Babe Rainbow (musician)

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Babe Rainbow
Origin Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Indie electronic
Hip hop
Electronic
Ambient
Experimental
Instrumental
Downtempo
Dubstep
Years active2008–present
Labels Warp Records, Slow Release, Ghostly International, INgrooves, 1080p Collection

Babe Rainbow is the moniker of Canadian musician Cameron Reed. Reed first came to prominence following the release of two records as Babe Rainbow on the UK-based Warp Records, Shaved EP in 2010 and Endless Path EP in 2011. [1] Mixing the genres of Dubstep, ambient, hip-hop, and Noise music, Babe Rainbow's early Post-dubstep [2] material was described as "creating "overcast, suffocating sonic landscapes" [3] that evoke a sound "like living in a haunted house". [4]

Contents

In addition to providing official remixes for artists such as Grimes, Midnight Juggernauts, and Jokers of the Scene, Reed has provided production to up-and-coming rappers [5] and occasionally releases free EPs of demos and works-in-progress. [6]

In 2012, Reed briefly joined the backing band for Domino Records-signed R&B artist How To Dress Well [7] before going on to release an EP of minimalist piano compositions titled Minnesota Winter EP, and Falling Apart EP which Pitchfork Media called "a momentous, sometime triumphant gloom that recalls a range of other electronic experimentalists". [2]

Studio releases

YearRelease details
2010Shaved EP
2011Endless Path EP
2014Minnesota Winter EP
  • Released: September 26, 2014
  • Label: Slow Release
2014Falling Apart EP
  • Released: July 14, 2014
  • Label: Slow Release
2018Neglected Ambient Works Vol. 1 (as Cameron Reed)
  • Released: Nov. 16, 2018
  • Label: Slow Release

Remixes and singles

YearRelease details
2010Babe Rainbow I Can Try To Run (Stuck)
2010 Midnight Juggernauts This New Technology (Babe Rainbow Remix)
  • Label: Acephalé
2010 You Say Party Dark Days (Babe Rainbow Remix)
2011 Porcelain Raft Talk To Me (Babe Rainbow Remix)
  • Label: Acephalé
2011 Grimes Crystal Ball (Babe Rainbow Remix)
  • Label: Not On Label
2011 Main Attrakionz Who Am I (Prod. by Babe Rainbow)
  • Label: Not On Label
2011Babe Rainbow Give You Time (feat. Ashley Webber)
2012 Jokers of the Scene Killing Jokes (Babe Rainbow Remix)
2012Babe Rainbow & 5kinAndBone5 Did You Knock
  • Label: Unknown To The Unknown
2015Babe Rainbow Don't Tell Me I'm Wrong

References

  1. ↑ "Babe Rainbow discography at Discogs.com".
  2. 1 2 "Pitchfork Review | Babe Rainbow, Falling Apart".
  3. ↑ "Pitchfork Review | Babe Rainbow, Shaved EP".
  4. ↑ "The Fader: Let Me Buy U, Anne Drank Vol. 2".
  5. ↑ "Babe Rainbow Winds Down 'Endless Path' With 'Chopped and Screwed' Beats".
  6. ↑ "Exclaim: Babe Rainbow 'One Morning' (beat tape)".
  7. ↑ "How to Dress Well Announces North American Dates, Nabs Babe Rainbow, Aaron Read as Live Backing Band".
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