Lol Hammond (born 1965 in
Stoke Newington
Stoke Newington is an area in the northwest part of the London Borough of Hackney, England. The area is northeast of Charing Cross. The Manor of Stoke Newington gave its name to Stoke Newington (parish), Stoke Newington, the ancient parish. S ...
, London) is an English musician, producer and DJ.
Hammond's career in electronic music started in the
sound system Sound system may refer to:
Technology media
* Sound reinforcement system, a system for amplifying audio for an audience
* High fidelity, a sound system intended for accurate reproduction of music in the home
* Public address system, an institution ...
Spiral Tribe
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in 1991. Simultaneously he created the production/remix act
Drum Club together with London DJ Charlie Hall. Drum Club toured with
Orbital in 1993 and released the studio albums ''Everything is Now'' and ''Drums Are Dangerous''. In 1995, Hammond and Nina Walsh formed the
Brithop group Slab. He has also remixed artists such as
Killing Joke
Killing Joke were an English rock music, rock band formed in Notting Hill, London, in 1979 by Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards), Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (musician), Youth (bass).
Their first album, ''Killing Joke ...
,
The Fall,
Lush,
Republica
Republica are an English alternative rock band formed in 1994. They reached the height of their popularity from 1996 to 1999. The band went on hiatus in 2001 and reunited in 2008.
The Republica sound was described by the band as " technopop p ...
,
Brian Eno
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,
Chapterhouse,
Curve
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Intuitively, a curve may be thought of as the trace left by a moving point. This is the definition that ...
,
Jah Wobble
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, experimental keyboardist Brian Graves, and
Alabama 3
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.
Hammond released the 1998 album ''Thrilled By Velocity & Distortion'' with Matt Rowlands and vocalist Mandy Wall under the alias Girl Eats Boy.
Hammond has released records under his own name, most notably the album ''All This is Bliss'' in 2001, and together with
Roger Eno
Roger Paul Eugene Eno (born 29 April 1959) is an English ambient music composer. He is the younger brother of Brian Eno.
Early life and education
Roger Paul Eugene Eno began euphonium lessons when he was 12 years old, and entered Colchester In ...
the album ''Damage'' in 1999. Lol Hammond is interested in film and filmmaking and has worked as a music supervisor for several feature films.
[Lol Hammond – A Profile]
bigchill.net 9 May 2005 He has also had his music featured in movies such as ''
The World Is Not Enough
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'' and ''
It's All Gone Pete Tong''.
Clubs preview:
The Guardian
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14 February 2009 Hammond has also worked for the British music festival The Big Chill.Summer
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'', ''The Firm
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History
In 1979, Anna Benson founded th ...
'', and ''Monsters
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''.
He has recently worked on 3D dance movie '' StreetDance'', writing and recording "Live for the Moment" with Pixie Lott
Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott (born 12 January 1991) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. Her debut studio album, ''Turn It Up (Pixie Lott album), Turn It Up'' (2009), reached number six on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 1.5 millio ...
for its soundtrack.
References
External links
Lol Hammond on Myspace
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1965 births
Living people
British club DJs
English remixers
Musicians from the London Borough of Hackney
People from Stoke Newington