
Andrew Duke - Stage 9 - Halifax CA - Feb 2005
Genre: Electro
Date of Set: Feb 22nd, 2005
Filesize: 43.00 MB
Total Downloads: 2
Biography of Andrew Duke
Andrew Duke has been composing, producing, remixing, and performing music since 1987, plus scoring and sound design for film, television, video, web, theatre, and radio. His music is consistently referred to by the media and listeners alike as continuously presenting a unique and distinct sound; quotes: “Andrew Duke creates music that sounds like it has a reason for living” (The Wire, UK); “He often seems to be inventing new genres” (Cyclic Defrost, Australia); “a unique producer with a strong perception and approach of his own to electronic music” (Koert Notario, Courthouse Int'l Audio, The Netherlands); “Andrew Duke renews my faith in the world of slow-mo techno” (Igloomag/Microview, USA); “Andrew Duke reinvents himself almost with every release” (All Music Guide, USA); “Andrew Duke puts his soul into his experimental music” (The Halifax Daily News, Canada); “The man behind the East Coast electronic music scene, Duke displays a different facet of his skill with every release” (Exclaim, Canada). In 2005, two PSAs he scored for the Racism: Stop It! campaign were recognized with national awards. In 2003, he was nominated for Album of the Year (Electronica) at the Canadian Independent Music Awards for his Sprung album (Bip-Hop/France). He has been commissioned for 65+ remixes (for artists such as Aaliyah, Pink Floyd, Chicks On Speed, Heavy Meadows, and David Kristian), has licensed 125+ tracks to compilations, and regularly tours his live PA. He is also a music software educator and a visual artist whose work has been exhibited internationally, as well as a leader of an electro-acoustic ensemble.
other activities:
Duke has been writing about music since 1981 and his articles have been reprinted internationally in languages including French, German, Italian, Polish, and Serbian; since 1987, he has hosted Andrew Duke's In The Mix (a weekly radio/internet show syndicated at one point to over 35 million weekly listeners worldwide), produced artists at his Cognition Sound studio, and produced events across Canada. He formed the Cognition Audioworks label in 1990 after operating Incognito Musique and Digitalis Recordings (1987-1990). Cognition Audioworks' online home is the Cognition site: cognitionaudioworks.com (ranked as an 'essential' website and one of the Top 200 sites on the net, music-related or otherwise, in The Wire, October 2000). Duke has been a jury member for Canada’s Junos (the equivalent to America’s Grammys; 2000, 2001), Indies (2001), DJ Olympics (1998-2004), and Dig Your Roots (2002, 2003); he was a panelist at MUTEK_Intersection (2003). He is a member of the GCFC (Guild of Canadian Film Composers), AFCOOP (Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative), SOCAN, ASCAP, ECMA (East Coast Music Association), MIANS (Music Industry Association Of Nova Scotia), CKDU 97.5 FM, Atlantic Federation Of Musicians Local 571, as well as Halifax's Upstream Orchestra and Guerrilla Orchestra (led by Paul Cram). Duke has served on the Board of Directors for the NCRA (National Campus and Community Radio Association).
print/online:
Duke has received international recognition in the press, with features published and/or scheduled in Germany (Newempire, Ableton, Native Instruments), Turkey (Basatap), the UK (Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Jockey Slut, Absorb), France (Coda, Clarknova), Belgium (Ultra), The Netherlands (Het Parool, Wreck This Mess), Italy (The Vibes), Spain (Go), Poland (Syntezatory), Finland (Phinnzine), Belarus (MG), Macedonia (Urban, Fakezine, Star6_789), Chicago (Thousand Words), Boston (Weekly Dig), Toronto (!earshot, Chart, Eye, Umbrella, Subway), Montreal (Mirror, Hour, Voir, Ici, Nightlife), Ottawa (Xpress), Vancouver (Discorder), Edmonton (See), Winnipeg (Stylus), St Catherines (Pulse Niagara, Freq), Saint John (Nightwaves), Sydney (title tbc), and Halifax (The Herald, The Daily News, The Coast, Soundcheck, Idiot, Electric Atlantic, and The Gazette).
compilations:
Duke’s music has been compiled with such artists as Acid Jesus, Autechre, Balil, Bangkok Impact, Daniel Bell, The Black Dog, Blectum From Blechdom, Coil, Convextion, Cray, Dabrye, Greg Davis, Sean Deason, Deep Chord, Vladislav Delay, Dntel, Duul Drv, Luke Eargoggle, 8-Bit Rockers, Morgan Geist, Global Communication, Jan Jelinek, O. Lamm, Languis, Legowelt, Hakan Lidbo, Francisco Lopez, L’uisine, Mannequin Lung, Matmos, Multiplex, KK Null, Klangstabil, Alan Oldham, Pacou, Phthalocyanine, Pita, Proem, Rechenzentrum, Reload, Safety Scissors, Jeff Samuel, Sawako, Schneider TM, John Selway, Sender Berlin, Si-Cut.db, Todd Sines, Mikael Stavostrand, Sutekh, Swayzak, Sybarite, John Tejada, Thievery Corporation, Twerk, Ultra Milkmaids, Ricardo Villalobos, V/Vm, Stewart Walker, Geoff White, Benjamin Wild, and Zip.
live appearances:
in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Kingston, Hamilton, St Catherines, London, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton, Halifax, and Sydney at various festivals (MUTEK dans la rue, New Forms Festival, Atlantic Jazz Festival, Spring Fever, Networkings Festival, Pop Explosion, East Coast Unauthorized, and Experimental Music Festival) and venues with artists including Mitchell Akiyama, Akumu, Annalyze, Battery Operated, Bleupulp, Eloi Brunelle, Champion, Clinker, The Paul Cram Orchestra, Deadbeat, D’Iberville, Jimmy Edgar, Gary Flanagan, Foal, Frivolous, Greg Gow, Granny’Ark, Holzkopf, I8U, Tomas Jirku, Robin Judge, Junior Boys, David Kristian, Loscil, Alain Mongeau, Dani Oore, Arthur Oskan, Naw, Pheek, Joe Silva, Sneak-Thief, Steb Sly, Szkieve, Amon Tobin, Tobias Van Veen, and Xingu Hill.
Andrew Duke is available for print, radio, and net interviews, live bookings (performances as well as music software demos/workshops), scoring, sound design, and remixes.