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Vincent James Turner (born 9 October 1985), better known by his
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Frankmusik ( ) (and between 2011 and 2012, by the name Vincent Did It), is an English
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musician.


Early life

Vincent was born on 9 October 1985 in the
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district of the
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. He attended
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boarding school in West Sussex and was member of the house 'Maine A'. He entertained his housemates with constant piano playing. He completed a year-long
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at
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and went on to study at the
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, dropping out to concentrate on music.


Career


2007–2009: ''Frankisum'' EP and ''Complete Me''

During 2004, Vincent performed as a
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, under the name Mr Mouth. Vincent released his debut EP, ''Frankisum'', in 2007. Former school friend and then assistant of A&R at
Island Records Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anothe ...
, Ben Scarr, introduced Island colleague Louis Bloom to Frankmusik's MySpace page, which was getting a significant number of hits at the time. Although already known for high energy electro and happy hardcore, Frankmusik's signing to Island was in part because Bloom recognised a pop star performer beneath the electronic music, telling
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: "Underneath all the madness there was some great hooks and melodies, and buried even deeper was a voice; it took a lot of time after signing for him to have the confidence to sing without putting loads of effects over his vocal." In June 2008, Frankmusik remixed the second single by
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''Did You Wrong'', which appeared on the B-side of the 7" single release. In December 2008, Frankmusik made it on to the long-list of the
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's
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poll. In the UK,
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was the first national station to champion Frankmusik and tracks from his debut album, ''
Complete Me ''Complete Me'' is the debut studio album by English recording artist Frankmusik. It was released in the United Kingdom on 3 August 2009 by Island Records. A deluxe edition, released on the same day in both CD and digital formats, included a b ...
''. Initially interviewed by Alex Baker as part of the station's coverage of National Student Pride, Frankmusik performed a number of live tracks, which were then playlisted as part of an album teaser. His rise to fame was also followed closely by his local radio station,
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, which was the first station to broadcast his music. In January and February 2009, he was the support act for Keane on their Perfect Symmetry tour in the UK. In March 2009, he headlined National Student Pride in Brighton's seafront club Digital with Jodie Harsh and
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(
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). In June 2009, Frankmusik was support act for the
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in London, Manchester and Liverpool. He did a short tour to launch the album ''Complete Me'', starting in Brighton on 17 July and taking in London, Glasgow and Manchester. ''Complete Me'' debuted on the
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at number thirteen in August 2009, after its second single, "
Confusion Girl 'Confusion Girl' is a song by British electropop singer Frankmusik from his debut album Complete Me, which was released on 3 August 2009. Song information The song was released on 19 July 2009 and received significant airplay. It featured on Radi ...
", was A-listed by
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and reached number twenty-seven on the
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. The other singles were " Better Off as Two", which peaked at number twenty-six, and "3 Little Words". In August 2009, a more extensive UK tour was announced to take place during November and December 2009. Just two days later on 20 August 2009, it was announced that Frankmusik would join the Perez Hilton Presents tour in Autumn 2009. Frankmusik was part of a line-up at
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,
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,
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, and Dancing Robot Music. During recording and promotion of his debut album, Frankmusik remixed material by other artists, including
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' " Love etc.",
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's " Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)",
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's "
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" and "
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",
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's "
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" and
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's "
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", and has covered " Rehab" by
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and The Postal Service's "
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". Frankmusik also co-produced "First Place" on
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's 2009 album, '' Catch 22'', and "Wish I Stayed" on
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's '' Lights'' (2010).


2010–2011: ''Do It in the AM''

In 2010, he featured on a
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track called "Fighting for Air", from their album ''
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''; he also appeared in Far East Movement's music video for " Rocketeer" with
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and
Mohombi Mohombi Nzasi Moupondo (born 17 October 1986) is a Congolese-Swedish musician, singer, composer and dancer. He grew up in Norsborg and Kista near Stockholm. Mohombi was RedOne's first signing to 2101 Records in joint venture with Universal Mus ...
. The same year he collaborated with Computer Club on a track called "Losing Streak". It was announced in February 2011 that he has begun work producing the new
Erasure Erasure () is an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1985, consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter Andy Bell with songwriter, producer and keyboardist Vince Clarke, previously known as co-founder of the band Depeche Mode and a membe ...
album in Maine. Entitled ''
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'', this was released on 3 October 2011 in the UK, and 4 October 2011 in the USA. During October and November 2011 Frankmusik was the supporting act on the Erasure tour across the US and Europe. In an April 2011 interview, his A&R Louis Bloom said that Frankmusik was at work on his upcoming album. According to Bloom: "The challenge has been for him to simplify the structure of his songwriting whilst still encouraging him into taking risks on the production duties." The album, ''
Do It in the AM ''Do It in the AM'' is the second studio album by English recording artist Frankmusik. It was released in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2011 by Island Records. Preceding its release, the album's eponymous official lead single "Do it in the ...
'', was released in September 2011 and peaked at number 178 on the UK Albums Chart. On 19 October 2011 Frankmusik announced via his official
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page that he had parted ways with his UK label, Island Records.


2012–2013: ''Between''

In an interview with music blog Flop of the Pops on 3 January 2012, Frankmusik announced that he would change his stage name to Vincent Did It, along with the exclusive premiere of a song titled "Dynamo". On 10 March 2012 Turner announced on his Twitter page that he has decided once again to go by his former stage name, Frankmusik. He then released two new acoustic demos titled "I'll Know" and "This Is Who I Am" on his official
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account for Frankmusik. Throughout 2012 Turner released thirteen demos online. On 31 October 2012 Turner released a single titled "Fast as I Can". The song was released independently through digital distribution company
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for international release. The song was originally meant to be the lead single off of his then-titled album, ''You Are Here''. Turner announced a track listing for the album and set a release date for 2013. The album was soon later scrapped, Turner claiming that he wanted to start fresh and not with "songs ewrote six months ago". On 14 February Turner released his sixth EP, titled, ''Far From Over''. The EP consisted of four songs and was released for free through his website. The EP was not available for purchase, instead it was free but fans were asked to donate to JustGiving what they thought the EP was worth. Shortly after the EP's release, Turner announced that his third studio album, '' Between'', would be released on 1 April 2013. In March 2013, Turner announced that the album would no longer be released in April, along with revealing the cover art. The album's lead single "Chasing Shadows" was released on 9 May 2013 along with its video. On 11 May 2013 Turner announced that ''Between'' would be released on 7 June 2013. On 10 September 2013, Turner released a full acoustic album called '' Between Us'' featuring 10 songs from ''Between'' as well as a new song called "Hymn" to coincide with ''Between''.


2013–2014: ''By Nicole''

On 13 December 2013 Turner released a single, " Ephemeral Summer", on iTunes and its video two days later. In January 2014 Turner announced he was working on his new album, titled '' By Nicole'', and announced its lead single, "Dear Nicole". "Dear Nicole" was released through Turner's YouTube account on 14 February 2014. In February 2014 to coincide with the launch of Season six of ''
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'',
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released his sixth studio album, ''
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'', including the track "Fly Tonight" featuring Frankmusik. On 1 April 2014 the album's third overall single, " These Streets", was released accompanying its music video through Turner's YouTube account and was made available the following day on the iTunes store. Turner announced through his YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages on 18 April that the album would be released on Monday, 28 April 2014.


2015: ''For You''

On 9 March 2015 Turner confirmed the title for his fifth studio album via Twitter, ''Not Right Now''. The first single, "This", was released on 4 May 2015. Frankmusik provided guest vocals for RuPaul's 2015 album ''Realness'' on the song "Die Tomorrow". This makes the second consecutive appearance of Frankmusik on a RuPaul album. On 13 August 2015 Turner announced a new album title " For You", along with the track listing and a release date for October 2015.


2016: ''Day Break''

It was an eight track EP and it was released on 21 July 2016 (Digital + Streaming). A limited run of 500 copies will be made and the first 100 were numbered and signed by Frankmusik himself.


2017: ''SS17 & AW17''

"SS17" is a six track EP that was released 17 June 2017 digitally. "AW17" followed later in the fall of 2017.


2021: ''Carissimi''

Starting January 2021, Turner was involved into a new project releasing a digital new single the last day of every month. Preparing the new album compiling all the singles at the end of the year. On 8 November, Turner surprised his fans by releasing the physical studio album titled Carissimi, two months before the end of the monthly releases. On 31 December Turner released another single "Next" and the album instrumentals.


2022: ''Completed''

Turner is having a new year of release surprisingly making reworks from scratch of his first album ''
Complete Me ''Complete Me'' is the debut studio album by English recording artist Frankmusik. It was released in the United Kingdom on 3 August 2009 by Island Records. A deluxe edition, released on the same day in both CD and digital formats, included a b ...
'' that was not under his own label. The circle of releasing the last day of each month goes on. The first track in album release is "In Step". It includes two new remastered songs. The album was released at the end of the year with physical and digital releases. The album is called "Completed".


2023: ''New album with monthly releases''

Turner is suprising his fans with a new year of new song monthly releases. January single is called "White Branco".


Artistry

Frankmusik cites
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,
Erasure Erasure () is an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1985, consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter Andy Bell with songwriter, producer and keyboardist Vince Clarke, previously known as co-founder of the band Depeche Mode and a membe ...
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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as influences.


In popular culture

*Frankmusik appeared naked in the British gay lifestyle magazine '' AXM'' in 2009. *A lyrical reference is made to Frankmusik in the
Colette Carr Colette Mary Carr (born January 6, 1991) is an American musician and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Carr's debut album, ''Skitszo'', a collection of previously released digital EPs, was released on July 9, 2013. " N ...
song "
(We Do It) Primo "(We Do It) Primo" is a song by American recording artist Colette Carr. The song was written by Carr, and produced by Frankmusik. "(We Do It) Primo" was released on May 11, 2011 by Interscope as the first single from Carr's debut album ''Skitszo ...
". A drawing of Frankmusik and his Logo are also displayed on a screen behind Colette Carr when the reference is made. He also produced and co-wrote the track.


Discography


Albums


EPs

* ''Frankisum'' (2007) * ''Vincent Did It (The SOPA Opera)'' (2012) * ''Far+from+Over'' (2013) * ''The Moongazer EP'' (2014) * ''Day Break'' (2016) * ''SS17'' (2017) * ''AW17'' (2017)


Singles


Other charted songs


Songwriting and production credits


Remixes

*
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– "Rehab" (2007) *Chromeo – "Needy Girl" (2007) *
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– "You're Out" (2007) *
Mika Mika is a given name, a nickname and a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People known just as Mika * Mika (singer) (born 1983), Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter Michael Penniman, Jr. * Mika (footba ...
– "Relax, Take It Easy" (2007) *
Remi Nicole Remi Nicole Wilson (born 6 April 1983), better known as Remi Nicole, is a British singer-songwriter and actress who was born in North London, but now resides in Los Angeles. She is best known for her single "Go Mr Sunshine", which was released in ...
– "Rock N Roll" (2007) *
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– "Out Smallest Adventures" (2007) *
Alphabeat Alphabeat were a Danish pop band from Silkeborg, fronted by singers Stine Bramsen and Anders Stig Gehrt Nielsen. Their single "Fascination" was a major hit in Denmark during the summer of 2007, as well as the United Kingdom in 2008. Follow-up s ...
– "Fascination" (2007) *The Clik Clik – "Did You Wrong" (2008) *Alphabeat – "10,000 Nights" (2008) *
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– "Move" (2008) *
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– "Digital Love" (2008) * David Swinburn – "Wrong Shoes (Frankmusik Remix)" (2008) * Keane – "Perfect Symmetry" (2008) * Go:Audio – "Made Up Stories" (2008) *
Telepathe Telepathe (pronounced ''telepathy'' and meant with some literal meaning) are an electronic pop duo from Brooklyn consisting of core members Busy Gangnes and Melissa Livaudais. The band also includes other occasional musicians, such as Ryan Lucero. ...
– "Chrome's On It" (2008) *
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– "I Want Nothing" (2008) *
Erasure Erasure () is an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1985, consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter Andy Bell with songwriter, producer and keyboardist Vince Clarke, previously known as co-founder of the band Depeche Mode and a membe ...
– "Phantom Bride" (2009) *
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– "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" (2009) *
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– "Love Etc." (2009) * Space Cowboy – "Falling Down" (2009) *
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– "Night Is Young" (2010) *
Natalia Kills Natalia Noemi "Teddy" Sinclair (née Cappuccini; born 15 August 1986), is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She has recorded music under various aliases, most famously as Natalia Kills and Verbalicious. She is currently the lead vocali ...
– "Zombie" (2010) *
Tata Young Amita Marie "Tata" Young ( th, อมิตา มารี "ทาทา" ยัง; born 14 December 1980) is a Thai singer, actress and model who gained prominence in Thailand when she placed first in a national singing contest at age 11, su ...
– "Mission Is You" (2010) *Erasure – "When I Start To (Break It All Down)" (2011) *
Nicole Scherzinger Nicole Scherzinger (; born Nicole Prascovia Elikolani Valiente, June 29, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and television personality. She is best known as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, one of the best-selling g ...
– "Right There" (2011) *Natalia Kills – "Mirrors" (2011) *
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– "Rocketeer" (2011) *
Killian Wells Killian Wells is a pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur from New York City. Wells owns the record label Inferno Records, is the founder and head perfumer of Xyrena (a celebrity-branded perfume company), the CEO oSocial Curr ...
– "STRFKR" (2012) * Simon Curtis – "Flesh" (2012) *Alphabeat – "Love Sea" (2012) *Ride the Universe – "A Little Better" (2012) *Buffetlibre – "Fade Into You" (2013) *
Empire of the Sun ''Empire of the Sun'' is a 1984 novel by English writer J. G. Ballard; it was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Like Ballard's earlier short story "The Dead Time" (published in the anthology ...
– "Walking on a Dream" (2013) * Ride the Universe – "You And I" (2013) * FrankJavCee – "So Damn Beautiful" (2016)


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{{Authority control 1985 births Living people Alumni of Central Saint Martins Alumni of the London College of Fashion British beatboxers People educated at Christ's Hospital English dance musicians English electronic musicians English keyboardists English pop singers English record producers English male singer-songwriters Interscope Records artists People from Thornton Heath Remixers Singers from London Synth-pop singers Wonky pop musicians 21st-century English singers 21st-century British male singers