Chris Brann
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Chris Brann is an American
electronic music
producer
and remix
er. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia
. Brann is known for his work under the monikers Wamdue Project and Ananda Project.
EPs
on Detroit label Acacia Records. The trio remained together until 2000, releasing tracks under the names Wam Kidz and Wambonix. Since then, Brann has worked alone as a producer, employing vocalists and instrumentalists according to his needs. Vocalists Gaelle Addison and Terrance Downs, in particular, have been regular contributors to many of Brann's tracks.
While still affiliated with Clarke and Udoh, Brann started producing tracks on his own, using a variety of names, the most prolific of which are Wamdue Project, Ananda Project and P'Taah. Brann has mentioned he finds house music too easy to create, and has experimented creating music with influences from many subgenres of electronic music, such as deep house
, downtempo
, techno and drum and bass
.
Chris Brann is better known for the hit "King of My Castle
", released in 1997 under the name Wamdue Project. Originally produced by Brann as a downtempo piece, it achieved worldwide fame thanks to a remix by Roy Malone in house form. "King of My Castle" sold two million copies worldwide and is reportedly the best-selling single ever for the Strictly Rhythm
label, as well as becoming a #1 in the UK Singles Chart
and a #3 in Germany in 1999. A follow-up Wamdue Project single, "Where Do We Go", hit #9 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1998. One more single ("You're The Reason") achieved success in Germany and the UK, in lower chart regions (#55) and (#39). A 2000 re-release of "King of My Castle", with new remixes, hit #1 the following year.
Wamdue Project famously appeared on the initial nominations list for 'Best British Newcomer' at the 2000 Brit Awards, before embarrassed organisers were forced to withdraw the nomination on account of the fact that Brann is American.
Wamdue Project
Ananda Project
Wamdue Kids
P'Taah
Wamdue Project
The Ananda Project
P'Taah
Wamdue Kids
Wambonix
Wam Kidz
Other aliases
United States
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electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
er. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. Brann is known for his work under the monikers Wamdue Project and Ananda Project.
Career
Chris Brann started producing music in 1995, teaming up with DJ Deep C (Chris Clarke) and Udoh (Chris Udoh). The trio started producing tracks together under the name Wamdue Kids, releasing house musicHouse music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
EPs
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
on Detroit label Acacia Records. The trio remained together until 2000, releasing tracks under the names Wam Kidz and Wambonix. Since then, Brann has worked alone as a producer, employing vocalists and instrumentalists according to his needs. Vocalists Gaelle Addison and Terrance Downs, in particular, have been regular contributors to many of Brann's tracks.
While still affiliated with Clarke and Udoh, Brann started producing tracks on his own, using a variety of names, the most prolific of which are Wamdue Project, Ananda Project and P'Taah. Brann has mentioned he finds house music too easy to create, and has experimented creating music with influences from many subgenres of electronic music, such as deep house
Deep house
Deep house is a subgenre of house music that fuses elements of Chicago house into the 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. In the early compositions , influences of jazz music were most frequently brought out by using more complex chords than simple triads which are held for many bars and...
, downtempo
Downtempo
Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...
, techno and drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
.
Chris Brann is better known for the hit "King of My Castle
King of My Castle
"King of My Castle" is a song by American electronic music producer Chris Brann under his Wamdue Project alias, with vocals by Gaelle Adisson. It was originally released in 1997 as a downtempo song, but became a worldwide club hit in 1999 when it was remixed by house producer Roy Malone...
", released in 1997 under the name Wamdue Project. Originally produced by Brann as a downtempo piece, it achieved worldwide fame thanks to a remix by Roy Malone in house form. "King of My Castle" sold two million copies worldwide and is reportedly the best-selling single ever for the Strictly Rhythm
Strictly Rhythm
Strictly Rhythm is an American record label, best known for its highly regarded house-music catalogue. It is considered by many to be one of the genre's most important and influential labels.-History:Strictly Rhythm Records is house music...
label, as well as becoming a #1 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
and a #3 in Germany in 1999. A follow-up Wamdue Project single, "Where Do We Go", hit #9 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1998. One more single ("You're The Reason") achieved success in Germany and the UK, in lower chart regions (#55) and (#39). A 2000 re-release of "King of My Castle", with new remixes, hit #1 the following year.
Wamdue Project famously appeared on the initial nominations list for 'Best British Newcomer' at the 2000 Brit Awards, before embarrassed organisers were forced to withdraw the nomination on account of the fact that Brann is American.
Albums
Chris Brann- 1997 Deep Fall
- 2001 No Room For Form - Volume 01
Wamdue Project
- 1996 Resource Toolbook Volume One
- 1998 Program Yourself
- 1999 Best Of
- 1999 Compendium
Ananda Project
- 2000 Release
- 2001 Re-Release
- 2003 Morning Light
- 2005 Relight
- 2007 Fire Flower
- 2008 Night Blossom
Wamdue Kids
- All are collaborations with Deep C and Chris Udoh
- 1996 These Branching Moments
- 1996 Wamdue Works
P'Taah
- 1999 Compressed Light
- 2001 De'compressed
- 2003 Staring At The Sun
Singles
Chris Brann- 1995 "Detroit vs. Atlanta"
- 1997 "Smuthullet EP"
- 1999 "No Room For Form"
- 2001 "So In Love EP"
- 2003 "No Room For Form EP"
- 2004 "Journey To The Centre"
Wamdue Project
- 1996 "Breakdown/In Love With You"
- 1996 "Get High On The Music"
- 1996 "The Deep EP"
- 1997 "King of My CastleKing of My Castle"King of My Castle" is a song by American electronic music producer Chris Brann under his Wamdue Project alias, with vocals by Gaelle Adisson. It was originally released in 1997 as a downtempo song, but became a worldwide club hit in 1999 when it was remixed by house producer Roy Malone...
", with Gaelle Addison - 1998 "Program Yourself EP"
- 1998 "Where Do We Go"
- 1998 "You're The Reason", with Victoria Frigerio
- 2000 "King Of My Castle (2000 Remixes)", with Gaelle Addison
- 2004 "Home Planet"
- 2006 "Forgiveness" ft. Jonathan Mendelsohn
- 2007 "Washes Over You", with Heather Johnson
- 2008 "King Of My Castle (2008 Mixes)"
- 2010 "Paths", with Jessica Tonder
The Ananda Project
- 1998 "Cascades Of Colour EP", with Gaelle Addison
- 1999 "Cascades Of Colour", with Gaelle Addison
- 1999 "Straight Magic"
- 2000 "Cascades Of Colour 2000", with Gaelle Addison
- 2000 "Glory Glory", with Terrance Downs
- 2001 "Bahia/Expand Your Mind"
- 2001 "Falling For You", with Terrance Downs
- 2002 "Breaking Down"
- 2002 "Justice, Mercy"
- 2003 "I Hear You Dreaming", with Heather Johnson and Terrance Downs
- 2003 "Can You Find The Heart", with Nicola HitchcockNicola HitchcockNicola Hitchcock is a British singer and songwriter. She is best known for having been the singer of the band Mandalay...
- 2004 "Big Boat/Cascades Of Colour (Remixes)", with Terrance Downs and Gaelle Adisson
- 2004 "ICU"
- 2004 "Kiss Kiss Kiss", with Heather Johnson and Terrance Downs
- 2004 "Rain Down/Breaking Down", with Heather Johnson
- 2005 "Shouldn't Have Left Me", with Terrance Shelton
- 2006 "Secrets", with Marta Gazman
- 2006 "Suite Dreams", with Lydia Rhodes
- 2007 "Into the Sunrise", with Terrance Downs
- 2007 "Fireworks/Universal Love", with Terrance Downs and Kai Martin
- 2007 "Let Love Fly", with Heather Johnson
- 2007 "Free Me/Space And Time", with Heidi Levo
- 2007 "Stalk You"
- 2008 "Where The Music Takes You/Stay As You Are", with Kai Martin
P'Taah
- 1999 "Compressed Light EP"
- 2000 "No One, No How, Never"
- 2000 "Remixes"
- 2002 "Staring At The Sun", with Sylvia Gordon
- 2003 "Become Who You Are/Nobody Knows"
- 2003 "The Oldest Story", with Terrance Downs
Wamdue Kids
- All are collaborations with Deep C and Chris Udoh
- 1995 "Higher EP"
- 1995 "Disaster EP"
- 1995 "I Will EP"
- 1995 "Deep Dreams EP"
- 1995 "This Is What I Live For"
- 1996 "Memory EP"
- 1996 "Memory and Forgetting"
- 1996 "Ohm"
- 1996 "Panic EP"
- 1996 "The Digital Rawhide EP"
Wambonix
- All are collaborations with Deep C and Chris Udoh
- 1997 "Wambonix EP"
- 1997 "When You're Alone"
- 1999 "Deep Down"
Wam Kidz
- All are collaborations with Deep C and Chris Udoh
- 1997 "In Love Again"
- 1999 "CB's Groove"
- 2000 "Maria"
Other aliases
- 2000 "Psychic Driving", as Feral
- 2000 "Mars Is A Giant Flat For Rent", as P'tang
- 2000 "Past And Future", as Santal
- 2001 "Be With You", as Santal, with Titus Marshall
- 2002 "Delilah (Be Strong 4 Me)", as Delilah, with Heather Johnson
- 2002 "1-2-3 Miami", as Jackass & Mule, with Tommie SunshineTommie SunshineTommie Sunshine is a record producer, remixer, DJ and songwriter of electronic music from Chicago currently living in Brooklyn, New York. He is perhaps best known for creating dance remixes to popular rock and alternative songs, by artists such as Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, Good Charlotte,...
- 2003 "Be Strong 4 Me 2003", as Delilah, with Heather Johnson
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart