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Grimes
Claire Elise Boucher (; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her lyrics often touch on science fiction and feminist themes. The visuals in her videos are elaborate and sometimes have fantasy themes. She has released five studio albums. Born and raised in Vancouver, Grimes began releasing music independently after moving to Montreal in 2006. She released two albums, '' Geidi Primes'' and '' Halfaxa'', in 2010 on Arbutus Records, before signing with 4AD and rising to prominence with the release of her 2012 album, '' Visions''. The album received the Canadian music industry Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year, and yielded two singles: " Genesis" and " Oblivion". Following this, her fourth studio album, ''Art Angels'', was released in 2015, and several publications named it the best album of the year. Her fifth studio album, '' Miss Anthropocene'', was released in 2020. Outside of music, Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Anthropocene
''Miss Anthropocene'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian musician Grimes. It was released on February 21, 2020, through 4AD. It marked her first album in over four years, after the release of ''Art Angels'' in 2015. The album was officially announced on March 19, 2019. The name of the album is a pun on the feminine title "Miss", and the words "misanthrope" and "Anthropocene", a neologism popularised by Paul J. Crutzen in 2000 that was proposed to denote the current geological age the Earth is in. The album is a loose concept album about an "anthropomorphic goddess of climate change" inspired by Roman mythology and villainy. ''Miss Anthropocene'' is Grimes' final album on record label 4AD, to which she has been signed since 2012. The album is darker in style than ''Art Angels'', containing inspiration from the sounds of industrial music. Background and release On December 16, 2017, Grimes responded to fan on Twitter that she had "played erlabel new music", indicating that som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visions (Grimes Album)
''Visions'' is the third studio album by Canadian musician Grimes. It was released on February 21, 2012, through 4AD. Her first since signing with 4AD, the album was recorded entirely on Apple's GarageBand software in Grimes' apartment over a three-week period. It was mixed by Grimes and her manager, Sebastian Cowan, at their La Brique Studio Space in Montreal. ''Visions'' was streamed on the NPR website a week before it was released in the United States. ''Visions'' was acclaimed by music critics and was included in several year-end lists. The album's two singles, " Oblivion" and "Genesis", were named among the best songs of 2012 by many publications including ''Rolling Stone, Pitchfork'' and ''NME''. It has also appeared on several decade-end lists, with '' Gorilla vs. Bear'' naming it the best album of the decade and ''Pitchfork'' naming "Oblivion" as the second best song of the decade. It was also ranked as the 252nd best album of all time by ''NME''. ''Visions'' won a Juno A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimes Discography
Canadian singer and songwriter Grimes has released five studio albums, one remix album, one DJ mix, three extended plays (EPs), sixteen singles (including five as a featured artist), four promotional singles and twenty-two music videos. Born and raised in Vancouver, Grimes began recording experimental music while attending McGill University in Montréal, where she became involved with the underground music scene. Grimes named herself after grime music after discovering the existence of the genre via Myspace. In January 2010, she released her debut album, ''Geidi Primes'' on Arbutus Records, followed by ''Halfaxa'', in September of that year. In late 2011, she announced that she had signed with 4AD, who partnered with Arbutus Records to release her third studio album, '' Visions'', in January 2012. ''Visions'' met critical acclaim and was hailed by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most impressive albums of the year so far". Her fourth album, 2015's ''Art Angels'', was her fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Angels
''Art Angels'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian musician Grimes. It was digitally released on November 6, 2015, through 4AD, and in physical formats on December 11. Boucher began planning the record in 2013 as the follow-up to her third studio album, '' Visions''; however, for unknown reasons, she scrapped most of the material from these sessions and began a new set of recordings in 2014. The track " Realiti", which came from the earlier recordings, was released as a demo in early 2015. ''Art Angels'' has been described as being more accessible than Boucher's previous albums while retaining her experimental influences. The album features guest appearances by Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes and American singer Janelle Monáe. The album spawned two singles—" Flesh Without Blood" and "Kill V. Maim"—as well as music videos for several tracks. ''Art Angels'' sold 11,000 copies in its first week, peaking at number 36 in the United States. The album was released to widespread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halfaxa
''Halfaxa'' is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music artist Grimes. It was released in Canada on October 5, 2010, by Arbutus Records, and in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe in May 2011 by Lo Recordings. Background Grimes described ''Halfaxa'' as "dark" but created at a more positive point in her life, contrasting with the other albums she had produced. The album is mostly inspired by her time in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while staying at her friend's home. Composition ''Halfaxa'' has been described as a goth-pop, witch house, dark wave, and glo-fi release, as well as featuring influences of glitch pop, R&B, techno, industrial, and electro. Grimes has said ''Halfaxa'' was created to "evoke the feeling of believing in God in a very Medieval Christian way", and has described it as her "medieval" album. Track listing Notes * On the Lo Recordings version, the tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 are stylised in lowercase and 9, 10 are stylised as "Dreamfortress" and "worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (Grimes Song)
"Oblivion" is a song by Canadian musician Grimes from her third studio album, '' Visions'' (2012). It was released as a promotional single in 2012 by the British record label 4AD. Creation In an April 2012 interview with Jacinda Govind for ''Music Feeds'', Grimes explained that the song is about a violent assault: It made me crazy for a few years. I got really paranoid walking around at night and started feeling really unsafe. The song is more about empowering myself physically amongst a masculine power, and the hate of feeling powerless, making light of masculine physical power, making it jovial and non-threatening. I took a typically violent cultural situation and made it pop and happy. Chandler Levack for ''CBC'' in 2020 and Caz Tran for ''ABC'' in 2022 have reported on Grimes' sexual assault, with Tran writing that "as a survivor of a violent sexual assault, 'Oblivion' was the result of rimes'most determined efforts to turn feelings of fear and paranoia into something light h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Awards And Nominations Received By Grimes
Grimes is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and visual artist. She has received various awards and nominations for her work in each of the aforementioned fields. Grimes rose to prominence in the early 2010s, receiving multiple honors for her work as a recording artist. Her third studio album, '' Visions'' (2012), won Electronic Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2013, and she received many nominations for her work as a director on the video for the album's promotional single " Oblivion", and further nominations for the videos for ''Visions'' single "Genesis" and non-album single "Go". She continued to receive honors with the release of her fourth studio album, ''Art Angels'' (2015), winning Video of the Year for "Kill V. Maim" and "Venus Fly", at the Juno Awards of 2017 and 2018, respectively. A2IM Libera Awards The A2IM Libera Awards are dedicated to celebrating independent musicians across all genres, created by Richard James Burgess. Grimes has received one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geidi Primes
''Geidi Primes'' ( ) is the debut studio album by Canadian musician Grimes. It was released through Arbutus Records on January 10, 2010. In 2011, the album was released in the United Kingdom through No Pain in Pop Records on CD and LP, containing a slightly different cover art. ''Geidi Primes'' is a concept album based on Frank Herbert's novel ''Dune'' and David Lynch's 1984 film adaptation of the book. On March 1, 2024, coinciding with the release of '' Dune: Part Two'', Grimes released a nightcore version of ''Geidi Primes''. Background The album's title refers to the fictional planet Giedi Prime, from the ''Dune'' novels by Frank Herbert, originating with the 1965 novel ''Dune'', Grimes' favourite book. "Caladan", the first track, refers to another fictional planet. The next, "Sardaukar Levenbrech", refers to the military rank of Levenbrech — roughly in between a sergeant and a lieutenant — in the Sardaukar army. A Face Dancer, as used in track three's title "Zoal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesis (Grimes Song)
"Genesis" is a song by Canadian singer and songwriter Grimes (musician), Grimes, released in 2012, as the lead single from her third studio album, ''Visions (Grimes album), Visions'' (2012). The song is one of Grimes' most successful releases so far, as a result of the song's music videos becoming Viral video, viral, mostly through micro-blogging site Tumblr. The ''NME'' placed the song at number 16 on its list of 50 Best Tracks of 2012. Music video The self-directed video for "Genesis" premiered on August 22, 2012. It was filmed in Los Angeles and co-stars rapper and stripper Brooke Candy, whom Grimes describes as "a very contemporary muse". In the video, Grimes is seen alongside a group of friends while driving an Cadillac Escalade, Escalade in the desert, holding an Burmese Python, albino python in the back of a limousine, and posing in the woods. She said of the concept of the video: "It's loosely based on this painting by my favorite painter, Hieronymus Bosch, called ''The Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elon Musk
Elon Reeve Musk ( ; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman. He is known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk has been considered the wealthiest person in the world since 2021; ''Forbes'' estimates his net worth to be . Born to a wealthy family in Pretoria, South Africa, Musk emigrated in 1989 to Canada. He received bachelor's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997 before moving to California, United States, to pursue business ventures. In 1995, Musk co-founded the software company Zip2. Following its sale in 1999, he co-founded X.com, an online payment company that later merged to form PayPal, which was acquired by eBay in 2002. That year, Musk also became an American citizen. In 2002, Musk founded the space technology company SpaceX, becoming its CEO and chief engineer; the company has since led innovations in reusable rockets and commercial spaceflight. Musk joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anyma
Anyma is the solo project of Matteo Milleri, an Italian-American electronic music producer, DJ, and multidisciplinary artist also known as one half of the duo Tale of Us and the co-founder of Afterlife Records. The project's debut EP, ''Claire'', was released in June 2021 and featured a number of collaborations as well as the world's first full-size NFT music video. The second EP, ''Sentient'', followed in July 2021. The full-length album ''Genesys'' came out in August 2023 and was followed a year later by ''Genesys II''. Anyma has collaborated with artists such as Grimes, Sevdaliza, Ellie Goulding, CamelPhat, Yeat, and FKA Twigs. History Tale of Us Milleri first achieved artistic notability as half of the duo Tale of Us with Carmine Conte (MRAK). After releasing several EPs independently starting in 2011, Tale of Us signed with Deutsche Grammophon in 2017 and issued their first full-length album, ''Endless''. They also founded their own label, Afterlife, in 2016, and in 2023 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbutus Records
Arbutus Records is a Montreal based record label and Artist Management, management company founded by Sebastian Cowan in 2009. The label is named after the street by the same name in Vancouver, where Cowan grew up. The label have also begun expanding outside of Montreal, signing international artist Σtella, from Athens, Greece, on April 16, 2019, and Toronto-based trio Rapport on August 28, 2019. History Arbutus Records was created by a community of artists and musicians from the Montreal DIY music scene that came together in the 4600 square foot Mile End, Montreal, Mile End, warehouse loft space called Lab Synthèse. Lab Synthèse was co-founded by Sebastian Cowan in 2007. The record label was created in order to promote and cultivate the bands associated with the space. Police shut down Lab Synthèse and Cowan began managing the artists that performed there shortly after, resulting in the formation of Arbutus Records. Cowan and the label kickstarted the music careers of Blue Haw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
