Andy Caldwell (1) 359 views 0 favorites From sunrise to sunset, dusk until dawn; Andy Caldwell carries you on a musical journey through life. An established veteran of dance music, Caldwell exudes a nostalgic glow up from the roots that ground him, while forever pushing forward into new creative territory.
With a consistency that’s hard to match, the accomplished California electronic music impresario time and time again produces dance floor classics that emanate undeniable, invigorating energy. His intoxicating DJ sets have won over fans everywhere from London and Berlin to Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Caldwell continues to blaze new trails with a distinct versatility and virtuosity. His most recent work brandishes a House music spark, while emphasizing his classical training and immersion in club culture. Legends of the genre regularly spin Caldwell's tracks and remixes in their live sets and podcasts. And his forthcoming music will further solidify his position as an innovator within the scene.
The syncopated synths of buzz-worthy single "Superfunkidiculous" officially announced Caldwell’s arrival in 1994. Then, embracing the chilled-out, high-class vibe of San Francisco breakbeat, Caldwell went from that introductory track to forming the down-tempo chill trendsetter band Soulstice. Soulstice made major waves across the scene in the US and beyond seeing two albums released on San Francisco’s venerable Om Records.
Branching out on his own, Caldwell’s work with another San Francisco based label, Naked Music firmly established him as the go-to producer of uncompromising Deep House quality. His singles “I Can’t Wait,” “All I Need” and “Give A Little,” are to this day considered house music standards. In 2006 he released his first full length album Universal Truth, yielding gems such as “Warrior” and “Don’t You Love Me.” In between prolifically crafting his own music, Caldwell became a much sought after writer and remixer. Simultaneously, he founded and oversaw Uno Recordings, continually producing unique electronic music since 2005 with the label. Caldwell’s sophomore album “Obsession” released in 2009 saw collaborations with Gram’ma Funk, Mr. V and others.
Along the way, his productions garnered two Grammy nominations. His work with Kaskade on the single “Sorry” snagged a nomination for Best Remixed Recording in 2008, as did his original track “Funk Nasty” featuring Gramma Funk whose Wolfgang Gartner Remix received a Best Remixed Recording nod in 2011.
Recent collaborations include Caldwell lending his talents to remixes and original productions with Morgan Page, Bass Kleph and Zoo Brazil as well as remixes for Paul Oakenfold, Major Lazer, Delerium, Shiny Toy Guns, Beyonce and The Veronicas. He's also concocted kinetic cuts such as the forthcoming track, 'Can’t Turn Away" with Tamara Keenan.
The past year has seen Caldwell kick off a 24 date residency at Las Vegas mega club, Light Nightclub, several tours in Asia and North America and a very special sunrise set at the legendary Robot Heart at Burning Man. He also produces two monthly podcast series: "Play With Andy Caldwell" and "Heritage"
Caldwell says, "I'm constantly trying to create timeless music. I want to make something that will sound as good today as twenty years from now. I pay attention to trends, but I emphasize big hooks and a solid musical foundation. In the studio, I’m emulating my live sets. I want to take people on a journey with my songs and shows. By the time you get to the end, you’ve been on a ride"
Andy's travels have seen him entrance crowds everywhere from Australia to the Berlin Love Parade to Electric Daisy Carnival. He describes the live experience best. "My show is pretty intimate. I play a lot of my own music and current tunes that I'm feeling as well as some classics. It’s a diverse set. I try to pull from those experiences that I’ve had as a fan of dance music and incorporate those into the show"
Ultimately, versatility and adaptability propel Caldwell at lightening speed alongside the genre’s luminaries.
“You have to evolve,” he concludes. “Change is the only real constant in life so you have to embrace that and ride the wave. You can't fight it. As an artist, I want to be inspired every day. The only way to do that is to listen to new material. To me, it's about exploring. I want fans to hit ‘repeat.’ That's the goal. When I work on a song, I'm in love with it; I will play it over and over again. I would like people to share that experience."
They’ll undoubtedly be dancing endlessly along to Andy Caldwell’s music for a long time to come.
Andy Moor (3) 531 views 0 favorites Andy Moor is a trance and progressive Producer DJ. He has used multiple aliases in the past (Dub Disorder, Dwight van Man, Sworn) and has been part of Indigo, Leama & Moor, Lewis & Moor, Tilt, Whiteroom, and Zoo DJ's. Moor was nominated for a Grammy Award in December 2007, for his remix of Canadian artist Delerium with "Angelicus" featuring vocals from Isabel Bayrakdarian. He has also featured highly in the world's biggest DJ poll by DJ Magazine which is voted on by Dance music fans, gaining 50th in 2005, 30th 2 years consecutively in 2006 and 2007, 18th in 2008, 15th in 2009, 32nd in 2010 and 50th in 2011.
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Angel (0) 128 views 0 favorites Angel Marie Faith, known by the stage name Angel, is a former American pop/R&B singer and songwriter. Before pursuing a solo career, she was originally from the American-British girl group No Secrets where she sang half of the lead vocals
Angelo Badalamenti (1) 84 views 0 favorites Angelo Badalamenti (born March 22, 1937) is an American composer, known for his movie soundtrack work for director David Lynch, notably Blue Velvet, the Twin Peaks saga (1990-1992) and Mulholland Drive. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Soundtrack Awards in 2008.
Badalamenti was born in Brooklyn, New York to an Italian family; his mother was from Sicily and his father was a fish market owner. Badalamenti spent much of his childhood listening to opera and classical music. He studied at the Eastman School of Music and at Manhattan School of Music where he earned a master's degree in music.
Ani DiFranco (3) 390 views 0 favorites DiFranco was born in Buffalo, New York, to Elizabeth and Dante DiFranco, who had met while attending MIT. She started playing Beatles covers at local bars and busking with her guitar teacher, Michael Meldrum, at the age of nine.
In 1989, DiFranco started her own record company, Righteous Records. Early in her career DiFranco worked with manager Dale Anderson, a writer for the Buffalo News, who started another record label called Hot Wings Records, after the two parted ways, that released similar sounding material. Her self-titled debut album was issued on the label in the winter of 1990. Later, she relocated to New York City, where she took poetry classes at The New School and toured vigorously for the next 15 years, essentially pausing briefly only to record albums.
Righteous Records was renamed Righteous Babe Records in 1994.
In 1998, DiFranco's drummer, Andy Stochansky, left the band to pursue a solo career as a singer-songwriter. Their rapport during live shows is showcased on the 1997 album Living in Clip.
In 2002 her rendition of Greg Brown's "The Poet Game" appeared on Going Driftless: An Artists' Tribute to Greg Brown.
Her father died early in the summer of 2004. In July 2005, DiFranco developed tendonitis and took a hiatus from touring. Her 2005 tour concluded with an appearance at the FloydFest World Music and Genre Crossover festival in Floyd, Virginia. She returned to touring in late April 2006, including a performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 28 and a performance at the Calgary Folk Music Festival on July 30, 2006.
In 2005 she collaborated with fellow folk singer Dar Williams on "Comfortably Numb", a Pink Floyd cover song from Williams' album My Better Self.
DiFranco's album Reprieve was released on August 8, 2006. It was previously leaked on iTunes for several hours around July 1, 2006, due to an error saying it was released in 2002. DiFranco performed with Cyndi Lauper on "Sisters of Avalon", a track from Lauper's 2005 collection The Body Acoustic.
On September 11, 2007, she released the first retrospective of her career, titled Canon and for the first time, a collection of poetry in a book titled Verses.
Red Letter Year was released on September 30, 2008. Says DiFranco about the album:
"When I listen to my new record, I hear a very relaxed me, which I think has been absent in a lot of my recorded canon. Now I feel like I’m in a really good place. My partner Mike Napolitano co-produced this record - my guitar and voice have never sounded better, and that’s because of him. I’ve got this great band and crew. And my baby, she teaches me how to just be in my skin, to do less and be more."
DiFranco performed a live webcast from Ex'pression College for Digital Arts on June 24, 2010. She debuted a selection of new material, including the songs "Which Side Are You On?" (a reworking of the Florence Reece song with different lyrics penned by DiFranco), "Life Boat", "Unworry", "Promiscuity", "Splinter", "Amendment", "See See..." and "Hearse".
In 2010, DiFranco sued hip-hop horrorcore artist Necro for sampling her song, "Used to You" in a response track called "The Asshole Anthem" on his DIE! album. Due to the lawsuit, the album was reissued without the track.
She has continued touring through 2011. As of 2008 her backing band consists of Todd Sickafoose on upright bass, Allison Miller on drums, and Mike Dillon on percussion and vibes. DiFranco returned to the Calgary Folk Music Festival in July 2008.
She is also a poet and has been featured on Def Jam's poetry hour.
DiFranco released an album of new material on January 17, 2012, titled "¿Which Side Are You On?". It includes collaborations with Pete Seeger, Ivan Neville, Cyril Neville, Skerik, Adam Levy, Righteous Babe recording artist Anaïs Mitchell, CC Adcock, and a host of New Orleans-based horn players known for their work in such outfits as Galactic, Bonerama, and Rebirth Brass Band.
She and her husband currently reside in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans.
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Annie (1) 303 views 0 favorites Anne Lilia Berge Strand (born 21 November 1977), better known by her stage name Annie, is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and DJ. Annie began her recording career in 1999 with the underground hit single "The Greatest Hit" and gained international acclaim, particularly from music bloggers, for her debut album Anniemal (2004).
After completing secondary school, Annie started DJing in Bergen, where she met house producer and soon-to-be boyfriend Tore Kroknes. In 1999, Annie and Kroknes released the single "The Greatest Hit", which sold out in two days and became popular in Norwegian and British nightclubs. Before Annie and Kroknes could release an album, Kroknes died from a congenital heart defect in 2001. Annie went on to sign a record deal with Britain's 679 Recordings in 2003, releasing her debut album Anniemal in 2004, for which she received widespread critical acclaim and several Norwegian music awards.
Annie has been praised for her unique, "indie" style of electropop and synthpop music and has been described as "a pop singer with credibility, an indie artist with one eye on the dancefloor", and "the Kylie it's cool to like". Annie describes her music as "pop with strange edges".
Annie released her second studio album, Don't Stop, on the Smalltown Supersound label on 19 October 2009. Annie currently lives in Berlin.
Annie currently lives in Berlin,[38] to where she moved after being evicted from the apartment in Bergen she was living in because it was going to be turned into a hotel.[39] She owned a cat named Joey, whom she named after both Joey Ramone and Joey McIntyre of New Kids on the Block. Joey died on 29 January 2010.[40] Annie is an avid reader and follows global politics. She is friends with musician Peaches. Her musical influences include Madonna, Saint Etienne, the Pet Shop Boys, and Kate Bush.[34] She has a green belt in karate.[41]
Antillas (1) 283 views 0 favorites Beginning with his initial forays on the music scene, Antillas has been supported by International radio stations such as BBC Radio 1 and by worldwide renowned DJs as Judge Jules, Dave Pearce and Pete Tong.
Antillas moved on to producing and remixing for the finest labels - Armada, Ministry of Sound, Nettwerk, Atlantic, Black Hole, Data, Nebula, Ultra, Universal Uk, Sony, Spinnin - and Artists including Tiesto, Michael Woods, Simply Red, Deepest Blue, Dario G, Andy Hunter, Clannad, Matt Goss, Conjure One and many more.
Upon the release of Plummet’s “Damaged”, a global success and a cover of American band Plumb, and of the self-produced, mind-blowing main version of Tiesto’s single “Just Be” Antillas was projected into the trance music hall of fame and has sold more than half a million singles in his career so far.
Antillas can also boast an impressive amount of n.1 and top 10 hits on the main digital stores, receiving full support from the likes of Armin Van Buuren, Steve Angello, Tiesto, Andrew Rayel, Ferry Corsten, W&W, Gareth Emery, Arty, MarLo, Above & Beyond, Dash Berlin, Axwell, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, Sander Van Doorn, Judge Jules, Avicii, Boy George, Roger Shah, ATB, Andy Moor, Dave Pearce and many more.
In fall 2011 Antillas joined Armada Music Management’s elite roster. Antillas’s new version of “Damaged”, featuring Tasmanian vocalist Fiora, was released in February 2012. The dancefloor filler enjoyed the support of the world’s top DJs and rocketed to the top of the most relevant charts, where it remained for several weeks. Antillas has since then become a highly requested remixer and, in this capacity, he laid his hands on tracks by such Artists as Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz, Dash Berlin, Chicane, Andy Moor, BT, Jes, Kim Wilde, Emma Hewitt, Roger Shah, Ashley Wallbridge, Ram, Solarstone and more, in addition to releasing his own music.
At the same time, Antillas is DJ’ing all over the world – his most recent live endeavors include Ultra Music Festival BA, ASOT 600 Beirut and Den Bosch, Armada Nights Russia, Malaysia, USA, Hong Kong and Taipei, Electronic Family, ASOT Ibiza and opening for the whole Armin Van Buuren Intense USA and Canada May 2013 tour.
Antillas has recently launched his own label IHU Records under the Armada umbrella. The label is focused on the trance, electro and progressive genres, especially from emerging artists. In addition to this, Antillas has been hosting a weekly one-hour show on SiriusXM since 2013: his A-List Podcast airs on Sundays as part of A State Of Sundays on SiriusXM’s Electric Area channel.
Antillas’s debut Artist album, “Human Frames”, was released worldwide via Armada Music on April 2014. The record features a wide array of vocalists and collaborators in addition to Antillas’s long-time studio partner Dankann: Fiora, Christian Burns, Chris Madin, Venom One, Out Of Synch, Jenson Vaughan, Lady V, Destineak, Anki, Vitodito, Tellur, Blinders and Laurell have all contributed to the final result. The much-requested album remixes will be released in early 2015.
Antix (1) 289 views 0 favorites Brothers, studio partners and seasoned producers who’s achievements to date encompass 4 albums, a fruitful international touring career and an array of heavyweight productions spread across their three monikers Antix, Fiord and Triangle.
“The studio being our second home is our creative playground which gives us the confidence to work outside the square. The Fiord releases of late are hypnotic dance-floor monsters, we love to pack a punch and give people a thrill. The sound on the new Antix album tends to sway to the deeper emotional side with splashes of robotic funk and melancholic Indy dance. That’s the advantage of having so many projects, it allows us to evolve in many directions”
Hailing from New Zealand with a musical background rich with influences from Ritchie Hawtin to Rhythm and Sound, Barton and Hayden have such a plethora of inspiration it is undisputable that the quality of their music simply demands your attention. On their quest they continue to push new boundaries, mesmerizing audiences worldwide. Check out their work, and you’ll hear why.
Antoine Clamaran (1) 278 views 0 favorites Antoine Clamaran (born 1964) is a French house music artist and music remixer. Clamaran was born in Villeurbanne. In the early 90's, his local fame interested Maximum FM, the leading parisian dance radio station at that time. Impressed by his mixing gift, Clamaran gained a huge audience and started to be booked for one off parties. But Palace headquarters (Palace in Paris is the NYC equivalent of Studio 54) asked him to run the mythical Gay Tea Dance every Sunday, instead of French icon Laurent Garnier.
In 1992 Clamaran, eager to get involved into production, teamed up with Laurent Pautrat. Their first Production "I've got music in me" by 400 Hz made him one of the most promising French producers. Released on House Trade Records, this track was licensed by BMG France and sold over 100,000 units.
Then record companies started to flood Clamaran with remixing requests such as : "Funky Music" by Calvin Stone, "oxygene" by Jean Michel Jarre, "party time" by Gloria Estefan, "you spin me round" by Dead or Alive and "Encore Une Fois" by Euro smash. His own productions under the names of Carayca, 400 Hz, D-Plac, LAC, Unchain & House Train were always at the top the DJ playlists but it was not until 1998 was he again to enter the French top 50 best-sellers list.
As a DJ he switched his residency from Palace to the Temple of Dance in Paris: Le Queen.
During 1998 he produced 3 club smashes under the name Omega: "Dreaming Of A Better World", "Peace & Harmony", "The Mission". All these tracks went gold status in France (250,000 units) but didn't make any sales abroad.
By 1999, Clamaran had reached a blockbuster status in France but he chose to come back to house music, leaving behind the commercial path laid out for him. He decided to produce tracks under his own name and oriented for the international markets. His first productions under his name; "Do The Funk", "Get Up" and "After", were written with the now famous "french filtered sound".
These tracks were licensed by US based label Filtered records and released on the Discoland EP. The record became a "must have" for most of the world's key DJs including Boris Duglosch, Erick Morillo, Pete Tong, Danny Rampling and Robbie Rivera. With "We Come To Party" feat. Blue James (Basement jaxx singer), the filtered disco style of Clamaran, became an asset for the house community.
In 1999, a few days before New Year's Eve, Clap production (Clamaran /Pautrat label) merged into Penso Positivo (firm of another famous DJ in France : Claude Monnet).
Antoine is now managing 4 labels, as producer and a&r, within Penso Possitivo: Academy, North Club, House Trade Records and Basic traxx.
In 2000, he achieved charts success with Vibration INC. Antoine Clamaran is currently the resident in the two biggest parisian clubs: Les Bains Douches and Le Queen.
The leading single from his 2009 album Spotlight, "Gold", reached #5 position in Russia and topped the Moscow Airplay Chart.
Now, Antoine works with Soraya Arnelas for her new album.
Anton Powers (1) 351 views 0 favorites Anton Powers is a British DJ, record producer, remixer & radio presenter. He is most prominently known for his 2015 collaboration with Philip George, "Alone No More". He is also a member of UK-based remix/production/DJ team Cahill.
Antonio Carlos Jobim (1) 37 views 0 favorites Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (January 25, 1927 – December 8, 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtõ ʒoˈbĩ]), was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within Brazil and internationally.
Widely known as the composer of "The Girl from Ipanema" (Garota de Ipanema), one of the most recorded songs of all time, Jobim has left a large number of songs that are today included in the standard Jazz and Pop repertoires.
Antônio Carlos Jobim was born in the middle-class district of Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro. His father Jorge de Oliveira Jobim (São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, April 23, 1889 - July 19, 1935) was a writer, diplomat, professor and journalist. He came from a prominent family, being the great-grand nephew of José Martins da Cruz Jobim, senator, privy councillor and physician of Emperor Dom Pedro II. While studying medicine in Europe, José Martins added Jobim to his last name, paying homage to the village where his family came from in Portugal, the parish of Santa Cruz de Jovim, Porto.
When Antônio was still an infant, his parents separated and his mother, Nilza Brasileiro de Almeida (c. 1910 - November 17, 1989), moved with her children (Antônio Carlos and his sister Helena Isaura, born February 23, 1931) to Ipanema, the beachside neighborhood the composer would later celebrate in his songs. In 1935, when the elder Jobim died, Nilza married Celso da Frota Pessoa (died February 2, 1979), who would encourage his stepson's career. He was the one that gave Jobim his first piano. As a young man of limited means, Jobim earned his living by playing in nightclubs and bars and later as an arranger for a recording label, before starting to achieve success as a composer.
Jobim's musical roots were planted firmly in the work of Pixinguinha, the legendary musician and composer who began modern Brazilian music in the 1930s. Among his teachers were Lúcia Branco, and, from 1941 on, Hans-Joachim Koellreutter. Jobim was also influenced by the French composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and by jazz. Among many themes, his lyrics talked about love, self-discovery, betrayal, joy and especially about the birds and natural wonders of Brazil, like the "Mata Atlântica" forest, characters of Brazilian folklore like Matitaperê (Saci Pererê), and his home city of Rio de Janeiro.
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Aquanote (3) 497 views 0 favorites Aquanote is the solo project of studio hand and expressive songwriter Gabriel René. The son of a West Coast jazzman, René listened to much jazz-funk and soul while growing up. His first direct musical experience came in 1995, when he formed Soulstice (with Andy Caldwell), a San Francisco band that blended programmed house with the live feel of acid jazz. The group released an album on the Om label (Illusion), and René began writing songs for a solo project. He was then signed to the like-minded label Naked Music, which specializes in a fusion of jazz, funk, and house. For his Aquanote debut, 2002's The Pearl, René called on an array of musician contacts he'd made around San Francisco, as well as a half-dozen female vocalists.