Tim K

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Tim K
Birth name Tim Kvasnosky
Born Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Genres Electronic music, House Music, Hip-hop, Jazz, Indie Dance, Indie electronic
Occupations Producer, Composer, Musician, Arranger, Keyboardist
Instruments keyboard
Years active 2000 - current
Associated acts Tiny Hearts, Josh Werner, Mic Murphy, Dede (band), DJ Colette
Website http://www.timkmusic.com

Tim K (born Timothy John Kvasnosky) is a Los Angeles-based producer/composer who was born in Seattle, WA.

Tim K has worked with musicians such as Lisa Shaw, Kat DeLuna, Esthero, Rahzel, Dam Funk, Miguel Migs and DJ Colette. As a remixer, he produced 4 top 5 Billboard Club Play remixes.[1][2] As a composer, he has scored commercials for Nike, Corona, Friskies, Volkswagen, Bulgari, Google, McDonalds, and many others.[3][4][5] His Friskies commercial composition 'Adventureland' was featured during the 2010 Winter Olympics.[6][7]

Background

At the age of 5, he began classical piano lessons. At the age of 11, he began playing jazz saxophone. By high school, he was playing as a jazz pianist sideman in Seattle, and was also the DJ in a local hiphop crew. He attended NYU jazz performance program with concentration in Piano, where he jammed in his dorm room with Bosco Mann. He studied with Frank Kimbrough, Arturo O'Farrill and Don Friedman. After school, he was a keyboard sideman with Lisa Shaw, Kat DeLuna, Rahzel, Orchesta Clave, Miguel Migs and DJ Colette.[8][9]

Producer/Songwriter

Tim K has produced records in variety of Electronic music styles, often with Jazz influences.[10]

He has been a longtime producer and songwriter for DJ Colette, with whom her worked on three albums.[11] When writing, he often starts with a melodic keyboard part and builds drums, and vocal melodies around it.[12] Her "Italo-disco-owing" and "indelible electro" album "When The Music's Loud", featuring all compositions co-written and many produced by Tim K, dropped in September 2013.[13][14] The album was named as one of Billboards Top 20 Dance albums of 2013. [15]

In December 2013, he produced and co-wrote debut single "War Of Hearts" for artist Russell Taylor helping him win VH1 Artist You Oughta Know award, which he performed live 12/2/13 on Big Morning Buzz Live.[16]

A longtime vintage recording technique aficionado, using vintage microphones, techniques, tape and James Brown's old mixer, he recorded Shoshana Bean's sophomore album "O'Farrell Street" in 2012 at North Hollywood.[17] With JT Donaldson, in 2012 Tim K also produced underground hip hop group Hawthorne Headhunter's "Sum People Don't Change" from their debut LP "Myriad of Now" on Plug Research.[18] Tim K lent a hand to The System (band) 2012 release for beatmaker David Frank's production "Mother Ungh Ungh", providing some "stutter" style edit of Mic Murphy's vocals.[19]

In 2011, with Fab Dupont Tim K co-produced, played vintage keyboards and added additional production to many of the tracks on Les Nubians' "Nu Revolution" album.[20]

In 2010, Tim K co-produced Dâm-Funk's Hood Pass Intact's "highlight" track "How It Be Between You and Me" on Stones Throw Records, the album received a favorable Pitchfork rating.[21] Later in the year, a track he produced, "Stressin'" featuring Kissey was selected for Mark Farina's Mushroom Jazz compilation, volume 7.[22] Also in 2010, Tim K produced the lead single "Slow Recovery" for Lucy Woodward's "Hooked" album for Verve Records.[23]

Home & Garden

Tim K worked with DJ/Producer Timothy Shumaker under the moniker Home & Garden starting in 2000. They released 12" singles and remixes for labels such as Atlantic Records, Reprise Records and Warner Bros. Records.[24] Their debut record "Domesticated" was released on Om Records in 2007. It featured appearances from Derrick Carter, Lisa Shaw, DJ Colette, Lucy Woodward, Chez Damier and Mic Murphy.[25][26]

Tiny Hearts

Tim K is currently working a collaborative project, Tiny Hearts with producer Waajeed and vocalist Dede Reynolds.[27] Their debut EP "Stay" will be released on Detroit's Dirt Tech Reck label.[28] Their initial video "Centerfold" was released in September 2013.[29] A live performance of Tiny Hearts was featured on Boilerroom.tv.[30] His composition for the group, "Snow Cold", was featured on NPR's Here & Now late in 2013.[31]

Commercial & Other Work

Friskies tapped Tim K to compose music for its "Adventureland" Campaign, featured in the Winter Olympics, as well as in 3D at movie theatre venues across the US.[6][32][33] The 9 commercial campaign featured singer Deanne Reynolds of Tiny Hearts. The commercial was listed as Advertising Age's Ad of the week.[34] In 2013, Tim K composed the music for Nike's KDV shoe release.[35]

Chart performance

Year Title Peak Position

Billboard
Hot Dance Club Songs[36]

 Credit
2003 Lucy Woodward "Blindsided (Dance Mixes)" 1 Remixer
2004 Esthero "O.G. Bitch (H&G Remix)" 1 Remixer
2004 Debi Nova "One Rhythm (H&G Remix)" 1 Remixer
2007 DJ Colette "If" 5 Composer

References

  1. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Tim+K
  2. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-club-play-songs
  3. ↑ http://trustcollective.com/portfolio/content/slmsd_domesticated.htm
  4. ↑ Ritchie, Kevin (2010-04-01). "Feline fantasia for Friskies – Boards". Boardsmag.com. Retrieved 2010-06-24. 
  5. ↑ http://www.timkmusic.com
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/business/media/15adnewsletter1.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
  7. ↑ http://gawker.com/5475088/friskies-cat-has-delicious-acid-trip-in-olympics-commercial
  8. ↑ http://thehaus.tv/producers/tim_kvasnosky_composer_producer
  9. ↑ http://www.timkmusic.com/
  10. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tim-kvasnosky-mn0001914089/credits
  11. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/code/5672672/colette-switches-sound-on-when-the-musics-loud-album
  12. ↑ http://news.traxsource.com/articles/150/colette-and-tim-k-studio-tour
  13. ↑ http://www.spin.com/articles/colette-when-the-musics-loud-album-stream/
  14. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15745-when-the-musics-loud/
  15. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5847773/best-20-dance-music-albums-of-2013
  16. ↑ http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/982068/war-of-hearts-big-morning-buzz-live.jhtml
  17. ↑ http://hummingbirdmedia.com/clients/neumann/press-releases/on-her-sophomore-album-o-farrell-street-shoshana-bean-looks-to-neumann-to-harken-the-authentic-sound-of-late-60s-soul-recordings
  18. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/myriad-of-now-mw0002316215
  19. ↑ http://davidfrankmusic.com/?p=461
  20. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/n%C3%BC-revolution-mw0002120274
  21. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14589-hood-pass-intact-ep/
  22. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/mushroom-jazz-vol-7-mw0002045118
  23. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044534/lucy-woodward-slow-recovery
  24. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Home+%26+Garden?noanv=1
  25. ↑ http://www.om-records.com/releases/695-domesticated
  26. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Home+%26+Garden
  27. ↑ "Detroit Lion". Wax Poetics Inc. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-24. 
  28. ↑ http://soundcloud.com/tinyhearts
  29. ↑ http://www.okayplayer.com/news/tiny-hearts-centerfold-aron-kantor-video.html
  30. ↑ http://boilerroom.tv/boiler-room-la-x-hvw8-w-tiny-hearts-waajeed-dede-tim-k-lady-monix/
  31. ↑ http://m.npr.org/programs/all/60/244817682
  32. ↑ http://www.boardsmag.com/articles/magazine/20100401/friskies.html
  33. ↑ <http://trueslant.com/level/2010/02/23/if-the-new-friskies-cat-food-commercial-is-to-be-believed-your-cat-is-on-lsd/>
  34. ↑ http://www.adweek.com/video/friskies-adventureland-120844
  35. ↑ http://sneakerreport.com/sports/basketball-sports/nike-basketball-presents-the-kdv/
  36. ↑ "Hot Club Play Chart". 

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