Factor (producer)

Factor
Birth name Graham Murawsky
Also known as Factor Chandelier
Origin Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Genres Alternative hip hop
Instrumental hip hop
Underground hip hop
Occupation(s) Producer
Years active 1998–present
Labels Fake Four Inc.
Side Road Records
Website www.sideroadrecords.com

Graham Murawsky, better known by his stage name Factor, is an underground hip hop producer from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He is a founder of Side Road Records.[1]

History

In 2009, Factor produced Freestyle Fellowship member Myka 9's solo album 1969. It features guest appearances from Aceyalone, Busdriver, Awol One and Gel Roc. In promotion of the album, Factor toured across the United States with Myka 9, Sole and Ceschi Ramos.[2]

In 2010, Factor released the solo album Lawson Graham[3] and The Great Depression, a collaborative album with Gregory Pepper as Common Grackle,[4] both on Fake Four Inc.

Discography

Studio albums

Solo

  • Time Invested (Off Beat Production, 2002)
  • Con-Soul Confessions (Off Beat Production, 2003)
  • Three (Side Road, 2003)
  • Heights (Side Road, 2005)
  • Famous Nights and Empty Days (Side Road, 2006)
  • Chandelier (Fake Four Inc., 2008)
  • 13 Stories (A Prelude) (Side Road, 2010)
  • Lawson Graham (Fake Four Inc., 2010)
  • Woke Up Alone (Fake Four Inc., 2013)

with Awol One

with Kay the Aquanaut

  • Waist Deep in Concrete (Side Road, 2004)
  • Spinning Blue Planet (Side Road, 2007)
  • Letters from Laika (Circle Into Square, 2013)

with Kirby Dominant (as Paranoid Castle)

  • One Way Ticket (Side Road, 2004)
  • Champagne Nightmares (Fake Four Inc., 2011)
  • Welcome to Success (Fake Four Inc., 2014)

with Myka 9

  • 1969 (Fake Four Inc., 2009)
  • Sovereign Soul (Fake Four Inc., 2012)
  • Famous Future Time Travel (Urbnet, 2015)

with Nolto

  • All Over the Right Here (Side Road, 2004)
  • Red All Over (Side Road, 2005)
  • Scott Free... Red Handed (Side Road, 2014)

with Ben.e Elim

  • Present: Salvation (Side Road, 2004)
  • With Pain Comes Pleasure (Side Road, 2006) (as Ben.e.Factor)

with Def3

  • Drumbo (Side Road, 2009)
  • Wildlife (Urbnet, 2014)

Other full-length collaborations

  • For the Rest of My Life (Side Road, 2004) (with Cam the Wizzard)
  • Livin la Vida Boo Hoo (Side Road, 2005) (with Candy's .22)
  • Cafeteria Food (Side Road, 2005) (with Ira Lee)
  • Dawn of a New Era (Side Road, 2005) (with Akuma)
  • No Phukkin Clu (Medici State, 2006) (with NoBS Allowed)
  • Metropolis Now (Side Road, 2006) (with Metropolis Now [Def3, Forgetful Jones & Kay the Aquanaut])
  • Live in 75 (Side Road, 2007) (with Joe Dub)
  • 46 Middles (Side Road, 2008) (with Azrael, Chadio, Kaboom & The Gumshoe Strut, as 50 Fingers)
  • Screwg McDovey (Side Road, 2010) (with D.Dove)
  • Saffron (Fake Four Inc., 2010) (with Moka Only)
  • The Great Depression (Fake Four Inc., 2010) (with Gregory Pepper, as Common Grackle)
  • Party Til Your Body Stops (Side Road, 2010) (with Cam the Wizzard & Giovanni Marks, as Cam, Gram & G.A.M.)
  • Broken Bone Ballads (Fake Four Inc., 2015) (with Ceschi)

Production credits

References

  1. ↑ Jon B (January 3, 2011). "Factor". UGSMAG.
  2. ↑ "Myka 9 – 1969". UGSMAG. December 10, 2008.
  3. ↑ Faraone, Chris (June 1, 2010). "Factor - Lawson Graham". The Phoenix.
  4. ↑ Plomin, Alicia (August 5, 2010). "Indie pop and hip hop collide on Common Grackle’s The Great Depression". ALARM Magazine.
  5. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/fakefourinc/posts/850889897703

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