Jamie Roberts, better known by his stage name Blawan, is an English
DJ and record producer from
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of Doncaster and Sheffield as well as the boroughs of Barnsley and Rotherham.
I ...
.
He is best known for his track "
Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage?"
and his remix of the
Radiohead track "Bloom", which appeared on their album''
TKOL RMX 1234567
''TKOL RMX 1234567'' is a remix album of songs from the album ''The King of Limbs'' (2011) by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released on 16 September 2011 in Japan and on 10 October 2011 internationally by XL Recordings.
The album comp ...
'' (2011). He came to prominence with his debut release ''Fram'' on the label Hessle Audio and signed to
R&S Records
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. He also started a hardware-only project
Karenn, with fellow R&S producer Pariah.
Credited as one of the artists spearheading the
industrial techno
Industrial techno is a subgenre of techno and industrial dance music that originated in the 1990s. Characteristically, it incorporates influences from the bleak, noisy sound and aesthetics of early industrial music acts, particularly Cabaret Vol ...
revival,
Blawan's
post-dubstep
Post-dubstep is an umbrella term applied to a range of musical styles that have been influenced by the sparse, syncopated rhythms and heavy sub-bass of the UK dubstep scene. The breadth of styles associated with the term post-dubstep precluded i ...
sounds and raw,
techno
Techno is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally music production, produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central Drum beat, rhythm is typ ...
-influenced beats have earned him praise from DJs such as
Surgeon and the Black Dog.
According to Philip Sherburne of ''
Pitchfork
A pitchfork (also a hay fork) is an agricultural tool with a long handle and two to five tines used to lift and pitch or throw loose material, such as hay, straw, manure, or leaves.
The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to ...
'', his music is "full of jackhammering kicks, splintered wooden percussion, and short-fuse breakdowns".
Discography
Albums
* ''Wet Will Always Dry'' (2018)
EPs
* ''Peaches'' (2011)
* ''Bohla'' (2011)
* ''Cursory'' (with The Analogue Cops) (2011)
* ''Long Distance Open Water Worker'' (2012)
* ''His He She & She'' (2012)
* ''Warm Tonal Touch'' (2015)
* ''Hanging Out the Birds'' (2015)
* ''Communicat 1022'' (2016)
* ''Shy Dancers on Bungalowdorf Beach'' (as Bored Young Adults) (2016)
* ''Walk Type'' (as Kilner) (2016)
* ''Nutrition'' (2017)
* ''Many Many Pings'' (2019)
* ''Immulsion'' (2020)
* ''Make a Goose'' (2020)
* ''Soft Waahls'' (2021)
* ''Woke Up Right Handed'' (2021)
Singles
* "Fram" / "Iddy" (2010)
* "Jackal Ter9's" / "Mid-Life Crisis" (with Ste Shine) (2010)
* "Getting Me Down" (2011)
* "What You Do with What You Have" / "Vibe Decorum" (2011)
References
External links
*
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Living people
English DJs
English record producers
English techno musicians
English industrial musicians
Post-dubstep musicians
People from South Yorkshire
Electronic dance music DJs
Date of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Musicians from Yorkshire