Ten Walls

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Ten Walls
Birth nameMarijus Adomaitis
Born (1983-01-19) 19 January 1983 (age 41)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • DJ
  • Composer
Years active2009–present
LabelsRunemark Records

Marijus Adomaitis (born 19 January 1983), better known by his stage names Ten Walls or Mario Basanov, [1] [2] is a Lithuanian producer who is best known for his 2014 single "Walking with Elephants", which peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

In June 2015, Ten Walls was dropped from several festivals and by his booking agency after making controversial comments comparing gay people to pedophiles in a Facebook post, and referring to the LGBT community as a "different breed". [3]

Career

2009–12: Mario Basanov

In 2012 under the name Mario Basanov Adomaitis won Best Electronic Act at Lithuanian M.A.M.A. music awards.

2013–15: Breakthrough

On 10 May 2013 Ten Walls released his debut EP Gotham. [4] On 9 December 2013 he released his debut single "Requiem". [5] On 7 September 2014 he released the single "Walking with Elephants". On 10 September 2014 the song was at number 3 on The Official Chart Update in the UK. [6] On 14 September 2014 the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 6. [7] The song also peaked at number 3 on the UK Dance Chart and number 8 on the Scottish Singles Chart.

Homophobia controversy

In June 2015, Ten Walls posted a rant on his Facebook pages condemning homosexuality and comparing it to pedophilia. [8] As a result of his comments, he was dropped from several festival line-ups. His booking agency, Coda Music Agency, announced that they no longer represented him. Fort Romeau pulled his support for him at London club venue Koko. [9] Ten Walls' posts were later deleted after a backlash, and he put out an apology claiming that he cancelled the festival dates himself. [9] [10] [11] Organizers of Dutch festival Pitch, Belgian festival Pukkelpop, the German festival Dockville, British festival Creamfields, [12] and Spanish festival Sónar publicly confirmed that they cancelled Ten Walls performances due to his homophobic statements. [9] [13] Ten Walls also received criticism from Lithuanian LGBT activists. [14]

Three months after his post, in September 2015, Ten Walls issued a formal apology for the incident, calling it "completely out of character". [15]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details
Queen [16]
  • Release: 27 March 2017 [17]
  • Labels: Runemark
  • Formats: Digital download

Extended plays

TitleAlbum details
Gotham
  • Release: 10 May 2013 [4]
  • Labels: Innervisions
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[18]
UK Dance
[19]
SCO
[20]
BEL (Vl)
[21]
FR
[22]
2013"Requiem" [5] 60 [A] Non-albums singles
2014"Walking with Elephants"6384130
2015"Sparta"72 [A]
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Awards

On 30 January 2015 at M.A.M.A. awards Ten Walls won awards for best electronic act and best music video ("Walking with Elephants"). [23]

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  20. Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
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Notes

A ^ Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. Added 50 position to actual Ultratip position.