The Aston Shuffle is the name of Australian electronic music producer and DJ Vance Musgrove. They were initially a group until Mikah Freeman left in 2021, with Musgrove continuing on as a solo artist. In addition to DJ gigs and a recording career, the group hosted a weekly radio show on the ABC's

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on Friday nights called ''Friday Night Shuffle''.

Biography

They rose to prominence with several remixes in 2006–2007 of

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's "The Whistler", Rocket Men's "Candy" and

Chris Lake Chris Lake (born 8 August 1982) is an English electronic dance music producer and DJ. He rose to fame in 2006 with his hit single, "Changes", featuring Laura V. He is a member of Under Construction with FISHER, and also a member of Anti Up wit ...

's "Carry Me Away", and released their debut single "For Everyone" in 2007 through the

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's label Hussle Records, which was featured on the Ministry of Sound 2008 Annual. Their music was regularly featured on Ministry compilations, with remixes of

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's "Baby", Terry Poison's "24 Hours" (featured on ''

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'') and dance/alternative hip-hop smash hit "

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" from

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and

Calvin Harris Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris (and sometimes under the stage name Love Regenerator), is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'' (2007 ...

. They also released their second single "Stomp Yo Shoes" that year working with

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, and worked on their first compilation album for Ministry of Sound Australia, ''Mashed Four''. In 2009, the duo mixed the second disc of Ministry's ''Clubber's Guide to 2009'', which also premiered their third single "Do You Want More". To close out a successful 2009, they were voted the number 3 DJs in Australia in the

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inthemix50 and mixed disc 2 of ''The 2010 Annual'' for Ministry of Sound, which peaked at number 1 on the

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albums chart. They were voted the #1 DJs of inthemix50 in 2010, the same year they launched their Friday Night Shuffle radio show. Their debut album ''Seventeen Past Midnight'' was released on 15 April 2011 and received a four-star review in ''

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''. Their track "Your Love" featured Eden Boucher of

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on vocals, the first of two such collaborations. In 2012 a remix of their song "Won't Get Lost" by fellow Australian producer

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was released as "Sunrise (Won't Get Lost)". It held the #1 spot on

Beatport Beatport is an American electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver, Los Angeles, and Berlin. Beatport is oriented primarily towards disk jockey, DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that ...

's chart for three consecutive weeks and was played by DJs such as

David Guetta Pierre David Guetta (; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and record producer. He has sold over 10 million albums and 65 million singles globally, with more than 30 billion streams on Spotify. Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the DJ Mag ...

, Tiesto,

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and

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. On 2 February 2013, they supported Swedish House Mafia on their "One Last Tour" shows in Sydney and Melbourne. "Won't Get Lost" was also remixed by

Rüfüs Du Sol Rüfüs Du Sol (stylised in all caps) is an Australian alternative dance group from Sydney, that consists of Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George and James Hunt. The band was known simply as Rüfüs (stylised in all caps) from their inception until Ja ...

and

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. On 28 March 2014, the duo released their second studio album, ''Photographs''. It featured the gold-selling single "Tear It Down," which was co-written with

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and nominated for an APRA Award in the category of Best Dance Work. The album also featured vocals from

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Joel Compass Joel Compass is British R&B and soul singer/producer. He is best known for his debut EP ''Astronaut'', his debut single "Run", and the singles Forgive Me" and Girlfriends. Post release, Compass dived into production working with the likes o ...

, Kaelyn Behr, Elizabeth Rose, Lila Gold, Alice Katz from

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, and

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. In 2015, ''The Aston Shuffle Spotify Sessions'', a live recording taken from one of the shows on their ''Photographs'' album tour, was released. In 2016, they released the tracks "High with You", "Only 1" and "Make a Wrong Thing Right" on The Magician's Potion Records. The tracks were played by

Pete Tong Peter Michael Tong (born 30 July 1960) is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is the host of programmes such as '' Essential Mix'' and '' Essential Selection'' on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for ...

Oliver Heldens Olivier "Oliver" J. L. Heldens (; born 1 February 1995) is a Dutch DJ and electronic music producer from Rotterdam. He is regarded as a pioneer of the future house genre, propelling it to international attention and scoring numerous chart succes ...

and

Martin Solveig Martin Laurent Picandet (; born 22 September 1976), better known by his stage name Martin Solveig (), is a French DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer. He hosts a weekly radio show called ''C'est La Vie'' on radio stations worldwide, incl ...

. That year they also supported The Magician on a run of US and European tour dates. In 2016 Grammy-Award winning R&B singer

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asked The Aston Shuffle to remix his song "All the Ways Love Can Feel" from his album ''

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'' (2016). The remix was released that year by

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. In 2017, they performed at Belgium's

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and

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and released a number of singles, including two new tracks on Potion Records, "Pass You By" and "Alpha Love", and a collaboration with LO'99, "Birthman". Also in 2017, they launched Only 100s, a monthly mix series that showcases their absolute favourite tracks of the month. The duo have also done events under the Only 100s name, with a 2017 tour of Australia featuring UK acts

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and Icarus and a 2018 event in New York, where Vance has been based since 2015. From 2017–2018 they toured internationally, then played 10 Australian cities in May 2018 on their "ID Tour" showcasing some of their new and upcoming material. In 2018 they were again invited to perform at Tomorrowland, alongside

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, MK, and The Magician. On 16 July 2021, Mikah Freeman announced his departure from the group, with The Aston Shuffle continuing on as a solo project.

Awards

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as

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) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. , - ,

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, ''Seventeen Past Midnight'' , Best Independent Dance/Electronic Album , , -

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Remixes

Avicii Tim Bergling (8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), known professionally as Avicii, was a Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer. At age 16, he began posting his remixes on electronic music forums, which led to his first record deal. He rose ...

- "Broken Arrows" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

Azari & III Azari & III (pronounced "Azari and Third") was a Canadian music group, formed in 2008, which performed house, electronic and dance music. They released their self-titled debut album in 2011 and earned recognition on the dance music scene with the ...

- "Reckless With Your Love" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) odular*

Bunny Lake Bunny Lake was an Austrian electropop band from Vienna, formed in 2004. The band's name was inspired by Austrian director Otto Preminger's film '' Bunny Lake Is Missing'' (1965). History Bunny Lake was founded in 2004 by singer Christian Fuchs a ...

– "Into the Future" (The Aston Shuffle Remix)

lein Lein may refer to: People with that name * Allen Lein (1913–2003), American endocrinologist and medical school professor * Anatoly Lein (1931–2018), Soviet-born American chess Grandmaster * Lars O. Lein (1874–1958), American farmer and politi ...

*C-Jay & D-19 featuring Michelle Chirers – "Nether Cutter" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

– "Carry Me Away" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) ervous*

– "The Whistler" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) irty Bird*

Datarock Datarock is a Norwegian electronic rock band. The band, known for wearing red jumpsuits, formed in 2000. Original personnel were Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes and Kevin O'Brien, who soon hired Tom Mæland. O'Brien and Mæland later left the band, ...

– " Amarillion" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) ettwerk*Dave Robertson – "My Yellow Self" (Knights of The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

featuring

& Chrome – "

" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) inistry of Sound*

Dom Dolla Dominic Louis Matheson (born 18 January 1992), better known by his stage name Dom Dolla, is an Australian house music producer, DJ, songwriter and remixer, acclaimed for his distinct style of house music and high-profile collaborations. He has b ...

- "You" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

Elliphant Ellinor Miranda Salome Olovsdotter (born 8 October 1985), known professionally as Elliphant, is a Swedish singer, rapper and songwriter. Her sound was initially created together with the Swedish production duo Jungle, which consists of Tim Dené ...

featuring

Skrillex Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ, record producer, musician, singer. Raised in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he began his career in 2004 as the lead vocalist of the ...

- "Spoon Me" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) * Empire of the Sun – "DNA" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) MI*

Fatboy Slim Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known as Fatboy Slim, is an English musician and DJ who helped popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. His music makes extensive use of Sampling (music), samples from eclectic ...

- "Sunset ird of Prey (The Aston Shuffle Remix) * Fitz and the Tantrums – "The Walker" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) tlantic*Full Mental Slackers – "Auto Riot" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

Grafton Primary Grafton Primary is an Australian electro-noir band from Sydney.

– "All Stars" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

Green Velvet Curtis Alan Jones (born April 26, 1968), better known by his stage name Green Velvet, is an American disc jockey, singer and record producer. He is also known as Cajmere, Geo Vogt, Half Pint, Curan Stone, and Gino Vittori. Early life Curtis Ala ...

– "Shake & Pop" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) * Grum – "Can't Shake This Feeling" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) eartbeats*James Harcourt – Gaila Melon (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *Joe Goddard featuring Valentina - "Gabriel" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) reco Roman / DFA*

Junior Jack Vito Lucente (; born 31 August 1971), known by his stage name Junior Jack, is an Italian house music record producer, producer and DJ based in Belgium. Biography In the early years, Vito Lucente produced several acid house and Eurodance project ...

- "E-Samba" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

Kissy Sell Out Kissy Sell Out (born Thomas Benjamin Bisdee on 18 June 1984 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England) is a British/Canadian DJ, producer, graphic designer, label manager of San City High Records and Stepper Man, and science columnist for Sick Chir ...

– "Garden Friends" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *Les Gillettes - "Pompeii" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

London Grammar London Grammar are an English indie pop band formed in Nottingham in 2009. The band consists of Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman, and Dominic "Dot" Major. Their debut extended play, '' Metal & Dust'', was released in 2013 by Metal & Dust Recordings; ...

– "Wasting My Young Years" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) inistry of Sound* Lost Valentinos – "Nightmoves" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) tcetc*Lostep – "Villain" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

The Magician (musician) Stephen Fasano, better known by his stage name The Magician, is a Belgian DJ and record producer from Namur, in Belgium. He is best known for his 2011 remix of Lykke Li's "I Follow Rivers", his single "Sunlight" featuring Years & Years and his 2 ...

- "SHY" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *Malente – "Killer Applikation" (The Aston Shuffle Badonkadonk Remix) oonbootique*Malente vs.

Azzido Da Bass Azzido Da Bass (born Ingo Martens; 29 August 1971) is a German DJ and record producer based in Hamburg. Early life Over the years, Martens was influenced by a wide range of music genres: as a youth, he first became interested in hip hop and br ...

– "They're Killin' It" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) im Mak*

- "All The Ways Love Can Feel" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) * N.A.S.A featuring

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Lykke Li Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (born 18 March 1986), known as Lykke Li (), is a Swedish singer, songwriter, model and actress. Her music often blends elements of indie pop, dream pop and Electronic music, electronic. Her debut studio album, ''Youth ...

Santigold Santi White (born September 25, 1976), known professionally as Santigold (formerly Santogold), is an American singer and songwriter. Her debut studio album, '' Santogold'' (2008), was released by Atlantic Records and met with widespread critica ...

– "

Gifted Intellectual giftedness is an intellectual ability significantly higher than average and is also known as high potential. It is a characteristic of children, variously defined, that motivates differences in school programming. It is thought to pe ...

" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *The Nu Coalition – "Born for the Nightlife" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

Owl Eyes Brooke Addamo (born 2 January 1991), better known by her stage name Owl Eyes, is an Australian recording artist from Melbourne signed to the Illusive / Wunderkind Label with distribution through Universal Music Group. She released her debut stu ...

– "Golden Lies" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

– " Baby" (The Aston Shuffle Just Whoah Remix) tcetc*Pompeii – "Les Gilettes" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) itsuné*

The Presets The Presets are an Australian electronic music duo of Julian Hamilton (vocals, keyboards) and Kim Moyes (drums, keyboards). Formed in 2003 and signed to Modular Recordings, Modular Records, The Presets released two EPs (''Blow Up (EP), Blow Up ...

– "Goodbye Future" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) odular*

Rhys Rhys or Rhŷs is a popular Welsh language, Welsh given name (usually male) that is famous in Welsh history and is also used as a surname. It originates from Deheubarth, an old region of South West Wales, with famous kings such as Rhys ap Tewdwr. ...

– "Hot Summer" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *Rocket Men – "Candy" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) * Shena – "Electrosexual" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

Sneaky Sound System Sneaky Sound System is an Australian dance music group formed in late 2001 by Angus McDonald on guitar, MC Double D (Daimon Downey) on vocoder and vocals, Damien Hesse (DJ) and Nick Broadhurst on saxophone. They were joined in 2004 by Connie ...

- "We Love" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) odular* The Subs – "Don't Stop" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) *

Tensnake Marco Niemerski, known professionally as Tensnake (born 1975), is a German DJ and producer from Hamburg best known for his 2010 track " Coma Cat", which appeared on at least 15 compilations that year. "Coma Cat" reached number 85 on the UK Sing ...

featuring Fiora - "Automatic" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) rmada Musicref> * Terry Poison – "24 Hours" (The Aston Shuffle A-Bomb Remix) *

The Knocks The Knocks is an American electronic music duo consisting of Ben "B-Roc" Ruttner and James "JPatt" Patterson. They have released 3 full length albums (''HISTORY, New York Narcotic, 55'') and 5 EPs (''Melody & Silence, Summer Series: 2019, TESTI ...

featuring

St. Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent ...

- "Modern Hearts" (The Aston Shuffle Remix) nterscope*Tronik Youth – "Disko Suks" (The Aston Shuffle Remix)

Remix EPs

Compilations

*''Mashed Four'' (2008,

Ministry of Sound Ministry of Sound or Ministry of Sound Group is a multimedia entertainment business based in London with a nightclub, shared workspace and private members' club, worldwide events operation, music publisher (popular music), music publishing busin ...

) – Disc 2 of 2 *''Clubber's Guide to 2009'' (2009, Ministry of Sound) – Disc 2 of 3 *''The 2010 Annual'' (2009, Ministry of Sound) – Disc 2 of 3 *''Destroy'' (2010, Ministry of Sound) – Disc 1 of 2

References

External links

Official website

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