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| Born | Daniel Victor Snaith (1978-03-29)29 March 1978 (age 47) |
| Origin | Dundas, Ontario, Canada |
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| Website | caribou |
Daniel Victor Snaith (born 29 March 1978) is a Canadian composer, musician, and recording artist. He has released 11 studio albums since 2000 and has recorded and performed under the stage namesCaribou,Manitoba, andDaphni. His Caribou albumAndorra (2008) was awarded the2008 Polaris Music Prize, and his Caribou albumSwim (2010) was a shortlisted nominee for the2010 Polaris Music Prize and was named the Best Album of 2010 byResident Advisor. His follow-upOur Love (2014) was also shortlisted for the2015 Polaris Music Prize and was nominated for theGrammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
During live Caribou performances, Snaith is joined by his longtime bandmates, Ryan Smith (guitar, keyboards),John Schmersal (bass, keyboards) and Brad Weber (drums), who expand upon Snaith's material for a live environment. Regarding their performances as a four-piece, Snaith has stated: "The whole idea is it’s not just me, and it’s not just hired guns. The live show is its own thing and they’re a proper band – in the sense that we’re all equally part of it."[1]
Snaith originally recorded under the stage name Manitoba; however, after being threatened with a lawsuit byRichard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba in 2004, Snaith changed his performance name to Caribou. Snaith's previous full-length albums were then re-released under the new moniker.
When playing gigs as Caribou, Snaith performs with a live band. Currently,[when?] the live band consists of Snaith, Ryan Smith, Brad Weber, andJohn Schmersal. Caribou have toured worldwide since the early 2000s. The band has performed at festivals including Coachella, Glastonbury, Primavera Sound, Field Day, Bonnaroo, All Points East, Reading and Leeds, Parklife, Osheaga, amongst many others. In 2012, Caribou supportedRadiohead on their ‘King of Limbs’ tour. When performing as Daphni, Snaith performs as a DJ. "I'm not the type of person who takes physical things apart and plays around with them, but I like taking mental ideas apart and playing around with them. That's what appeals to me about what I've spent my life doing", said Snaith in an interview.[2]
Caribou's 2007 albumAndorra won the2008 Polaris Music Prize,[3] and his subsequent Caribou albumsSwim (2010),Our Love (2014) andSuddenly (2020) have appeared on thePolaris Music Prize shortlist.
In 2011, looking for an outlet for more dancefloor influenced output, he began releasing music under the name Daphni, which included three studio albums:Jiaolong (2012),Joli Mai (2017) andCherry (2022).
In December 2011, Caribou curated theAll Tomorrow's Parties "Nightmare Before Christmas" festival in Minehead, England, alongside co-curatorsBattles andLes Savy Fav.[4]
Caribou was awarded Essential Mix of the Year in 2014 byMixmag for his "Essential Mix" on 18 October 2014.[5]
Caribou's 2014 albumOur Love received the IMPALA Album of the Year Award.
In 2015, Caribou’s albumOur Love was nominated for a Grammy for‘Best Electronic/Dance Album’ and in 2021 Caribou’s single ‘You Can Do it' was nominated for the Grammy for‘Best Dance Recording’.
In 2011, 2015 and 2021, Caribou’s albums Swim, Our Love and Suddenly won theJuno Award for Electronic Album of the Year.
In 2021, he also received theLibera Awards as Best Dance/Electric Record 2021 for his albumSuddenly (Merge Records) by theAmerican Association of Independent Music (A2IM).[6]
In 2024, he released his 8th studio album as Caribou,Honey, which was also longlisted for the2025 Polaris Music Prize.[7]
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In 2005, Snaith received aPhD degree in mathematics fromImperial College London, for work onOverconvergent Siegel Modular Symbols underKevin Buzzard.[8] Snaith described his work ironically in a modest manner as "original, but I would still call it trivial."[9]He is the son of mathematicianVictor Snaith [de] and brother of mathematicianNina Snaith. Snaith has two daughters, with the youngest born in 2016.[10]
Most of Snaith's older Manitoba material has been rereleased under the Caribou name.
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