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Anjunabeats Artists
Anjunabeats (, ) is a British record label started in 2000 by producers Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Paavo Siljamäki of Above & Beyond. Initially, Anjunabeats was only a trance music label, and it started releasing trance-edged house in 2011. The name Anjuna comes from the name of a beach in Goa, India. History In 2000, Anjunabeats released its first 12" record, titled ''Volume One'', which was released under Grant and Siljamäki's alias ''Anjunabeats''. As the label got the name Anjunabeats, they decided to produce under different aliases, such as Free State and Dirt Devils. They were soon joined by Tony McGuinness in 2000 after he was asked to collaborate on a remix of Chakra's "Home" and formed Above & Beyond. In 2005, Above & Beyond launched the sub-label Anjunadeep, aimed at releases that do not fit under the main label's trance focus, allowing more diversity within Anjunabeats. On 3 October 2017, Anjunabeats announced a collaboration with Beatport to host a production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jono Grant (DJ)
Jono Grant (born 16 November 1979) is an English DJ, musician and vocalist, better known as a member of electronic music group Above & Beyond (alongside Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki) and duo JODA (with Darren Tate). He is also a part owner of London-based electronic dance music labels Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep. Personal life Grant attended the University of Westminster where he met fellow Above & Beyond member Paavo Siljamäki and discovered a mutual interest in Electronic Music. Grant married his wife Giselle in Miami. Grant's sister, Charlotte, died in early 2015 on her 42nd birthday. The passing of Charlotte led the group to create the 'Little Something fund', designated to help perinatal mental health and encourage and empower women on their road to recovery. Music career After meeting Siljamäki, in 2000, they released their first single, "Volume One" under the name Anjunabeats, which would also be the name of the label they founded. Above & Beyond then teame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep House
Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with the lush chords of 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. Its origins are attributed to the early recordings of Larry Heard (aka Mr. Fingers), including his influential track "Can You Feel It (Larry Heard song), Can You Feel It". Characteristics Deep house is known for tempos typically from 110 to 125 bpm, muted basslines, spacious use of percussion elements (typically using a Roland TR-909 drum machine), soft keyboard sounds (pads), use of advanced chord structures, ambient mixes, and soulful vocals. History Deep house was largely pioneered by Chicago producers such as Marshall Jefferson (Ten City, On the House) and Larry Heard (Fingers Inc., Mr. Fingers) and with tracks such as "Mystery of Love" (1985) and "Can You Feel It? (Larry Heard song), Can You Feel It?" (1986); the latter had a similar impact on deep house to that of Derrick May (musician), Derrick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusky
Dusky is an English electronic music duo from London consisting of Alfie Granger-Howell and Nick Harriman."Dusky: Outer" , Accessed 5 November 2016 Formed in 2011, they have released music on various records labels, before setting up their own label 17 Steps in July 2014 with the release of the ''Love Taking Over'' EP. Before the formation of Dusky, the duo made music under the name of Solarity. Biography Recognition The duo were voted as '''' Best British Producers in 2013. Their de ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Tate
Darren Tate (born 22 October 1972, in London) is a British record producer, film composer and club DJ. Biography As a classically trained musician, Tate has worked with international artists and songwriters with whom he collaborates regularly. He has also worked in the areas of television, film and musical theatre. Appearing in various television advertisements during his childhood, he attended boarding school for ten years. As he got older, he was trained in several classical musical instruments, studied music at Leeds University and enjoyed success in television, film and musical theatre. In a ''DMC'' magazine interview of March 2007, Tate stated that his favourite record was "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack. In the same interview, it was revealed that three of his biggest influences in his life were Stevie Wonder, John Williams and Brian Eno. Tate has a son who was born in February 2006. Career Like many of his fellow DJs, Tate has used a large number of pseudonyms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dosem
Marc Ramirez, better known as Dosem, is a Spanish record producer and DJ, from Girona, Catalonia. His sets consist of variants of techno and deep house Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with the lush chords of 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. Its origins are attributed to the early recordings of Larry Heard .... After opening for Hong Kong–based DJ Technasia at an event in Barcelona, Dosem with his record label Sino in 2008, releasing the singles "Silent Drop" and "Bension01" in 2009 and 2010, followed by his critically acclaimed album ''Parallel'' in 2011. Dosem has regarded the following as some of his preferred equipment: Maschine from NI, Monark, Driver, Guitar Rig, Replika XT, Omnisphere, Spire, M1, Arturia Jupiter-8, Fabfilter Pro- L, UAD Massive Passive, Bax EQ, Moog Multimode Filter, Fairchild 660/670. In September 2020, Dosem released the album ''Dream Decoder'', much of whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Stone (DJ)
Dan Stone is a British DJ from Norfolk, United Kingdom. He specializes in electronic dance music, specifically trance. He has been signed to Anjunabeats, an EDM label, and his music has appeared frequently on music programs such as Armin Van Buuren's ''A State of Trance''. Career At the age of 17, Stone started DJing as a resident performing various genres of music such as house A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air c ..., trance and garage. He began producing music in 2005 and signed with Anjunabeats in 2006. In 2017, he launched the FSOE Fables record label, which specializes in melodic and euphoric trance. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Dan British trance musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catching Flies
Catching Flies (born George King, 1991) is an English musician, DJ and record producer from London, England. His sound has been described as sitting on the "smooth, mellow side of electronic music" somewhere "between Flying Lotus and Bonobo" and "contains shades of everything from hip hop to house, from soul to jazz." Releases Catching Flies first came to prominence in October 2012, when his remix of Mt. Wolf's track "Life Size Ghosts" began to get hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube and received praise from scores of music blogs. Consequently, the track raced to the number one spot on Hype Machine. This was followed by the release of his first EP, ''The Stars'', which included 3 tracks of original music, plus the Mt. Wolf remix. The EP was released by Catching Flies for free on Bandcamp and received thousands of downloads. June 2013 saw the release of ''The Long Journey Home'' EP, again comprising three original tracks and one remix. This was self-released through his o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom Jinx
Øistein Johan Eide (; born 10 September 1974 in Bergen), better known by his stage name Boom Jinx, is a Norwegian music producer and DJ. Career In 1989, Boom Jinx started making music with SoundTracker developed for the Commodore Amiga computer. In 1991, he was hired as a freelancer to create music for a US game developer. In 2005, after a career in advertising, video games, television and film, he turned to dance music. Boom Jinx's track "Manipulator" was featured as "a hot new track" on BBC Radio 1, and was licensed to the soundtrack of the television show '' CSI: Miami''. In 2009, Boom Jinx collaborated with San Francisco-based Trifonic to write music for Electronic Arts' '' Need for Speed: Shift''. Tracks co-written with Trifonic were later licensed to '' CSI Las Vegas'' (episode #1215) in February 2012. The music video for his 2013 single "When You Loved Me" was added to a playlist on MTV Dance. DJ Boom Jinx has performed as a DJ in North and South America, Europe, As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche (singer)
Ellie Noa Blanche Delvaux (; born 10 June 1999), better known mononymously as Blanche , is a Belgian singer and songwriter. She represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine with the song "City Lights", finishing in fourth place. Blanche previously competed on season five of '' The Voice Belgique'', where she was a member of Team Cats on Trees. Early life Ellie Delvaux was born in Belgium, on 10 June 1999. She is Jewish and speaks French, English, and Hebrew. As a child, she liked to sing to herself. She later attended musical theatre classes and took part in school performances. When she turned 16, she auditioned for ''The Voice''. After Eurovision, she hoped to complete secondary school in Belgium. Her stage name, "Blanche", is her third name. Career 2016: ''The Voice Belgique'' In January 2016, Blanche auditioned for season five of '' The Voice Belgique'' performing Adele's " Daydreamer", with two of four coaches turning for her. She eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Böhmer
Ben Böhmer (born 1993) is a German DJ, producer and remixer from Göttingen, Germany. He primarily produces and performs indie electronica and melodic house music, and has released tracks on labels Ninja Tune, Anjunadeep, Keller Records, and Cercle Music. He lives in Berlin. Career Böhmer played piano and trumpet during his childhood before he began composing music with the synthesizer. At the end of 2015 he produced his first single, Promise You, which appeared on the ''Mauerblümchen'' (Ger., wallflower) compilation of the label Ton Töpferei, based in his hometown of Göttingen, Germany. On November 1, 2016, the eponymous Promise You EP, also on Ton Töpferei, was released. This was followed by other releases on Keller Records, Ostfunk Records, Bade Records, Audiolith Records, Carton-Pate Records, The Soundgarden Records and Freundchen Records. After witnessing some success, Böhmer's Submission EP was released in 2017 on the label Sacrebleu, headed by German DJ duo AKA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audien
Nathaniel "Nate" Rathbun (born January 11, 1992), better known under his stage name Audien, is an American Disc jockey, DJ and electronic music producer. Audien has released many singles and remixes for Electronic music, electronic record labels including Enhanced, Perceptive, Armada Music, Armada, Black Hole Records, Black Hole, and Nervous Records (US), Nervous. His tracks have appeared on ''Ferry Corsten, Corsten's Countdown'', ''Tiësto's Club Life'', ''Above & Beyond (group), Above & Beyond's'' ''Trance Around The World'', and Armin van Buuren's ''A State of Trance'' compilations. Career Rathbun was born in Mystic, Connecticut, into a musical household. His mother is a jazz aficionado. In 2008, he was introduced to electronic dance music through Trance music, trance songs in video game soundtracks. Fascinated by the sound of trance, he learned to recreate songs from Armin van Buuren, Armin Van Buuren's ''A State of Trance'' podcasts. At age 17, Audien was first signed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arty (musician)
Artem Stolyarov (, ; born 28 September 1989), known professionally as Arty and Alpha 9, is a Russian DJ and music producer. He has collaborated with Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, BT, Paul van Dyk, Mat Zo, OneRepublic and Matisse & Sadko. His debut album, '' Glorious'' (2015), peaked at number 14 on the US Dance/Electronic Albums charts. Early life Arty was born on 28 September 1989 in Engels. At the age of eight years old, his grandmother insisted that he should attend music school, from which he graduated aged just fourteen. After that he considered applying for music college, but eventually decided against it, as the chance of becoming a professional pianist was really small and because he no longer enjoyed playing. Instead he learned to use FL Studio sequencer, and his love of video games and electronics led to his keen interest in production equipment. Eventually, he began to be influenced by artists such as The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers and The Crystal Metho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |