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Semothy Jones
Andrew Hughes, better known as Semothy Jones or Sem for short, is an English songwriter and record producer from Islington, London. The earliest releases from Sem were around 2005, a grime instrumental mixtape series called 'Delivery Boy'. In 2009, Semothy was asked to help promote Timbaland's new Beaterator software in the UK. In 2010, Semothy signed a three-year publishing deal with Major Music/ BMG Publishing and became part of the Biffco/ Biff Stannard songwriting/production team. NME Top 20 Hottest Producers 2010 Semothy Jones was listed by ''NME'' as one of the 'Top 20 Hottest Producers' in October 2010. Some of the other names in the bill were Mark Ronson, Dr Luke, RedOne and Rick Rubin. Gain Ctrl Semothy Jones is the founder of Gain Ctrl, a free youth music project that started early 2014. The Realness Theatre Show Several tracks from the 2014 Maggie Norris directed production 'The Realness' were written by Kath Gotts and produced by Semothy Jones. The show ran over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islington, London
Islington ( ) is an inner-city area of north London, England, within the wider London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's #Islington High Street, High Street to Highbury Fields and Regent's Canal, encompassing the area around the busy High Street, Upper Street, Essex Road, and Southgate Road to the east. History Etymology The manor of Islington was named by the Saxons ''Giseldone'' (1005), then ''Gislandune'' (1062). The name means "GÄ«sla's hill" from the Old English personal name ''GÄ«sla'' and ''dun (fortification), dun'' ("hill", "Downland, down"). The name later mutated to ''Isledon'', which remained in use well into the 17th century when the modern form arose. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for album, albums. Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays (previously Sundays). It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (top 5) and found on the OCC website as a Top 100 or on ''UKChartsPlus'' as a Top 200, with positions continuing until all sales have been tracked in data only available to industry insiders. However, even though number 100 was classed as a hit album (as in the case of ''The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums'') in the 1980s until January 1989, since the compilations were removed, this definition was changed to Top 75 with follow-up books such as ''The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums'' only including this data. As of 2021, Since 1983, the OCC generally provides a public charts for hits and weeks up to the Top 100. Business customers can require a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recordings in January 1948, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Ruth Brown and Otis Redding. Its position was greatly improved by its distribution deal with Stax. In 1967, Atlantic became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into rock and pop music with releases by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Led Zeppelin, and Yes. In 2004, Atlantic and its sister label Elektra were merged into the Atlantic Records Group. Craig Kallman is the chairman of Atlantic. Ahmet Ertegun served as founding chairman until his death on December 14, 2006, at age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixsevenine
679 Artists (formally known as Sixsevenine and 679 Recordings) was a Warner Music Group-owned record label based in London, England. It was started by Nick Worthington who after leaving XL Recordings in 2001, started the company with Warner Music Group, and holds the position of MD and A&R Director. It is named "679" as this was the address of the Pure Groove record shop on Holloway Road. The label's first release was The Streets' debut, ''Original Pirate Material'' (which was named ''The Observer''s best album of the 2000s). The label progressed with subsequent albums from artists including Death From Above 1979, The Futureheads, Kano, King Creosote and Mystery Jets, and also included the million-selling second Streets album, '' A Grand Don't Come for Free''. The label was acquired by Warner Music Group in 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Boots
Victoria Christina Hesketh (born 4 May 1984), known professionally as Little Boots, is an English singer-songwriter and DJ. She was previously a member of the band Dead Disco. Since performing as a solo artist, she has released four albums: ''Hands (Little Boots album), Hands'' (2009), ''Nocturnes (Little Boots album), Nocturnes'' (2013), ''Working Girl (album), Working Girl'' (2015) and ''Tomorrow's Yesterdays'' (2022), and a number of associated EPs and remixes. Hesketh has toured internationally both as a DJ-only act as well as with a full band. ''Hands'' reached number five on the UK Albums Chart and the singles "New in Town (song), New in Town" and "Remedy (Little Boots song), Remedy" became top twenty hits. Biography 1984–2005: Early life and career beginnings Hesketh was born in Blackpool, Lancashire. Her father has a car sales business and her mother is a writer. The oldest sibling with three brothers, she was raised in Thornton, Lancashire. From the age of five, Hes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locked On Records
Locked On Records is a British record label, concentrating on UK garage and grime music. Founded in 1996 in London by Tarik Nashnush who was working at the record shop Pure Groove at the time, it is a subsidiary of XL Recordings. Among the artists signed to the label are the Streets, Todd Edwards, Zed Bias, Dem 2, Tuff Jam, and Artful Dodger. Notable artists *Artful Dodger * Danny J Lewis * Dem 2 * Doolally * El-B * Leee John * Michael Watford * Monsta Boy * Nu-Birth * Phuturistix *The Streets * Todd Edwards * Tuff Jam *Wideboys *Zed Bias See also * UK garage UK garage, abbreviated as UKG, is a genre of electronic dance music which originated in England in the early to mid-1990s. The genre was most clearly inspired by garage house and jungle production methods, but also incorporates elements from ... * List of Locked On Records artists * List of Locked On Records singles References External links * British independent record labels Electronic music reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Streets
The Streets is an English musical project led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner (musician), Mike Skinner. The project was founded in the early 90s, while Skinner was still a teenager; however, no music would formally eventuate until the early 2000s. In the initial run of The Streets, the project released five studio albums: ''Original Pirate Material'' (2002), ''A Grand Don't Come for Free'' (2004), ''The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living'' (2006), ''Everything Is Borrowed'' (2008) and ''Computers and Blues'' (2011). The Streets also released a string of successful singles during this time, which reached the Top 40 on the UK Singles chart – including "Has It Come to This?", "Fit but You Know It", "Dry Your Eyes" (the project's only List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2000s, number-one single), "When You Wasn't Famous" and "Prangin' Out". After disbanding The Streets in 2011, Skinner pursued several other musical projects before ultimately reviving th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dressed For The Occasion (The Mitchell Brothers Album)
''Dressed for the Occasion'' is the second studio album by English hip hop duo The Mitchell Brothers, released on 19 November 2007. Production comes mostly from The Beats owner and The Streets frontman Mike Skinner. Guests on the album include Calvin Harris, Franz Ferdinand, Ghetto and Plan B. The album was originally set for a July release, but due to creative differences and competition from huge hip hop stars such as 50 Cent and Kanye West, November was "pencilled in". "Solemate" was released as a 12" single on 14 May 2007. "Michael Jackson" was released as a single on 15 October 2007. Track listing #"Solemate" #"Michael Jackson" (featuring Calvin Harris) #"Action Hero" #"Bestest Man" #"Gate Crasher" #"Postcard" #"Ratings" #"Reservoir Drugs" (featuring Professor Green) #"Shots Echo" (featuring Plan B and Ghetto A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group are concentrated, especially as a result of political, social, legal, religious, environmental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mitchell Brothers
The Mitchell Brothers were a Ghanaians in the United Kingdom, Ghanaian British Rapping, rap duo from London, England, consisting of cousins Owura "Tony" Nyanin from Manor Park, London, Manor Park and Kofi "Teddy" Hanson from Stockwell. They were the first signing to Mike Skinner (musician), Mike Skinner's the Beats imprint and are sometimes known as the "geezers with skills". History Tony Nyanin and Teddy Hanson named themselves The Mitchell Brothers after siblings Phil Mitchell, Phil and Grant Mitchell (EastEnders), Grant Mitchell in the British soap ''EastEnders''. As teenagers, they pressed up 1,000 remix CDs called ''Sorted''. Teddy Hanson spotted Mike Skinner (musician), Mike Skinner from the Streets in their local Barclays plc, Barclay's bank in Brixton, South London, soon after Skinner had released his debut album, ''Original Pirate Material''. Hanson slipped a copy of his and Nyanin's Demo (music), demo CD into Skinner's bag, with his phone number on it. Skinner sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian record chart, music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent (historian), David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloves (album)
''Gloves'' is the second and final studio album from Australian indie rock/pop rock band Operator Please. It was released on 26 April 2010 in Australia and on 31 May 2010 in the UK under Virgin/EMI. ''Gloves'' debuted at number 20 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on 3 May 2010. Singles The lead single "Logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises based on the structure o ..." was released on 16 February 2010. The video for the second single "Back and Forth" was released on 22 April 2010 and released on 24 May 2010. "Like Magic" was released as the third single on 30 July 2010, followed by "Volcano" on 1 October 2010 and "Catapult" in January 2011. Track listing Charts References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gloves (Album) 2010 albums Operator Please albums Virgin EMI Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
