Rollo Armstrong
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| Rollo Armstrong | |
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| Birth name | Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong |
| Also known as | Rollo |
| Born | 1966 in London, England |
| Occupations | Producer |
| Labels | Cheeky Records/BMG |
| Associated acts | Faithless Dusted Dido Sister Bliss Maxi Jazz All Thieves One eskimO |
Rollo Armstrong (born Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong,[1] 1966 in Kensington, London)[2] is one half of the music producers/remixers team Rollo and Sister Bliss, and is older brother to Dido, whom he helped to write and produce the multi-million selling albums No Angel, Life For Rent and Safe Trip Home. He is also a member of the electronic music group Faithless, which he formed in 1995 with Sister Bliss, Jamie Catto and Maxi Jazz. In the United States, Rollo is best known for his production work on Dido's albums as well as singer/songwriter Kristine W's debut album, Land of the Living.
He studied at the University of York and was an active member of the student radio station, URY.
He has many musical accomplishments both within groups and solo, using various monikers: Faithless, Rollo Goes ..., Our Tribe (with Rob Dougan), and Dusted.
In 1991, Rollo founded Cheeky Records and released two records before it folded a year later. Champion Records then stepped in to help with funding and advice enabling Cheeky to re-launch in 1994 (it has since been bought out by BMG). Rollo also co-wrote the song "Who Are You?" by Australian musician Katie Noonan, appearing on her album Skin.
More recently, Rollo composed the official melody of the UEFA Euro 2008.[3]
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Our Tribe
- "I Believe in You" (Single) (1993)
- "Love Come Home" (Single) (1994)
[edit] The O.T. Quartet
- "Hold That Sucker Down" (Single) (1994)
[edit] Rollo Goes Camping
[edit] Rollo Goes Mystic
- "Love, Love, Love - Here I Come" (Single) (1995) - UK #32[4]
savage tune
[edit] Rollo Goes Spiritual
- "Let This Be a Prayer" (Single) (1996)- UK #26[4]
[edit] Dusted
- "Swollen" (Dusted Vocal Mix)– Bent feat. Zoë Johnston (1999)
- When We Were Young (2001)
- "Always Remember to Respect and Honor Your Mother" (Single) (2001)
- "Angel" (Dusted remix) – Sarah McLachlan (2001)
- The Dusted Variations, a set of covers included in Enigma's 15 Years After box set.
On 28 September 2005, Armstrong has released a completely re-worked version of the 2000 Dusted When We Were Young album named Safe From Harm, accompanied by an illustrated 80 pages hardcover book with the same name. (ISBN 0-283-07031-5)
[edit] References
- ^ "Songwriter/Composer: ARMSTRONG ROWLAND CONSTANTINE O MALLEY". BMI Repertoire. Broadcast Music Incorporated. http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=PRS&cae=247809931&keyID=583864&keyname=ARMSTRONG%20ROWLAND%20CONSTANTINE%20O%20MALLEY&querytype=WriterID. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
- ^ "ARMSTRONG ROWLAND CONSTANTINE O'M.", Births Registered in April, May, and June 1966 (London: General Register Office): page J66B0032B. Scanned image of the original document.
- ^ "The official UEFA EURO 2008 music". UEFA EURO 2008: 100 days to go. UEFA. 2008-02-28. pp. (page 5). http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/PressConference/Competitions/MediaServices/66/52/88/665288_DOWNLOAD.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-07. "For the first time ever, the European Championship has an official melody...composed by Rollo Armstrong of Faithless on behalf of UEFA."
- ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 468. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
[edit] External links
- Faithless at eNotes.
- UEFA EURO 2008 full Trailer Intro Theme Jingle on YouTube. This is the long version of the trailer with the full soundtrack, composed by Rollo.
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