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Fort Romeau
Michael Greene, aka Fort Romeau, is an electronic music producer and DJ from the United Kingdom. Background Born in Chester, Greene grew up in Oxfordshire and went on to study Music and Visual Art in Brighton. After graduating he moved to London and joined Electropop, electro-pop duo La Roux as part of their touring band. In 2012 Greene left La Roux and released his debut album ''Kingdoms'' on US label 100% Silk. Extended play, EPs have been released on the Running Back and Live At Robert Johnson labels, in addition to songs on compilations from Rush Hour, Cocoon, Correspondent and Mule Musiq. In 2013 Greene signed with Ghostly International and released his second LP ''Insides'' in 2015, an eclectic mixture of house, kraut, ambient and techno. In 2015 Greene and Ali Tillett set up record label Cin Cin, putting out a diverse range of split EPs from new and established artists alike, including Nick Höppner, Ripperton and Todd Osbourne. Greene has also released an EP with Massimil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend are an American Rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 2006 and currently signed to Columbia Records. The band was formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, drummer Chris Tomson, and bassist Chris Baio. Batmanglij departed the group in early 2016 but has continued to occasionally contribute to subsequent albums as a songwriter, producer, and musician. The band's debut album, ''Vampire Weekend (album), Vampire Weekend'' (2008), incorporated elements of indie pop, Afropop, and chamber music. Featuring charting singles and "Oxford Comma (song), Oxford Comma", it was acclaimed by critics and has been hailed as one of the greatest debut albums. Their second album, ''Contra (album), Contra'' (2010), was similarly acclaimed and garnered strong commercial success, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, and featuring well-received singles including "Holiday (Vampire Weekend song), Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Kauf (musician)
Ronald Kaufman, better known by the moniker Kauf, is an electronic/indie musician based in Los Angeles, United States. To date, Kauf has released an EP & a debut album. His track "When You're Out" & his remix of Tony Castles' "Heart In The Pipes" were both featured in the 2013 video game ''Grand Theft Auto V''. Biography Kauf first surfaced as a remix artist in 2011, eventually releasing his own music in 2013. After continuing to produce more remixes for a number of artists and musicians from 2014 onward, and steadily releasing singles of his own, he finally released his debut album in October, 2017. The album was later remixed by many prominent musicians, including: Thomaas Banks of Psychemagik, Battle Tapes & Fort Romeau. Discography Albums * ''Regrowth'', One Half Records (2017) Extended plays * ''As Much Again'', Cutters Records (2013) Remix albums * ''Regrowth Remixed'', One Half Records (2018) Singles * Lakes (2020) * Moonscent (2020) * Entropies (2020) * Reimagined (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alt-J
Alt-J (stylised as alt-J, real name Δ) are an English indie rock band formed in 2007 in Leeds. Their lineup includes Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals), and formerly Gwil Sainsbury (guitar/bass). Their debut album ''An Awesome Wave'' was released in May 2012 in Europe, and in September 2012 in the United States, and won the 2012 British Mercury Prize. Sainsbury left the band in early 2014. Their second album, ''This Is All Yours'', was released on 22 September 2014 and went straight to number one in the United Kingdom.Listing for Alt-J at the Official Charts Company (UK), (retrieved 29 May 2015). In June 2017 the band released their third studio album ''Relaxer (album), Relaxer'', followed in February 2022 by their fourth studio album ''The Dream (Alt-J album), The Dream''. ...
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Café Del Mar Music
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café (), is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino, among other hot beverages. Many coffeehouses in West Asia offer ''shisha'' (actually called ''nargile'' in Levantine Arabic, Greek, and Turkish), flavored tobacco smoked through a hookah. An espresso bar is a type of coffeehouse that specializes in serving espresso and espresso-based drinks. Some coffeehouses may serve iced coffee among other cold beverages, such as iced tea, as well as other non-caffeinated beverages. A coffeehouse may also serve food, such as light snacks, sandwiches, muffins, cakes, breads, pastries or donuts. Many doughnut shops in Canada and the U.S. serve coffee as an accompaniment to doughnuts, so these can be also classified as coffee shops, although doughnut shop tends to be more casual and serve lower-end fare which also facilitates take-out and drive-through which is popular in those countries, compared to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork (website)
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music magazine founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis. It originally covered alternative and independent music, and expanded to cover genres including pop, hip-hop, jazz and metal. ''Pitchfork'' is one of the most influential music publications to have emerged in the internet age. In the 2000s, ''Pitchfork'' distinguished itself from print media through its unusual editorial style, frequent updates and coverage of emerging acts. It was praised as passionate, authentic and unique, but criticized as pretentious, mean-spirited and elitist, playing into stereotypes of the cynical hipster. It is credited with popularizing acts such as Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens. ''Pitchfork'' relocated to Chicago in 1999 and Brooklyn, New York, in 2011. It expanded with projects including the annual Pitchfork Music Festival (launched in Chicago in 2006), the video site ''Pitchf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Baio
Christopher Joseph Baio (born October 29, 1984) is an American musician, best known for being the bassist for the New York City-based indie rock band Vampire Weekend. He also releases as a record producer under the mononym Baio, and his debut solo album ''The Names'' was released through Glassnote Records on September 18, 2015. Life Baio was turned on to music at an early age, purchasing his first album at the age of seven and going to his first concert, a live performance by the band Cracker, at the age of nine. Baio said that, as a child, he would go to sleep with ''Doolittle'' by Pixies playing. Baio attended Columbia University in New York, majoring in Russian and Eurasian Regional studies and minoring in Math, graduating in May 2007. He served as College Rock Music Director of WBAR during his time at school. Before graduating college and while recording Vampire Weekend's first album, Baio had planned to teach math for Teach for America for two years, however the succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester. It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the List of Cheshire settlements by population, second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington. Chester was founded in 79 AD as a "Castra, castrum" or Roman Empire, Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, Æthelred of Mercia, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Angles (tribe), Angles extended and strengthened the walls to protect the city against the Danes (Germanic tribe), Danes. Chester was one of the last cities in England to Norman conquest of Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghostly International
Ghostly International is an American independent record label founded in 1999 by Samuel Valenti IV and currently headquartered in Brooklyn, New York City with team in Los Angeles, and London. Artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye (a.k.a. Tadd Mullinix), Com Truise, Tycho, Gold Panda, School of Seven Bells, Kate Bollinger, Brijean, C418, crushed, Julie Byrne, dreamcastmoe, Dua Saleh, Ginger Root, Hana Vu, Helios, Goya Gumbani, Mary Lattimore, quickly quickly, Shigeto and Loraine James (as Whatever The Weather). History Ghostly International was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan by Sam Valenti IV in 1999.Ghostly International: The Q&A The Journal of Murketing He grew up in suburban , where, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 15 to 30 minutes. An EP is usually less cohesive than an album and more "non-committal". An extended play (EP) originally referred to a specific type of 45 revolutions per minute, rpm phonograph record other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and 33 rpm LP record, long play (LP), but , also applies to mid-length Compact disc, CDs and Music download, downloads. EPs are considered "less expensive and less time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album, and have long been popular with punk and indie bands. In K-pop and J-pop, they are usually referred to as Mini-LP, mini-albums. Background History EPs were released in various sizes in different eras. The earliest multi-track records, issued around 1919 by Grey Gull Records, were Vertic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
