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and

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Biography

Raised between the

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and

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, Calder moved to

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, Minnesota to work as a dancer for

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in 1994. Shortly after being cast in the

and NPG "

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" video, she suffered a debilitating back injury, so instead studied studio engineering with NPG keyboardist Morris Hayes and acquired an office internship with

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. Circa 2002, Calder adopted the moniker Lolly Pop and formed Electro-Kitsch act TELEPHONE!. In 2006, Pop emerged as a solo artist produced by Fink, Moir as well as

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. The following year, Pop was featured on

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, the soundtrack of the film ''

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'', appeared at

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in Miami, and in the

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short film ''Climbing Trees''. Separately, Calder was recruited as the female vocalist for the

project POP INC. She also contributed vocals to and/or produced American acts A*O*A and glean (with

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); British outfits

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and

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; Ireland's

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as well as Norway's Frode Holm. With

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, she co-wrote the theme song for the Launch TV comedy ''Graham Crackers''. In 2019, she had a cameo appearance in

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's ''Put Some Jelly On It'' and formed dark wave duo The Red Hour with ENDIF. Calder most recently collaborated with BBC award-winning director

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for the song and video "Everybody Loves Dancing", runs the Philadelphia-based electronic imprint Manual Control Records and is working on her tenth release.

Charitable efforts

During the 2020 COVID pandemic, Calder donated her royalties to help VA nurses risking their lives. In 2017, A*O*A donated sales profits to the

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Legal Fund and continue to provide a $1 royalty to

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for each maxi-single sold.

Discography

*1999: BURNING SHAKESPEARE - No Juliet EP - Self Released *2000: THOUSAND VOID CRUSH f. BURNING SHAKESPEARE - "Radio Free" - Sursumcorda Records *2001: BROWN RAINBOW - Underground Soundtracks (Various tracks) - Self Released *2002: TELEPHONE! - Love... EP - Self Released *2003: TELEPHONE! - *69 EP - Self Released *2003: CHUCK LOVE - Continuous (Song: "Perfect") -

Om Records Om Records is an American record label, established in 1995, which releases electronic music, dance music and hip hop. The label was founded in San Francisco in 1995 by Chris Smith. Om Records releases both artist albums and compilations, incl ...

*2004: TC ELECTROPUNK VOLUME 1 (Song: "Life on Hold") *2004: DORY/1DJ - 8Bits (song: "Encore") - Self Released *2005: TC ELECTROPUNK VOLUME 2 (Song: "Elevator Operator") *2005: SUNNY SMACK - Mezzanine Girls (Song: "Mezzanine") - Self Released *2006: THE CUBAN BOYS - Satellite Junkyard (Song: "Claudine Is Blue") - Banoffeesound *2006: THE CUBAN BOYS - BBC Radio ive(Song: "Walking In The Air") - Banoffeesound *2007: LOLLY POP - Elevator Operator (Danny Morris remix video) -

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*2007: LOLLY POP - Elevator Operator (Digital maxi single) - Modo Disco (UK) *2007: LOLLY POP (Self-titled debut and remixes) - Modo Disco (UK) *2008: THE PLASTIC CONSTELLATIONS - We Appreciate You (Songs: "Stay That Way", "So Many Friends") - Longtime Listener *2009: POP INC. - "Looking 4 The KLF" (Video - original edit and download card/maxi single) - Modo Disco (UK) /

*2009: TC ELECTROPUNK VOLUME 5 (Song: POP INC. - "Disenchanted") *2010: ANDRA - "Love Is 4 Suckaz" Mixtape (Song: Models & Bottles) - Krucial Noize/

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*2010: POP INC. vs. SYMPHONO - "Looking 4 The KLF" (Single) - Ninthwave Records *2011: POP INC. - "BLVD (Boulevard of Broken Dreams)" (Video/DVD, digital maxi single) *2012: TC ELECTROPUNK VOLUME 6 (Song: POP INC. - "Hollywood Kills") *2014: glean - Echoes & Waves (EP) *2014: GRAHAM CRACKERS THEME SONG - "Steady On (True Blue)" featuring

*2015: glean - Shadows & Sand (EP) *2016: A*O*A - "I'm Afraid of Americans" (Digital single) *2017: AIDAN CASSERLY - Spoken (Song: "April 21st") *2017: THE RUDE AWAKENING - "Pride" -

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*2017: LOLLY POP - LINGERIE: Lost Remixes & Bonus Tracks - Banoffeesound Records *2018: A*O*A - "I'm Afraid of Americans" (Remixes) *2019: FRODE HOLM - Third (Engineer, Vocal Producer, Backing Vocals) *2021: THE RED HOUR - "Cracks" -

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*2022: BROOKE R. CALDER - "Everybody Loves Dancing" (Video and Digital Single) -

*2022: BURNING SHAKESPEARE - RADIO-FREE EP (Digital Reissue)-

*2022: BROOKE R. CALDER - "Everybody Loves Dancing" (Remixes) -

*2023: POP INC. - Best Of -

- In Production

References

Additional sources: * City Pages Magazine, February 14, 200

* Rift Magazine, February 200

* Star Tribune, February 9, 200

* St. Paul Pioneer Press July 27, 200

* Rift Magazine, November 200

* Star Tribune, March 18, 200

* City Pages, May 25, 200

* Stone Roller Magazine, May 200

External links

- Official Site 01

- Official Site 02

- Official Site 03

- Official Site 04
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