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歌手: Actress
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Image-Actress[00:00:01]
Darren J. Cunningham is a British electronic musician, best known [00:00:12]
under the pseudonym Actress. His music has been released by a number[00:00:16]
of different labels, including Honest Jon's Records, Nonplus Records, [00:00:21]
and Werkdiscs, a label he co-founded in 2004.[00:00:26]
Actress is the recording name of avant-garde UK producer Darren[00:00:31]
Cunningham. Since the release of his ?rst 12” in 2004 on his own Werkdiscs[00:00:35]
label, Cunningham has steadily gained an internationally revered reputation[00:00:39]
for his thrilling take on electronic dance music.[00:00:40]
Drawing on a deep appreciation for early 80s funk and electro, techno, art[00:00:45]
rock, house and noise, Cunningham put out his debut Actress album[00:00:50]
Hazyville on Werkdiscs in 2008. Splazsh followed two years later via Damon[00:00:55]
Albarn’s Honest Jon’s label, which The Wire honored as their 2010 album of[00:01:01]
the year.[00:01:05]
In 2012, Cunningham released his third album R.I.P. on Honest Jon’s to[00:01:10]
universal critical acclaim, including Best New Music on Pitchfork. Outside of[00:01:15]
his personal practice, Cunningham collaborated with the Tate Modern for a[00:01:20]
specially commissioned live music performance as part of their Yayoi[00:01:25]
Kusama exhibition. He also produced remixes for John Cale and Kasabian,[00:01:26]
adding to a remix back catalogue that includes Radiohead, Joy Orbison and[00:01:27]
Laurel Halo.[00:01:32]
On the Werkdiscs label side, Cunningham has proved his acutely tuned ear[00:01:37]
for A&R time and time again with records by Zomby, Lukid and Lone. After a[00:01:43]
short hiatus the label forged a partnership with long-running independent[00:01:47]
Ninja Tune in 2012, cemented with the release of Lukid’s Lonely at the Top[00:01:49]
album in winter 2012 and newcomer Moiré’s…18th January 2014[00:01:55]
Meet Factory, Prague (Czech Republic)[00:02:01]
31st January 2014[00:02:06]
Panorama Bar, Berlin (Germany)[00:02:11]
1st March 2014[00:02:16]
Trouw Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands)[00:02:21]