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Grum
Grum pictured in Hyde Park, London, February 2013
Background information
Birth nameGraeme Shepherd
GenresHouse, progressive house, tech house, trance,
Occupation(s)Musician, producer, disc jockey
Years active2007 – present
LabelsHeartbeats, Trice Recordings/Armada
Websitegrum.tv

Graeme Shepherd, better known by his stage name Grum, is an electronic musician from Scotland.

Career

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Grum's debut album, Heartbeats, was released in May 2010. A confident debut record,[1] , it has been compared to Daft Punk's Discovery and Mylo's Destroy Rock & Roll.[2] The album went to number 1 in the US iTtunes Electronic Dance Charts, and at the end of 2010 he was named 'Best Electronic Artist of the year' by UK iTunes[3]. The song "Turn It Up" was picked as single of the week by iTunes.[4] Grum's single "Heartbeats" was featured in the video game Saints Row: The Third in 2011[5].

Grum's first two music videos from the album, "Can't Shake This Feeling" and "Through The Night", were shot in Los Angeles, California and directed by The General Assembly.

By the end of 2010 Grum had played the Creamfields mainstage with Tiesto [6] and the mainstage at Ultra w/ Fatboy Slim and Above & Beyond[7] as well as playing sets ranging from VICE Magazine gigs in New York to sell out dates in Paris, Barcelona, Australia and Brazil amongst others[8].

Grum returned in 2013 with "Everytime" the debut single from his second album "Human Touch"[9]. It was released on the 13th May 2013[10]. He then released "The Theme" which was one of Annie Mac (BBCR1) 'Singles Of 2013'[11],and 'Electro Single Of The Month' in Mixmag[12]. His third single "In Love" was released in January 2014 and reached number 35 in the Beatport Top 100[13] and number 8 in the Beatport Progressive House Chart[14] as well as number 3 in the DMC World Buzz Chart[15]. A fourth single "Tears" reached number 2 in the DMC World Buzz Charts[16] number 9 in the Cool Cuts Charts[17] and is due to be released on April 14th on Armin Van Buuren label Trice Recordings.

It has also been announced on Grum's website that the future album entitled "Human Touch" will be released on April 14th, 2014.

Discography

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Albums

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  • Heartbeats (2010)
  • Human Touch (2014)

Singles

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  • "Runaway" (2009)
  • "Sound Reaction" (2009)
  • "Heartbeats" (2009)
  • "Can't Shake This Feeling" (2010)
  • "Power" (2010)
  • "Through the Night" (2010)
  • "Everytime" (2013)
  • "The Theme" (2013)
  • "In Love" (2014)
  • "Tears" (2014)

Remixes

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fqrj
  2. ^ http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/albumreview/grum-heartbeatsx17x05x10
  3. ^ http://www.contactmusic.com/info/grum
  4. ^ https://www.facebook.com/iTunesUK/posts/400830926458
  5. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiUMchJnlQY
  6. ^ http://www.gigwise.com/news/56221/grum-david-e-sugar-join-creamfields-line-up
  7. ^ http://www.digitalsocialsound.com/ultra-music-festival-brazil-announces-full-line-up/
  8. ^ http://www.idiomag.com/peek/108772/grum
  9. ^ http://thump.vice.com/words/grum-everytime
  10. ^ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/everytime-remixes-ep/id638133612
  11. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03l3kgr
  12. ^ http://www.mixmag.net/words/reviews/tunes/electro-september/12
  13. ^ https://twitter.com/grummmusic/status/439719307371900928
  14. ^ https://twitter.com/TriceRecordings/status/437951278136573953
  15. ^ http://www.dmcworld.net/back-to-mine/entry/features/grum.html
  16. ^ http://www.dmcworld.net/features/entry/buzz-chart/buzz-chart-2014-02-14-42.html
  17. ^ http://www.djricomixshow.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=20472

http://www.discogs.com/artist/1179171-Grum

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Category:British electronic musicians Category:Scottish electronic musicians Category:Remixers

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