Dinamo Azari
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Biografía
- AZARI (MODELFUTURE, AZARI & III) Canadian born musician, producer & Dj, achieving worldwide monumental success with his band AZARI & III, headlining festivals like Exit, Sonar, Glastonbury, Ultra, Hit singles Hungry For The Power, Reckless & Victim.Extending into new waters, rich with promise, the Montreal-born, Toronto-based musician-producer behind the global phenomenon Azari & III returns with new solo album ‘Estranged’, released March 2016 on The Vinyl Factory UK Imprint. The first single is Victim – released November 6th - a pulsing opening shot, ripe with indignation, featuring singers Fritz Helder and Starving Yet Full, who lent Azari & III their distinctive vocals. The crossover success of his previous band’s raucous, hedonistic, revitalization of classic house - with hits such as ‘Reckless (With Your Love)’ and ‘Hungry For The Power’ - brought game-changing concerts all over the world. After such extensive touring the solo Azari returns to Toronto for rejuvenation and inspiration on his debut. “Toronto has a thriving, young scene and it was imperative I stay close to it,” Dinamo enthuses. I’m staying close to my roots and the results are on the record.” “The city has a unique sound and I wanted to acknowledge that.” Dinamo explains, “It’s proximity to meccas such as New York, Detroit, Chicago and Montreal give it a rich heritage, but it’s very much its own thing. Although it’s never really been in the spotlight, Toronto has its own true, original soundtracks. Speaking to all cultures through tones and vocal harmonies, the music throughout ‘Estranged’ maintains the retro-tinted bubbliness of Azari’s past but also heads somewhere grittier, tougher and much further into the nightworld - from analog machine-based 4/4 to the raw, minimal, darker sides of techno and house. New voices include James Ken Bailey, who appears on the title track 'Estranged', ‘Santo (Fear & Desire)’ and ‘Break Me’. His soulful, emotive vocals match the lush, minimal production of the album’s title track and create a sweet contrast to the stark, jackin’ house of ‘Break Me’. Another discovery is Ahmad Larnes, from Queens, New York via Berlin, appearing on the Balearic houser ‘Edge of Control’ and album opener ‘Witchwood’. Fritz Helder crops up solo on the pared back and funky ‘Drexl’, replete with its “Black don’t crack” refrain and provocative lyrics (“Black niggers wanna be white off the deep end/White niggers wanna be black on the weekend”). Other guests include Nick Fiorucci who collaborates on ‘Haçienda’, a reinterpretation of his own 1989 rave classic, the piano line of which was the basis for so many early ‘90s hardcore classics (Slipmatt & Lime, Altern-8, Carl Cox, etc). With a past that speaks loudly for itself, Dinamo Azari has a new manifesto. He’s taking things into the future with an album that speaks to both the underground heads and the podium party people. The sound of sounds to come.̸Dinamo Azari 'Victim' (12", Single, 180) The Vinyl factory VF172 2015 N/O/T/A - None Of The Above EP (12", EP, Ltd, W/Lbl, Ink) 2MR 2015 Adonis, Azari & III, Mixhell - No Way Back - The Covers (12") Trax Records TX112R 2015 Azari & III ft Don Cash 'Party Night' Tim Sweeney Compilation – Beats In Space 2014 Azari & III - Hungry For The Power 2 versions I'm A Cliché 2009 Sal Principato & Dinamo Azari - Leopard Theme 2 versions Skylax 2009 In Flagranti Featuring Craig Yamey, Dinamo Azari, Wolfram Eckert, Andrew Butler - Double Talk (12", Maxi) Codek Records Europe Stay Here Friendly Fires - Stay Here (CDr, Single, Promo) Studio !K7 none 2010 Hungry For The Power 7 versions I'm A Cliché 2009 Reckless (With Your Love) 9 versions Permanent Vacation 2009 Scion A/V Remix: Into The Night 3 versions Scion Audio/Visual 2010 Indigo EP 3 versions Turbo 2010 Manic 6 versions Turbo 2011 Into The Night 3 versions Turbo 2012 Lost In Time 2 versions Loose Lips/Island Records 2012 The Lost Versions 2 versions Turbo Recordings 2013 Indigo (Remixes) (5xFile, MP3, EP, 320) Dim Mak Records DM391 2013 Lost Express EP (5xFile, MP3, EP, 320) Get Physical Music GPM249 2013 FACT Mix 313 (File, MP3, Mixed, 192) FACT Magazine FACT 313 2012 Miscellaneous Reckless (With Your Love) (2015 Remixes) (CDr, Promo) Universal Music none 2015 Reckless With Your Love (Paul Epworth Edit) Various - Germany's Next Topmodel - The Best Catwalk Hits 2013 (2xCD, Comp) Polystar (3) 060075342276 (2) 2013
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