Freeform Five is an English electronic group led by DJ, producer, and songwriter Anu Pillai.

Biography

It was his remix of Isolee’s "Beau Mot Plage" in 1999 that alerted many to this group. The Freeform Five DJ mix albums ''Bisous Bisous II'' and ''Misch Masch'' were released in 2005 and 2006. Over the years, Anu has remixed tracks for artist such as

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. Freeform Five continue to perform at clubs like Fabric (

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), Manumission (

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), Week End (

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), Razz (

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), Paris Paris (

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), Lux (

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) and tours in Australia, Scandinavia, North America, Mexico, Brazil and Japan. The 2004 studio album ''Strangest Things'' followed a series of vinyl-only releases including "Perspex Sex", "Electromagnetic" and "Eeeeaaooww". The song ''No More Conversations'' was re-released in 2007 with a new Mylo remix. In addition to his own work, Anu writes and produces with other artists such as

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. He has composed music for commercials for Apple Inc.,

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, and BBC amongst others. Along with Roy Kerr Anu has released three EP’s on

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. He also releases and remixes songs by other artists on his record label Perspex Recordings.

Discography

Albums

* ''Strangest Things'' Studio Album - 2004 Atlantic Records / 2005 * ''Misch Masch'' DJ Mix Album - 2005 Fine Fine/Perspex Recordings (reissue) * ''Bisous Bisous II'' DJ Mix Album - 2006 Perspex Recordings

Singles

*"One Day" (1997) *"Cocoa Star" (1998) *"Hustling" (1998) *"Break Me" (2000) *"Perspex Sex" (2001) *"Electromagnetic" (2003) *"Strangest Things" (2004) *"Eeeeaaooww" (2004) *"No More Conversations" (2005) *"Muscle Car" (Mylo feat. Freeform Five) (2006) #38 UK *"No More Conversations" (reissue) (2007) *"Weltareh" Feat.

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(2012) *"Brandy Alexander" (2013) *"Leviathan" Feat.

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(2014) *"Throwing Stones" with

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(2017)

Freeform reform remixes

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*''Wahoo - 'Damn *''Revl9n - 'Someone Like You *''

- 'When You Were Young *''

- '

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*''The Delays - 'Valentine *''Jamie Lidell - 'When I Come Back Around *''Lindstrom - 'I Feel Space *''Gabriel Ananda - 'Ihre Personliche Glucksmelodie *''Alice Smith - 'Love Endeavour *'' P!nk - 'Stupid Girl *''Soul Mekanik - 'Never Touch That Switch *''

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- 'Muscle Car *''Alter Ego - 'Beat the Bush *''Elton John - 'Are You Ready For Love *''Arsenal - 'Switch *''Funk Lowlives - 'Time Traveller Man *''Futureheads - 'Decent Days and Nights *''Brian Wilson - 'Our Prayer *''

- 'Rocket Ride *''

- 'Lapdance *''Truby Trio - 'Hi Jazz *''Will Young -'Switch It On *''Llorca - 'Indigo Blues *''J Majik - 'Love Is Not A Game *''Markus Nikolai - 'Bushes *''X-Press 2 - 'Lazy (feat. David Byrne) *''Annie - 'The Greatest Hit *''Isolee - 'Brazil.com *''Cricco Castelli - 'Streetlife *''

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- ' Bootylicious *''Tim Hutton - 'Colours *''Nitin Sawhney - 'Homelands *''Isolee - 'Beau Mot Plage *''

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- ' The Veldt

References

External links

* * {{Authority control English electronic musicians English dance music groups English house music groups British electronic music groups DJs from London Remixers