Alan Stanley Soucy Brinsmead, better known by the stage name Sinjin Hawke, is a Canadian-American electronic music producer and DJ.

Career

In late 2011, Sinjin Hawke released his first EP, "The Lights" on the Belgium-based Pelican Fly label and followed it up with tours throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. For this he developed a live hardware performance, which was later broadcast by Boiler Room in Los Angeles. In mid-2012, he released "Prom Nite" on Pelican Fly and followed that up with a series of remixes for DJ Assault and

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on Membrane and Booty Call Records respectively. In 2013, he participated in the New York City instalment of the

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, where he collaborated with rap producer

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on a song called “One”. This came shortly after Sinjin released "Yea Hoe" with

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. In 2014, Sinjin Hawke and Zora Jones establishe
Fractal Fantasy
christening it with a series of computer graphic driven audio-visual pieces. These first pieces featured musical collaborations between them, and MikeQ, Morri$, DJ Taye and L-Vis 1990. In February 2015, it was revealed that "

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", from

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's album

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, was produced by Sinjin Hawke and

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. The song also features Sia and

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First Opus

His debut studio album, First Opus, was released on May, 10 2017 vi
Fractal Fantasy
- accompanied by a visual experience that let users interact with different climatic environments via the website.

Live AV

Sinjin and Zora Jones toured the album through-out 2018 and 2019, for this they developed a live audio-visual set which was premiered a
Sonar Festival
in Barcelona. The set received acclaim for its innovative use of motion capture technology.

Personal life

Hawke was born in New Jersey. His father,

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, is a French horn player and computer graphics programmer,Sinjin Hawke and Zora Jones on Fractal Fantasy, “utopian futures” and working with Kanye
FACT Magazine, June 26, 2016 and his mother a university administrator.

Discography

Albums/EPs

* Sinjin Hawke "First Opus" - 2017 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke "Prom Nite" - 2013 (Pelican Fly) * Sinjin Hawke "The Lights" EP - 2011 (Pelican Fly)

Productions

* Ian Isiah - Bedroom - 2019 * Ian Isiah - Killup - 2019 * Ian Isiah - 24/7 - 2019 * Ian Isiah - Bleach Report - 2019 * Kanye West - "Wolves" - 2016 (GOOD Music) * Kanye West ft. Frank Ocean - "Frank's Track" - 2016 (GOOD Music) * Ian Isiah - 10K - 2016 * Sicko Mobb - "How We Rock" - 2015 (Fake Shore Drive) * Ian Isiah - "Private Party" - 2014 (UNO Records)

Executive Productions

* Xzavier Stone - THIRST (2018 - Fractal Fantasy) * Martyn Bootyspoon - Silk Eternity EP (2018 - Fractal Fantasy) * VA - Visceral Minds 2 (2017 - Fractal Fantasy) * VA - Visceral Minds (2014 - Fractal Fantasy) * Zora Jones - 100 Ladies EP (2014 - Fractal Fantasy) * Nadus - Broke City EP (2013 - Pelican Fly)

Collaborations

* Sinjin Hawke, La Zowi, Ian Isiah & Zora Jones "Fulana" - 2020 (Élite) * Sinjin Hawke, La Zowi, Jam City & Zora Jones "Phonecall" - 2020 (Élite) * Sinjin Hawke, DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn “Monterrey” - 2017 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke, Scratcha DVA, Killa P & Zora Jones “Bussgun” - 2017 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke, Canblaster & Zora Jones “Speedlight” - 2017 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke & DJ Sliink “Raw” - 2017 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke, Swing Ting & Trigga “Killa Season” - 2017 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke & L-Vis 1990 “Vision” - 2017 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke, Richelle & Xzavier Stone “All Black” - 2017 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke, Famous Eno, Trigganom, Serocee & Zora Jones “Gunshotta” - 2017 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones “No Shame” - 2017 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke, Heavee & Zora Jones “Loud” - 2017 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke & DVA i:Emotions"DAFUQ" - 2016 (Hyperdub) * Sinjin Hawke &

"One" - 2014 (RBMA) * Sinjin Hawke & MikeQ "Thunderscan" - 2014 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke & L-Vis 1990 "The Pit" - 2014 (Sound Pellegrino) * Sinjin Hawke & L-Vis 1990 "Flash Alert" - 2014 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke &

"Yea Hoe" - 2013 (RBMA) * Sinjin Hawke & Morri$ "Ferrofluid" - 2013 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones "VClipse" - 2013 (Fractal Fantasy) * Sinjin Hawke & DJ Sliink "Gas Pump" - 2011 (Self Release) * Sinjin Hawke & Morri$ "One Kiss" - 2011 (Self Release)

Official Remixes

Scratcha DVA Scratcha DVA also known as DJ Scratcha, DVA i; Emotions'', Scratchclart and DVA is a British electronic musician, producer and DJ often associated with DVA Music, Hyperdub and Rinse FM. His debut album, ''Pretty Ugly'' (2012) and second album, ...

- Worst injin Hawke Remix - 2016 (Hyperdub Records) * Ludacris "Party Girls (ft. Jeremih, Wiz Khalifa, Cashmere Cat) injin Hawke Remix - 2015 (Def Jam) * Dre Skull "First Time (ft. Popcaan) injin Hawke Remix - 2013 ( Mixpak Records) * DJ Funk "Three Fine Hoes (Sinjin Hawke Remix)" - 2013 (Booty Call Records) * DJ Assault & Socalled "Sleepover (Sinjin Hawke Remix)" - 2013 (Membran) * Lunice, Prison Garde & Ango - "Drama (Sinjin Hawke & Canblaster Remix)" - 2012 (RBMA) * Boylan Teklife - "Hi Light (Sinjin Hawke Remix)" - 2011 (Moveltraxx)

References

External links

Fractal Fantasy
*
Sinjin Hawke on Soundcloud
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawke, Sinjin Musicians from Barcelona Canadian record producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)