AmpLive

Amp Live is an American alternative hip hop producer and DJ from California.[1] He is one half of the duo Zion I.[2] He has remixed works by Radiohead,[3] Tokyo Police Club,[4] and Jamie Lidell.[5]

Amp Live
BornTexas
OriginCalifornia
GenresAlternative hip hop
Occupation(s)Producer, DJ
Years active2005-present
LabelsPlug Research, Gravitas Recordings, LRG, Child's Play, OM Records
Associated actsZion I, The Grouch, Eligh, Goapele
Websitewww.amplivesworld.com

Life and career

Born and raised in Texas,[6] Amp Live released Rainydayz Remixes, an 8-track remix project of Radiohead's In Rainbows, in 2008.[7] He received a cease and desist letter from Warner/Chappell, informing him that Rainydayz Remixes "created musical arrangements/remixes" without proper approval.[8] After building an internet movement, primarily through YouTube, Stereogum and Pitchfork Media, a settlement was reached and Amp Live was allowed to release the album for free.[9] It was chosen by Wired as their "Best Free Download of the Week".[10]

Amp Live released the solo album, Murder at the Discotech, in 2010.[11][12] He released Therapy at 3, a collaborative album with Eligh, in 2011.[13] In 2014, he released the album, Headphone Concerto, on Plug Research.[14] In 2017, he released an EP, Atmosphere, on Gravitas Recordings.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Murder at the Discotech (2010)
  • Therapy at 3 (2011) (with Eligh)
  • Headphone Concerto (2014)

Compilation albums

  • Electrowonderland Vol. 1: Drum n Bass Sessions (2005)
  • Beats, Remixes, and a Side of Mashups (2008)

EPs

  • Rainydayz Remixes (2007)
  • Hot Right Now (2010)
  • You Are Not Human: The Love EP (2011)
  • One Dark Eskimo Remixes (2011)
  • Kaleidoscope Theory: The Color EP (2013)
  • Atmosphere (2017)

Singles

  • "Gary Is a Robot" (2009)
  • "Turn It Up" (2010)
  • "Mister Sarode" (2013)
  • "Brass Knuckles" (2013)
  • "D.H.E.A." (2013)
  • "Closer to the Sun (Colorado Dreamin')" (2014)
  • "Penny Nickel Dime" (2014)

Productions

Remixes

gollark: I think it's mostly just costly signalling, really.
gollark: Also broadly speaking that said more fancy clothes are better somehow than the T-shirt/"sweatpant" trouser things I actually like wearing.
gollark: I mean that they insist I need cotton shirts (because natural → good somehow?!) and also have to wear ironed clothes?
gollark: Well, they seem to think that I should wear excessively fancy clothes (beyond the somewhat-fancy-clothes requirement of my school dress code) or people will judge me for it somehow?
gollark: I care somewhat about appearance, but your comment reminds me very much of the whole thing my parents have with looking "smart".

References

  1. Huff, Quentin B. (June 14, 2010). "Amp Live: Murder at the Discotech". PopMatters.
  2. Yates, Steve (January 20, 2008). "Amplive, Rainydayz". The Guardian.
  3. Martin, Andrew (March 20, 2008). "Amplive: Rainydayz Remixes". PopMatters.
  4. Rutledge, Bryant (July 31, 2008). "Tokyo Police Club "The Baskervilles (AmpLive Remix feat. Aesop Rock and Yak Ballz)"". XLR8R. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
  5. Marston, Jennifer (October 16, 2008). "Jamie Lidell "Out of My System (AmpLive Remix)"". XLR8R. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
  6. Loza, Laryssa (January 6, 2014). "DJ Spotlight: Zion I's Amp Live Talks Solo Album". Vibe.
  7. Lindsay, Cam (February 13, 2008). "Download Amplive's Radiohead Remixes For Free". Exclaim!.
  8. Jurgens, Jason (June 1, 2008). "Frequencies: Amplive". Electronic Musician.
  9. Jurgens, Jason (June 1, 2008). "Daring Radiohead, Zion-I and electronic makeovers advance Amplive's game". Remix. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012.
  10. Watecutter, Anglea (February 14, 2008). "Best Free Download of the Week: Amplive's Rainydayz Remixes of In Rainbows". Wired.
  11. Martin, Andrew (March 3, 2010). "Album Review: Amplive - Murder At The Discotech". Prefix.
  12. Uddenberg, Brett (April 27, 2010). "Amp Live - Murder At The Discotech". URB. Archived from the original on May 16, 2010.
  13. Quinlan, Thomas (November 15, 2011). "Eligh & AmpLive - Therapy at 3". Exclaim!.
  14. Quinland, Thomas (August 5, 2014). "Amp Live - Headphone Concerto". Exclaim!.


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