Crispin J Glover
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Crispin J. Glover is a British
DJ, dance music producer and recording engineer who has worked for various labels, including his own Matrix Records. In 2002 he released the album Rhythm Graffiti and, at the end of the decade, signed with One Little Indian Records, with the resulting album, Which Way Is Up, featuring a cover of P.I.L.'s song "This Is Not a Love Song".
Glover became involved with the music industry in his teenage years, shortly after completing schooling. Finding employment at a recording studio, he met artists such as Peter Frampton
, Paul Young
and China Crisis
and was eventually promoted to sound engineer for Level 42
and Terence Trent D'Arby. Purchasing synthesizers and a Roland TR-808
drum machine
, he collaborated with DJ Rev and the resulting release sold a number of copies. Also, his remix of Mariah Carey
's song "Someday
" sold 500 copies in one day, and major labels, including Sony, offered him assignments. While spending the next few years making albums for a number of labels, including Matrix, for which he recorded his own project, Crime, selling more than 10,000 copies. MCA Records
signed him to their electronic music imprint, but soon folded the imprint, leaving him without a label.
At the start of 2010s, Crispin J. Glover has continued to work and create music, including the new release, Which Way Is Up.
United Kingdom
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DJ, dance music producer and recording engineer who has worked for various labels, including his own Matrix Records. In 2002 he released the album Rhythm Graffiti and, at the end of the decade, signed with One Little Indian Records, with the resulting album, Which Way Is Up, featuring a cover of P.I.L.'s song "This Is Not a Love Song".
Glover became involved with the music industry in his teenage years, shortly after completing schooling. Finding employment at a recording studio, he met artists such as Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton
Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies...
, Paul Young
Paul Young (singer and guitarist)
Paul Antony Young is an English pop musician. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & The Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, his following solo success as a solo recording artist turned him into a 1980s teenage pop idol...
and China Crisis
China Crisis
China Crisis is an English pop/rock band. They were formed in 1979 in Kirkby, near Liverpool, Merseyside with a core of vocalist/keyboardist Gary Daly and guitarist Eddie Lundon...
and was eventually promoted to sound engineer for Level 42
Level 42
Level 42 are an English pop rock and jazz-funk band who had a number of worldwide and UK hits during the 1980s and 1990s.The band gained fame for their high-calibre musicianship—in particular that of Mark King, whose percussive slap-bass guitar technique provided the driving groove of many of the...
and Terence Trent D'Arby. Purchasing synthesizers and a Roland TR-808
Roland TR-808
The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was one of the first programmable drum machines . Introduced by the Roland Corporation in early 1980, it was originally manufactured for use as a tool for studio musicians to create demos. Like earlier Roland drum machines, it does not sound very much like a real...
drum machine
Drum machine
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...
, he collaborated with DJ Rev and the resulting release sold a number of copies. Also, his remix of Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
's song "Someday
Someday (Mariah Carey song)
"Someday" is a song written by Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies, and produced by Ric Wake for Carey's debut album, Mariah Carey . It was released as the album's third single in 1990 and is a jackswing-influenced track. Though it topped the U.S. charts, it was not a huge success elsewhere...
" sold 500 copies in one day, and major labels, including Sony, offered him assignments. While spending the next few years making albums for a number of labels, including Matrix, for which he recorded his own project, Crime, selling more than 10,000 copies. MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
signed him to their electronic music imprint, but soon folded the imprint, leaving him without a label.
At the start of 2010s, Crispin J. Glover has continued to work and create music, including the new release, Which Way Is Up.