Grand Analog | |
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 Grand Analog, November 2009 | |
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| Origin | Winnipeg,Manitoba Toronto,Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Canadian hip hop |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Labels | The Shadow Cabinet Music Group,Ferryhouse Records [de] (GER) |
| Members | Odario Williams Warren Bray Ofield Williams TJ Garcia Aubrey McGhee Catalist |
Grand Analog is aCanadianhip hop band, fronted byOdario Williams. The project combinesR&B,jazz,reggae androck influences into ahip hop style performed mainly on live instruments instead of digital electronics.[1]
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Grand Analog was first formed by Williams in 2002 as a short-lived rock-oriented side project from his main bandMood Ruff. After Mood Ruff's breakup, he revived the project with a new focus on reggae and hip hop in 2006.[2] Williams has told the press that "sonically, I knew that I wanted to dig into dub and rock and soul. I've always wanted to do that, but years ago I wasn't free enough upstairs to know that I could."[1]
The band released their first album,Calligraffiti, in 2007. A follow-up album, titledMetropolis Is Burning,[3] was released on May 26, 2009.[4][5] The album topped the Canadian community and campus radio hip hop chart for several weeks.[6]
Grand Analog won two Western Canadian Music Awards for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Recording in 2009 forTouch Your Toes EP and 2010 forMetropolis Is Burning.[7]
The band's third album,Modern Thunder, was released in Canada on August 20, 2013.[8][9]Modern Thunder was also released in various European countries on German label Ferryhouse Records; and released in the U.S. on Brooklyn label Feel Up Records.
In 2015, the band released an album,Roll Dub Soul Rap,[10] and performed at a number of clubs in western Canada.[11] In 2016, they released a video, "Love is a Battlefield".[12]
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