remixed'' (2016)
References
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Ninja Tune artists
Russian emigrants to the United Kingdom
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)