Clifford Gilberto
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Clifford Gilberto, or The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination, is the stage name of Florian Schmitt a recording artist with London based record label Ninja Tune
. He is also co-founder of Hi-ReS! and Nanika, two London-based multimedia and interaction design studios.
He was signed to the Ninja Tune
label in 1997 as The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination as the first non-British act on the label and released an album, titled I Was Young and I Needed The Money and an EP "Deliver the Weird".
He has remixed tracks by Ninja Tune
label founders Coldcut
, German bands Laub and Studio Grande, Austrian Enduro
and French band Red Room
. He also soundtracked a film by Belgian filmmaker Pieter van Hees, titled Black XXX-mas.
A new track, "The 10th Victim", appeared on Ninjatune's 2000 compilation
Xen Cuts
and in 2006, a new track under the pseudonym The Conks appeared as part of a Diesel campaign.
A contributing factor in the delay of his second album appears to be that he also runs a design agency, Hi-ReS!.
Remixes
Production
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...
. He is also co-founder of Hi-ReS! and Nanika, two London-based multimedia and interaction design studios.
History
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...
label in 1997 as The Clifford Gilberto Rhythm Combination as the first non-British act on the label and released an album, titled I Was Young and I Needed The Money and an EP "Deliver the Weird".
He has remixed tracks by Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...
label founders Coldcut
Coldcut
Coldcut are an English dance music duo, comprising Matt Black and Jonathan More. Their signature style is electronic dance music, featuring cut up samples of hip hop, breaks, jazz, spoken word and various other types of music, as well as video and multimedia.-1980s:In 1986, computer programmer Matt...
, German bands Laub and Studio Grande, Austrian Enduro
Enduro
Enduro is a form of motorcycle sport run on courses that are predominantly off-road. Enduro consists of many different obstacles and challenges...
and French band Red Room
Red Room
is an interactive Adobe Flash horror animation, entirely in Japanese, about an urban legend called "the Red Room". The protagonist searches on the Internet for proof of its existence, only for the results to go horribly wrong...
. He also soundtracked a film by Belgian filmmaker Pieter van Hees, titled Black XXX-mas.
A new track, "The 10th Victim", appeared on Ninjatune's 2000 compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
Xen Cuts
Xen Cuts
Xen Cuts is a compilation album released by Ninja Tune independent record label on their tenth anniversary. The album was released in a four piece vinyl recording , as two disc CD and as a three disc CD versions, with the third disc "Xen Cuts Missed Flipped and Skipped" also released separately...
and in 2006, a new track under the pseudonym The Conks appeared as part of a Diesel campaign.
A contributing factor in the delay of his second album appears to be that he also runs a design agency, Hi-ReS!.
Discography
- I Was Young and I Needed The Money (10/1998)
- "Deliver the Weird" (EP, 09/1998)
Remixes
- Coldcut - Timber Remix 2
- Coldcut - Timber Remix (A different forest)
- Laub - Widergefühlich (Clifford Gilberto Kopf-Fusslastig Remix)
- Red Room - My time is short
- Studio Grande - Einfach Alles ändern Discothèque
- Enduro - Lisbon (Clifford Gilberto Electric Group Remix)
Production
- Middleman EP
- The Conks - Calling in Dead