Grand Analog
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Grand Analog is a Canadian hip hop band, fronted by Odario Williams. The project combines R&B, jazz, reggae and rock influences into a hip hop style performed mainly on live instruments instead of digital electronics.[1]
History
Grand Analog was first formed by Williams in 2002 as a short-lived rock-oriented side project from his main band Mood Ruff. After Mood Ruff's breakup, he revived the project with a new focus on reggae and hip hop in 2006.[2] Williams has told the press that "sonically, I knew that I wanted to dig into dub and rock and soul. I’ve always wanted to do that, but years ago I wasn’t free enough upstairs to know that I could."[1]
The band released their first album, Calligraffiti, in 2007. A follow-up album, titled Metropolis Is Burning,[3] was released on May 26, 2009.[4][5] The album topped the Canadian community and campus radio hip hop chart for several weeks.[6]
Grand Analog won two Western Canadian Music Awards for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Recording in 2009 for Touch Your Toes EP and 2010 for Metropolis Is Burning.[7]
The band's third album, Modern Thunder, was released in Canada on August 20, 2013.[8][9] Modern Thunder was also released in various European countries on German label Ferryhouse Records; and released in the U.S. on Brooklyn label Feel Up Records.
In 2015 the band released an album, Roll Dub Soul Rap,[10] and performed at a number of clubs in western Canada.,[11] In 2016 they released a video, Love is a Battlefield.[12]
Discography
- Calligraffiti (2007)
- Metropolis Is Burning (2009)
- Modern Thunder (2013)
- Roll Dub Soul Rap (2015)
- Survival (2018)
References
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- ↑ a b Denise Benson, Extended Play: Grand Analog, eye weekly, March 5, 2008. Denise Benson.Archived at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Grand Analog". AllMusic Biography by Cyril Cordor
- ↑ Dart, Chris Name."Grand Analog Move Forward", Exclaim!, June 2009.
- ↑ Tanya Bailey, "Artist Profile: Grand Analog" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Toronto Music Scene, December 17, 2008.
- ↑ "Mini-review Grand Analog". Robert Everett-Green, Globe and Mail, Jun. 02, 2009
- ↑ "Sunset Rubdown Chart Champs Again For Third Week"Script error: No such module "Category handler".[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. Chart Attack - Jul 21, 2009
- ↑ "Previous Winners" Script error: No such module "webarchive". Breakout West festival website
- ↑ "Grand Analog Modern Thunder". Exclaim!, By Del F. Cowie Aug 16, 2013
- ↑ "First Play: Grand Analog, Modern Thunder" Script error: No such module "webarchive".. CBC Music, August 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Review – Grand Analog". Canada Beats, Jenna Melanson on October 8, 2015
- ↑ "Hip-hop act quietly plotting world domination". Winnipeg Free Press, Jen Zoratti 02/5/2015
- ↑ "Grand Analog "Love Is a Battlefield" (video)". Exclaim! By Gregory Adams Aug 31, 2016.
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External links
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- Feelup Records
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