Ten Walls
Ten Walls | |
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| Birth name | Marijus Adomaitis |
| Born | 19 January 1983 Vilnius, Lithuania |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
Marijus Adomaitis (born 19 January 1983), better known by his stage names Ten Walls or Mario Basanov,[1][2] is a Lithuanian producer who is best known for his 2014 single "Walking with Elephants", which peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
Career
2009-2012 Mario Basanov
In 2012 under the name Mario Basanov Adomaitis won Best Electronic Act at Lithuanian M.A.M.A. music awards.
2013–present: Breakthrough
On 10 May 2013 Ten Walls released his debut EP Gotham.[4] On 9 December 2013 he released his debut single "Requiem".[5] On 7 September 2014 he released the single "Walking with Elephants". On 10 September 2014 the song was at number 3 on the The Official Chart Update in the UK.[6] On 14 September 2014 the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 6.[7] The song has also peaked to number 3 on the UK Dance Chart and number 8 on the Scottish Singles Chart.
Controversy
In June 2015 Ten Walls went on an anti gay rant on his Facebook pages comparing homosexuality to pedophilia, he was dropped from several festival line-ups as a result. After realizing the impact he removed the posts from his facebook page and put out an apology, wrongfully claiming he did the cancellations himself.[8][9][10] Organizers of Dutch festival Creamfields and Spanish festival Sónar publicly confirmed they cancelled Ten Walls performances due to the homophobic statement and the artist also received criticism from Lithuanian LGBT activists.[11]
Discography
Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
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| Gotham |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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| UK [3] |
UK Dance [12] |
SCO [13] |
BEL (Vl) [14] |
FR [15] | |||||||||
| 2013 | "Requiem"[5] | — | — | — | 60[A] | — | Non-albums singles | ||||||
| 2014 | "Walking with Elephants" | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 130 | |||||||
| 2015 | "Sparta" | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
Awards
In 30 January 2015 at M.A.M.A. awards Ten Walls won awards for best electronic act and best music video ("Walking with Elephants").[16]
References
Notes
A ^ Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. Added 50 position to actual Ultratip position.
Sources
- ^ Ten Walls – Walking With Elephants (2014, Boso)
- ^ MARIO BASANOV IS TEN WALLS!
- ^ a b "Ten Walls > UK Charts". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.
- ^ a b iTunes - Music - Gotham EP by Ten Walls
- ^ a b iTunes - Music - Requiem - Single by Ten Walls
- ^ "Calvin Harris on track for fifth Number 1 single". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Calvin Harris scores fifth Number 1!". Official Charts Company.
- ^ http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=29942
- ^ http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/08/ten-walls-apology-facebook-comparing-homosexuals-paedophiles
- ^ http://www.factmag.com/2015/06/08/ten-walls-dropped-from-festival-bills-over-homophobic-outburst/
- ^ M. Basanovo karjera byra į šipulius: gerbėjai tyčiojasi, festivalių organizatoriai atšaukia jo pasirodymus
- ^ Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
- For "Walking with Elephants": "Chart Archive > 20th September 2014". Official Charts Company.
- ^ Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
- For "Walking with Elephants": "Chart Archive > 20th September 2014". Official Charts Company.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Ten Walls". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Ten Walls". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Kaune iškilmingai išdalintos M.A.M.A 2014 statulėlės