CFCF (musician)

CFCF is the stage name of Canadian electronic musician/vocalist Michael Silver. Based in Montreal, Silver took the name CFCF from the call sign of the city's CFCF-TV.

Silver has released five albums and several EPs. In 2015 he released two albums within two weeks: ''Radiance and Submission'' on July 31, and ''The Colours of Life'' on August 14. His most recent release is ''memoryland'' (2021).

Background

Originally from Montreal, Silver became interested in electronic music at an early age. Self-taught, he cites Peter Gabriel, DJ Shadow, the Yellow Magic Orchestra and Talk Talk as important influences.

His first 7" single "You Hear Colours" / "Invitation to Love" was released on March 8, 2009, on the Acéphale label. The title of his first EP ''Panesian Nights'' was chosen in reference to the developer of Japanese erotic video games.

In addition to his own recordings, Silver has also remixed songs for other artists, including Holy Ghost!, Crystal Castles, Sally Shapiro, The Presets, Health, Azari & III, Harald Grosskopf and Owen Pallett.

In 2014, Silver co-wrote and co-produced the songs "A Power" and "What You Wanted" on How To Dress Well's album, '' What Is This Heart?''.

In 2016, Silver was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for his remix of Berlin By Overnight by Daniel Hope.

Discography

Studio albums

* 2009 – ''Continent'', Paper Bag Records
* 2013 – '' Outside'', Paper Bag Records
* 2015 – '' Radiance and Submission'', Driftless Recordings
* 2015 – '' The Colours of Life'', 1080p Collection
* 2016 – '' On Vacation'', International Feel
* 2019 – ''Liquid Colours'', BGM Solutions
* 2021 – ''Memoryland'', BGM Solutions

EPs

* 2009 – ''Panesian Nights'', Paper Bag Records
* 2010 – ''Drifts'', Paper Bag Records
* 2010 – ''CFCF c28'', They Live We Sleep
* 2010 – ''The River'', RVNG Intl.
* 2012 – ''Exercises'', Paper Bag Records / Dummy
* 2013 – '' Music for Objects'', Paper Bag Records / Dummy
* 2017 – '' Cascades'' (with Jean-Michel Blais), Arts & Crafts
* 2018 – ''Self Service'', Sounds Of Beaubien Ouest

Singles

* 2009 – "The Explorers", Paper Bag Records
* 2009 – "You Hear Colours" / "Invitation to Love", Acephale Records
* 2011 – "Cometrue", UNO NYC

Mixtapes

* 2010 – ''Slow R&B for Zellers Locations Canada-Wide''
* 2010 – ''Do U Like Night Bus''
* 2010 – ''Altered Zones 4''
* 2011 – ''Reincarnation''
* 2011 – ''Slorida''
* 2011 – ''Night Bus II''
* 2012 – ''The Flood for SSENSE''
* 2014 – ''Night Bus 3: Death of Night Bus''
* 2015 – ''Blowing Up The Workshop #48''
* 2019 – ''Night Bus 4: Memory of Night Bus''
* 2020 – ''MMLD 99.9 FM: Dispatches From Memoryland''

Remixes

* 2008 – Heartsrevolution – ''CYOA (CFCF Remix)''
* 2008 – The Presets – ''Talk Like That (CFCF Remix)''
* 2008 – HEALTH – ''Triceratops (CFCF Remix)''
* 2008 – Sally Shapiro – ''Time To Let Go (CFCF Remix)''
* 2008 – Crystal Castles – ''Air War (CFCF Remix)''
* 2008 – Genghis Tron – ''Recursion (CFCF Remix)''
* 2008 – Memory Cassette – ''Last One Awake (CFCF Version)''
* 2009 – Sally Shapiro – ''Love In July (CFCF Remix)''
* 2009 – Datarock – ''The Pretender (CFCF Remix)''
* 2009 – Fan Death – ''The Constellations (CFCF Remix)''
* 2009 – Midstates and The Choir of Ghosts – ''Hate To See You Smile (CFCF Remix)''
* 2009 – Woodhands – ''Dancer (CFCF Remix)''
* 2010 – Owen Pallett – ''Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (CFCF Remix)''
* 2010 – Azari & III – ''Into The Night (CFCF Remix)''
* 2010 – Historics – ''Take It To The Top (CFCF Remix)''
* 2010 – HEALTH – ''Before Tigers (CFCF Remix)''
* 2012 – Say Lou Lou – ''Maybe You (CFCF Remix)''
* 2017 – Kero Kero Bonito – ''Heard a Song (CFCF Remix)''
* 2017 – HEALTH – ''Dark Enough (CFCF Remix)''

References

External links

CFCF
on SoundCloud
CFCF
on Bandcamp
CFCF
on Discogs
CFCF
at CBC Radio 3

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Canadian electronic musicians
Musicians from Montreal
Remixers
Paper Bag Records artists
Living people
1989 births