Vlad Holiday

Vlad Holiday (born May 24, 1989) is a Romanian-born American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. On July 28, 2017, Nylon (magazine) premiered Holiday's solo project debut "Quit Playing Cool".[1] The song was also featured on Spotify's New Indie Mix playlist, as well as All Genres Hot Tracks on iTunes and Apple Music.[2][3] He has since been releasing music under his own name on a single by single basis. In addition, Holiday is also a music producer, who's worked on albums like Donald Cumming's Out Calls Only (Razor & Tie), Public Access TV's Never Enough (Cinematic Music Group), and Bastian Baker's self-titled album, which debuted at No. 2 on the charts in Switzerland.[4][5]

Vlad Holiday
Background information
Born (1989-05-24) May 24, 1989
Bucharest, Romania
OriginNew York, NY
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer
InstrumentsVocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Synthesizer, Drums
Years active2006–present

Early life

Holiday was born in Bucharest, Romania on May 24, 1989. Holiday's father was a journalist who spoke out against the regime change in Romania once the country escaped communism in 1989, citing that the new regime was just as corrupt. This resulted in their family receiving death threats, which led to Holiday's father escaping to America with political asylum. It took the rest of the family 9 years to legally move to the US, and in September 1999, Holiday (age 10) moved to Bergen County, New Jersey.[6] He grew up in Mahwah, New Jersey, where he attended Mahwah High School.[7] Holiday was the lead singer and founder of the New York City-based indie rock band Born Cages, and the lead guitarist in his highschool band Jet Lag Gemini.

Career

Solo career (2017-present)

With a downtown NYC lo-fi sound, writing and recording at his studio in the heart of historic Greenwich Village, Holiday started putting out songs as they are being written, not worrying about the pressures of albums or EP's or any other music industry constructs. On July 28, 2017, Vlad Holiday announced his solo project through Nylon (magazine). NYLON premiered his debut track, "Quit Playing Cool".[1] The song was also featured on Spotify's "New Indie Mix" playlist, "Fresh Finds: Six Strings" playlist, as well as featured on All Genres Hot Tracks on iTunes and Apple Music.[2][3] Quit Playing Cool's music video was released on VEVO's New Alternative playlist on September 1. The video features model/actress Yulia Kirillova and is directed by Polly Pierce.[8]

On March 9, 2018, Holiday put out his second single "Children". The song was featured on Spotify's New Indie Mix playlist, as well as The Wild Honey Pie's "Buzzing Daily" and a Paste Magazine & Daytrotter Live Session.[9][10]

On April 6, 2018, "Tunnel Vision" premiered on The 405, where he spoke about the song's lyrics, which question the idea of extreme escapism. “Don't get me wrong, I love escaping from it all every now and then as much as anyone else, but at the end of the day you kinda have to snap back and face the world. There's a whirlpool of social movements happening right now that are actually changing the status quo, which would never have happened if everyone just sat back and waited for everything to resolve itself,” Holiday explains. Holiday held a single release show at Elsewhere Zone One in Brooklyn, NY on April 3, 2018. This third single was also featured on Spotify's New Indie Mix, and True Indie playlists (where Holiday held the cover).[11] Tunnel Vision was played on NYC's Q104.3 WAXQ Out Of The Box radio show with Jonathan Clarke, as well as other college radio stations like WSOU.[12][13]

On May 25, Holiday released his fourth song, "Obscurity" around a headliner show in Brooklyn, NY at C'mon Everybody.[14][15]

"Like in the Movies" premiered through MILK on August 24, 2018.[16] The song was also featured on Spotify's New Music Friday and New Indie Mix playlists the day it came out.

On November 30, 2018, Holiday released his final single of the year "Artificial Paradise," as he went on tour opening for Haerts. The song was featured on Spotify's All New Indie playlist among others, and was accompanied by a music video shot by Cara Marceante.[17]


Credits
YearArtistReleaseCredits
2020Vlad HolidayRainProducer / Engineer / Mixer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Bass / Drums / Mellotron / Vibes
2020Vlad HolidayFall Apart With MeProducer / Engineer / Mixer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Bass / Drums / Keyboards
2019Vlad HolidaySo Damn Into YouProducer / Engineer / Mixer / Mastering Engineer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Bass / Drums / Keyboards
2019Vlad HolidayBad InfluenceProducer / Engineer / Mixer / Mastering Engineer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Bass / Drums / Keyboards
2018Bastian BakerBastian Baker (Album)Executive Producer / Co-writer / Engineer / Additional gang vocals on "Stay" and "All Around Us"
2018Elanor FriedbergerAre We Good (Cate Le Bon Remix)Mastering Engineer
2018Vlad HolidayLike In The MoviesProducer / Engineer / Mixer / Mastering Engineer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Bass / Drums / Keyboards
2018Slum SociableCan’t Figure It OutProducer / Co-writer / Engineer / Mixer / Programming
2018Vlad HolidayObscurityProducer / Engineer / Mixer / Mastering Engineer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Bass / Drums / Casio CT-370
2018Vlad HolidayTunnel VisionProducer / Engineer / Mixer / Mastering Engineer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Bass / Drums / Keyboards
2018Lissy TrullieHereProducer / Engineer / Mixer / Co-writer / Guitar / Programming
2018Vlad HolidayChildrenProducer / Engineer / Mixer / Mastering Engineer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Bass / Drums / Keyboards
2018The BritanysWhen I'm With YouMixing / Additional Production
2017Vlad HolidayQuit Playing CoolProducer / Engineer / Mixer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Bass / Drums / Keyboards
2017Born CagesExit Signs In A Burning Building (Album)Producer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Keyboards
2016Public Access TVNever Enough (Album)Producer / Engineer on "In Our Blood," "Sudden Emotion," and "Sell You On A Lie"
2016Various ArtistsTransformers Roll Out (Album)Producer / Engineer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Programming on Born Cages song "Our Revolution"
2015The VirginsRich GirlsTV Mix
2015Donald CummingOut Calls Only (Album)Producer / Engineer / Programming
2015Born CagesI'm Glad I'm Not Me (Album)Producer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Keyboards / Programming
2013Various ArtistsNow That's What I Call Music! 45 (Album)Producer / Songwriter / Vocals / Guitar / Keyboards on Born Cages song "Don't Look Back"
2008Jet Lag GeminiFire The Cannons (Album)Songwriter / Backing Vocals / Guitar
2006Jet Lag GeminiBusiness EPSongwriter / Backing Vocals / Guitar

[4][18][19][20][21][22]

References
  1. "Vlad Holiday's Solo Debut Will Make You Want To Slow Dance". Nylon.com. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  2. "New Indie Mix, a playlist by Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. @vladoldaccount (31 July 2017). "Yoo, Quit Playing Cool is featured on..." (Tweet). Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via Twitter.
  4. "Vlad Holiday - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8468255/bastian-baker-all-around-us-video-interview-shania-twain-tour
  6. "Born Cages - Razor & Tie Music Publishing". razorandtiemusicpublishing.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  7. Mazzola, Jessica. "Mahwah Musicians Featured on New NOW 45 CD; Two of the members of the band 'Born Cages' are recent Mahwah High School graduates", Mahwah Patch, February 12, 2013. Accessed April 30, 2017. "Born Cages – which features township residents and recent Mahwah High School grads Vlad Holiday on guitar and lead vocals and Amanda Carl on keyboards and vocals – has a song on the new Now 45 CD."
  8. VladHolidayVEVO (1 September 2017). "Vlad Holiday - Quit Playing Cool". YouTube. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  9. http://www.thewildhoneypie.com/buzzing-daily/vlad-holiday-children
  10. https://www.instagram.com/p/BgJoYWljv9U/
  11. https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/escapism-meets-its-match-on-vlad-holiday-s-new-single-tunnel-vision-405-premiere-152
  12. https://q1043.iheart.com/featured/jonathan-jc-clarke/content/2018-04-08-listen-david-byrne-in-studio-win-snow-patrol-tix-more/
  13. http://campusbuzzwsou.blogspot.com/2018/03/03182018-playlist.html
  14. https://open.spotify.com/track/7fBQ6NySPaTvC3kFld7cFU?si=YeMYzWT2ThqLlXhwUUST7A
  15. http://lpr.com/lpr_events/vlad-holiday-cmon-everybody-june-9th-2018/
  16. https://milk.xyz/articles/premiere-fall-in-love-like-in-the-movies-with-vlad-holiday/
  17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIEhmVJ0dY4
  18. "Vlad Gheorghiu - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  19. https://www.discogs.com/artist/3305052-Vlad-Holiday
  20. https://genius.com/Vlad-holiday-children-lyrics
  21. https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/bj5wqq/listen-to-gucci-muse-lissy-trullies-new-pop-jam
  22. "Swiss Artist Bastian Baker Readies Self-Titled American Debut Album". Sounds Like Nashville. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
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