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 TCTS in 2021 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sam O'Neill |
| Origin | Manchester, England |
| Genres | House [1] |
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| Instruments | Keyboard |
| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Website | Official Soundcloud |
Sam O'Neill, known by his stage name TCTS, is an English DJ and record producer from Manchester. [2] [3] He is signed to Chase & Status' record label, MTA. [4] O'Neill is best known for his 2014 song "Games", which reached number 29 on the UK Dance Chart.
TCTS' debut EP, Hands, was released on 15 May 2012 through Cool Kid Music. He released a single, "1997", through Bondax's label Just Us on 10 September 2012. The signing came about after he submitted the song to Rob Adcock's BBC Introducing from Stoke radio show and Bondax heard it played on Huw Stephens' BBC Radio 1 show. [5] His second EP, These Heights, was released on 11 November 2013 through Greco-Roman. [6] Pitchfork 's Larry Fitzmaurice described the release as "warm and weird". [6]
His third EP, "Games", was released through MTA Records on 8 July 2014. [7] The title track features vocals from KStewart, the sister of Example's ex-band-member David Stewart. Earmilk described the song as "a choppy synth-driven production with bouncy dance floor appeal". [7] It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 117. Stereogum described "You", a promotional single from the EP, as "an effervescent house cut built around melancholy piano, rubbery synths, and an assured yet emotionally wrecked vocal". [4] His next EP, Body, was released on 29 March 2015 and was preceded by its promotional singles "Thinking About You" and "Coupe de Ville".
O'Neill has received extensive airplay on BBC Radio 1Xtra, [7] received support from Huw Stephens, [5] Annie Mac and Rob da Bank's BBC Radio 1 shows [8] and also appeared for a guest mix on Triple J . [9]
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||||
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| UK Singles [10] | UK Dance [11] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | "1997" | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | "Games" (featuring K. Stewart) | 117 | 29 | Games EP | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | "Thinking About You" (featuring Leo Kalyan) | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | "Jelly" | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Live for Something" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Icy Feet" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | "Do It Like Me (Icy Feet)" (featuring Sage the Gemini and Kelis) | — | 39 | |||||||||||||||
| "Slow Motion" (with The Magician featuring Sam Sure) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | "Back to Me" [12] (with The Aston Shuffle featuring Blush'ko) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | "Take It Back" | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Never Know" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Better" (with Decades) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Tearing Up My Heart" (with Sophia Quinn) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Say No More" (featuring Ellenor) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | "Push Me" (with Manyfew) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| "Amnesia" (with Ekko and Hyzteria) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Losing My Mind" (with Hayley May) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Take Me Home" (with Nu Aspect and RAHH) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Dance Away" (with GotSome and Raphi) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Desire" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Favourite" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "US" (with Marshall Jefferson and Byron Stingily) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Sarge" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Paperwork" (with Audio Bullys) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Song | Artist |
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| 2013 | "Here" | Syron |
| "Bind Me" | ETML | |
| "On & On" | Snakehips | |
| "Forever" | Haim | |
| "Alive" | Chase & Status featuring Jacob Banks | |
| "Dance Floor" | SLOWOLF featuring Raekwon | |
| 2014 | "Freeze" | Moko |
| "Flicker" | Shivum Sharma | |
| "Gangsters" | Lolo featuring Giggs | |
| "Somebody New" | Jakwob featuring Tiffani Juno | |
| "Half Light" | Wilkinson featuring Tom Cane | |
| "All I See" | Bondax featuring Tanya Lacey | |
| "Mother & Father" | Broods | |
| "Go Deep" | Jax Jones | |
| "If I Go" | Ella Eyre | |
| "Everything for a Reason" | TC | |
| 2015 | "Champagne Kisses" | Jessie Ware |
| "King" | Years & Years | |
| "All My Love" | Watermät, Becky Hill & TAI | |
| "The Thrill" | Nero | |
| "Body Talk" | Foxes | |
| 2016 | "The Vibe" | Motez (producer) featuring Scrufizzer |
| 2017 | "Golden" | SAINT WKND featuring Hoodlem |
| "In Your Arms" | Crystal Fighters | |
| "Kryptonite" | George Maple featuring Jevon | |
| "Gassed" | WESLEE | |
| "Breathe" | Astrid S | |
| "Window Seat" | Fuse ODG | |
| "My Love" | Wale featuring Major Lazer, Wizkid and Dua Lipa | |
| "Either Way" | Snakehips & Anne-Marie featuring Joey Bada$$ | |
| "Jealousy" | Disciples | |
| 2018 | "Mistakes" | Basenji featuring Tkay Maidza |
| "On You" | Michael Calfan | |
| "Inhale" | Duke Dumont featuring Ebenezer | |
| "Don't Wreck My Holiday" | Black Saint featuring Kelli-Leigh | |
| "Falls" | ODESZA featuring Sasha Sloan | |
| 2021 | "Remember" | Becky Hill and David Guetta |
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