GRADES
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Origin | Croydon, England |
Years active | 2013 | -present
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GRADES is an English electronic dance music producer and DJ from London. Signed to the Warner Music Group imprint One More Tune, his music encompasses elements of R&B, Hip Hop, Urban, Disco, 2-step and House.
Career
GRADES’ first original track "Freedom" was released in April 2014 and was featured by Annie Mac in her Free Music Mondays download series. He followed the release of “Freedom” with a remix of Lana Del Rey’s “West Coast” ) which reached number 3 at Hype Machine . GRADES’ second single “Owe It To Yourself” was premiered in June by Mixmag who compared him to artists such as Bondax and Kaytranada
Later in the year, GRADES joined Blonde on the Eton Messy tour which included at London date at Birthdays, and also co-wrote & produced Bastille’s ) “Torn Apart” which featured on the “Vs. (Other People’s Heartache pt. III)” mixtape. His third single “Crocodile Tears” was premiered by Vice’s music channel Noisey.
GRADES has received radio play from Zane Lowe, Pete Tong, MistaJam, Nick Grimshaw, Huw Stephens and Annie Mac at BBC Radio 1.
Discography
Singles
- "I Wanna Be Down" (vs. Brandy) (2014)
- "Rock The Boat" (vs. Aaliyah) (2014)
- "Freedom" (2014)
- "Owe It To Yourself" (2014)
- "Crocodile Tears" (2014)
- "King" (2015)
References
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- 1 2 "We'Ve Got The Brand New Track From Grades | Magazine". Ministryofsound.com. 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ↑ "Listen: Grades - "Crocodile Tears"". Thelineofbestfit.com. 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- 1 2 https://web.archive.org/20141226031944/http://www.mixmag.net:80/music/exclusive-music/grades. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2015. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ "G R A D E S: Freedom". Kickkicksnare.com. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ↑ "Hear Lana Del Rey sing alternate ‘West Coast’ lyrics | Dazed". Dazeddigital.com. 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ↑ "Eton Messy". Birthdaysdalston.com. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ↑ "Bastille announce new mixtape with Haim, MNEK, Angel Haze, unveil track 'Torn Apart' feat. Grades and Lizzo / DIY". Diymag.com. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ↑ "Premiere: Grades - "Crocodile Tears" | NOISEY". Noisey.vice.com. 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2015-07-02.