Lolly Pop is a persona of Brooke R. Calder, as produced by

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and

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Biography

Raised between the United States and Zimbabwe, Africa, Calder relocated to

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, to work as a dancer for

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in 1994. Cast in the

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(NPG)'s "

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" video, she was later awarded a studio apprenticeship with NPG keyboardist Morris Hayes. Upon completion, she served as a label intern with

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, marketing side projects of

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and

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. Post Twin/Tone, Calder assembled electro-kitsch trio TELEPHONE! and introduced the comedic character Lolly Pop. Circa 2006, Pop was re-positioned as a solo artist and produced by Fink, Moir and Autobahn. In 2007, the video for "Elevator Operator" was featured on RockAmerica while the single was used in the

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film, ''

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''. That same year, Pop appeared at

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, guested in the Paul Moering short film, ''Climbing Trees'', and worked closely with First Avenue. Next recruited as the female vocalist for British outfit POP INC, Calder continued to contribute vocals to and/or produce U.S. acts Afraid Of Americans (A*O*A), glean (guesting Rick McCollum of

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), The Red Hour as well as U.K. units

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and The Rude Awakening. With

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' Phil Solem, Calder co-wrote the theme song for the Launch TV comedy ''Graham Crackers''. In 2019,

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, she and several next-generation artists appeared in the video for

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's "Put Some Jelly On It". Calder then co-wrote lyrics for the Johnson-helmed Regal The Rare collaboration "Blue Goo", bookending decades of creating with members of The Minneapolis Sound. As a result of her long-term contributions, she was elected an honorary board member of the Minneapolis Sound Museum in 2024. Calder most recently collaborated with BBC award-winning director

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on ''Everybody Loves Dancing'', co-founded Manual Control Records and runs Calder Creative (a music consulting firm) in Philadelphia.

Charitable efforts

During 2019, Calder helmed a suitcase and donations initiative for survivors of the Drake fire. Throughout 2017, A*O*A donated their sales profits to the

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Legal Fund and continue to provide a $1 royalty to RAICES for each maxi-single sold. In 2004, Calder partnered with First Avenue to raise money for the Tubman Alliance, and organized a female-fronted festival dubbed Girlfest.

Discography

*1999: BURNING SHAKESPEARE - No Juliet EP - Self Released *2000: THOUSAND VOID CRUSH f. BURNING SHAKESPEARE - "Radio Free" - Sursumcorda Records *2001: BROWN RAINBOW - Underground Soundtracks (Various tracks) - Self Released *2002: TELEPHONE! - Love... EP - Self Released *2003: TELEPHONE! - *69 EP - Self Released *2003: CHUCK LOVE - Continuous (Song: "Perfect") -

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*2004: TC ELECTROPUNK VOLUME 1 (Song: "Life on Hold") *2004: DORY/1DJ - 8Bits (song: "Encore") - Self Released *2005: TC ELECTROPUNK VOLUME 2 (Song: "Elevator Operator") *2005: SUNNY SMACK - Mezzanine Girls (Song: "Mezzanine") - Self Released *2006: THE CUBAN BOYS - Satellite Junkyard (Song: "Claudine Is Blue") - Banoffeesound *2006: THE CUBAN BOYS - BBC Radio

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(Song: "Walking In The Air") - Banoffeesound *2007: LOLLY POP - Elevator Operator (Danny Morris remix video) - Rockamerica *2007: LOLLY POP - Elevator Operator (Digital maxi single) - Modo Disco (UK) *2007: LOLLY POP (Self-titled debut and remixes) - Modo Disco (UK) *2008: THE PLASTIC CONSTELLATIONS - We Appreciate You (Songs: "Stay That Way", "So Many Friends") -

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*2009: POP INC. - "Looking 4 The KLF" (Video - original edit and download card/maxi single) - Modo Disco (UK) / Rockamerica *2009: TC ELECTROPUNK VOLUME 5 (Song: POP INC. - "Disenchanted") *2010: ANDRA - "Love Is 4 Suckaz" Mixtape (Song: Models & Bottles) - Krucial Noize/

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*2010: POP INC. vs. SYMPHONO - "Looking 4 The KLF" (Single) - Ninthwave Records *2011: POP INC. - "BLVD (Boulevard of Broken Dreams)" (Video/DVD, digital maxi single) *2012: TC ELECTROPUNK VOLUME 6 (Song: POP INC. - "Hollywood Kills") *2013: J-MI & MIDI-D - "Timeline" -

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https://www.whosampled.com/Lolly-Pop/sampled/ *2014: glean - Echoes & Waves (EP) *2014: GRAHAM CRACKERS THEME SONG - "Steady On (True Blue)" featuring

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*2015: TOUCH GUITARS COMPILATION (Song: glean - "Mother") - Iapetus Berlin *2015: glean - Shadows & Sand (EP) *2016: A*O*A - "I'm Afraid of Americans" (Digital single) *2017: AIDAN CASSERLY - Spoken (Song: "April 21st") *2017: THE RUDE AWAKENING - "Pride" - Electro London *2017: LOLLY POP - LINGERIE: Lost Remixes & Bonus Tracks - Banoffeesound Records *2018: A*O*A - "I'm Afraid of Americans" (Remixes) *2019: FRODE HOLM - Third (Engineer, Vocal Producer, Backing Vocals) *2021: THE RED HOUR - "Cracks" - Manual Control Records *2022: BROOKE R. CALDER - "Everybody Loves Dancing" (Video and Digital Single) - Manual Control Records *2023: REGAL THE RARE f.

- "Blue Goo"(Songwriter) *2024: BURNING SHAKESPEARE - RADIO-FREE EP (Digital Reissue)- Manual Control Records - In Pre-sale *2025: BROOKE R. CALDER - "Everybody Loves Dancing" (Remixes) - Manual Control Records - Release Date TBA

References

Additional sources: * City Pages Magazine, February 14, 200

* Rift Magazine, February 200

* Star Tribune, February 9, 200

* St. Paul Pioneer Press July 27, 200

* Rift Magazine, November 200

* Star Tribune, March 18, 200

* City Pages, May 25, 200

* Stone Roller Magazine, May 200

External links

Official website

Record label website

Myspace entry

Discogs entry
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