Madrid (band)

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Madrid
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Electronic
Years active2003 (2003)–present
LabelsYYZ Records
Awesome Music
MembersAdam Perry
Duncan Christie
Eric Lightfoot

Madrid is a Canadian electronic music group from Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Adam Perry (guitars, keys, vox), Duncan Christie (bass, keys, vox) and Eric Lightfoot (drums). [1] Their music is a combination of Electro, Shoegaze, and Psychedelia. [2]

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History

Perry and Christie, two friends from Niagara Falls, Ontario, began creating songs and electronic music together. They formed Madrid in 2003 and added Lightfoot when they began playing live in Toronto clubs and bars. [3] [4] That year the group released their debut album, Warm Waters, on record label Aporia. [5] The album, which featured analogue synthesizer music, [6] was featured on the BBC music website. [7] After four years, Madrid released an EP, First Message. [8]

The band's first single, "Reply (To Everyone)" was released in mp3 format as a free download in 2009. [9] [10] Their work was remixed by Ulrich Schnauss, vitaminsforyou, The Cansecos, and dubstep-impresario XI. [11] [10] In November 2009, they toured across Canada with DJ Champion & His G-Strings.

In 2011 they performed in Toronto as part of Canada Music Week. [12] In March that year the band released their full-length recording, Original Message on Awesome Music and distributed by EMI Records. [13]

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ "Shout Out Out Out Out @ Wrongbar". NOW Toronto, by Jordan Bimm. November 5, 2010
  2. ↑ "Shows that rocked Toronto last week". NOW Toronto, November 11, 2010
  3. ↑ Rayner, Ben. "Madrid dips into calm Warm Waters". Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Feb 26, 2004 Page: G.03
  4. ↑ "Madrid @ Drake Hotel" [usurped] . Chart Attack - Jun 14, 2004. by Caitlin Hotchkiss
  5. ↑ Lee, Andy (2003-09-01). "Madrid Warm Waters". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
  6. ↑ "The Analogue Sounds Of Madrid". Soulshine, 2004-04-08
  7. ↑ Olli Siebelt. "Music - Review of Madrid - Warm Waters". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
  8. ↑ "Madrid Are Back With Their First Message In Five Years" [usurped] . Chart Attack - Dec 5, 2007
  9. ↑ "Reply to Everyone". Pitchfork Media. by Stuart Berman, August 11, 2009
  10. 1 2 "Canadian Music - HuffPost Canada". Spinner.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2015-06-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) at the Wayback Machine]
  11. ↑ Archived December 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ "CMW Review: Alcoholic Faith Mission, Digits, Madrid". Panic Manual, 2011-03-15
  13. ↑ "AMICUS Web Full Record - AMICUS - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
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