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Shynola
Shynola are a London-based directing team who have worked across live-action and animation for over twenty years. Chris Harding, Richard Kenworthy, Jason Groves and the late Gideon Baws formed Shynola while they were at art college in the late 1990s; the team immediately earned recognition for their inventive work. Their music video work includes musical artists such as Junior Senior, Radiohead, Beck, Blur, Coldplay, ABBA and Queens of the Stone Age, along advertisements for brands like Nike, Audi, PlayStation and Maserati. They also created notable title sequences for series and films: '' The IT Crowd'', ''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'', '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'', ''Mandy'', and Netflix’s ''GLOW''. They have received scores of awards including a British Independent Film Award and three times Emmy nominations, with multiple wins at Edinburgh International Film Festival, D&AD awards and UK Music Video Awards. In 2008, founding member Gideon Baws, died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The IT Crowd
''The IT Crowd'' is a British television sitcom originally broadcast by Channel 4, created, written, and directed by Graham Linehan, produced by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, and Matt Berry. Set in the offices of the fictional Reynholm Industries in London, the series revolves around the staff of its Information technology, IT (Information Technology) department: technical genius Maurice Moss (Ayoade); work-shy Roy Trenneman (O'Dowd); and Jen Barber (Parkinson), the department head/Business relationship management, relationship manager who knows nothing about IT. The show also focuses on the bosses of Reynholm Industries: Denholm Reynholm (Chris Morris (satirist), Chris Morris) and, later, his son Douglas (Matt Berry). Goth subculture, Goth IT technician Richmond Avenal (Noel Fielding), who resides in the server room, also appears in several episodes. The comedy premiered on Channel 4 on 3 February 2006 and ran for four series of six e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Move Your Feet
"Move Your Feet" is a song by Danish pop duo Junior Senior from their debut studio album, ''D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat'' (2002). The song, originally released in June 2002 in the duo's native Denmark, was issued worldwide in 2003 and became Junior Senior's biggest hit, reaching 4 in Denmark, No. 3 in the United Kingdom, and No. 20 in Australia, where it was ranked number 87 on the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown of 2003. A music video for the song, directed by British art collective Shynola, was created using low-resolution pixel art. The song was sampled in Nicki Minaj's 2024 song " Everybody". Chart performance The song proved to be successful in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart for two non-consecutive weeks, going on to become Britain's 16th-best-selling single of 2003. It reached number four on the Danish Singles Chart and number 10 in Ireland. It was a moderate hit in Australia, peaking at number 20. In 2013, the song re-entered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Senior
Junior Senior was a Danish pop duo. The duo consisted of Jesper "Junior" Mortensen (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion) (born 7 February 1979) and Jeppe "Senior" Laursen (vocals, programming) (born 25 December 1977). They became well known for their 2002 single " Move Your Feet", which gained worldwide success in 2003, most notably in the United Kingdom. History Early career Junior Senior formed in 1998 when Jesper Mortensen and Jeppe Laursen got back together after their previous band Ludo-X broke up in 1995. The band signed a deal with Danish label Crunchy Frog Records. ''D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat'' The band released their debut album '' D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat'' in 2002. The first single, " Move Your Feet", was one of the most played songs on Danish radio and eventually climbed the charts in over thirteen countries, including the United States, Australia, France, and the United Kingdom. The single is available on the soundtrack of the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Joseph Malkmus ( ; born May 30, 1966) is an American musician best known as the primary songwriter, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement. He currently performs with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Pavement, The Hard Quartet, and as a solo artist. Biography Early years Stephen Malkmus was born in Santa Monica, California, to Mary and Stephen Malkmus Sr. His father was a property and casualty insurance agent. When Stephen Jr. was 8, the family moved north to Stockton, where he attended Carpinteria's Cate School and Lodi's Tokay High School. As a teenager, Malkmus worked various jobs, including painting house numbers on street curbs and "flipping burgers or whatever" at a country club. At age 16, he spent the night in jail after consuming alcohol, urinating in the bushes, and walking on the roofs of several residential homes. Later, he was placed on probation for underage drinking, and was also expelled from school "for going to a party in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid Song
"Pyramid Song" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their fifth studio album, '' Amnesiac'' (2001), in May 2001. It features piano, strings, an unusual rhythm, and lyrics inspired by the Egyptian underworld and ideas of cyclical time. After no singles were released from their previous album, ''Kid A'' (2000), "Pyramid Song" was Radiohead's first single since " No Surprises" (1998). It reached the top 10 on seven national charts, and was named one of the best tracks of the decade by ''Rolling Stone,'' ''NME'' and ''Pitchfork''. The animated music video, depicting an undersea world, won the 2002 NME Carling Award for best music video. "Pyramid Song" received acclaim, with several critics citing it as among Radiohead's best work. In 2011, ''Rolling Stone'' named it the 94th-best song of the decade. Writing Following the tour for Radiohead's third album, ''OK Computer'' (1997)'','' the songwriter, Thom Yorke, bought a house in Cornwall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Music Video Awards
The UK Music Video Awards is an annual celebration of creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ... and moving image for music. The awards began in 2008. There is a wide range of opportunities for UK individuals and companies to enter their work: from genre-led video categories, to prizes for individuals in the technical and craft areas of the business, to recognition for innovative approaches to music videos, ads and other visuals. There are also awards for international videos and outstanding individuals, voted for by the MVA jury members. The Awards take place in the autumn, with the entry process opening in early August. The UK MVA’s are originally the key members of the team behind BUG, the BFI Southbank’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Independent Film Award
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports, and promotes British independent cinema and film-making talent in the United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early November, with the ceremony itself taking place in early December. Since 2015, BIFA has also hosted UK-wide talent development and film screening programmes, with the support of Creative Skillset and the British Film Institute. History The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) were created in 1998 by Elliot Grove and Suzanne Ballantyne of the Raindance Film Festival, with the aim of celebrating merit and achievement in independently funded British filmmaking, honouring new talent and promoting British films and filmmaking to a wider public audience. BIFA founding members include Phillip Alberstat, Chris Auty, André Burgess, Sally Caplan, Pippa Cross, Christopher Fowler, Lora Fox Gamble, Steven Gaydos, Norma Heyman, Emma E. Hickox, Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambchop (band)
Lambchop, originally Posterchild, is an American band from Nashville, Tennessee. Description and history Initially formed as a three piece in 1986 with Kurt Wagner, bassist Marc Trovillion and guitarist Jim Watkins with the name Posterchild. They released some low-fi bedroom recordings on cassette such as ''I’m Fucking Your Daughter''. In 1992 they released a split 7” with Crop Circle Hoax which got the attention of entertainment lawyer George Regis, who sued on behalf of the similarly named band Poster Children. After trying a few different names they settled on Lambchop and signed to Merge Records in 1993 releasing their debut single ''Nine'' that year. Never a band with a "core" lineup, Lambchop has consisted of a large and fluid collective of musicians focused around its creative centre, frontman Kurt Wagner. Lambchop is loosely associated with the alternative country genre. Initially indebted to traditional country, the music has subsequently moved through a ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid A
''Kid A'' is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random. In a departure from industry practice, Radiohead released no singles and conducted few interviews and photoshoots. Instead, they released short animations and became one of the first major acts to use the Internet for promotion. Bootlegs of early performances were shared on filesharing services, and ''Kid A'' was leaked before release. In 2000, Radiohead toured Europe in a custom-built tent without corporate logos. ''Kid A'' debuted at number one on the UK A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stereo MCs
Stereo MC's are an English hip hop and electronic dance group that formed in Clapham, London, in 1985. They had an international top 20 hit with their single " Connected" and a UK top 20 hit with " Step It Up". After releasing eight albums for Island Records, !K7, Graffiti Recordings, and PIAS, they formed the label Connected with the band Terranova to release their own material and that of other artists within the house/techno/electronic genre. Career Rob Birch (vocalist/songwriter) and Nick Hallam (DJ/producer) co-founded the Gee Street recording studio and record label, in 1985 along with Jon Baker and DJ Richie Rich. Part of the finance came from Birch and Hallam's joint receipt of £14,000 from a property developer, on condition they vacated their adjacent flats. When Gee Street attracted the attention of 4th & Broadway, they recorded the debut Stereo MCs' studio album, '' 33-45-78'' (1989), on a shoestring budget with DJ Cesare. Drummer Owen If and backing vocalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyrics Born
Tsutomu William "Tom" Shimura (born September 2, 1972), better known by his stage name Lyrics Born (formerly Asia Born), is a Japanese-American rapper, singer, and producer. He is one half of the duo Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker. Early life and education Shimura was born in Tokyo to a Japanese father and an Italian mother. His family moved to the USA and he was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and later Berkeley, California. He attended Henry B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. Career Shimura changed his stage name from Asia Born to Lyrics Born in 1995, citing the desire to ensure that he won fans based on his merits as a rapper rather than his ethnicity. His first studio album, '' Later That Day'', was released on Quannum Projects in 2003. In an article published by Rolling Stone in 2022, ''Later That Day'' was listed as one of the "200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time." Lyrics Born's collaborations with Lateef the Truthspeaker on Latyrx records often see th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quannum Projects
Quannum Projects (also known as Quannum MCs) is an American hip hop collective based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has been active since 1992, when it was formed at UC Davis under the moniker Solesides Records. It is also the name of the independent record label that releases their records, as well as those of a number of other artists. The label continues to be 100% independently owned and operated. Artist roster * Apsci (Dana Diaz-Tutaan & Raphael LaMotta – Brooklyn, New York) * Blackalicious ( Gift of Gab & Chief Xcel – Sacramento, California) * Curumin (Luciano Nakata Albuquerque – Brazil) * General Elektriks (Hervé Salters – Paris, France) * Tommy Guerrero (San Francisco, California) * Honeycut (San Francisco, California) * Lateef and the Chief a.k.a. ''Maroons'' ( Lateef & Chief Xcel – Oakland, California) * Latyrx ( Lateef & Lyrics Born – Oakland, California) * Lifesavas (Jumbo, Vursatyl, Rev. Shines – Portland, Oregon) * Lyrics Born (Berkeley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
