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labels and co-owns Vase Records. Greene released his debut album, ''Feel Infinite,'' in 2017 on LuckyMe. He has produced for vocalists

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and How to Dress Well, and has remixed

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, and

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History

Greene began creating electronic music when a high school history teacher introduced him to

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, precipitating a realization that "music doesn't have to be angry white men over a guitar." Greene and his friends would throw club parties called Turbo Crunk. From 2008 to 2011, Turbo Crunk's key players were Hadji Baraka, Ango Seb Diamond,

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, and Greene. In 2011, Greene released the single "Another Girl," which ''

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'' included in its list of "The 200 Best Tracks of the Decade So Far (2010-2014)". The magazine wrote that while this "decade has seen no shortage of dance songs that pluck vocals from R&B and warp them into unfamiliar shapes 'Another Girl' emerged just before reworked deep

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cuts dominated

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dashboards, and it still moves with a distinctly human gait." He has collaborated with Canadian designer

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Vase Records

Greene is co-owner of Vase Records alongside former manager, Joe Coghill. Vase was established in 2011 and has released music by Greene,

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, Ango, Zodiac, Arclight, Samoyed and Gorgeous Children. As well as musicians, Vase has signed two Montreal fashion designers. In 2013 Greene / Vase Records curated a collaborative audio/visual event along with artists Trusst in The Tanks at

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in London, at which Greene performed.

Discography

LPs

*2017: ''Feel Infinite'' ( LuckyMe) *2019: '' Dawn Chorus'' (LuckyMe)

Singles and EPs

*2010: "(Baby I don't Know) What You Want" by Greene / "Broken Embrace" by Optimum (LuckyMe) – split single, sampler for ''

Allstars Volume 1'' *2010: ''The Look EP'' (LuckyMe) *2011: "Lay It Down" (UNO) *2011: "Another Girl" (LuckyMe) *2011: ''Greene 01 EP'' (No Label) *2012: ''Concealer EP'' (Vase, 2012) – "Flatline" features vocals by Ango; "Arrow" features

*2012: ''Ready EP'' (3024) *2013: ''Greene 02 EP'' (No Label) *2013: ''On Your Side EP'' (LuckyMe, 2013) – "On Your Side" features guest vocals from Tom Krell AKA How To Dress Well *2013: "Painted Faces" (Yours Truly, 2013) – with

. The result of a project between Yours Truly and

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to foster collaboration on new music. *2014: ''Phantom Vibrate EP'' (LuckyMe) *2014: ''After Life After Party EP'' (LuckyMe, 2014) – includes remixes by

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and Scot Sei A. *2018: ''Fever Focus EP'' (LuckyMe)

Remixes

*2011:

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: "Must Be Love" (Jacques Greene Remix) *2011:

: "Lotus Flower" (Jacques Greene Remix) – released on the TKOL RMX1 12-inch vinyl single and on the ''

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'' compilation album *2012:

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: "The Perfect Blues" (Jacques Greene Remix) *2013:

: "Play by Play" (Jacques Greene Remix) *2013:

: "Sorry" (Jacques Greene Remix) *2013: Ciara: "Body Party" (Jacques Greene Remix) *2015: Escape: "Just Escape" (Jacques Greene Remix) *2015: Vaults: "Premonitions" (Jacques Greene Remix) *2015:

: "Ten Days of Falling" (Jacques Greene Remix) *2017:

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: "Like Water" (Jacques Greene Remix)

Mixes

*2012: ''Jacques Greene for TSUGI'' (TSUGI)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, Jacques Canadian electronic musicians Musicians from Montreal Living people 1989 births