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CALVIN HARRIS

Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984),

better known by his stage name Calvin

Harris, is a Scottish DJ, singer, songwriter, and

record producer. His gold-selling debut

album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007

and contained the top-ten singles "Acceptable

in the 80s" and "The Girls". His second studio

album, Ready for the Weekend (2009),

reached number one on the UK Album Chart

and includes the chart-topper "I'm Not

Alone", the UK top-five hit "Ready for the

Weekend", and the singles "Flashback" and

"You Used to Hold Me".

Calvin Harris has a

strong claim to being the

most successful club

crossover star of recent

years. After a string of chart

hits from his 2007 debut

album, I Created Disco,

Harris hit No 1 last year

with his Dizzee Rascal

collaboration Dance Wiv

Me. He recently did the

same with his own I'm Not

Alone, while never diluting

the pulverising techno beats

that are his defiant musical

template.

Biography& Career

Harris was born Adam Richard Wiles on 17 January 1984 in Dumfries, Scotland. He states that he was a fan of football and aspired to be like

Steve McManaman. "But I never had curly hair, so I got into music. If I'd had curly hair, things would've been different." He was first attracted to

electronic music in his teens and was recording bedroom demos by 1999. According to an interview with News of the World, all the while he

created music, he started becoming an antisocial person, which affected his personality. His earliest success was when he was twenty-one: the

songs "Da Bongos" and "Brighter Days" were released as a 12" club single and CD-EP by the Prima Facie label in early 2002 under the name

Stouffer. He released one song in 2004, "Let Me Know", with artist Ayah Marar. The song appears on The Unabombers' Electric Soul 2.

Harris signed contracts with EMI (publishing) and Sony BMG (recording) in 2006 after he had been discovered by Tommie Sunshine on the

social networking website Myspace and his music was released on Sunshine's label Xylophone Jones Recordings previous to his album on Sony

BMG. Harris had recently moved back from London to his hometown of Dumfries because he was unable to find a job. Later in 2006, Harris

produced a remix of All Saints' hit single "Rock Steady".

Harris's first album, I Created Disco, was released in June 2007. The album contains uptempo electroclash songs that were influenced by music

from the 1980s. To promote I Created Disco, Harris embarked on a tour of the UK, supporting Faithless and Groove Armada. I Created Disco

was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of 100,000 copies in the UK, where it reached number eight on the UK Albums

Chart.

The first single, "Vegas", was issued on limited edition vinyl; the first wide-release single from the album was "Acceptable in the 80s", a tribute to

the style and culture of the decade. The song reached number ten on the UK Singles Chart, remaining on the chart for fifteen weeks. "The Girls",

the album's third single, peaked at number three in the UK, although the fourth release, "Merrymaking at My Place", reached only number forty-

three. The fifth and final single, "Colours", was featured in television advertisements for DFS sofas and Kia Motors. On 18 October 2008, Harris

was featured on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix with a two-hour set.

In April 2008, Harris stated that the only existing copy of his then-upcoming album, which he had been working on for seven months, was lost

when the bag containing his laptop was misplaced during the baggage handling problems at the opening of London Heathrow Terminal 5. In an

interview with Popjustice in April 2009, Harris admitted that while he did lose his bags at Heathrow, he lied about the laptop being in his

luggage in order to buy himself some more time to finish recording the album, adding that the idea was concocted by him and his sound

engineer. The album, Ready for the Weekend, was released in August 2009 and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, eventually

being certified gold by the BPI for shipments of 100,000 copies. "I'm Not Alone", released as the album's lead single in April 2009, debuted at

number one on the UK Singles Chart and was shortlisted for the Popjustice £20 Music Prize. The follow-up single, "Ready for the Weekend",

reached number three. Other tracks included on the album are "Worst Day" featuring Izza Kizza and "Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La", which was used

in a Coca-Cola advertisement in the summer of 2009.

Harris toured around the UK, Ireland, France, the Netherlands and the United States promoting the album. In June 2009, Harris appeared at

the Summertime Ball at the Emirates Stadium, and in August, he made an appearance on the first Soccer AM show of the season. Harris

performed at Wembley Stadium in October 2009 as part of the pre-game entertainment for the NFL International Series game between the

New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The third single from Ready for the Weekend, "Flashback", reached number eighteen in

the UK, and the fourth, "You Used to Hold Me", charted at number twenty-seven.During promotion of the album, Harris hosted a series of

videos on YouTube titled JAM TV, in which musicians such as , and tried to open pots of jam. In 2010, Harris

received a nomination for British Male.

Florence Welch Goldie Katy Perry

BRIT Award

On 14 November, Harris invaded the stage of The

X Factor during a performance by Irish duo

Jedward, holding a pineapple on his head and

bending over to point at his buttocks. He was

subsequently escorted from the studio by the

security team and ejected from the ITV2

programme The Xtra Factor, where he was due to

appear as a guest the same night. He later

apologised on Twitter: "At the end of the day, I

had a pineapple on my head. Sorry if I caused

anyone embarrassment. Ps. I love Jedward." The

same week, Harris spoke to The Chris Moyles

Show and revealed that he had been "inspired to

make a mockery of the show", as well as stating,

"If you look at music it's a frightening

stranglehold that Simon Cowell has got over the

entire music chart in the UK at the moment." On

the same day, Jedward's mentor Louis Walsh,

appearing on The Paul O'Grady Show, accused

Harris of trying to "cash in" on the duo's fame,

and claimed to not know who he was.

Harris played at the 2010 Big Day Out,

festival which takes place in several m

Australia and Auckland, New Zealand.

2010, he performed at Evolution Festival in

Newcastle upon Tyne, and in July he played at

Splendour in Nottingham and headlined at the

Stockton International Riverside Festival in

Stockton-on-Tees. In July 2010, Harris released a

mix, titled L.E.D. Festival (short for L.E.D.

Festival Presents... Calvin Harris), which was

available for one month as a free covermount CD

in Mixmag.

Harris appeared at the tenth birthday of

Our:House in Auckland, New Zealand, in

November 2010, alongside Afrojack,[21] and

performed an hour-long DJ set at Australia's

Steresonic Festival alongside Tiësto, Carl Cox,

Afrojack and Major Lazer in November and

December 2010, in several major Australian cities

including Sydney and Melbourne. In 2011, he

toured with Rihanna as a support act on the

European leg of her Loud Tour; Rihanna was

quoted to say that "Calvin is the perfect fit for the

Loud tour. He is going to bring something unique

and fun for the fans." Harris played the 2011 Mardi

Gras Party in Sydney on 5 March.

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ajor cities in

In May

During March and April 2011, Harris was

scheduled to be an opening act/DJ for Katy

Perry on the UK leg of her California Dreams

Tour, but he withdrew from the tour shortly

before his first date, citing production issues

and difficulties with Perry's management in

his apology to her fans.Perry publicly

criticised Harris via her Twitter feed, stating

that the tour's other support acts had

expressed no problems with their production

arrangements, but Harris later said "it's all

fine" between them and that he would still

like to work with her in the future.

Harris headlined Limelite at Metropolis

Fremantle in Western Australia in March 2011

in celebration of the event's fourth birthday,

where he played small samples of his new

track, "Awooga", which was subsequently

uploaded onto YouTube via his channel.

Following "Awooga", Harris released the

single "Bounce", a collaboration with Kelis

two on the UK

. Another single,

", was released in August 2011

number two in the United

el So Close" became Harris's

entry on the Billboard Hot 100 in

the United States, peaking at number twelve.

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ced as one of the

ber of Southern

1/2012 new year music festivals,

Shore Thing and Field Day in

Sydney, as well as Rhythm and Vines in New

Zealand.

"Let's Go" featuring Ne-Yo, released in April

2012, also reached number two in the UK,

while reaching number six in Ireland. It was

his second Hot 100 appearance as a main

artist, charting at number seventeen.The song

was commissioned for a Pepsi Max

advertising campaign. "We'll Be Coming

Back", featuring rapper Example, was released

as the fourth single in July 2012. It peaked at

number two in the UK, and reached number

one in Ireland.

that debuted at number

Singles Chart in June 2011

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The fifth single, "Sweet Nothing", features Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, and was released on

14 October 2012. It peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, marking Harris' first number-one single

as main artist in the United Kingdom since his 2009 single, "I'm Not Alone" as a main artist. The song

peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. These singles became part of his newest album, which was

released on 29 October 2012 in the UK. He has said of the album, "I'm going for pretty epic-sounding dance

records. I guess the whole sound has just moved on in terms of production as I've got a new studio and

some new gear to make the sounds I wasn't able to make before."On 22 August 2012, Harris announced via

Twitter that his third studio album will be titled 18 Months and will feature Kelis, Rihanna, Example,

Nicky Romero, Ellie Goulding, Tinie Tempah, Florence Welch, Dizzee Rascal, Ne-Yo, Ayah Marar and

Dillon Francis.

Harris was the house DJ at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Staples Center, Los Angeles,

where he won Best Electronic Video for "Feel So Close" and Video of the Year alongside Rihanna for "We

Found Love".

In February 2013, Harris signed as the first exclusive resident DJ at the MGM Grand's forthcoming

Hakkasan Las Vegas nightclub.

Harris is set to perform as part of the post-race concert of the 2013 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix in

April 2013

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and Jay-Z, as well as previous works by Andy Warhol

and Keith Haring, Absolut Vokda continues more than

30 years of creative partnerships with leading artists in

music, art and fashion by partnering with Swedish

House Mafia. The European DJ collective has produced

a special track that will be used in Absolut's new

advertising campaign. It's a perfect band and brand

integration that is a win-win for all, and mostly for the

fans who are getting a brand-new piece of music

Already a crowd favorite, this new Swedish House Mafia

anthem is titled "Greyhound" and is a pulsing,

adrenaline-fueled instrumental dance tune. The track

comes along with fantastical and fast-paced video that

was shot in the California desert and combines high-

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fashion that Lady Gaga would salivate over. In the video,

Swedish House Mafia's Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and

Steve Angello go head to head in a futuristic dog race

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In related Swedish House Mafia news, next July the

group will complete a historic first when they headline a

gargantuan 9 hour ‘One Night Stand’ show in front of

65,000 people at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in

the UK. The band have also confirmed that alongside DJ

producer of the moment Calvin Harris and 17 year old

pop/house producer Madeon, they have added Pete

Tong and fellow Swede Alesso as special guests to the

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This is the official moment where we can say that music videos have surpassed movies in their ability to tell a story concisely and poignantly. This music video is a perfect example. Visually, it is truly one of the most engrossing things we have ever seen. It also features the best CG work we have ever seen outside of Avatar. And while this may boil down to a 3 minute Vodka ad, when something is this visually arresting, who cares what it is selling. Appreciate it on an esthetic level and nothing more if you must, but at least stop to appreciate it.

So what this video implies is that the future is going to be f***ing badass. To kill time, people are going to drive their luxury cars out to the dessert to bet on dog racing. But this is not the typical, lame dog racing you are used to. No, no, no. This is the future, dammit. Everything is cooler and pointlessly more expensive looking.

So instead of dogs, you have these people who sort of Voltron out and scan themselves INTO the dogs, so in essence, it is like a video game.Oh, and the dogs are badass, robot greyhounds.Not the usual skinny, stupid ones you see. These dogs look like something out of a sick anime from the 90s. They are sleek and aero-dynamic and cool as sh*t, everything that real greyhounds are not.

Oh, also, we need to tell you that fashion in the future sucks. These people who gather to watch this event all look like fools. Weird makeup and plastic chandeliers hanging in front of their faces like hats. It is the one thing that doesn’t work in the entire video. The desert setting works well, the robo dogs are as cool as anything we have ever seen, and the electronic beats of the song seem to be the perfect soundtrack to the futuristic event. But, the outfits are too much. slight complaint though, overall

About 30 seconds from the end is when you realize it is an absolute vodka ad, which makes the whole thing a wee bit suckier and more sellout style, but the video is still undeniably cool.WAIT A SECOND HERE, AFTER ALL THAT, WE DON’T EVEN GET TO FIND OUT WHICH DOG WON? Yo, crew this Vodka ad.

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[Chorus]

If you wanna get with me

There's some things you gotta know

I like my beats fast

And my bass down low

Ba-ba-bass, bass, bass down low

Bass, bass, bass down low

I, I, I like my beats fast

And my bass down low

Bass, bass down low

Bass, bass, bass down low

I, I, I like my beats fast

And my bass down low

It's like one, two, three, f-ck it

I'm bout to take this drink and just stuff it

Fish tank this thing along with four more shots

of Patron I give a fuck about going home

Straight buzzin Robotussin

Wanna get ya mitts in my oven

Wanna get a lick of this lovin

G-g-g-get a lick of this lovin

Yeah, I like it loud

And I'll make you shout

G-give you that Black Eyed Peas

You know that Boom Boom Pow

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Can I get a little Goose in my OJ?

Everyday feel like my birthday

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Wanna get a lick of this lovin

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Yeah, I like it loud

And I'll make you shout

G-give you that Black Eyed Peas

You know that Boom Boom Pow

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Bass, bass, bass

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Do you like it when I flow?

I got a question for you

Do you like it when I flow?

With my bass down low

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