Lemaitre (band)

Lemaitre

Lemaitre's band members Ketil Jansen and Ulrik Denizou Lund performing on tour
Background information
Origin Oslo, Norway
Genres
Years active 2010 (2010) – present
Labels Astralwerks Records
Website LemaitreMusic.com
Members
  • Ketil Jansen
  • Ulrik Denizou Lund

Lemaitre (pronounced French: [ləmɛtʁ]) is a Norwegian indie electronic duo hailing from Oslo. The duo consists of members Ketil Jansen and Ulrik Denizou Lund,[1] who met originally as schoolmates in Lillehammer, in southeastern Norway.[2] Jansen and Lund came together to form Lemaitre on June 20, 2010.[3] Lemaitre is currently living in Los Angeles, California.[4]

Since the duo's inception during summer 2010,[3] Lemaitre has released a number of EPs, including: the Relativity Series: Relativity 1, 2, 3 and Relativity by Nite; The Friendly Sound; and Singularity.[5]

The duo released their latest EP, 1749, on January 29, 2016.[6] Inspiration for the name "1749" came from the home[7] Lemaitre has been living in during their time in Los Angeles—which also serves as a low budget–home studio for the pair. The home was previously owned by famed American rapper and producer Dr Dre during the 1990's.[8]

History

2010-2014: Formation and early Years

Lemaitre's logo, used in almost every EP made by them as a means of visual identification

During an interview, Lund and Jansen explained that the band is named after Georges Lemaître, a Belgian priest who first proposed the Big Bang Theory and derived the physics concept now referred to as Hubble's Law.[9] In a 2014 music discovery piece with Interview magazine,[10] Jansen further added, "[Lemaitre] means 'master' in French", though the pair were unaware of this when first choosing a name for the project.

Lemaitre's first track was titled "Momentum",[11] now dating 6 years since its initial release. This track was one of two tracks released prior to releasing their debut EP, The Friendly Sound—the other being "Primeval Atom".[12]

Relativity Series

Lemaitre is most commonly recognized for their series of EPs the Relativity Series.[13] This series consists of the following EPs: Relativity 1, Relativity 2, Relativity 3, and Relativity By Nite. It is to be noted that Lemaitre is also admired for their use of all original samples.[14]

Relativity By Nite was differed from most of Lemaitre's previous EPs in that it was longer in comparison to previous EP releases and almost entirely consisted of unheard remixes and instrumental pieces. In addition to this, the title name Relativity By Nite deviated from that of previous EPs, which presented numerically ordered titles.[15]

Relativity 2—Lemaitre's third EP and second in the Relativity Series—topped Canadian charts and US iTunes electronic albums category during May of 2012. The EP went to top charts across a number of countries, placing #3 in Switzerland, #8 in Australia and #10 in France. Worldwide, Relativity 2 reached a noteworthy spot at #4 in iTunes' Pop category.[16]

Joining Astralwerks

In January 2014, the duo signed to Astralwerks Records: home to a number of notable acts, including Porter Robinson, Deadmau5, Empire of the Sun and various other artists—even Daft Punk, whom Lemaitre has previously referenced as a significant source of inspiration for the group's music style.[17] The relationship with Astralwerks Records, has proved fruitful for all parties included; Lemaitre has had the opportunity to work on remixes for other Astralwerks artists, such as Porter Robinson—Jansen and Lund are credited and featured on the song "Polygon Dust" off of Porter Robinson's 2014 debut album, Worlds.[18][19]

Furthermore, Lemaitre were quoted as to have mentioned that the 'choice [to join Astralwerks] felt right', especially given that the label was home to some their own sonic heroes, namely Daft Punk and The Chemical Brothers.[20]

2014-present: 1749

Following the release of 1749 in January of this year, Lemaitre embarked on a short 7-city European tour during February, including a stop in their homeland in Oslo, Norway. During this same time, their newest music video for the song "Stepping Stone" featuring artist Mark Johns (also known as itsmarkjohns), a member of Skrillex's OWSLA creative collective, was released on February 18, 2016.

Jansen and Lund are set to appear for a number of shows in the upcoming year, including festival appearances at Coachella in April and late summer at Findings Festival in Norway.

Appearances in Media

Much of Lemaitre's recent acclaim may be credited to their songs being featured mainstream media adverts. Lemaitre appeared in tech-giant Apple's product advert "Designed Together". The ad showcased the then newly-released iPhone 5c's fluent integration with the iOS7 mobile operating system—the song "1:18" served as the audio backdrop to the advert,[21] and is part of Lemaitre's debut EP, The Friendly Sound.[22] Additionally, on February 4, 2016, Lemaitre's song "Cut to Black" received worldwide attention on Facebook for Facebook's 12th Anniversary, which came to be known as "Friends' Day".[23] "Cut to Black" can be recognized as the cheerful background music for a feature as a part of friend's day that allowed user's to see user-specific videos compiled of photos and memories commemorating friendship.

In March 2016,[24] it was announced that Lemaitre, along with other musical acts AlunaGeorge and Broiler, were collaborating with video game Minecraft to "perform a show in the game setting", as a part of Norwegian game conference The Gathering. The event provided users with the unique experience of a concert "simultaneously recreated within the Minecraft world [...] Just like a real concert[.]" This event was considered as the world's "first live Minecraft concert,".[25]

Discography

Extended plays (EPs)

The Friendly Sound

Title Duration Artist(s) Order Ref
"The Friendly Sound" 4:04 Lemaitre Track 1 [26]
"Nishio" 3:34 Lemaitre Track 2 [27]
"Blue Shift" 4:01 Lemaitre Track 3 [28]
"Strobes Pt. 2" 3:50 Lemaitre Track 4 [29]
"1:18" 3:49 Lemaitre Track 5 [30]

Relativity 1

Title Duration Artist(s) Order Ref
"Appreciate" 3:23 Lemaitre Track 1 [31]
"Coffee Table" 3:20 Lemaitre Track 2 [32]
"Sceptics" 4:12 Lemaitre Track 3 [33]
"The End" 6:02 Lemaitre Track 4 [34]

Relativity 2

Title Duration Artist(s) Order Ref
"Keep Close" 4:14 Lemaitre Track 1 [35]
"Time to Realize" 3:30 Lemaitre Track 2 [36]
"Splitting Colors" 3:58 Lemaitre Track 3 [37]
"Steady State" 3:09 Lemaitre Track 4 [38]
"Appreciate (Uppermost Remix)" 4:46 Lemaitre, Uppermost Track 5 [39]

Relativity 3

Title Duration Artist(s) Order Ref
"Continuum" 4:47 Lemaitre Track 1 [40]
"Iron Pyrite" 3:39 Lemaitre Track 2 [41]
"Fiction" 3:53 Lemaitre Track 3 [42]
"Cut to Black" 3:21 Lemaitre Track 4 [43]

Relativity By Nite

Title Duration Artist(s) Order Ref
"Sceptics (Club Mix)" 4:30 Lemaitre Track 1 [44]
"Fiction (Club Mix)" 4:29 Lemaitre Track 2 [45]
"Splitting Colors (Club Mix)" 5:48 Lemaitre Track 3 [46]
"Cut to Black (Instrumental)" 3:21 Lemaitre Track 4 [47]
"Continuum (Fehrplay Remix)" 6:54 Lemaitre, Fehrplay Track 5 [48]
"Continuum (Ghost of Venice Remix)" 5:31 Lemaitre, Ghost of Venice Track 6 [49]
"Continuum (Josef Bamba Remix)" 6:15 Lemaitre, Josef Bamba Track 7 [50]
"Splitting Colors (Louis La Roche Remix)" 4:32 Lemaitre, Louis La Roche Track 8 [51]
"Fiction (Mullaha Remix)" 3:22 Lemaitre, Mullaha Track 9 [52]

Singularity

Title Duration Artist(s) Order Ref
"High Tide" 3:27 Lemaitre Track 1 [53]
"Wait (feat. LOLO)" 4:03 Lemaitre, LOLO Track 2 [54]
"Go" 3:04 Lemaitre Track 3 [55]
"All I Need (feat. Chuck Inglish)" 3:42 Lemaitre, Chuck Inglish Track 4 [56]

Singularity (Remixed)

Title Duration Artist(s) Order Ref
"High Tide (Oliver Nelson & Tobtok Remix)" 4:05 Lemaitre, Oliver Nelson, Tobtok Track 1 [57]
"All I Need (feat. Chuck Inglish) [Prince Fox Remix]" 2:54 Lemaitre, Chuck Inglish, Prince Fox Track 2 [58]
"All I Need (Nebbra Remix)" 3:32 Lemaitre, Nebbra Track 3 [59]
"Wait (feat. LOLO) [Danrell Remix]" 3:34 Lemaitre, LOLO, Danrell Track 4 [60]
"Wait (feat. LOLO) [Lindsay Lowend Remix]" 2:42 Lemaitre, LOLO, Lindsay Lowend Track 5 [61]
"Wait (feat. LOLO) [Elephante Remix]" 4:11 Lemaitre, LOLO, Elephante Track 6 [62]

1749

Title Duration Artist(s) Order Ref
"Not Too Late" 3:16 Lemaitre Track 1 [63]
"Stepping Stone (feat. Mark Johns)" 4:16 Lemaitre, Mark Johns Track 2 [64]
"Closer (feat. Jennie A.)" 4:31 Lemaitre, Jennie A Track 3 [65]
"Day Two" 3:59 Lemaitre Track 4 [66]
"Nishio 2 (feat. Giraffage)" 4:01 Lemaitre, Giraffage Track 5 [67]

Non-album singles

Title Duration Artist(s) Ref
"Momentum" 2:21 Lemaitre [68]
"Primeval Atom" 2:26 Lemaitre [69]
"Unclouded Judgment" 3:39 Lemaitre [70]
"Fossil Fuels" 4:10 Lemaitre [71]
"Come Again" 2:14 Lemaitre [72]

Remixes

Year Artist Track
2012 Lo-Fi-Fnk "Kissing Taste"
2013 Porter Robinson, Mat Zo "Easy"
Netsky "We Can Only Live Today (Puppy)"
2014 Martin Solveig "Hey Now feat. Kyle"
2015 Uppermost "Angels"
2015 Madeon, Passion Pit "Pay No Mind"

Guest appearances

Title Year Other performer(s) Album
"Excuse Me" [73] 2011 Various Kitsuné Maison Compilation 12: The Good Fun Issue
"Dreamcatcher" 2013 Camo & Krooked Zeitgeist
"Polygon Dust" 2014 Porter Robinson Worlds

Music videos and Filmography

Title Year Director(s)
"Unclouded Judgment" 2010 Johannes Greve Muskat (JGM) [74]
"Come Again"
Across the Baltic 2011
"Appreciate" 2012
"Coffee Table"
"Sceptics"
"The End"
"Time to Realize"
"Keep Close"
"Continuum" 2013
"Cut to Black"
"Fiction"
"Wait" 2014
"Closer" 2015

References

  1. ↑ "BAND MEMBERS: Ketil Jansen and Ulrik Denizou Lund".
  2. ↑ "Well we've both known each other for a while, we went to school together in Lillehammer".
  3. 1 2 "Taken from Facebook: Founded on 20 June 2010".
  4. ↑ "have now relocated to Los Angeles.".
  5. ↑ "Lemaitre's discography on iTunes"..
  6. ↑ "Lemaitre - 1749 EP - out Jan. 29th".
  7. ↑ The title references their current address
  8. ↑ A luxury that surely pleased Dr. Dre when he lived in this same house in 1995
  9. ↑ Cooper, Duncan. "Video: Lemaitre, "Fiction" + Interview". Fader. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "Discovery: Lemaitre". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  11. ↑ "Lemaitre's track Momentum".
  12. ↑ "The Friendly Sound EP on iTunes".
  13. ↑ "since their Relativity series came out".
  14. ↑ "New Music to Know: Lemaitre Brings Indie-Pop Sensibilities & Some Scientific Theories to the Dance Floor". Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  15. ↑ "Lemaitre's Relativity By Nite EP on iTunes".
  16. ↑ "Charts Information", Retrieved on 30 March 2013.
  17. ↑ "Lemaitre inks Astralwerks US deal".
  18. ↑ "Lemaitre remix of a Porter Robinson track".
  19. ↑ "Lemaitre collaborated with Porter Robinson".
  20. ↑ "The choice felt right, as the label had been home to their sonic heroes; Daft Punk and the Chemical Brothers".
  21. ↑ "soundtrack from electronic band Lemaitre's song "1:18."".
  22. ↑ "The Friendly Sound EP, Lemaitre's first album.".
  23. ↑ "Shout out to Facebook for using our track "Cut To Black" in the #FriendsDay video!".
  24. ↑ "AlunaGeorge, Lemaitre, Brolier Playing First Ever Live Minecraft Concert". Music Times. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  25. ↑ "Norway to host world’s first Minecraft concert". www.thelocal.no. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  26. ↑ "The Friendly Sound on The Friendly Sound EP".
  27. ↑ "Nishio on The Friendly Sound EP".
  28. ↑ "Blue Shift on The Friendly Sound EP".
  29. ↑ "Strobes Pt. 2 on The Friendly Sound EP".
  30. ↑ "1:18 on The Friendly Sound EP".
  31. ↑ "Appreciate on Relativity 1 EP".
  32. ↑ "Coffee Table on Relativity 1 EP".
  33. ↑ "Sceptics on Relativity 1 EP".
  34. ↑ "The End on Relativity 1 EP".
  35. ↑ "Keep Close on Relativity 2 EP".
  36. ↑ "Time to Realize on Relativity 2 EP".
  37. ↑ "Splitting Colors on Relativity 2 EP".
  38. ↑ "Steady State on Relativity 2 EP".
  39. ↑ "Appreciate (Uppermost Remix) on Relativity 2 EP".
  40. ↑ "Continuum on Relativity 3 EP".
  41. ↑ "Iron Pyrite on Relativity 3 EP".
  42. ↑ "Fiction on Relativity 3 EP".
  43. ↑ "Cut to Black on Relativity 3 EP".
  44. ↑ "Sceptics (Club Mix) on Relativity By Nite EP".
  45. ↑ "Fiction (Club Mix) on Relativity By Nite EP".
  46. ↑ "Splitting Colors (Club Mix) on Relativity By Nite EP".
  47. ↑ "Cut to Black (Instrumental) on Relativity By Nite EP".
  48. ↑ "Continuum (Fehrplay Remix) on Relativity By Nite EP".
  49. ↑ "Continuum (Ghost of Venice Remix) on Relativity By Nite EP".
  50. ↑ "Continuum (Josef Bamba Remix) on Relativity By Nite EP".
  51. ↑ "Splitting Colors (Louis La Roche Remix) on Relativity By Nite EP".
  52. ↑ "Fiction (Mullaha Remix) on Relativity By Nite EP".
  53. ↑ "High Tide on Singularity EP".
  54. ↑ "Wait (feat. LOLO) on Singularity EP".
  55. ↑ "Go on Singularity EP".
  56. ↑ "All I Need (feat. Chuck Inglish) on Singularity EP".
  57. ↑ "High Tide (Oliver Nelson & Tobtok Remix) on Singularity (Remixed) EP".
  58. ↑ "All I Need (feat. Chuck Inglish) [Prince Fox Remix] on Singularity (Remixed) EP".
  59. ↑ "All I Need (Nebbra Remix) on Singularity (Remixed) EP".
  60. ↑ "Wait (feat. LOLO) [Danrell Remix] on Singularity (Remixed) EP".
  61. ↑ "Wait (feat. LOLO) [Lindsay Lowend Remix] on Singularity (Remixed) EP".
  62. ↑ "Wait (feat. LOLO) [Elephante Remix] on Singularity (Remixed) EP".
  63. ↑ "Not Too Late on 1749 EP".
  64. ↑ "Stepping Stone (feat. Mark Johns) Single on iTunes".
  65. ↑ "Closer (feat. Jennie A.) Single on iTunes".
  66. ↑ "Day Two on 1749 EP".
  67. ↑ "Nishio 2 (feat. Giraffage) on 1749 EP".
  68. ↑ "Momentum Single on SoundCloud".
  69. ↑ "Primeval Atom Single on SoundCloud".
  70. ↑ "Unclouded Judgment on SoundCloud".
  71. ↑ "Fossil Fuels on SoundCloud".
  72. ↑ "Come Again on SoundCloud".
  73. ↑ "Kitsuné Maison Compilation 12: The Good Fun Issue", Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  74. ↑ Johannes Greve Muskat's Vimeo page, "Vimeo".

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