Biography
Introduction
Various, or Various Production, is an English dubstep/electronic music duo formed in 2003. The group blends samples, acoustic and electronic instrumentation, and singing from a revolving cast of vocalists. Its members, Adam and Ian, purposefully give very little information about the group or themselves, and tend to do little in the way of self-promotion. Nevertheless, the group began winning critical acclaim with its single releases in 2005 and 2006. Their full-length for XL, The World is Gone, arrived in July 2006. They have released a large number of vinyl EP's and 7" records, as well as digital exclusives for Rough Trade, iTunes, and Boomkat. They have released remixes of a large variety of artists (sometimes uncredited) such as Thom Yorke, Adele, Virus Syndicate, Dave Cloud, Cat Power, Emma Pollock and Ian Brown and participated with one track on the Vexille Movie Soundtrack.
The duo signed a publishing deal with the newly formed Fire Songs in November 2007, a division of eclectic London-based record label Fire Records. In 2008, the group started their own record label, called Various Production, where they began releasing their own material, followed a year later by another label called "Misc", this time for selling artworks and other products.
In early 2009 they released a new LP, an experimental collaboration with poet Gerry Mitchell called "The Invisible Lodger" and signed the first act to release on the Various Production label, Gold Panda.
Discography
- "Hater"/"Byker" (7")
- "Phortune"/"Limbs" (7")
- Chief (EP)
- "I'm Really Hot"/"Where I Belong" (12")
- "Bruk"/"Home (edit)" (7")
- "13" (12")
- "Foller"/"Home" (7")
- "Sir"/"In This" (7")
- "Turn it Up"/"No Win No Fee" (12")
- The World Is Gone (LP, XL Recordings, July 17, 2006)
- "Mr Clever"/"Lost (dub)" (12")
- "Today"/"Go Beat" (12")
- "What About Them"/"Too Lost In" (12")
- "Cogmac"/"Queen Bee" (7")
- Various Versus (LP, Self-released, 2008)
- The Invisible Lodger (featuring Gerry Mitchell) (LP, Fire Records, 23 Feb 2009)
- "Tricycle E.P. (Self Released April 2009)
External links
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