Trials (musician)

Trials, AKA Daniel Rankine, is a renowned producer hailing from Adelaide with 2 x Double Platinum and 10 x Gold records under his belt, along with 4 x ARIA Awards and a further 5 x nominations. In 2020 he signed to Island Records/Universal Music Australia to release his debut solo album.

Trials
Birth nameDaniel Rankine
Born (1983-05-24) 24 May 1983
OriginAustralia
GenresHip Hop
Occupation(s)Musician, music producer
Associated actsFunkoars, A.B. Original

Trials’ impressive body of work includes collaborations, co-writes and production of tracks with a wide range of artists and genres including: Drapht, Gurrumul, Archie Roach, Hilltop Hoods, Pete Murray, Seth Sentry, Illy, DZ Deathrays, Paul Kelly, Thelma Plum, Mo’Ju and Dune Rats to name a few.

He is a member of Funkoars[1] and A.B. Original.[2]

Trials’ most recent work with A.B. Original has left a mark on the Australian music scene. A.B. Original have appeared at a number of live events including; the 2016 BigSound Keynote presentation and interview; MC and performer at Laneway Festival 2017; and support act for - 50cent Australian tour; Hilltop Hoods Australian tour; Midnight Oil and a special live performance with Paul Kelly at the 2017 ARIA Awards.

Awards

2018 APRA AMCOS Songwriter of the year w/ A.B.Original

2017 Triple J Australian Album of the Year w/ A.B.Original

2017 ARIA Best Urban Album and Best Independent release w/ A.B.Original

2017 Australian Music Prize w/ A.B.Original

2 x 2017 AIR Awards w/ A.B.Original

2017 NIMA Awards Song of the Year w/ A.B.Original

Discography

With Funkoars
  • Who's Your Step Daddy - Peepshow (2003)
  • The Greatest Hits - Obese (2006)
  • The Hangover - Peepshow (2008) AUS #57
  • The Quickening - Golden Era Records (2011) AUS #11
  • Dawn of the Head (DOTH) (EP) - Golden Era Records (2014) AUS #18
  • Yeah, Nah - Golden Era Records (yet to be released)

With A.B. Original

Feature & Production
  • Cross Bred Mongrels - Restore Your Faith (2006)[3]
  • Reason - "Life's a Lesson" (2006)[4]
  • Vents - Hard to Kill (2007)[5]
  • Drapht - Brothers Grimm (2008)[6]
  • Seth Sentry - The Waiter Minute (2008)
  • Briggs - The Blacklist (2010)[7]
  • Drapht - Life of Riley (2011)[8]
  • K21 - Single Minded Civilian (2012)[9]
  • Seth Sentry - Dear Science (2012)
  • Purpose - Where It Starts (2013)[10]
  • Mr. Grevis - Game Over (2017)[11]
  • Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse (2019)

Film & TV

Music Director and Lead Composer - Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky

Wrote and performed - I Stand - The Australian Dream w/ A.B. ORIGINAL

Scored Netflix film Cargo & wrote films Feature Song w/ Gurrumul

Scored season 1-2 of Cleverman

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gollark: node.js calls it "normalizing", which is probably the word I meant, see here: https://nodejs.org/api/path.html#path_path_normalize_path
gollark: It should use the same filepath parsing logic as the actual filesystem, so that shouldn't be an issue.
gollark: Canonicalizing-or-whatever-it-is - converting the `..`s and symlinks and whatnot - is probably provided by your language of choice's standard library.
gollark: Then you... canoncalize or something... the path before that.

References
  1. Kingsmill, Kate (29 March 2012), "Funkoars won't pull punches", Sydney Morning Herald
  2. Crawford, Anwen (July 2016), "Smart black man with a plan", The Monthly
  3. "Cross Bred Mongrels – Restore Your Faith". Cross Bred Mongrels on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. "Reason (2) – The Tides Are Turning". Reason on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  5. "Vents – Hard To Kill". Vents on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  6. "Drapht – Brothers Grimm". Drapht on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  7. "Briggs (2) – The Blacklist". Briggs (2) on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  8. "Drapht – The Life Of Riley". Drapht on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  9. "K21 (2) – Single Minded Civilian". K21 on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  10. "Purpose (5) – Where It Starts". Purpose on Discogs. Discogs. 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  11. "Mr. Grevis - Game Over". Discogs. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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