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Junior Boys
Junior Boys are a Canadian electronic pop group, founded in 1999 in Hamilton, Ontario by Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Dark left the project shortly after, and was replaced by engineer Matt Didemus. The duo initially gained critical praise for their 2003 single "Birthday" and 2004 debut album '' Last Exit''. Their work incorporates disparate influences from 1980s synthpop, UK garage, techno, and R&B. History Origins–2007: ''Last Exit'' and ''So This Is Goodbye'' Junior Boys formed in 1999 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as a duo of Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Years of collaboration followed and a demo was produced, but after many rejections and near-misses, they were resigned to being bedroom beat constructors. Soon after, Johnny Dark left the band to pursue other interests. Eventually, KIN Records heard their demo at the end of 2002 and commissioned more work from remaining member Greenspan. Hooking up with his engineer, Matt Didemus, he began again, writing more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a 2021 Canadian census, population of 569,353 (2021), and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which encompasses Burlington, Ontario, Burlington and Grimsby, Ontario, Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is situated approximately southwest of Toronto in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). Conceived by George Hamilton (city founder), George Hamilton when he purchased the James Durand, Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, the town of Hamilton became the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe. On January 1, 2001, the current boundaries of Hamilton were created through the Merger (politics), amalgamation of the original city with other municipalities of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton–Wentworth. Residents of the city are known as Hamiltonian ... [...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] |
Big Black Coat
''Big Black Coat'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Junior Boys. The album was released on February 5, 2016 by the group's new home label City Slang. It is the group's first record in five years. Background and release Following the 2011 release of their previous album, '' It's All True'', the duo spent several years pursuing solo and side projects, which included Jeremy Greenspan's working on music by Caribou and Jessy Lanza. The group's press release cited Yellow Magic Orchestra, Plastikman, Robert Hood, Dan Bell, and ESP's 1986 proto-house track "It's You" as inspirations for the recording. Describing the genesis of the album's title, Greenspan explained: All the songs were about the guys that I saw down town who were just lonely and walking around. I wanted to give them a voice and all the songs are about guys who are frustrated with their emotional lives, frustrated by women, frustrated by everything. So the coat became a metaphor and an analogy of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessy Lanza
Jessy Lanza (born September 3, 1985) is a Canadian electronic songwriter, producer, and vocalist from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She has released four albums, '' Pull My Hair Back'' (2013), '' Oh No'' (2016), '' All the Time'' (2020) and '' Love Hallucination'' (2023) to critical praise on UK label Hyperdub. Life and career Lanza grew up playing piano and clarinet before going to Concordia University to study jazz. Before starting her career as a singer and music producer, she worked as a music teacher. Lanza was listed as one of the best new artists of 2013 by XLR8R. In a review of her debut album, '' Pull My Hair Back'', she was described by ''The Guardian'' as "the latest and possibly greatest of the new ethereal soul girls" and ranked No. 4 on ''Resident Advisors Top 20 Albums of 2013. ''Pull My Hair Back'' was co-written and co-produced with Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys and released on the UK's Hyperdub record label. The album ''Pull My Hair Back'' was a shortlisted nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Tomorrow's Parties (music Festival)
All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP) was a UK organisation based in London that promoted music festivals, concerts and records throughout the world for over 10 years. It was founded by Barry Hogan in 2001 in preparation for the first All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, the line-up of which was picked by Mogwai and took place at Pontins, Camber Sands, England. Named after the song " All Tomorrow's Parties" by the Velvet Underground, the festival exhibited a tendency towards post-rock, indie rock, avant-garde music, and underground hip hop, along with more traditional rock fare presented in smaller venues than typical stadium performances. It was at first a sponsorship-free festival where the organisers and artists stay in the same accommodation as the fans. It claimed to set itself apart from festivals like Reading or Glastonbury by staying intimate, non-corporate and fan-friendly. Another difference was the line-ups being chosen by significant bands or artists, resulting in unorthodo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's All True (Junior Boys Album)
''It's All True'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Junior Boys. The album was released on June 13, 2011."New Junior Boys Album: It’s All True (+ MP3)" '''', March 11, 2011. Release On March 11, 2011, Junior Boys announced they were releasing their fourth studio album.Critical reception ''It's All True'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At , which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from m ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman McLaren
William Norman McLaren, LL. D. (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish-Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).Rosenthal, Alan. ''The new documentary in action: a casebook in film making''. University of California Press, 1972. 267-8. Print. He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. McLaren was also an artist and printmaker, and explored his interest in dance in his films. His films garnered numerous awards, including one Academy Awards, Oscar, one , three BAFTA Awards and six Venice Film Festival awards. Early life Norman McLaren was born in Stirling, Scotland, on 11 April 1914. He had two older siblings, one brother, Jack and a sister, Sheena. At the age of 21, he travelled to Soviet Union for a holiday which confirmed his communist beliefs, although his fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begone Dull Care (album)
''Begone Dull Care'' is the third studio album by Canadian electronic music group Junior Boys. The album was released on March 24, 2009 in Canada and on April 7, 2009 in the United States."Junior Boys to Release ''Begone Dull Care'' in April" '''', January 20, 2009. The album is named for '''', a short film by animator |
Morgan Geist
Morgan Geist (born November 5, 1972) is an American music songwriter, producer, mix engineer and DJ from Wayne, New Jersey. Among mainstream music consumers, he is best known for his UK number one song " Look Right Through," recorded under the alias Storm Queen and remixed by Marc Kinchen. Geist is also half of the duo Metro Area. He has also remixed many artists, among them Caribou, Tracey Thorne, The Rapture, Franz Ferdinand, and Telex. Music career 2010–present: Breakthrough In 2010, Storm Queen released his debut single "Look Right Through" on Geist's own Environ label. In 2011, the follow-up "It Goes On" was released. In July 2012 he released "Let's Make Mistakes" as his third single. On November 3, 2013, a licensed version of the single " Look Right Through" was released via Defected Records/Ministry of Sound. In the United Kingdom, the song entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart on November 10, 2013, becoming Storm Queen's first number one song in The UK, deth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polaris Music Prize
The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label. The award was established in 2006 with a $20,000 cash prize. The prize was increased to $30,000 for the 2011 award."2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced" . Aux (TV channel), aux.tv, June 16, 2011. In May 2015, the Polaris Music Prize was increased to $50,000, an additional $20,000, sponsored by Slaight Music. Additionally, second place prizes for the nine other acts on the Short List increased from $2,000 to $3,000. Polaris officials also announced The Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize, an award that "will annually honour five albums from the five decades before Polaris launched in 2006." The Pola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dead Horse EP
''The Dead Horse EP'' is a remix EP by Junior Boys containing remixes of tracks from their 2006 album ''So This Is Goodbye''. It was released on April 10, 2007, and includes remixes by Hot Chip, Tensnake, Carl Craig, Kode9 and Marsen Jules. Track listing #"In the Morning (Hot Chip remix)" (Junior Boys, Andi Toma) – 9:45 #"FM (Tensnake remix)" (Junior Boys) – 7:18 #"Like a Child (Carl Craig remix)" (Junior Boys) – 10:39 #"Double Shadow (Kode 9 remix)" (Junior Boys) – 6:29 #"FM (Marsen Jules remix)" (Junior Boys) – 5:16 References 2007 debut EPs Junior Boys albums Domino Recording Company EPs Remix EPs {{2000s-electronic-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So This Is Goodbye
''So This is Goodbye'' is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music group Junior Boys. It was first released by Domino Recording Company on August 22, 2006 in Canada, and on September 11, 2006 in other territories. Junior Boys, now solely comprising the duo of Jeremy Greenspan and Matthew Didemus following the departure of founding member Johnny Dark, recorded the album in Hamilton, Ontario and wrote much of the album's material, with the exception of a cover of the Frank Sinatra song "When No One Cares". ''So This Is Goodbye'' was shortlisted for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize. On June 5, 2007, Junior Boys released ''So This Is Goodbye'' as a special edition featuring the original album along with a bonus CD. Reception ''So This Is Goodbye'' was released to positive reviews from music critics, holding a score of 79 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Noel Murray of ''The A.V. Club'' wrote that Junior Boys "ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
