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Claude VonStroke
Barclay Macbride Crenshaw (born July 7, 1971), who is known by the stage name Claude VonStroke, is an American house producer based in Los Angeles. He owned Dirtybird Records based in San Francisco. In July 2006 he released his debut album, ''Beware of the Bird''. He has produced a 'Fabric' mix, which was released in May 2009, and has also appeared on Pete Tong's Essential Mix Radio show in 2007, 2013, and 2020. In 2009, he released his second studio album, ''Bird Brain''. In 2016, he was named America's Best DJ in Pioneer DJ and DJ Times’ annual poll.Claude VonStroke: Man or Machine? theskinny.co.uk, access date July 17, 2014 In 2017, he was nominated at the |
Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the second-most populous city in Ohio, and the 53rd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Cleveland metropolitan area, the 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland– Akron– Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in modern-day Northeast Ohio by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named. The city's location on the river and the lake shore allowed it to grow into a major commercial and industrial metropolis by the late 19th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Music Awards
The Electronic Music Awards is a music award show focused on electronic music genres that debuted on September 21, 2017, in Los Angeles. It was created by Paul Oakenfold and entertainment company Hunt & Crest and produced by L!ve Media. The show was live streamed via Twitter and Pluto TV and garnered 3.4 million views within 2.5 hours. The 2017 event was hosted by Hannah Rad, Matt Medved, Robin Schulz, and Vicky Vox. Performers included Moby, Juan Atkins, Autograf, Floorplan, Illenium, Kidnap Kid, Orbital, Ramzoid, Delano Smith, Goldfish, Madeaux, and the Saunderson Brothers. On May 8, 2018, it was announced that the ceremony would return on November 8. The 2018 show aimed to celebrate equality and excellence in electronic music, under the mission statement of "We're All the Same on the Dance Floor". Winners and nominations 2017 The following table provides the list of nominees and winners according to ''The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( ; born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, businesswoman, and actress. One of the List of music artists by net worth, wealthiest musicians in the world, List of awards and nominations received by Rihanna, her various accolades include nine Grammy Awards, twelve Billboard Music Award, ''Billboard'' Music Awards, and thirteen American Music Awards. Rihanna is one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling recording artists of all time, with sales estimated at 250 million units globally. Rihanna signed with Def Jam Recordings in 2005 and found mainstream recognition following the release of her first two studio albums, ''Music of the Sun'' (2005) and ''A Girl like Me (Rihanna album), A Girl Like Me'' (2006). Both influenced by Caribbean music, the albums peaked within the top ten on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart, with the latter spawning the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100-number one single "SOS (Rihanna song), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimbra
Kimbra Lee Johnson (born 27 March 1990), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Kimbra, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. Known for mixing pop with R&B, jazz and rock musical elements, her accolades include four ARIA Music Awards, two 2013 Grammy Awards, Grammy Awards and seven Aotearoa Music Awards, New Zealand Music Awards. Kimbra's debut album, ''Vows (album), Vows'', was released in 2011. Singles from the album include "Settle Down (Kimbra song), Settle Down", "Cameo Lover" (which won an Australian Recording Industry Association Award), "Good Intent" and "Two Way Street (song), Two Way Street". A reworked version of the album was released in Europe and the United States in 2012. It featured several new songs, including "Come into My Head", "Warrior (Kimbra song), Warrior" (on which Kimbra was joined by musicians Mark Foster (musician), Mark Foster from Foster the People and DJ A-Trak), and a cover of Nina Simone's "Plain Gold Ring". ''Vows'' reached the top 5 in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Saunderson
Kevin Maurice Saunderson (born September 5, 1964) is an American electronic dance music DJ and record producer. He is famous for being a member of a trio, along with Juan Atkins and Derrick May, who came to be known as the Belleville Three, who are often credited to being among the pioneers and originators of techno: in particular this act helped define Detroit techno, the earliest style of this music genre. Born in New York, at the age of nine he moved to Belleville, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, where at Belleville High School he befriended the other members of the trio. Early life Kevin Maurice Saunderson was born on September 5, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York. He spent the early years of his life in Brooklyn before moving at around age 10 to Belleville, Michigan, a rural town 30 miles from Detroit. Saunderson first met future Techno pioneer Derrick May when the two were fourteen. May had decided not to pay Saunderson after losing a bet and, one day at school, Saunderso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rapture (band)
The Rapture was an American dance-punk revival band from New York City, formed in 1998. During their reunion, the band consisted of Luke Jenner (lead vocals, guitar), Vito Roccoforte (drums, percussion), and Gabriel Andruzzi (keyboards, bass, saxophone, percussion). The classic lineup (1999–2009) added Mattie Safer playing bass and sharing lead vocal duties with Jenner. Safer and Jenner's harmonized choruses became part of the signature sound of the band, featuring on several of the band’s more well known songs. The band mixed influences from many genres including dance-punk, post-punk, acid house, disco, and electronica. They were forerunners of the dance-punk revival coming out of the post-punk revival during the early 2000s, as they mixed their early post-punk sound with electronic and dance elements. The band has acknowledged that their music draws on themes of Christianity. The band began by releasing a mini-album, ''Mirror'', in January 1999, under Gravity Records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samim
Samim (full name Samim Winiger) is a Swiss producer of electronic dance music. Biography Winiger is of Iranian descent.Samim to Play Dublin , '''', 1 April 2008, retrieved 2011-07-13 With Michal Ho, he released several tracks under the name Samim & Michal.Samim , , 30 July 2007, retrieved 2011-07-13 He has also worked with Jay Haze as Bearba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Put Your Hands Up For Detroit
"Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" (formatted as "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit" outside Benelux) is a song written and produced by Dutch electronic producer and DJ Fedde le Grand. It samples Matthew Dear and Disco D's "Hands Up for Detroit". History The song was released in the Netherlands by Flamingo Recordings first on 26 June 2006, peaking at number four in the Dutch Top 40. It was released in the rest of Europe (UK excluded) in August 2006 and enjoyed steadily increasing popularity. In the United Kingdom, the single originally reached number one on the UK Dance Chart and number 53 on the UK Singles Chart before being released on CD, from 12-inch vinyl and digital download sales alone. It was given a full release in Britain on 23 October 2006 and leapt to number two on the chart, selling 46,000 copies. The following week, the song climbed to number one. It remained at number one for one week before being knocked out by "The Rose" by Westlife. The single went on to be the UK's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedde Le Grand
Fedde Le Grand (, ; born 7 September 1977) is a Dutch House music, house DJ, record producer and remixer. In 2006, his single "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" reached the top five on the Dutch Top 40, number one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for 30 weeks, and spent five weeks on the dance charts in Spain. Discography * ''Output (album), Output'' (2009) * ''Something Real'' (2016) Awards and nominations {, class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" , - ! scope="col" , Award ! scope="col" , Year ! scope="col" , Category ! scope="col" , Nominee(s) ! scope="col" , Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable", , - ! scope="row" rowspan=2, Beatport, Beatport Music Awards , rowspan=2, 2012 , Best Remix , "Paradise (Coldplay song), Paradise" (Fedde Le Grand Remix) , , rowspan=2, , - , Best Techno Track , "Metrum" , , - ! scope="row", Billboard Music Awards , Billboard Year-End, 2008 , Billboard Music Award for Top Dance/Electronic Song, Top Hot Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Houle
Marc Houle (born 1972 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian live act and producer of electronic music. He is considered a live act and not a DJ, since he uses elements of his own productions to create his sets, as well as tracks that he has remixed. Houle came to fame under his first album, ''Bay of Figs'', which was released on Minus. He is most known for being a techno artist, and as part of the core group of artists on Minus before moving on to create his own record label Items & Things with fellow Minus friends, Magda and Troy Pierce. Houle was largely inspired by the Detroit techno and Chicago house scene as well as new wave music, and the first generation of video games that championed electronic sounds. He often describes his sound as a cross between the two cities, Chicago and Detroit. His sound can be described as a blend of his Chicago and Detroit influences with a good measure of new wave synth sounds. Propelling sounds of the future yet at the same time casting a remi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Velvet
Curtis Alan Jones (born April 26, 1968), better known by his stage name Green Velvet, is an American disc jockey, singer and record producer. He is also known as Cajmere, Geo Vogt, Half Pint, Curan Stone, and Gino Vittori. Early life Curtis Alan Jones was born on April 26, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up listening to blues, jazz, funk, and rock. In the mid 1980s, he was introduced to house music via the radio. He started making music with a "sixty-buck keyboard, a cheap four-track and a cheap drum machine". Jones graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign with a degree in chemical engineering. After attending the University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ..., he moved back to Chicago in 1991. Career In 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Martin (DJ)
Justin Martin (born April 20, 1979) is an American DJ and record producer, based in San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of .... Career The first release on Dirtybird was The Southern Draw EP by Justin Martin and Sammy D. Martin released his sophomore album on April 20, 2016, via Dirtybird Records. In 2020, Martin launched his own label, What To Do…, with the single “Needs.” Discography Charted albums References {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Justin 1979 births Living people Musicians from San Francisco Place of birth missing (living people) DJs from San Francisco American electronic musicians American electronic dance music DJs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
