Calm (music group)
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Birth name | Chris Steele, Amado Trejo |
Also known as | Time, AwareNess |
Origin | Denver, Colorado |
Genres | Hip Hop |
Years active | 2002- |
Labels | Dirty Laboratory Productions |
Associated acts | Time |
Members |
Time AwareNess |
Calm. is a hip hop duo composed of rapper Time and AwareNess. They released their first album, Anti-Smiles, in 2006. They are currently working on their second album, Ain't We Music.
Bio
The duo of Time and AwareNess met in Denver, Colorado. Time was a frequent at hip-hop battles and AwareNess had been producing beats for artists all over Denver. Their first collaboration was in 2002 on Time's "Meditation of Thought" album entirely produced by AwareNess.
In 2004 Time released his solo album with Litterture with five songs produced by AwareNess [1] Anti-Smiles was released in 2006 and was deemed the intellectual hip-hop album of the year by Hip-Hop Linguistics [2] Anti-Smiles charted at #23 in the nation on the CMJ charts in 2009. The Westword named Anti-Smiles one of the best releases of 2007 [3] AwareNess produced five tracks on Time's release of The Fantastic Reality in 2008 [4] Time and AwareNess also collaborated on eight tracks for the 2009 release of Naked Dinner.
Discography
Studio album
Album information |
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Anti-Smiles
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Appearances as Calm
- "Treat Me Like a Villian" (appears on the Offbeaters Vol. 3 compilation, 2006)
- "Depression 200 MG" (appears on the Calderas of Mind compilation, 2006)
Other Collaborations
- "We, Myself and I" (appears on Even's Dead: The Chronicles of an American Waster Extra Kool, 2010)