Max Heath, better known by his

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Child Actor (formerly Circadion), is an American

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producer and founding member of the

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duo also known as Child Actor.

History

Child Actor was formed by cousins Max Heath and Sedgie Ogilvy. They released the ''Partner'' EP in February 2012 and the ''Window'' EP in July 2012. Their first album, ''Victory'', was released on Fake Four Inc. on October 16, 2012. Don Yates of

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described the album as "an impressive set of maximalist, R&B-tinged electro-pop with a huge, lush sound featuring walls of glittering synths,

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-influenced rhythms, chopped samples, wispy vocals and sugary pop melodies." Alyce Currier of Earmilk said, "With more emotional staying power than a lot of music caught up in today's rapid release cycle, I think this one is a keeper." Ogilvy left Child Actor in December 2012 with Natalie Plaza taking her place. Child Actor released their sophomore album, ''Never Die'', in September 2014, followed by ''A Perfect Cloud'' in 2016. More recently, Heath has been active in hip hop, contributing production to artists such as

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, and

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. In 2021, Child Actor released an album entitled ''Respawn'' with frequent collaborator Televangel via Fake Four Inc. In 2022, Heath played keyboard in a recording session along with jazz musician

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that would form the foundation for the 2023 Armand Hammer album '' We Buy Diabetic Test Strips''. Heath gained wider recognition in 2024 after making contributions to critically acclaimed albums by artists such as

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, and Previous Industries, as well as releasing his first full-length collaboration album with underground rapper Cavalier. In a 2024 interview, producer

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, when asked his thoughts about upcoming producers, responded:

Discography

Albums

* ''Victory'' (2012) * ''Never Die'' (2014) * ''A Perfect Cloud'' (2016) * ''Respawn'' (2021) (with Televangel) * ''Ajai II Instrumentals'' (2023) * ''CINE'' (2024) (with Cavalier) * ''Here and Here'' (2025) (with August Fanon)

EPs

* ''Partner'' (2012) * ''Window'' (2012) * ''Promise'' (2013) * ''Siempre Mia'' (2020) (with Televangel) * ''Sunscreen'' (2024) (with Shemar)

Guest appearances

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– "Valiant" and "Forget Me Not" from '' Anx'' (2012) *

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– "This Is It" and "Can't Take It With Me When I Die" from ''Cliff of Death'' EP with Deniro Farrar (2012) *

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– "Palmreader" from '' Flowers for My Father'' (2013) * Deniro Farrar – "Death or Forever" and "Croisade" from ''The Patriarch II'' (2013) * Blue Sky Black Death – "I" and "II" from ''

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'' (2013) * Deniro Farrar – "Rebirth/Hold On" from ''Rebirth'' (2014) *

– "Orange" from ''

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'' (2014) *

– "Never Fall Back" from ''Energy'' EP (2019)

Production

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– "Utilitarian Uses of Love (Child Actor remix)" from '' Beaus$Eros (Deluxe Version)'' (2012) *

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– "Work Song" from ''Forgotten Forever'' (2014) *

– ''Energy'' EP (all songs, 2019) *

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– "Shepherd's Tone (feat. Fielded)" from ''Terror Management'' (2019) *

– "Charms (feat.

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'' (2020) *

and Billy Woods – "Rapunzal", "Blak Forrest" (featuring Fielded), "Tiberius" (featuring Elucid), and "Portrait" (featuring

) from ''Brass'' (2020) * Fielded – "Justus (Child Actor remix)" (featuring Billy Woods) from ''The Sherita Sessions: Demisexual Lovelace Remixes'' (2021) *

– "Spellling", "Old Magic", "Mangosteen feat. Billy Woods", and "Split Tongue" from ''I Told Bessie'' (2022) * ShrapKnel – "Running Rebel Swordplay", "Obol", and "A Tribe All Stressed" from ''Metal Lung'' (2022) * AKAI SOLO – "Sun 2 Moon" from ''Body Feeling'' (2022) * Amani & Robalu – "Starchild" from ''I'll Be Right Black!'' (2022) * Serengeti – ''Ajai II'' (all songs, 2022) *

– "The Song With the Secret Name", "I Retired Then I Changed My Mind", and "Peak Lockdown Raps" from '' Component System with the Auto Reverse'' (2022) * Open Mike Eagle – "A New Rap Festival Called Falling Loud", "The Grand Prize Game on the Bozo Show feat. Video Dave & Still Rift", "We Should Have Made Otherground a Thing", "The Wire S3 E1 feat. Blu", and "Dave Said These Are the Liner Notes" from ''

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'' (2023) * Fielded – "Take Me There feat. Teether", "You Chasing Me", "Dream Interlude", and "Goddess Woes feat. Wolf Weston" from ''Plus One'' (2023) * Armand Hammer – "The Flexible Unreliability of Time and Memory" from '' We Buy Diabetic Test Strips'' (2023) * Armand Hammer – "Drowning Machine" from ''BLK LBL'' (2024) * Previous Industries – "Showbiz" from ''Showbiz / Braids'' (2024) * Ceschi – "Fin" and "Santa Lucía" from ''Bring Us The Head Of Francisco False (Part 1)'' (2024) * shemar – ''sunscreen'' (all songs, 2024) * Cavalier – "50 Bags feat. Lord Chilla" from ''Different Type Time'' (2024) * Previous Industries – "Showbiz", "Pliers", "Roebuck", "Montgomery Ward", "Babbages", "Fotomat", "Zayre", and "Kay Bee" from ''

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'' (2024) *

– "Low Threshold" and "Basis" from ''Memoirs in Armour'' (2024) * money for water – "A Canvas For Us All" from ''Traveling Light'' (2024) * Elucid – "Yottabyte" and "Voice 2 Skull" from '' Revelator'' (2024) * Cavalier – ''CINE'' (all songs, 2024) * Child Actor & August Fanon – ''Here and Here'' (25 songs, 2025) * Fly Anakin – "NOTTOOSHABBY feat. Quelle Chris, $ilkmoney, &

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" from ''(The) Forever Dream'' (2025) * Open Mike Eagle – "me and aquil stealing stuff from work feat Mr. Aquil", "ok but Im the phone screen", "relentless hands and feet", "a dream of the midnight baby (not a euphemism)", "wide leg michael jordan generation x jeans", and "sorry I got huge (also not a euphemism)" from ''Neighborhood Gods Unlimited'' (2025) * Sainté – "DSM feat.

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" (co-producer) from ''4L - EP''

References

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