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ANOHNI
Anohni Hegarty (formerly Antony Hegarty), styled as ANOHNI, is an American singer, songwriter, and visual artist. She has presented solo work and as the lead singer of the band Anohni and the Johnsons, formerly known as Antony and the Johnsons. She started her musical career performing with an ensemble of New York musicians as Antony and the Johnsons. Their self-titled first album was released in 2000 on David Tibet's label Durtro. Their second album, '' I Am a Bird Now'' (2005), was a commercial and critical success, earning her the Mercury Music Prize. In 2016, Anohni became the first openly transgender performer nominated for an Academy Award; she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, along with J. Ralph, for the song "Manta Ray" in the film '' Racing Extinction''. Her debut solo album, ''Hopelessness'', was released in May 2016 to wide critical acclaim, including another nomination for the Mercury Music Prize and a Brit Award. In 2023, as Anohni an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopelessness (album)
''Hopelessness'' is the debut solo album by British-American artist Anohni, frontwoman of Anohni and the Johnsons, released on 6 May 2016 on Secretly Canadian, Rough Trade, and Hostess. Featuring co-production by Hudson Mohawke and Oneohtrix Point Never, the album departs from the chamber pop style of her previous work, instead exploring an electronic sound and engaging directly with political and environmental themes in the form of protest songs. ''Hopelessness'' was released to critical acclaim. It peaked at number 26 on the UK album charts and number 121 in the US. ''Hopelessness'' was nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2016, and Anohni was nominated for Best British Female at the BRIT Awards in 2017. Background and recording Following her plaintive, chamber pop-styled work with the group Antony and the Johnsons in the early 2000s, Anohni began developing a radically different "Trojan horse" project that would instead feature a "glossy, plastic sound" while dealing more direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross
''My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross'' is the fifth studio album by Anohni and the Johnsons, formerly known as Antony and the Johnsons. It was released on July 7, 2023, by Secretly Canadian. The album was co-produced by Jimmy Hogarth, and features contributions from Leo Abrahams, Chris Vatalaro, Samuel Dixon, and Rob Moose. The album was announced in May 2023. The lead single, "It Must Change", was released the same day, along with a music video starring Munroe Bergdorf. Two more singles were released after, each with their own music videos, as well as a fourth video for the song "Scapegoat". The album, primarily consisting of soul music, was received positively by critics and included on a number of publications' year-end lists. It also charted in several countries. The album cover features a photo of the LGBTQ rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, the band's namesake. Background and recording The album is the band's first since 2010's '' Swanlights'', and Anohni's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anohni And The Johnsons
Anohni and the Johnsons (previously known as Antony and the Johnsons) is a music ensemble originally based in New York City that presents the work of English singer-songwriter Anohni and her collaborators. The band released its self-titled debut album in 2000. Their second album, 2005's '' I Am a Bird Now'', was certified Gold in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Switzerland; it also was awarded that year's UK Mercury Prize. Following the release of '' The Crying Light'' (2009) and '' Swanlights'' (2010), as well as the live album '' Cut the World'' (2012), Anohni released a solo electronic album in collaboration with Hudson Mohawke and Daniel Lopatin called '' Hopelessness'' in 2016. In 2023, Anohni returned as "Anohni and the Johnsons" with the release of her sixth album '' My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross'' in July of that year. Anohni and the Johnsons have received considerable critical acclaim in addition to chart success and award nominations. Anohni's unique singin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manta Ray (song)
"Manta Ray" is an original song composed by J. Ralph and Anohni and performed by Anohni. The song was released as the lead single from the soundtrack album of 2015 documentary ''Racing Extinction'' written by Anohni. "Manta Ray" received critical acclaim and was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song at 88th Academy Awards for Anohni and J. Ralph. Composition The lyrics are written and sung by singer Anohni, with the melody and music composed by J. Ralph who also produced the recording. The song was inspired by the mating call of the last individual survivor of the now extinct Kauaʻi ʻōʻō. The music video created by Noe Sardet from the stuning images oThe Plankton Chronicles Projectfeatures various marine plankton organisms. Awards * 2016: Academy Award for Best Original Song The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the Film industry, motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am A Bird Now
''I Am a Bird Now'' is the second studio album by Anohni's band Antony and the Johnsons, released on February 1, 2005, by Secretly Canadian. After it won the 2005 Mercury Prize, the record shot up the UK albums chart from #135 to #16 in one week, the biggest jump in the history of the prize.Antony & The Johnsons album sales soar . 13 September 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2011. As of September 2011, UK sales stood at 220,000 copies. ''I Am a Bird Now'' features guest appearances by , |
Antony And The Johnsons (album)
''Antony and the Johnsons'' is the debut album by Anohni and the Johnsons, formerly known as Antony and the Johnsons. It was recorded in 1998 and released in 2000. Release The album was released in 2000 on David Tibet's label Durtro. ''Antony and the Johnsons'' was reissued by Secretly Canadian in 2004. Track listing Personnel ;Main personnel * Antony Hegarty – voice, piano * François Gehin – bass * Vicky Leavitt – cello * William Basinski – clarinet * Barb Morrison – clarinet, saxophone * Tahrah Cohen – drums * Mariana Davenport – flute * Charles Neiland – guitar (effects) * Baby Dee – harp * Cady Finlayson – violin * Liz Maranville – violin ;Additional personnel * Alan Douches – engineering * Erika Larsen – engineering * Rich Lamb – engineering * Roger Fife – engineering * Steve Regina – engineering * Denis Blackham – mastering * Hahn Rowe Hahn Rowe is an American violinist, guitarist, composer, and engineer/producer, involved in a wid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretly Canadian
Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana, part of the Secretly Group. The Secretly Group includes record labels Dead Oceans and Jagjaguwar as well as a music publisher known as Secretly Publishing, representing artists, writers, film makers, producers, and comedians. History Secretly Canadian was founded in 1996 by Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill while they attended Indiana University. Before Secretly Canadian was founded, Chris Swanson and Eric Weddle met in 1995 in Indiana University's campus radio station, WIUX. Then Chris met Jonathan Cargill through a job at the Collins Living-Learning Center cafeteria on campus. Soon after, Chris' younger brother Ben Swanson moved to Bloomington to earn his undergraduate degree from the Jacobs School of Music in musicology. In 1996, Secretly Canadian was founded. The label's first official release was a re-issue of an album by June Panic from Grand Forks, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Original Song
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the Film industry, motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the ''songwriters'' who have composed the best ''original'' song written specifically for a film. The performers of a song are not credited with the Academy Award unless they contributed either to music, lyrics, or both in their own right. The songs that are nominated for this award are typically performed during the ceremony and before this award is presented. The award category was introduced at the 7th Academy Awards, the ceremony honoring the best in film for 1934. Nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers, and the winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Fifteen songs are shortlisted before nominations are announced. Eligibility , the Academy's rules stipulate that "an original song consists of words and music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are an English electronic music, electronic band formed in Meols, Merseyside in 1978 by Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals). Regarded as pioneers of electronic music, OMD combined an Experimental music, experimental, Minimal music, minimalist ethos with pop sensibilities, becoming key figures in the emergence of synth-pop; McCluskey and Humphreys also introduced the "synth duo" format to British popular music. In the United States, the band were an early presence in the MTV-driven Second British Invasion. McCluskey and Humphreys led The Id (band), the Id, a precursor group, from 1977 to 1978 and re-recorded their track "Electricity (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song), Electricity" as OMD's debut single in 1979. Weathering an "uncool" image and a degree of hostility from music critics, the band achieved popularity throughout Europe with the 1980 List of anti-war songs, anti-war song "Enola Gay (s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racing Extinction
''Racing Extinction'' is a 2015 documentary about the Holocene extinction, ongoing anthropogenic mass extinction of species and the efforts from scientists, activists, and journalists to document it by Oscar-winning director Louie Psihoyos, who directed the documentary ''The Cove (film), The Cove'' (2009). The film received one Academy Awards, Oscar nomination, for Academy Award for Best Original Song, Best Original Song, and one Emmy nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking, Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. ''Racing Extinction'' premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, followed by limited theater release, with worldwide broadcast premiere on Discovery Channel in 220 countries or territories on December 2, 2015. ''Racing Extinction''′s website details further information about contemporary extinction and campaigns with which to prevent it. The film was created by the Oceanic Preservation Society. Synopsis The film dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Music Prize
The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual Music award, music prize awarded for the best album released by a musical act from the Music of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom or Music of Ireland, Ireland. It was created by Jon Webster and Robert Chandler in association with the British Phonographic Industry and British Association of Record Dealers in 1992 as an alternative to the Brit Awards. Format and eligibility Any album released by a British or Irish artist, or by a band where over 50% of the members are British or Irish, may be submitted for consideration by their record label. There is a fee for submission. Twelve submitted albums are shortlisted for the prize, chosen based solely on their musical merit and irrespective of how popular or successful an album or act that has been submitted may have been in the previous calendar year. The shortlist is chosen by an independent panel of musicians, music presenters, music producers, music journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London, England. It was formed in 1976 by Geoff Travis, who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove. It is currently run by co-managing directors Travis and Jeannette Lee and is affiliated with Beggars Group. Having successfully promoted and sold records by punk rock and early post-punk and indie pop bands such as the Normal and Desperate Bicycles, Travis began to manage acts and distribute bands such as Scritti Politti and began the label, which was informed by left-wing politics and structured as a co-operative. Label activities began in 1978. Soon after, Rough Trade also set up a distribution arm that serviced independent retail outlets across Britain, a network that became known as the Cartel. In 1983, Rough Trade signed the Smiths. Interest and investment of major labels in the UK indie scene in the late 1980s, as well as overtrading on behalf of Rough Trade's distribution wing, led to cash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
