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歌手: Actress
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Rule-Actress[00:00:01]
Darren J. Cunningham is a British electronic musician, best known [00:00:11]
under the pseudonym Actress. His music has been released by a number[00:00:20]
of different labels, including Honest Jon's Records, Nonplus Records, [00:00:29]
and Werkdiscs, a label he co-founded in 2004.[00:00:37]
Actress is the recording name of avant-garde UK producer Darren[00:00:42]
Cunningham. Since the release of his ?rst 12” in 2004 on his own Werkdiscs[00:00:47]
label, Cunningham has steadily gained an internationally revered reputation[00:00:51]
for his thrilling take on electronic dance music.[00:00:56]
Drawing on a deep appreciation for early 80s funk and electro, techno, art[00:01:00]
rock, house and noise, Cunningham put out his debut Actress album[00:01:05]
Hazyville on Werkdiscs in 2008. Splazsh followed two years later via Damon[00:01:09]
Albarn’s Honest Jon’s label, which The Wire honored as their 2010 album of[00:01:14]
the year.[00:01:23]
In 2012, Cunningham released his third album R.I.P. on Honest Jon’s to[00:01:31]
universal critical acclaim, including Best New Music on Pitchfork. Outside of[00:01:40]
his personal practice, Cunningham collaborated with the Tate Modern for a[00:01:46]
specially commissioned live music performance as part of their Yayoi[00:01:50]
Kusama exhibition. He also produced remixes for John Cale and Kasabian,[00:01:54]
adding to a remix back catalogue that includes Radiohead, Joy Orbison and[00:01:59]
Laurel Halo.[00:02:08]
On the Werkdiscs label side, Cunningham has proved his acutely tuned ear[00:02:12]
for A&R time and time again with records by Zomby, Lukid and Lone. After a[00:02:17]
short hiatus the label forged a partnership with long-running independent[00:02:37]
Ninja Tune in 2012, cemented with the release of Lukid’s Lonely at the Top[00:02:46]
album in winter 2012 and newcomer Moiré’s…18th January 2014[00:03:01]
Meet Factory, Prague (Czech Republic)[00:03:14]
31st January 2014[00:03:22]
Panorama Bar, Berlin (Germany)[00:03:32]
1st March 2014[00:03:41]
Trouw Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands)[00:03:44]