NAPT (electronic music artist)
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NAPT are a multi award winning British
electronic dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 production and DJ duo consisting of Ashley Pope and Tomek Naden. NAPT's productions fall under the umbrella of their self coined N-Funk sound.

As well as their extensive solo work NAPT have collaborated with and remixed numerous artists, most notably electro-pop act Kish Mauve
Kish Mauve
Kish Mauve is a British electropop group. The group was formed in 2005 in London, England, and consists of Mima Stilwell and Jim Eliot ....

, Mercury Prize
Mercury Prize
The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was established by the British Phonographic Industry and British...

 nominee MJ Cole, US RnB singer Lumidee
Lumidee
Lumidee Cedeño is an American singer-songwriter and rapper. Cedeño was born in Spanish Harlem where she was raised by her grandparents...

, British drum and bass MC Skibadee
Skibadee
MC Skibadee, real name Alfonso "Skibatree" Bondzie, is a Drum and Bass MC musician from London, England. He started on City Sound Radio around 1993....

 and UK soul legend Mica Paris
Mica Paris
Mica Paris is an English soul singer, radio and television presenter, and occasional actress. Her forename is pronounced Misha.-Beginnings:Paris' roots are in soul and gospel music...

.

In 2010 NAPT won Best Producer and Best Track at Breakspoll 2010, a repeat of their Best Producer and Best Track wins in 2009, the first time in the history of the awards that the Best Producer and Best Track categories have been won by the same artist in successive years.

NAPT and UK actor and rapper Ashley "Bashy" Thomas released a collaborative single called "Make My Day" in 2010.

In 2011 NAPT launched new label Red Sugar Records as a platform to showcase their N-Funk sound, bring through new artists, notably Dubstep producer Lucian X and collaborate with new artists.

Awards and nominations

  • 2010: Winners of Best Producer at the Breakspoll Awards
  • 2010: Winners of Best Track at the Breakspoll Awards
  • 2010: Nominated Best DJ at the Breakspoll Awards
  • 2010: Nominated Best Breaks Track at the Beatport Music Awards (winner yet decided)
  • 2009: Winners of Best Breakbeat Track at the Beatport Music Awards
  • 2009: Winners of Best Producer at the Breakspoll Awards
  • 2009: Winners of Best Track at the Breakspoll Awards
  • 2009: Winners of Best Remix at the Breakspoll Awards
  • 2009: Nominated Best Breaks Artist at the Beatport Music Awards
  • 2008: Nominated Best Producer at the Breakspoll Awards
  • 2005: Winners of Breakthrough Act at the Breakspoll Awards

Singles

  • 2003: Take Me Down
  • 2004: Soul Surviving
  • 2004: Line Like This
  • 2005: I Need Your Love/Have To Know
  • 2005: Take Me Away (2005)
  • 2006: Let's Get Dirty/MJ Cole "Watertight" NAPT Broke Beat Mix
  • 2006: Contrast Part 1 of 4 - MJ Cole "So Damn Into You" (NAPT Remix)/Rock Your Style
  • 2007: Contrast Part 2 of 4 - Get Back ft Skibadee/Feelin' Right
  • 2007: Contrast Part 3 of 4 - N-Funk/It's Over
  • 2007: Contrast Part 4 of 4 - Wah/Beats And Rhymes ft G Double
  • 2007: The Rollers ft Skibadee/Intergalactic
  • 2008: N-Funk Part 1 - Gotta Have More Cowbell/Heart Of Stone
  • 2008: N-Funk Part 2 - Work This Out/Fortune
  • 2009: Lose Control
    Lose Control (Kish Mauve song)
    "Lose Control" is a song performed by British electronic duo Kish Mauve. The song was written and produced by Kish Mauve for their debut album Black Heart . It was released as a single on 22 September 2008 by YNYS Recordings. The song was originally written for Australian singer Kylie Minogue....

     (12 Inch Dub Mix)/(Vocal Mix) vs Kish Mauve
  • 2009: N-Funk Part 3 - Make My Day ft Louise Marshall/Time You Realised
  • 2010: Fortune (12 Inch Dub Mix)
  • 2010: Work This Out (12 Inch Dub Mix)
  • 2010: Dateline
  • 2010: N-Funk Part 4 - Narcotics/F**K Critics
  • 2010: Bashy Vs NAPT - Make My Day
  • 2011: Emotion Part 1
  • 2011: Emotion Part 2
  • 2011: Boca A Boca ft Lucian X
  • 2011: Bass
  • 2011: Lock The P
  • 2011: Perfect Day ft Lucian X

Remixes

  • 2003: Lumidee
    Lumidee
    Lumidee Cedeño is an American singer-songwriter and rapper. Cedeño was born in Spanish Harlem where she was raised by her grandparents...

     - Crashin a Party
  • 2004: The Freestylers - Too Far
  • 2005: Klaus Hill - Party Life
  • 2005: Stabilizer - Unbreakable
  • 2006: MJ Cole - Watertight
  • 2006: MJ Cole - So Damn Into You
  • 2007: Beep! - The Flow
  • 2008: Radioplastic - Modern Age
  • 2008: Ils
    Ils (producer)
    Ils is an English musician and producer, who has released records on labels including Marine Parade and Distinct'ive Records. Ils started his production career on LTJ Bukem's drum and bass label, Good Looking Records. He was signed to Marine Parade by owner Adam Freeland, who cited Ils' unique...

     - Hate Is An Illness
  • 2008: Slyde
    Slyde
    Slyde , is a fictional character who is a supervillain in Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in The Amazing Spider-Man #272.-Fictional character biography:...

     - Frequency
  • 2009: Calvertron vs Banga - Whoop
  • 2009: Beat Assassins - Put Em Up
  • 2009: Baymont Bross - Wine Up Ya Waist
  • 2010: J.Viewz
    J.Viewz
    J.Viewz is the multi-genre electronica project of the Brooklyn-based Producer & Remixer Jonathan Dagan. Jonathan often collaborates with various musicians & vocalists under this alias.-Early Releases:...

     - This City Means No Love
  • 2010: Miike Snow
    Miike Snow
    Miike Snow is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt.-Early years:Miike Snow was formed in 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden....

     - Black And Blue (Un-official)
  • 2010: Daft Punk
    Daft Punk
    Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...

     - Too Long (Un-official)
  • 2010: Cee Lo Green - F*** Y** (Un-official)
  • 2010: NAPT Vs Bashy Vs 2Pac Vs Chromeo - Make My Millionaire
  • 2011: 2000FASTWOMEN "Letters From Vienna"
  • 2011: David Guetta & Afrojack - Lunar (Un-official)

Chart Positions

Year Title Chart Positions
UK
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 ...

UK
INDIE
UK Indie Chart
The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered...

AUS
CLUB
2010 Bashy Vs NAPT "Make My Day" 118 8 4

Sources

  • http://www.breakspoll.com
  • http://www.napt-music.com
  • http://www.myspace.com/naptuk
  • http://www.beatportal.com
  • http://www.inthemix.com.au/features/45324/NAPT_Never_caught_napping
  • http://www.dbmlabs.com/blog/2009/08/20/interview-with-napt-and-live-mix-2009-download/
  • http://ro-ro.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=53524801278
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