Temposhark

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Temposhark

Background information
Origin London, England
Genre(s) Electronica
Alternative
Pop/Rock
Label(s) Paper & Glue
Website Temposhark.com

Temposhark are an English electronic pop band who were formed in London by singer and songwriter Robert Diament and producer Luke Busby. The band set up their own record label in December 2004 called Paper and Glue with the aim of releasing a series of limited edition singles, the first of which was their critically acclaimed EP 'Neon Question Mark'.

They quickly collaborated with singer Imogen Heap (Frou Frou), received club remixes from electro pioneers including Cursor Miner, Mark Moore (S'Express), Melnyk, Metronomy, Avril (FCommunications), Carmen Rizzo and Crispin J Glover as well as hip-hop crew Border Crossing, Akira the Don and electropunk duo Noblesse Oblige. The band have also written two short film soundtracks for fine artist Justine Pearsall.

A second EP 'Invisible Ink/Little White Lie' came out in May 2005 which attracted many new admirers including acclaimed producer Guy Sigsworth, best know for his work with Madonna, Björk and Britney Spears. Sigsworth went on to produce Temposhark's first nationwide released UK single 'It's Better To Have Loved', which came out as a limited edition CD on December 12th 2005.

In August 2005, British style icon Princess Julia joined them on stage at the TDK Cross Central music festival where Temposhark were supporting Grace Jones and Goldfrapp. Her duet on the song 'Paris' has since been made into a popular electro club remix and they performed the track live a further time at Nag Nag Nag for Fischerspooner's after show party in September.

January 2006 saw Temposhark remix Sophie Solomon's song 'Holy Devil' taken from the virtuoso violinist's critically acclaimed solo album 'Poison Sweet Madeira' on Decca Records. Their remix has since been a success in Germany on both radio and at the iTunes German store. In March 2006 MySpace featured Temposhark as one of their favourite artists giving the band a new worldwide platform with more than 427,000 plays to date.[1]

In May 2006 Temposhark released their second nationwide single ‘Joy’ on limited edition CD and 7” vinyl and the band set out on a UK tour visiting towns all over the UK. These dates included a very high profile London show at Tate Britain on Fri May 5th and Carling Academy Islington on Sat May 20th. Temposhark gained many new fans when “Joy” was featured on the front homepage of iTunes UK and in iTunes’ weekly newsletter.

Temposhark performed live at the Mean Fiddler Latitude Festival on 16th July 2006. They are in the planning stages of more releases including a song called 'Blame', which was co-written with legendary producer Youth aka Martin Glover from Killing Joke, and are currently recording their debut album in London with producer Sean McGhee as well as recording a new song with Guy Sigsworth. Temposhark were in New York on a UK music industry trade mission in June and have started performing live in Europe including a sold out headline gig in Paris in July. In November 2006, Temposhark began performing with their new live band, French drummer Mathis Richet and bassist Mark Ferguson. This led to the band being invited by legendary music festival/conference South by Southwest 2007 (SXSW), which will be the band's first ever live show in the USA. They will perform live at the event in Austin, Texas between 14th-17th March. Temposhark were awarded funding from the 'British Music Abroad' scheme run by the PRS Foundation, Arts Council England and UK Trade and Investment to support their SXSW 2007 trip to the USA.

Having successfully remixed the track 'Pull Up The People' for M.I.A., Temposhark have started to remix other artists. Recent remix commissions include French music star Camille Dalmais (Virgin/EMI Records) for her single 'Ta Douleur', Hellogoodbye (Sanctuary/Drive Thru Records) for their song 'Here In Your Arms' and Kate Havnevik (Universal/Continentica Records) for two songs taken from her debut album 'Melankton'.

2006 also saw the launch of Temposhark's official podcast series featuring lengthy interviews with fellow musicians/singers as well as short video documentaries and studio diaries. This free series of digital downloads began in May and is available from music stores such as iTunes.

In February 2007, Temposhark uploaded two brand new songs onto their MySpace.com profile from their debut album (to be released sometime in 2007). The songs were Don't Mess With Me (a brand new song with lush string arrangements) and Joy (a new album version with a middle section previously unheard). On February 23rd, Rob Diament of Temposhark mentioned in his blog that a new song called Winter's Coming would feature on the album and it was produced and co-written with Guy Sigsworth.[2] On March 15th 2007 at the South by Southwest 2007 festival, Temposhark announced on stage that their debut album was to be called The Invisible Line.

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Full Length Albums

The Invisible Line · Mid 2007 (The band finish mixing of their album in early February 2007 so it's rumoured that the album will come out around June 2007).

[edit] CD Singles/EPs

  • Joy (May 2006 · Paper and Glue) (A bonus remix of Joy by Melnyk was released as a digital download in January 2007 on iTunes)
  • It's Better To Have Loved (December 2005 · Paper and Glue)
  • Battleships (August 2005 17 track promo sampler featuring rare early home-studio demos and remixes · Paper and Glue)
  • Invisible Ink/Little White Lie (May 2005 · Paper and Glue)
  • Neon ? (December 2004 · Paper and Glue)
  • Temposhark Sampler (May 2004 11 track promo sampler featuring rare early demos and remixes)

[edit] Vinyl Singles

  • Joy (May 2006 · Paper and Glue · 7" vinyl)
  • Little White Lie (May 2005 · Paper and Glue · 12" vinyl) (The three Little White Lie remixes were re-released as a Digital EP in January 2007 on iTunes)
  • Neon ? (December 2004 · Paper and Glue]· pink 10" vinyl)
  • Play With The Minute (June 2004 · Paper and Glue · white label 12" vinyl)

[edit] Compilations

  • Robopop 'The Return' - CD1: "Paris" CD2: "Paris" 'The Most Remix' (December 2006/Lucy Pierre/Planet Clique Records)
  • TSHDT - "Not That Big (Metronomy Remix)" (October 2006/Australian magazine covermount CD)
  • Vice CD - "Joy" (May 2006/Vice Magazine covermount CD)
  • Viva Paris - "Invisible Ink" 'Avril Remix' (May 2006/Viva fashion agency promotional CD)
  • Ministry of Sound Chill Out Sessions - "It's Better To Have Loved" (January 2006/Ministry of Sound)
  • London Now 2005 - "Hard, Medium, Soft" (November 2005/VirginDigital.com online compilation)
  • Ministry of Sound Angel Beach - "Invisible Ink" (July 2005/Ministry of Sound)
  • Vice CD - "Little White Lie" (April 2005/Vice Magazine covermount CD)
  • Tank Magazine - "Crime" (February 2005/Tank Magazine covermount CD)

[edit] Temposhark Remixes

[edit] Trivia

[edit] External links

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