Arcades (band)

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ARCADES
Genres EDM, pop
LabelsTwin Music Inc
MembersMax Graham
Matt Thomson
Website arcadesuk.com

ARCADES is a British electronic music production duo consisting of Max Graham and Matt Thomson. They are best known for their co-writing and production of several songs on BTS albums Map of the Soul: Persona and Map of the Soul: 7 . [1] [2] The duo have achieved album credit sales upwards of 12 million worldwide.

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Background

Thomson fronted indie punk band Parka, [3] who had success after the release of their debut single, "Disco Dancer" [4] through Universal Music Group. They toured Japan and Europe. Thomson moved into production and began releasing original songs under the name Harbour. Graham was working as a studio engineer in New York and met Thomson upon his return to work for James F. Reynolds in London.[ citation needed ]

The duo worked under the name Parallax briefly in 2016, when they appeared on the E4 Reality show Stage School. [5] They then formed a new project under the new name Digital Army and released official remixes for Kokiri, [6] Conor Maynard, Kriss Kross Amsterdam, and Ty Dolla Sign. [7]

ARCADES was originally formed in 2018, after their first single release "In The Air" featuring LA based singer Sarah Walk. [8] The song was supported by YouTube channels CloudKid [9] and Freshmixes. It gained the attention of BTS member J-Hope, who added the song to his Spotify playlist J-Hope's Jam. [10] Their follow up single "Fragile" featuring SOFIA was released at the start of 2019 and has gained over 2 million YouTube views. [11]

The duo released two more songs: "Running" featuring Ryan Lawrie in 2019 followed by "Stars" featuring PRIDES in 2020.

ARCADES then co-wrote and produced two songs on the BTS album Map of the Soul: Persona , Jamais Vu and Mikrokosmos. [12] [13] Later in 2019 the duo received song writing credits on, New Rules, the opening track on the album The Dream Chapter: Magic by K-pop boyband TXT. [14] The duo co wrote the song Inner Child from the 2020 BTS album, Map of the Soul: 7.

Discography

Singles

Arcades - In The Air ft. Sarah Walk

  • Released: 2018
  • Label: Twin Music Inc

Arcades - In The Air ft. Sarah Walk (acoustic)

  • Released: 2018
  • Label: Twin Music Inc

Arcades - Fragile ft. SOFIA

  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Twin Music Inc

Arcades - Running ft Ryan Lawrie

  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Twin Music Inc

Arcades - Stars ft Prides(acoustic)

  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Twin Music Inc

Song-writing and production credits

BTS – Inner Child

  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Big Hit Entertainment

BTS – Mikrokosmos

  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Big Hit Entertainment

BTS – Jamais Vu

  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Big Hit Entertainment

TXT – New Rules

  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Big Hit Entertainment

Taemin - 2 Kids (single)

  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Twin Music Inc

Taemin - Think Of You (single)

  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Twin Music Inc

Enhypen - Flicker (album track)

  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Twin Music Inc

Got7 - We Are Young (album track)

  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Twin Music Inc

SHINee - Atlantis (single)

  • Released: 2021
  • Label: Twin Music Inc

TXT - 0X1=LOVESONG (single)

  • Released: 2021
  • Label: BigHit Music

TXT - Dear Sputnik (album track)

  • Released: 2021
  • Label: BigHit Music

TXT - Moa Diary (album track)

  • Released: 2021
  • Label: BigHit Music

KEY - Another Life (album track)

  • Released: 2022
  • Label: SM Entertainment

Enhypen - Attention Please (album track)

  • Released: 2021
  • Label: Belift Lab

Marcus McCoan - Hair Down (single)

  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Twin Music Inc

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