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Michael Jackson (6) 810 views 0 favorites
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music and dance, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.
The eighth child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller" from his 1982 album Thriller, were credited with breaking down racial barriers and with transforming the medium into an art form and promotional tool. The popularity of these videos helped to bring the then-relatively-new television channel MTV to fame. His 1987 album Bad spawned the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror", and "Dirty Diana", becoming the first album to have five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. With videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream", he continued to innovate the medium throughout the 1990s, as well as forging a reputation as a touring solo artist. Through stage and video performances, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive sound and style has influenced numerous artists of various music genres.
Thriller is the best-selling album of all time, with estimated sales of 65 million copies worldwide. His other albums, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world's best-selling albums. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Dance Hall of Fame as the first and only dancer from pop and rock music. His other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records, 13 Grammy Awards, the Grammy Legend Award, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, 26 American Music Awards—more than any other artist—including the "Artist of the Century" and "Artist of the 1980s", 13 number-one singles in the United States during his solo career,—more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era—and estimated sales of over 400 million records worldwide. Jackson has won hundreds of awards, making him the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music. He became the first artist in history to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades when "Love Never Felt So Good" reached number nine on May 21, 2014. Jackson traveled the world attending events honoring his humanitarianism, and, in 2000, the Guinness World Records recognized him for supporting 39 charities, more than any other entertainer.
Aspects of Michael Jackson's personal life, including his changing appearance, personal relationships, and behavior, generated controversy. In the mid-1990s, he was accused of child sexual abuse, but the civil case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount and no formal charges were brought. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of further child sexual abuse allegations and several other charges after the jury found him not guilty on all counts. While preparing for his comeback concert series titled This Is It, Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on June 25, 2009, after suffering from cardiac arrest. The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled his death a homicide, and his personal physician, Conrad Murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Jackson's death triggered a global outpouring of grief, and a live broadcast of his public memorial service was viewed around the world. Forbes currently ranks Jackson as the top-earning dead celebrity, a title held for a sixth consecutive year, with $115 million in earnings.
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Michael Brun (1) 276 views 0 favorites
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Michael Angelo (2) 393 views 0 favorites
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MGMT (1) 293 views 0 favorites
MGMT is an American rock band founded by Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. After the release of their first album, the members of their live band, Matthew Asti, James Richardson and Will Berman, joined the core band in the studio. Formed at Wesleyan University and originally with Cantora Records, they signed with Columbia Records and Red Ink in 2006.
On October 5, 2007, Spin.com named MGMT "Artist of the Day." On November 14, 2007, Rolling Stone pegged MGMT as a top ten "Artist to Watch" in 2008. The band was named ninth in the BBC's Sound of 2008 Top Ten Poll.
MGMT's first album, Oracular Spectacular, debuted at #12 on the UK album chart, #13 after 34 weeks in the New Zealand RIANZ charts, number six on the Australian ARIA Charts, and hit number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. It has also been named the 18th best album of the decade by Rolling Stone magazine. It was named the best album of 2008 by NME. MGMT also appeared prominently in Australia's Triple J Hottest 100 2008, coming in 2nd with "Electric Feel", 5th with "Kids" and 18th with "Time to Pretend". MGMT was nominated for the 2010 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and their track "Kids" was nominated for Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals. These are the first Grammy nominations for the band. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the Justice remix of "Electric Feel" won the Grammy for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. Their second album, Congratulations, was released on April 13, 2010. In January 2011 they began work on their third album, which will be called MGMT.
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Metric (1) 235 views 0 favorites
Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles. Metric consists of vocalist Emily Haines (who also plays the synthesizer and guitar), guitarist James Shaw (who also plays the synthesizer and theremin), bassist Joshua Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key.
Their first full-length album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, was released in 2003 and earned a Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. Live It Out was released on October 4, 2005 and was nominated for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the Canadian Album of The Year and once again the Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album.
The first album the band recorded, Grow Up and Blow Away, was finally released on June 26, 2007 by Last Gang Records. The album was originally recorded for Restless Records, but got neglected when the label was bought out by Rykodisc.
Haines and Shaw also perform with Broken Social Scene, and Haines has been a guest on albums by Stars, KC Accidental, The Stills, Jason Collett and Tiësto. Scott-Key and Winstead have their own side project, Bang Lime, and Haines has released a solo album and companion EP, Knives Don't Have Your Back and What Is Free to a Good Home?, respectively, under the name Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton.
Their fourth studio album Fantasies was released in Canada and the United States on April 7, 2009. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for Canadian Album of the Year, and won the Alternative Album of the Year at the 2010 Juno Awards. Metric won as well in 2010 Group of the Year.
Their fifth and most recent album Synthetica was released on June 12 2012.
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Metallica (2) 394 views 0 favorites
Metallica is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California. Metallica was formed in 1981 when vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield responded to an advertisement posted by drummer Lars Ulrich in a local newspaper. The band's current line-up comprises founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo. Lead guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted are former members of the band. Metallica collaborated over a long period with producer Bob Rock, who produced all of the band's albums from 1990 to 2003 and served as a temporary bassist between the departure of Newsted and the hiring of Trujillo.
The band's fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship placed them as one of the founding "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer. The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and won critical acclaim with its first four albums; their third album Master of Puppets (1986) was described as one of the most influential and heaviest of thrash metal albums. Metallica achieved substantial commercial success with its eponymous fifth album Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With this release the band expanded its musical direction, resulting in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience. In 2000, Metallica was among a number of artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the band's copyright-protected material for free without consent from any band member. A settlement was reached and Napster became a pay-to-use service. Despite reaching number one on the Billboard 200, the release of St. Anger (2003) alienated many fans with the exclusion of guitar solos and the "steel-sounding" snare drum. A film titled Some Kind of Monster documented the recording of St. Anger and the tensions within the band during that time. In 2009, Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Metallica has released nine studio albums, four live albums, five extended plays, 26 music videos, and 37 singles. The band has won eight Grammy Awards and five of its albums have consecutively debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The band's eponymous 1991 album has sold over 16 million copies in the United States, making it the best-selling album of the SoundScan era. Metallica ranks as one of the most commercially successful bands of all time, having sold over 110 million records worldwide. Metallica has been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines, including Rolling Stone, which ranked them 61st on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. As of December 2012, Metallica is the third best-selling music artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, selling a total of 54.26 million albums in the U.S. In 2012, Metallica formed the independent record label Blackened Recordings and took full ownership of its albums and videos. As of 2016, the band is in production of its tenth studio album, which is expected to be released later in the year.
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Merk & Kremont (1) 321 views 0 favorites
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Men At Work (1) 318 views 0 favorites
Men at Work were an Australian rock band which formed in 1979. Their founding mainstay was Colin Hay on lead vocals; he formed the group with Jerry Speiser on drums; and Ron Strykert on lead guitar; they were joined by Greg Ham on flute and keyboards; and then John Rees on bass guitar. This line up achieved national and international success in the early 1980s. In January 1983 they were the first Australian artists to have a simultaneous No. 1 album and No. 1 single in the United States Billboard charts – Business as Usual (released on 9 November 1981) and "Down Under" (1981) respectively. With the same works they achieved the same distinction of a simultaneous No. 1 album and No. 1 single on the Australian, New Zealand and United Kingdom charts. Their second album, Cargo (2 May 1983) was also No. 1 in Australia, No. 2 in New Zealand, No. 3 in the US, and No. 8 in the UK. Their third album, Two Hearts (3 April 1985), reached the top 20 in Australia and top 50 in the US.
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Meghan Trainor (4) 555 views 0 favorites
Meghan Elizabeth Trainor (born December 22, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer. She started writing songs when she was 11 and soon produced them on her computer 2 years later. At 18, Trainor signed a songwriting deal with Big Yellow Dog Music, penning tracks for Rascal Flatts and Disney star Sabrina Carpenter. In 2011, she wrote and self-released two albums, I'll Sing with You and Only 17.
In 2014, Trainor gained prominence with her debut single "All About That Bass", which reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in other countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom.Trainor was born and raised in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the daughter of Gary and Kelli Trainor. She grew up with a musical family, and has been writing songs since she was 11 years old. She started a band with her family. When she was 13, her parents bought her a computer so that she could compose her own songs. The family later moved to Hyannis, Massachusetts, so that Trainor and her two brothers, Ryan and Justin, could attend Nauset Regional High School in nearby North Eastham.
At age 17, Trainor won the worldwide Sonicbids (2011) "Tennessee Concerts Song Contest" with her song You're Good With Me. She attended the Durango Songwriter's Expo and Big Al Anderson of NRBQ introduced her to Carla Wallace of Big Yellow Dog Music. Trainor signed as a songwriter with Big Yellow Dog Music shortly after her 18th birthday, while she was still in high school. In 2011, Trainor wrote and self-released two albums, I'll Sing With You and Only 17. She went on several writing trips to Los Angeles, New York City, and Nashville. She settled in Nashville full-time when she was 19. She has had songwriting cuts with Rascal Flatts, Sabrina Carpenter, R5, and many others. On one of Trainor's writing trips, she met and wrote with Grammy-nominated producer Kevin Kadish. They wrote "All About That Bass" in 2014, and Trainor's publishing company told her that many artists might be interested in recording the song. L.A. Reid heard Trainor's own demo of the song and signed her to Epic Records, where she was able to release the song as a solo artist. "All About That Bass" has since become her first #1 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and has topped charts in various other countries including Australia, Canada, Denmark and New Zealand. Trainor's EP, Title, was released in September 2014.
On September 28, 2014, the UK's Official Charts Company confirmed that Trainor's "All About That Bass" made chart history in the UK by becoming the first act to officially enter the Official Singles Chart Top 40 based on streams alone. The song then remained at the top of the UK chart for three weeks, becoming the longest-running number one by a female act in 2014.
On October 21, 2014, Trainor released the single "Lips Are Movin" to contemporary hit radio stations as the lead single from her upcoming third studio album Title, which is set to be released on January 13, 2015.
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Meat Katie (1) 262 views 0 favorites
Mark Pember, also known as Meat Katie, is a London-based tech-funk producer and DJ. He has gained popularity in recent years in developing his style of tech-funk, combining techno, tribal, electro, breakbeat, Moombahton, and house music. He released a large volume of material on the Kingsize label during the late nineties and early 2000s, and currently manages and records for his record label LOT49 alongside Dylan Rhymes. The labels artists include Dopamine, Kid Blue, Vandal, Odissi, Elite Force, and Lee Coombs. Meat Katie was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Breakbeat award at the 2006 Breakspoll awards.
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Maxine Hardcastle (1) 317 views 0 favorites
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Max Graham (1) 336 views 0 favorites
Max Graham is a Canadian DJ, composer and producer who manages to transcend genres while producing international hits in the dance music scene. He is most famous for his hits “Sun in the Winter” and “Nothing Else Matters”, His Cycles CD Series/Radio show as well as his remix of the classic song “Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Yes. Graham can be found touring the world on a regular basis. He presently runs the trance and progressive label Re*Brand Records, and resides in Montreal.
Graham was born in London, England and lived in Spain, New York City and Los Angeles before settling in Ottawa in 1989. At age 15 in 1986, he began as a hip-hop and scratch DJ before discovering and falling in love with the Dance music scene between 1992 and 1994. Max was also instrumental in the creation of the famous Atomic club in Ottawa, and his weekly 6 hour sets at Atomic are the stuff of legend among fans. Max exploded onto the producing scene with the releases of “Airtight” and “Tell You,” both of which became international hits. Airtight was nominated for a Juno Award in 2001. This success got some attention from the world dance music scene and Graham was asked to mix Tranceport CD #4, which was also met with huge success, and spurred a world tour in 2001. This rapid rise in attention led Graham to be voted into spot number 23 on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs list, the highest entry for a newcomer in 2001. His distinctive style remains difficult to pin down, covering genres like, progressive, techno, disco, and trance to name just some. During a Graham performance, a collection of different sounds can be heard in every aspect of the tracks being played: the bass, rhythms, and melodies constantly change and energize the audience and dancers at Graham’s sets.
Early years
Graham spent his first years in Hampstead Heath, London with his mother and two siblings. At the age of eight Graham and his mother moved to Spain and settled in a small town called Mijas in the Costa Del Sol. It was here in the local public school that Graham learned to speak Spanish fluently. After two years the decision was made to switch custody from mother to father and Graham moved from Spain to the United States and attend school in New York City
1984-1986 New York
In 1984 while living in New York City, Graham was exposed to the then budding Rap Music scene of the lower east side, frequently hanging out with Graffiti artists and local Rappers and coming home with spray paint on his hands. It was at that time he was exposed to Turntablism. Being only 13 at the time Graham was not old enough to attend any of the local rap concerts by such legends as Run DMC and LL Cool J. Instead Graham went into the now defunct Ritz nightclub which is currently Webster Hall on the day of a Run DMC concert and asked for Posters of the show for his wall. Just by luck the VJ (video performance artist) was in the foyer and invited Graham to come back during the show and watch from the DJ Booth. The DJ Booth at the Ritz was quite large, housed the DJ and the VJ and was not considered a "licensed area" for alcohol, this allowed for someone underage such as Graham to view the concert. Graham was more interested in the Scratching he witnessed than the rapping and fell instantly in love with djing. The friendship he forged with the VJ led to Graham attending more hip hop shows in exchange for taping visuals off the television onto a VHS and bringing it to the VJ. Graham convinced his father to buy him two Belt-drive turntables and a Gemini Sound Products DJ mixer. This unfortunately lasted only a few months as Graham discovered Skateboarding and then moved to Los Angeles to attend Palisades High School
1987-1989 Los Angeles
Graham fell deeper into the Skate culture of Mid 80's Los Angeles hanging out at Venice Beach with Skaters such as Christian Hosoi, Eric Dressen, Jesse Martinez and Natas Kaupas. With no further need for his turntables Graham traded them with Natas Kaupas for a custom painted skateboard and a selection of Trucks, Stickers and Wheels.
Music career
1990-1998 Ottawa
After getting into trouble with the LAPD in Los Angeles in 1988, Grahams father took a business opportunity in Ottawa, Canada with the hopes that it would move Graham away from the negative influences in L.A. and keep him out of trouble. Graham finished high school here and decided to take a job as a bartender at a local club. While applying for the job the owner asked him if he knew how to DJ as the DJ for that night had not shown up. Graham, remembering his turntablist days agreed to give it a shot. While he bombed that first night the owner like him enough to let him in to practice during the day. It was here that Graham met DJ Michael Mailly who spent extensive time with Graham, teaching him the concept of beat mixing, counting bars and matching harmonics. Graham learned the art of mixing tracks together so that each songs main elements complimented the song it was mixed with, a concept known as Harmonic Mixing.
As Graham mastered this mixing technique he moved from one club to another in Ottawa, each time increasing his following with a top 40 style that included house music and hip hop, finally settling in a two-year residency at Indigo nightclub in Ottawa.
While at Indigo nightclub in 94 Graham was approached by some coworkers who convinced him to join them at a rave in Montreal. It was there that Graham experienced a completely different relationship between the DJ and the dance floor and felt that performing for top 40 crowds was no longer his calling. Upon arriving back to Ottawa Graham promptly left a high paying top 40 DJ gig and spent every penny on house vinyl, Graham began with breaks and deeper house as he found his sound within the multiple genres of the underground. In the mid nineties someone handed Graham a mixtape, it was DJ Sasha performing live on the Radio 1 essential mix playing such artists as BT, Blue Amazon and Peter Lazonby. This sound had a profound effect on Graham and shaped his career to come.
The same friends who exposed Graham to the Rave in 1994 approached him about creating a first of its kind club night in Ottawa. The night was called Sweet and was held at a gay club on Bank street that was looking for promoters for their Saturday night. Graham brought in his own turntables each week and the group attracted crowds by handing out flyers in the city. The night was a success and brought in DJs such as Derrick Carter
Sweet led to Graham and his partners wanting to expand and take more control over their night, they began to look for their own space and settled on a half basement on Besserer St which opened in 1996. Atomic was an instant success and Grahams 8 hour sets at Seven Fridays became known as a destination club night from Montreal to Toronto.
It was during this period that Graham decided to assist both in his own career, and the growth of the music he was championing. He did this by flying to the UK and setting up meetings with the progressive house record labels who released the type of sound he played. During a ten-day period Graham visited labels such as "Stress", "Jackpot", "Skinny Malinky" and "Deconstruction" in an attempt to draw attention to the fact that this sound was growing in Canada. During the late nineties Graham was known as Canada's Progressive Ambassador.
1998-2000 Vancouver
In the late 90's, Graham's career evolved from the dj booth into the recording studio. After years of late nights djing in Ottawa and the surrounding cities Graham opted for a fresh start and moved to Vancouver. This move was designed to remove himself from the social scene in Ottawa and into virtual seclusion in a Yaletown Hi Rise. It was here that Graham wrote "Airtight", "Tell you", "Yaletown" and "Falling Together". Airtight was quickly picked up by Nick Warren and Paul Oakenfold for their DJ sets and signed to Hope Recordings. At this time Graham was also signed to a management deal with Hope Management. Soon after the success of these singles Graham was invited to mix the next installment of the Transport series. Transport put Graham on the Touring circuit and he was invited to join Paul Oakenfold on a mini tour including Pacha Ibiza and the Roseland Ballroom.
2002-2007 Montreal
In 2003 after moving back east, and a heavy touring schedule, Graham felt a break was necessary. He returned from a trip to Southern Asia with a new musical style and attitude towards the dance scene. From his new Montreal Studio he released his hit “Owner of a Lonely Heart” a remix of the song written by progressive rockers Yes in 1983. The remix started as a bootleg just for Graham to play out, but was quickly picked up by Deep Dish and Pete Tong causing a frenzy in the dance scene. The track was picked up by Ministry of sound and propelled into the UK top 40 charts at #8. The Video was #1 on Canadian Dance Station BPM for two weeks in a row.
While this grew Graham's profile in the scene, it also caused confusion, as it was drastically different to his earlier works which were considerably more Progressive and Trancey. To further add to this confusion Graham release another bootleg, the emotional "Gone" with Jessica Riddle which was much more like his previous style. Ministry was not interested in this track and attempted to convince Graham to produce something more commercial.
Not interested in being pigeon holed Graham was influenced by the Electro sound of the moment and had another strong release with "Crank" which went #1 on Beatport. Crank was strongly supported by Deep Dish, Tiesto and a score of other dj's.
2008-2010 - Armada and Cycles
After two years of making a hybrid of Electro and House Graham decided to return to his musical roots with progressive house and Trance. At the beginning of the year Graham signed with the well-known Trance/Progressive label Armada Music for a deal that would see an artist album and the creation of Max's own Compilation series entitled "Cyles". Cycles 1 was released in June 2008 and a successful tour followed.
In Late 2009 Graham returned to Montreal to begin work on his first artist album. The fruit of the first studio session in over a year was "Sun in the Winter" with Neev Kennedy on vocals release in March. Armin Van Buuren and Markus Schulz made the track mainstays in their sets. Armin included it in his A State of Trance 2010 compilations and Markus on his Las Vegas CD. The followup to this was a remake of a song Graham wrote in 2004 entitled "Does She Know Yet."
Graham's Debut Artist Album, entitled "Radio", was released on June 25, 2010.
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Matthew Sweet (1) 299 views 0 favorites
Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964, in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia, music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s. He continues to tour, and his most recent studio album, Modern Art, was released in 2011.
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Matthew Koma (1) 264 views 0 favorites
Matthew Bair (born June 2, 1987), known by his stage name Matthew Koma, is an American singer, songwriter, DJ, and record producer. Matthew Koma is one of the writers behind numerous hit songs, including Zedd's "Spectrum," and Grammy Award-winner "Clarity," also with Zedd.
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Matthew Dear (2) 397 views 0 favorites
Matthew Dear (born April 4, 1979, Kingsville, Texas, United States) is an American music producer, DJ and electronic avant-pop artist.
Texas-born Dear moved to Michigan as a teenager, where he was inspired by the sound of Detroit Techno. Dear met Sam Valenti IV at a party while attending the University of Michigan, after which the two started the record label, Ghostly International, based on a shared love of electronic music. Dear’s first single was 1999’s "Hands Up For Detroit" (co-produced by ghettotech pioneer Disco D, who performed under the name Daisha). Successive singles, such as "Stealing Moves" and the chart-topping "Mouth to Mouth" (as Audion) were issued on Spectral Sound, Ghostly’s offshoot that focuses on dancefloor music.
Dear’s first album Leave Luck to Heaven appeared in 2003 and was praised widely as a seminal fusion of pop and minimal techno. The album’s single "Dog Days" became one of Spectral’s best sellers and a favorite of international DJs like Richie Hawtin. Dear followed the album with Backstroke in 2004 and has also begun working under the harder-edged Audion alias, apart from additional monikers False and Jabberjaw.
In 2007, Matthew Dear released his sophomore full length, Asa Breed. Matthew and his band, Matthew Dear's Big Hands then began a US promotional tour and a European tour as the opening act for Hot Chip. 2008 saw the re-release of Asa Breed as the Asa Breed Black Edition. This re-release added 5 new songs, including a remix of Don and Sherri from Hot Chip and the video for the song, shot in downtown New York City.
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