Todd Edwards
| Todd Edwards | |
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 Todd Edwards and DJ Sarki, City Sounds, London, 2001 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Todd Edwards |
| Also known as | The Messenger, Todd Imperatrice, Todd the God |
| Born | December 9, 1972 |
| Origin | New Jersey |
| Genres | House, garage house, UK garage |
| Occupations | Producer, Singer |
| Instruments | Digital Audio Workstation, Turntable, Midi Keyboard |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Nervous, i! |
| Associated acts | Sunshine Brothers Marc Kinchen Masters at Work Daft Punk |
| Website | nutrendmusic.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Drum machine Electronic keyboard Sampler Sequencer |
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Todd Edwards (born December 9, 1972) is an American house and garage producer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.[1]
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History [edit]
Todd Edwards began his musical career around 1992. He employs vocal reconstruction techniques to his songs, creating a unique vocal collage set to a four-on-the-floor beat. Marc "MK" Kinchen, who is primarily responsible for pioneering this technique, is one of Edwards's influences.[2] He is also a committed Christian. This is evident by recurring hidden messages found in his compositions, which often contain religious phrases.[3]
With remixes numbering in the hundreds, some of the artists Edwards has remixed include Wildchild, St. Germain, Benjamin Diamond, Justice, Klaxons, and Dimitri From Paris. Much like his solo albums, his remixes make use of a complex vocal sampling technique, which in some cases renders the original track almost unrecognizable.
Beginnings [edit]
In his early records, Todd Edwards was influenced by house music and grew into the UK Garage and 2-Step Garage scene. Inspired by Todd Terry, MK, and experiences from his own trials and errors, Todd Edwards developed a unique sound of vocal sampling in place of musical instrument sampling on his tracks.[4] In 1995, there was some talk developing about Edwards. Todd's manager was approached by St. Germain, who asked Edwards to do a remix of his song, "Alabama Blues." Although Edwards has produced and remixed some great remixes in this time, he didn't begin to DJ until the early 2000s.[5] He went out gradually landing more gigs in the UK, hoping to land a bigger one than the next.[4] For an American native, Edwards quickly gained underground popularity in Europe.[6]
2001-present [edit]
Edwards co-produced and performed vocals on the Daft Punk song "Face to Face" from the album Discovery. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Club chart in 2004. In 2006, Edwards sang on each track of the LP Odyssey, but on the album he used multiple alias names.[7] Edwards continues to produce and remix tracks today, and has many tours planned for the future. In April 2013, he revealed that he had contributed to Daft Punk's album Random Access Memories; he expressed that it was difficult keeping his involvement a secret.[8] He provided vocals for "Fragments of Time" and co-wrote the song.[1]
Discography [edit]
Albums [edit]
- Prima Edizione (1999)
- Nervous Innovator Series Vol 4/5 (2000)
- Full On (Volume 1) (2001)
- Full On (Volume 2) (2003)
- New Trend Sounds (2004)
- New Trend Sounds (Classics, Remixes & Beyond) (2004)
- Odyssey (2006)
- Full On (Volume 3) (2007)
Singles [edit]
- F.O.T. (1994)
- Underground People (collab. DJ Shorty) (1995)
- Dancing For Heaven (1995)
- Stronger (1995)
- New Trends Sound (1995)
- Saved My Life (1995)
- Saved My Life (Remixes) (1995)
- Fly Away (One) (1996)
- Push The Love (1997)
- Never Far From You (1998)
- 41:13 (1998)
- The Prima EP (1998)
- One Day (collab. Tuff Jam) (1999)
- Look Out (1999)
- Incidental EP (2000)
- Shut The Door (2000)
- Show Me A Sign (2000)
- Saved My Life (2000)
- 2 EP (2001)
- Restless Soul (2001)
- Full On (Volume 1) (Unmixed) (2001)
- Shut The Door (Remixes) (2002)
- New Trends 2002 (2002)
- New Trends 1995 (2002)
- You Came To Me (2002)
- You're The One (2003)
- Beckon Call (2003)
- Face to Face (collab. Daft Punk) (2003)
- Full On (Volume 2) (Unmixed) (2003)
- Full On (Volume 2) (Remixes) (2003)
- Stop The Fighting (2003)
- Can't Live Without You (Reissue) (2003)
- Are You There (2003)
- Stormy Day (collab. Filthy Rich) (2004)
- Stormy Day (collab. Filthy Rich) (Remixes) (2004)
- Hold On To Me (2004)
- Winter Behaviour (2004)
- Who You Are (2004)
- When Your Alone (2004)
- New Trends Sounds 2004 (Part 1) (2004)
- New Trends Sounds 2004 (Part 2) (2004)
- New Trends Sounds 2004 (Part 3) (2004)
- Mystery (2005)
- Like A Fire (2005)
- Heaven (2005)
- No Scrubs (2005)
- The Journey (2006)
- Far Away (2006)
- Next To You (2007)
- I Might Be (2010)
- I Doubted You (2010)
- Stand Right Now (2010)
- Head Held High (2011)
- Shall Go EP (2012)
- Love Inside (2012)
- Searching EP (2012)
- Fragments of Time Ft. Daft Punk (2013)
References [edit]
- ^ a b Hawgood, Alex (May 14, 2013). "Q + A | Daft Punk’s Secret Weapon: Producer Todd Edwards". T. New York Times Company. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ^ DuttyArtz.com
- ^ Stylusmagazine.com
- ^ a b Stylus interview
- ^ LWE Interviews
- ^ XLR8R Todd Edwards
- ^ LWE Interviews Todd Edwards
- ^ Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators: Todd Edwards. YouTube. Retrieved on April 8, 2013.
