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Grand Analog
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Background information
OriginWinnipeg, Manitoba
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresCanadian hip hop
Years active2006 – present
LabelsThe Shadow Cabinet Music Group, Ferryhouse Records [de] (GER)
MembersOdario Williams
Warren Bray
Ofield Williams
TJ Garcia
Aubrey McGhee
Catalist

Grand Analog is a Canadian hip hop band, fronted by Odario Williams. The project combines R&B, jazz, reggae and rock influences into a hip hop style performed mainly on live instruments instead of digital electronics.

History

Grand Analog was first formed by Williams in 2002 as a short-lived rock-oriented side project from his main band Mood Ruff. After Mood Ruff's breakup, he revived the project with a new focus on reggae and hip hop in 2006. Williams has told the press that "sonically, I knew that I wanted to dig into dub and rock and soul. I’ve always wanted to do that, but years ago I wasn’t free enough upstairs to know that I could."

The band released their first album, Calligraffiti, in 2007. A follow-up album, titled Metropolis Is Burning, was released on May 26, 2009. The album topped the Canadian community and campus radio hip hop chart for several weeks.

Grand Analog won two Western Canadian Music Awards for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Recording in 2009 for Touch Your Toes EP and 2010 for Metropolis Is Burning.

The band's third album, Modern Thunder, was released in Canada on August 20, 2013. Modern Thunder was also released in various European countries on German label Ferryhouse Records; and released in the U.S. on Brooklyn label Feel Up Records.

In 2015 the band released an album, Roll Dub Soul Rap, and performed at a number of clubs in western Canada., In 2016 they released a video, Love is a Battlefield.

Discography

  • Calligraffiti (2007)
  • Metropolis Is Burning (2009)
  • Modern Thunder (2013)
  • Roll Dub Soul Rap (2015)
  • Survival (2018)

References

  1. ^ Denise Benson, Extended Play: Grand Analog, eye weekly, March 5, 2008. Denise Benson.Archived at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "Grand Analog". AllMusic Biography by Cyril Cordor
  3. Dart, Chris Name."Grand Analog Move Forward", Exclaim!, June 2009.
  4. Tanya Bailey, "Artist Profile: Grand Analog" Archived 2008-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, Toronto Music Scene, December 17, 2008.
  5. "Mini-review Grand Analog". Robert Everett-Green, Globe and Mail, Jun. 02, 2009
  6. "Sunset Rubdown Chart Champs Again For Third Week". Chart Attack - Jul 21, 2009
  7. "Previous Winners" Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine Breakout West festival website
  8. "Grand Analog Modern Thunder". Exclaim!, By Del F. Cowie Aug 16, 2013
  9. "First Play: Grand Analog, Modern Thunder" Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, August 13, 2013.
  10. "Review – Grand Analog". Canada Beats, Jenna Melanson on October 8, 2015
  11. "Hip-hop act quietly plotting world domination". Winnipeg Free Press, Jen Zoratti 02/5/2015
  12. "Grand Analog "Love Is a Battlefield" (video)". Exclaim! By Gregory Adams Aug 31, 2016.

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