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Fingathing are an English electronic music group, comprising classically trained double bass player Simon 'Sneaky' Houghton, Disc Jockey, DJ/turntablist Dan 'Peter Parker' Baxter and Visual Artist Chris Cavetroll Drury. History Peter Parker was a finalist at the DMC World DJ Championships#UK DJ Champions, UK DMC DJ Championship, where Mark Rae was on the judging panel. Parker later met Rae at the Fat City Records store in Manchester and was asked to audition for the Rae & Christian live backing band. Parker performed along with Sneaky for Rae & Christian, before teaming up as a pair. The band were signed to Rae's Grand Central Records in the UK (sub-contracted to Ninja Tune in the US), and have released three studio albums plus a best of compilation album, compilation. The band's album and single sleeves contain distinctive cartoon drawings by Chris Cavetroll Drury. Cavetroll also creates the animated visuals for the band when playing live. Fingathing albums * ''2 Player EP'' ...
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Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern England. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury and City of Salford, Salford. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (''castra'') of Mamucium, ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers River Medlock, Medlock and River Irwell, Irwell. Throughout the Middle Ages, Manchester remained a ma ...
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Compilation Album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If the recordings are from several artists, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology. Content and scope Songs included on a compilation album may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intend ...
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Musical Groups From Manchester
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English Electronic Music Groups
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DJ Mix
A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically beatmixing, mixed together by a Disc jockey, DJ to appear as one continuous track. DJ mixes are usually performed using a DJ mixer and multiple sounds sources, such as Phonograph, turntables, CD players, digital audio players or computer sound cards, sometimes with the addition of sampler (musical instrument), samplers and effects units, although it is possible to create one using digital audio editor, sound editing software. DJ mixing is significantly different from live sound mixing. Remix services were offered beginning in the late 1970s in order to provide music which was more easily Beatmatching, beatmixed by DJs for the dancefloor. One of the earliest DJs to refine their mixing skills was DJ Kool Herc. Francis Grasso was the first DJ to use headphones and a basic form of mixing at the New York City nightclub Sanctuary. Upon its release in 2000, Paul Oakenfold's ''Perfecto Presents: Another World'' became the bigg ...
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Return Of The Thing EP
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Apocalypso EP
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The First Five Years Of Fingathing
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Superhero Music
''Superhero Music'' is the second album by Fingathing, released on Grand Central Records in June 2002. Justin Kleinfeld of CMJ compared the album's sound to DJ Shadow and James Lavelle James Lavelle (born 22 February 1974) is an English electronic musician, record label owner and curator. He founded the Mo'Wax record label in 1992, and has been the only constant member of UNKLE. He directed the 2014 edition of the Meltdo .... Kleinfeld described the album as "awesome". Track listing # "Intro" – 0:40 # "Ogre" – 5:07 # "Drunken Master II" – 5:33 # "Scrap" – 4:06 # "The Answer" – 0:32 # "Criminal Robots" – 4:48 # "Wasting Time" – 5:53 # "Pianogoon" – 2:40 # "Bad Gameshow Host" – 3:22 # "Bags Boogie" – 1:17 # "Haze" – 7:11 # "Skitch" – 0:51 # "Once Upon A Time In The East" – 3:26 # "Superhero Music" – 5:51 # "Spacecrumbs" – 1:53 # "The Diss" – 0:11 # "Imperial Mince" – 1:15 # "Don't Turn Around" – 5:51 # "Remember This Too" – 0:26 # " ...
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The Main Event (album)
''The Main Event'' is the debut album by Fingathing. It was released in 2000 on Grand Central Records. Production The album was produced by Fingathing's DJ Peter Parker and Sneaky; Parker provided the scratching, and Sneaky played double bass. Many of the tracks are about wrestling. Critical reception AllMusic wrote that "it's rare that discs released by scratch or battle DJs ever hold a candle to their respective live performances, but here Fingathing definitely defy convention." ''The Guardian'' wrote that some of the songs "are lushly atmospheric, while others have the rudimentary feel and brutal minimalism of earliest hip hop." Track listing # "Intro" – 0:43 # "Check It Out" – 2:58 # "Big Monsters Crush Cities" – 5:56 # "Come On Girls" – 1:50 # "Head To Head" – 4:08 # "How To Smoke" (featuring DJ Noize) – 4:11 # "Slappy's Tune" – 2:22 # "Just Practice" (featuring Mr. Scruff Andrew Carthy (born 10 February 1972), known professionally as Mr. Scr ...
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