Illangelo

Illangelo
Birth name Carlo Montagnese
Born (1987-07-29) July 29, 1987
Origin Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Genres PBR&B, electronica, trip hop
Occupation(s) Record producer, songwriter, mixing engineer
Instruments Synthesizer, piano, drums, trumpet, sampler, turntable
Years active 2010–present
Labels Hear the Art Inc., Bromance Records
Associated acts The Weeknd, Drake, Florence and the Machine
Website www.illangelo.com

Carlo Montagnese (born July 29, 1987), better known as Illangelo, is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian producer, songwriter, musician and mixing engineer from Calgary, Alberta, who came to fame as long-time collaborator of The Weeknd. His work includes executive production of The Weeknd's 2011 mixtapes,[1] the 2012 compilation album from The Weeknd titled Trilogy along with singles from rappers Wiz Khalifa's "Remember You", Drake's "Crew Love", Ricky Hil's "Nomads", all those featuring The Weeknd, and remixes such as Lady Gaga "Marry The Night (The Weeknd & Illangelo Remix)" and Florence and the Machine's "Shake It Out (The Weeknd Remix)". He released his debut concept album History of Man on August 20, 2013 under his label Hear the Art Inc. & Bromance Records.

Career

On August 20, 2013, Illangelo released his debut concept-album titled 'History of Man', which he describes as "a literary, visual and audio narrative inspired by the epic poem 'Paradise Lost' by 17th-century English poet John Milton".[2]

Illangelo released a single titled 'What The Fuss' on February 18, 2014, which features up and coming Toronto native Rochelle Jordan.[3] Earlier that month, he released a series of demos from the pre-House Of Balloons era (circa 2010) on his Bandcamp page.[4]

On May 2, 2014, Illangelo collaborated with the Sydney trio Movement on their self titled debut EP.[5] Their self-described style of minimal soul in combination with Illangelo's futuristic sound created a unique texture that has since been gaining much momentum selling out their Australian tour and several dates across the USA and Europe.[6] Additionally 'Like Lust' and 'Ivory' went on receive back to back Best New Track on Pitchfork.[7][8]

Illangelo released his single 'Clockwork', featuring vocalist Phlo Finister, on May 12, 2014. Shortly after he released a video with Los Angeles filmmaker Lance Drake that is as stunning and futuristic as the original composition.[9] It has since gotten Staff Picked on Vimeo.[10]

In an interview with Earmilk on July 1, 2014, Illangelo announced that he and Phlo Finister had created a band together called Youthquaker.[11] The group's first release "Projections", containing 3 songs, was released via a BitTorrent Bundle.[12] The songs were downloaded over 900,000 times in the first week of release.[13]

Discography

Singles produced

List of singles as either producer or co-producer, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CAN UK US US
R&B/HH		 US
R&B
"Crew Love"
(Drake featuring The Weeknd)		 2012 80 37 80 9 — Take Care
"Wicked Games"
(The Weeknd)		 43 152 53 13 5 Trilogy
"Twenty Eight"
(The Weeknd)		 — 150 — — —
"The Zone"
(The Weeknd featuring Drake)		 — — — — —
"The Hills"
(The Weeknd)		 2015 1 3 1 1 1 Beauty Behind the Madness
"My Love"
(Majid Jordan featuring Drake)		 — — — — — Majid Jordan
"Tell Your Friends"
(The Weeknd)		 44 74 54 19 6 Beauty Behind the Madness
"Something About You"
(Majid Jordan)		 — — — — — Majid Jordan 2016 "In Common"
(Alicia Keys)		 — — — — — TBD "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2010

K-OS – The Anchorman Mixtape

2011

The Airplane Boys – Where've You Been

The Weeknd – House of Balloons

The Weeknd

The Weeknd – Thursday

Florence and the Machine – Ceremonials

Lady Gaga – Born This Way: The Remix

Drake – Take Care

The Weeknd – Echoes of Silence

2012

The Airplane Boys – Alignment

TALWST – Alien Tentacle Sex

Wiz Khalifa – O.N.I.F.C.

The Weeknd – Trilogy

2013

Ricky Hil – SYLDD (Support Your Local Drug Dealer)

Illangelo – History of Man

M.I.A. – Matangi

2014

Daley – Days + Nights

Illangelo x Rochelle Jordan

Movement

Illangelo ft. Phlo Finister

Illangelo x Chuck Ellis

2015

The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness

2016

Majid Jordan – Majid Jordan

References

External links

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