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AIM - COLD WATER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4DmVAAMv_U
History
Andy Turner's first musical output was in a fledgling indie band called The Chelsea Flower Show. His father was a jazz drummer and instrument shop owner and after the demise of the band, Turner followed in his father's footsteps, opening a record shop called Speed Limit Records.[1] It was here that he began to hone his skills on the decks, helping him to embark upon a serious music career.
He was discovered by Mark Rae and signed to Grand Central. So far he has released three full length studio albums - Cold Water Music, Hinterland and Flight 602, plus an album collecting together his early singles, and two DJ mix albums. Re-releases of his early albums are expected on Aim's new label, ATIC Records in 2008.
In 2004, Aim produced the fellow ex-Grand Central artist, Niko's debut album, Life On Earth.
Aim left Grand Central Records in early 2005 and formed his own independent record label, ATIC Records, in June 2005, and his own recording studio, Speed Limit Studios. The first album to be released on the label was Aim's Flight 602. It was released on 25 September 2006. Niko has also signed to ATIC and has returned Aim's earlier favour, by providing vocals for the new album. The final single to be released from Flight 602 was the "Birchwood" EP, released on 5 November 2007.
Aim also began a new collaboration, Paperboy, with vocals performed by Justin Helliwell, the singer from The Chelsea Flower Show, the band the pair were members of in their younger days.
To expand beyond the confines of a touring solely as a DJ, Aim began touring with a full live band in the early 2000s. This has now consolidated into a 10-piece ensemble, with musicians playing drums, electric double bass, percussion, guitars,keyboards, trumpet, saxophone, synthesizer and vocals provided by Niko.[2] The band's extensive UK tour included an appearance at Glastonbury Festival in 2007.
Aim is currently performing production duties on ATIC Records artists' albums, including Sevens' debut Defiance in Mind, Crowhead's Born With Teeth and Niko's forthcoming second album.[2] He is also preparing tracks for his next solo album, which will feature collaborations with QNC, Mikey D.O.N., Death of the Neighbourhood and James Yorkston. He also had a song appear on the European release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, released in 1999, titled Ain't Got Time To Waste featuring YZ.
TRUST - CANDY WALLS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bhEqZlbHeg
Origin
The band is composed of Robert Alfons[1] (of Winnipeg) and Maya Postepski[1] (also of the band Austra). The pair met in late 2009, started writing songs together,[2] and formed the band in January 2010.[3] The duo insist that they are more than just an Austra side project.[4]
[edit]Recordings
The band released their EP "Candy Walls" in 2011 on Brooklyn imprint Sacred Bones Records.[5] On the strength of this seven inch release, they were signed in 2011 to record label Arts & Crafts.[6]
They released their first full length album TRST 28 February 2012 on the Arts & Crafts label.[7]
Critic Luis-Enrique Arrazola of the National Post said (of their Toronto release party) "Trust gave an outstanding performance proving that they’re an act worthy of all the hype. With a set far past midnight, they’re the perfect ending to a wild night in the city, taking you on a relentless trip through a set list dripping with sexual tension before winding down to the last pulses of the synthesizer."[8]
Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork rated the album 7.4 out of 10 saying "...I quite like Alfons' voice; it has a slithering, grimy quality to it that increases the raunch-factor on particularly dirty-sounding tracks like "Shoom" and "Bulbform", and when he struts his stuff on "Sulk" and "Dressed for Space", he sounds like the kind of personality-heavy singer indie culture's been hesitant to embrace over the last few years."[9] It was listed on number 8 on Insound's Top Albums of 2012[10] and on number 37 on Under the Radar's Top 50 Albums of 2012[11].
The group is working on their follow up second album.[12]
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
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