Todd Edwards | |
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 Edwards DJing in 2012 | |
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| Birth name | Todd Edward Imperatrice |
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| Born | December 9, 1972 Bloomfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Nervous, i!, Defected |
| Website | toddedwardsmusic |
Todd Edward Imperatrice (born December 9, 1972[1]), known professionally as Todd Edwards, is an American garage house record producer, DJ and singer. Edwards has been an influence on electronic music, being an inspiration for the French house duo Daft Punk and helping create the UKG genre.[2][3]
He began his career producing primarily for New York's Nervous Records in the 1990s, including under aliases such as the Messenger and the Sample Choir.[1] Edwards' music is known for its influence on the UK garage scene that developed in the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s.[4]
Beginning with his 1993 single "Guide My Soul," Edwards helped pioneer the speed garage genre.[1] His work is known for his "innovative blend of rhythmic, cut-and-paste vocal samples, rubbery basslines, and slapping percussion,"[1] which showcased an intensive sampling and remixing technique in which vocals are chopped into micro-sized sections.[4] His 1994 single "Saved My Life" became a club hit in the UK.[1] In 1999, Nervous collected several of his productions on the compilation Todd Edwards' Nervous Tracks and i! Records released the LP Prima Edizione, collecting several more tracks from this era.[1]
Edwards has remixed hundreds of artists, including Wildchild, St. Germain, Benjamin Diamond, Justice, Klaxons and Dimitri from Paris. Edwards has also collaborated with Daft Punk, co-producing and contributing vocals on the songs "Face to Face" (2001) and "Fragments of Time" (2013); the latter won him a Grammy Award for its inclusion on that year's winning album Random Access Memories.
- ^ a b c d e f Bush, John. "Todd Edwards - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ Gill, Chris (May 1, 2001). "ROBOPOP – An Interview with Daft Punk". Remix. Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (July 29, 2021). "'I've ridden the storm': Todd Edwards, the inspiring force for Daft Punk and UK garage". The Guardian. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ a b Reynolds, Simon. "The Wire 300: Simon Reynolds on the Hardcore Continuum Series #6: Two-Step Garage (1999) – The Wire". The Wire Magazine – Adventures In Modern Music. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
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