Daniel Victor Snaith (born March 29, 1978) is a Canadian composer, musician, and recording artist who has performed under the stage names Caribou, Manitoba, and Daphni.

Career

Snaith originally recorded under the stage name Manitoba, but after being threatened with a lawsuit by Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba (real name Richard Blum), formerly of punk band

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, Snaith changed his performance name to Caribou. Snaith's previous full-length albums were then re-released under the new moniker, and ''

The Milk of Human Kindness ''The Milk of Human Kindness'' is the third studio album by Canadian musician Dan Snaith, released under the moniker Caribou on April 18, 2005, by The Leaf Label and Domino Recording Company. It is Snaith's first album credited under Caribou, wi ...

'' was released in 2005 by

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. In June that year the album topped the !earshot Campus and Community Radio Top 200 chart. When playing gigs, Snaith usually performs with a live band and plays percussion. Ex-bandmates include bassist Andy Lloyd of Born Ruffians and drummer Peter Mitton, now a producer for

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. Currently, the live band consists of Snaith, Ryan Smith, Brad Weber, and

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. Live shows also often include complex video projections on a large screen, as captured in a DVD released in November 2005. "In music I will have an idea to put some different sounds together or a melody that meshes with a chord sequence or a sonic mood," said Snaith in an interview. "I'm not the type of person who takes physical things apart and plays around with them, but I like taking mental ideas apart and playing around with them. That's what appeals to me about what I've spent my life doing." Caribou's 2007 album ''

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'' won the

2008 Polaris Music Prize The 2008 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 30, 2008, at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto. The prize was won by Caribou for his album ''Andorra''. Unlike in prior years, the Polaris Prize committee did ...

, and his DJ-influenced 2010 album '' Swim'' was on the 2010 Polaris Music Prize shortlist. In June 2013, Snaith's studio album, ''

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'', released under the moniker Daphni, was longlisted for the

2013 Polaris Music Prize The 2013 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 23, 2013

. In December 2011, Caribou curated the

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"Nightmare Before Christmas" festival in Minehead, England, alongside co-curators

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and

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. Caribou was awarded Essential Mix of the Year in 2014 by ''Mixmag'' for his "Essential Mix" on 18 October 2014. Caribou's 2014 album ''Our Love'' received the IMPALA Album of the Year Award. In 2015, '' Up In Flames'' was selected by fans to be one of the ten albums re-issued by

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as part of the label's 20th anniversary celebrations. This saw the album released on limited edition double vinyl and made available to fans via the

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service. In 2021 he also received the

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as Best Dance/Electric Record 2021 for his album ''Suddenly'' (Merge Records) by the

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(A2IM).

Personal life

In 2005, Snaith received a PhD degree in mathematics from

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, for work on '' Overconvergent Siegel Modular Symbols'' under

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. Snaith described his work ironically in a modest manner as "original, but I would still call it trivial." He is the son of mathematician and brother of mathematician Nina Snaith.

Discography

Studio albums

as Manitoba

* '' Start Breaking My Heart'' (2001) * '' Up in Flames'' (2003)

as Caribou

* ''

'' (2005) * ''

'' (2007) * '' Swim'' (2010) * '' Our Love'' (2014) * '' Suddenly'' (2020)

as Daphni

* ''

'' (2012) * '' FabricLive.93'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2017) * ''Cherry'' (2022)

EPs

as Manitoba

* ''People Eating Fruit'' EP (30 October 2000) * ''give'r'' EP (26 November 2001) * ''If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be an Airport'' 12" (13 January 2003) Most of Snaith's older Manitoba material has been subsequently rereleased under the Caribou name.

as Caribou

* ''Tour CD 2005'' (2005) Super Furry Animals Tour * ''Marino'' EP (2005) * ''Tour CD 2007'' (2007) * ''Tour CD 2010'' (2010) * ''Caribou Vibration Ensemble'' (2010, ATP) Live album featuring

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. Caribou 'side project'. * ''CVE Live 2011'' EP (2014) Caribou Vibration Ensemble. Caribou 'side project'.

as Daphni

* ''Resident Advisor'', February 2011 (5 tracks of episode #246) * ''Daphni Edits Vol. 1'', 12" esista March 2011 * ''Pinnacles / Ye Ye'', 12" split with

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March 2011 * ''Daphni Edits Vol. 2'', 12" esista August 2011 * ''JIAOLONG001'', 12" iaolong October 2011 * ''Ahora'', 12" mazing Sounds November 2011 * ''Julia / Tiberius'', 12" featuring

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iaolong April 2014 * ''Sizzling EP'', June, 2019

Singles

as Manitoba

* "Paul's Birthday" CDS (26 February 2001) * "Jacknuggeted" CDS (24 February 2003) * "Hendrix with Ko" CDS (14 July 2003)

as Caribou

* "Yeti" CDS/12" (22 March 2005) * "Barnowl" (2005) * "Melody Day" CDS (August 2007) * "She's the One" (March 2008) * "Eli" (2008) * "Odessa" (24 April 2010) * "Leave House" (2010) * "Bowls" (19 July 2010) * "Can't Do Without You" (15 July 2014) * "Our Love" (September 2014) * "Your Love Will Set You Free" (2014) * "All I Ever Need" (2014) * "Mars" (2015) * "Home" (2019) * "You and I" (2020) * "Never Come Back" (2020) * “You Can Do It” (August 2021)

as Daphni

*"Sizzling" (2019) *"Cherry" (2022) *"Cloudy" (2022) *"Clavicle" (2022) *"Mania" (2022)

Music Videos

as Caribou * ''Marino: The Videos'' DVD (2005) 16 videos for 'Up In Flames' (8), and 'Milk Of Human Kindness' (8), and 'The Milk Of Human Kindness (Story Edit)' featurette. * Can't Do Without You - 2014 * Sun - 2010 * Odessa - 2010 * You Can Do It - 2021

Awards and recognition

* 2007

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– No. 5 (''Andorra'') * 2007 Billboard Top Independent Albums – No. 26 (''Andorra'') *

– winner (''Andorra'') * 2010 Polaris Music Prize – short list (''Swim'') * 2010 ''Billboard'' 200 – No. 97 (''Swim'') * 2010 Billboard Top Independent Albums – No. 14 (''Swim'') * 2011 Juno Awards – winner, Electronic Album of the Year (''Swim'') * 2014 ''Mixmag'' Essential Mix of the Year * 2015 IMPALA Album of the Year Award (''Our Love'') * 2015 Juno Awards – winner, Electronic Album of the Year (''Our Love'') * 2015 Polaris Music Prize – short list (''Our Love'')

References

External links

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Caribou on The Leaf Label
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Snaith, Dan Living people Canadian techno musicians Folktronica musicians University of Toronto alumni Alumni of Imperial College London Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom Polaris Music Prize winners Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year winners Musicians from Hamilton, Ontario Intelligent dance musicians Shoegaze musicians People from Dundas, Ontario 1978 births Merge Records artists City Slang artists Domino Recording Company artists

Career

Personal life

Discography

Studio albums

as Manitoba

as Caribou

as Daphni

EPs

as Manitoba

as Caribou

as Daphni

Singles

as Manitoba

as Caribou

as Daphni

Music Videos

Awards and recognition

See also

References

External links