Carlo Montagnese (born July 29, 1987), known professionally as Illangelo, is a Canadian

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and

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from Calgary, Alberta, who came to attention as long-time collaborator of

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. A

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winner, his work includes

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's "

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" The Last of the Real Ones",

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, M.I.A.,

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, executive production of the Weeknd's 2011 mixtapes, the 2012 compilation album from the Weeknd titled ''

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'' along with singles from rappers

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's "

Remember You "Remember You" is a song by American rapper Wiz Khalifa featuring Canadian singer the Weeknd, released as the second single from the former's fourth studio album, ''O.N.I.F.C.''. Produced by Dpat and Illangelo, the song samples " Tell Me Do U W ...

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", Ricky Hil's "Nomads", (all featuring the Weeknd), and remixes such as

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(The Weeknd and Illangelo remix)" and Florence and the Machine's "

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(The Weeknd remix)". He was one half of the duo Somewhere Else with collaborator Billy Walsh, and he released his debut concept album ''History of Man'' on August 20, 2013 under his label Hear the Art Inc.,

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label and

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's Bromance Records imprint.

Early life

Illangelo grew up in Calgary, Alberta. After doing music there for 8 years, he says, "It came to a point where I realized I was not going to reach my goal of what I wanted to do with my life. I realized I ha to go to Toronto." He moved to Toronto in 2010, saved up some money, and gave himself "one year to make thappen."

Music career

In December 2010, Illangelo and

connected in Toronto and did "

", making it the first time he got to work with an artist that he genuinely loved and admired. Illangelo thought he would have to move back to Calgary as his money ran out, but then began to work on ''

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'' with producer

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and the Weeknd. In January 2011, Drake decided to take "Crew Love" for his upcoming album. 2012 was spent working mainly on the Weeknd's ''

''. On August 20, 2013, Illangelo released his debut

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titled ''History of Man'', which he describes as "a literary, visual and audio narrative inspired by the epic poem ''

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'' by 17th-century English poet

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". Illangelo released a single titled "What The Fuss" on February 18, 2014, which features up and coming Toronto native Rochelle Jordan. Earlier that month, he released a series of demos from the pre-''House of Balloons'' era (circa 2010) on his

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page. On May 2, 2014, Illangelo collaborated with the Sydney trio Movement on their self titled debut EP. Their self-described style of minimal soul in combination with Illangelo's futuristic sound created a unique texture that has since been gaining much momentum selling out their Australian tour and several dates across the USA and Europe. Additionally "Like Lust" and "Ivory" went on receive back to back Best New Track on Pitchfork. Illangelo released his single "Clockwork", featuring vocalist Phlo Finister, on May 12, 2014. Shortly after he released a video with Los Angeles filmmaker Lance Drake. It has since gotten Staff Picked on Vimeo. In an interview with ''

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'' on July 1, 2014, Illangelo announced that he and Phlo Finister had created a band together called Youthquaker. The group's first release "Projections", containing 3 songs, was released via a BitTorrent Bundle. The songs were downloaded over 900,000 times in the first week of release.

Discography

Singles produced

Full discography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.illangelo.com/ __FORCETOC__ 1987 births Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian record producers Grammy Award winners Living people Musicians from Calgary