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24-459: Patrick James Grossi (born May 28, 1983), better known by his stage name Active Child , is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His debut album, You Are All I See , was released in 2011 and produced by Ariel Rechtshaid , and garnered substantial reviews from media outlets like Pitchfork Media and Drowned in Sound . In 2011, Active Child opened for British musician James Blake and for

48-523: A 7" vinyl single, She Was A Vision , which was released in February 2010 via Transparent. The record includes the single She Was A Vision and b-side Voice of an Old Friend. His first official EP, Curtis Lane EP was released in June 2010, The Guardian remarked how the sombre young man creates glacial and gloomy music, and how the songs have a sort of spiritual quality. Pitchfork wrote, Grossi seems to have pushed

72-514: A first-generation American born to Israeli immigrants. He is of Jewish background. He attended Hamilton High School in the Los Angeles Unified School District , where he would form his first band, The Hippos . One of his high school classmates was rapper Murs , with whom he would later record and produce. Rechtshaid would help form The Hippos in 1995, while he and other members were still in high school. He fronted

96-415: A mixtape, I Like Boys Who Cry with Charli XCX . Later in the year, he appeared in a compilation, The Singles with Lana Del Rey , PRAY with Gilbere Forte and Classixx debut album Hanging Gardens . His second single album, Mercy was released in June 2015 by Vagrant and produced by Van Rivers. Spin magazine described the album as "heartbreaking and luxurious " with Pitchfork remarking that his vocals on

120-559: A variety of styles through SoundCloud and Bandcamp . Among numerous side projects and aliases, Balam Acab recently teamed up with producer Goodbye to form the duo hospice_dreams, releasing the debut demo "because i am true". A full release is expected to be released late 2018. The name "Balam Acab" was taken from a rainbow-creating deity in Maya mythology that Koone learned about in Spanish class. This article on an electronic musician

144-493: Is also a founder and partner in music publishing and production company Heavy Duty . He is a three-time Grammy award winner. During the production of Haim's second studio album Something to Tell You (2017), Rechtshaid was diagnosed with stage I testicular cancer . He was in a relationship with Haim frontwoman Danielle Haim from 2013 to early 2022. Balam Acab Alec Jeffery Koone (born April 14, 1991), better known by his former stage name Balam Acab ,

168-474: Is an American electronic musician and producer originally from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania . Koone began creating hardcore and metal at the age of 13 with a group of musician friends. While studying music at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York in 2009, he began to experiment with post-rock and ambient music . He eventually dropped out of Ithaca College to focus on his music career. His first release,

192-604: The Plain White T's . He co-wrote and produced Usher 's 2012 single " Climax ", which won the 2013 Grammy award for Best R&B Performance . Rechtshaid was nominated for the 2014 Grammy award for Producer of the Year . He has won Grammys for production on Vampire Weekend album Modern Vampires of the City (2013, Best Alternative Music Album ), Adele album 25 (2015, Album of the Year ), and for another Vampire Weekend album Father of

216-706: The US and number 2 on the UK charts, he started getting approached by labels and managers. Rechtshaid's production, songwriting, and mixing is found on a wide range of albums and genres. He has written with and produced for acts such as Haim , Vampire Weekend, Adele , Beyoncé , Madonna , Kylie Minogue , Usher , Blood Orange , Carly Rae Jepsen , Charli XCX , Kelela , Solange Knowles , Sky Ferreira , Plain White T's , Cass McCombs , Theophilus London , Glasser , We Are Scientists , Major Lazer , Foreign Born , Valencia , and Murs . He

240-512: The 2010 EP See Birds , got him categorized as witch house according to Pitchfork. He followed that up with his first full-length album, Wander/Wonder , in 2011. Wander/Wonder was recorded entirely in the same bedroom he slept in as a child and heavily incorporated Creative Commons -licensed nature recordings he found on the Internet. His song "See Birds," title track of the See Birds EP,

264-611: The Bride (2019, again Best Alternative Music Album). His production, songwriting, and mixing credits include Haim , Vampire Weekend, Madonna , Usher, Adele, Brandon Flowers , Charli XCX , Kelela , Cass McCombs , Solange Knowles , Tobias Jesso Jr. , Murs , Sky Ferreira , We Are Scientists , Kylie Minogue , U2 , Glasser , Alex Clare , and Major Lazer . Rechtshaid was born and raised in Los Angeles, California,

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288-504: The French synthpop band M83 . In 2012, his song, " Hanging On ," was covered by English pop artist Ellie Goulding and later included on her second album, Halcyon . Grossi was born May 28, 1983, in Elizabeth, New Jersey , the son of Bob Grossi, a sales executive for Priority Records and Donna Grossi, an abstract and figurative painter. His father's music had been a childhood influence through

312-562: The Orange County ska scene, they found themselves shut out since they were from Los Angeles. Still, through perseverance and talent, they established themselves among a ska scene including bands such as Reel Big Fish , No Doubt , Dance Hall Crashers , and The Aquabats . The band would go on to release two full-length albums on Fueled By Ramen / Vagrant Records and Interscope , as well as a self-released third full-length consisting of demos produced by Rechtshaid from their later years. "By

336-765: The Remote Woods" via StarTime International Records. While touring the US and UK with St. Vincent , Grizzly Bear , Vampire Weekend , Rogue Wave , Jason Collett , Cold War Kids , Giant Drag , and We Are Scientists , they recorded their first full-length album, On the Wing Now , in the fall/winter of 2005, and officially released the album with Dim Mak on August 21, 2007. They released their second album, Person to Person , on Secretly Canadian on June 23, 2009. After Plain White T's ' 2006 single " Hey There Delilah ", which Rechtshaid recorded and produced, eventually reached number 1 on

360-572: The band as the singer and guitarist with friends James Bairian on bass, Louis Castle on trumpet, Brandon Bairian on percussion, Roman Fleysher on saxophone, Danny Rukasin on trombone, and Kyle Briggs on drums. They began to play shows around southern California, and recorded and self-released cassette demos titled Spreading the Cheese and Attack of the Killer Cheese . Shortly after this they were joined by Rich Zahniser on trombone. Despite their proximity to

384-729: The cosmic, stately side of these tracks to the forefront. Grossi released his debut LP, You Are All I See in August 2011, featuring tracks such as Hanging On and Johnny Belinda . Drowned in Sound remarked, "You Are All I See is all about the shimmer, Grossi's touch is so deft, and the sound so seemingly in tune with the natural world, he somehow is able to play with light." By 2013, he released albums and EPs for labels including Vagrant , Spunk, Plancha and others. Several of his tracks have appeared on compilations and in multiple films including Divergent and The Host . In August 2011, Active Child appeared on NPR Music Mondays and in 2012, he appeared on

408-486: The festivals are You Are All I See (2011, Vagrant Records ) Mercy (2015, Vagrant Records ) In Another Life (2020, Sony Music ) Ariel Rechtshaid Rechtshaid was the lead singer and guitarist of the ska/pop-punk band The Hippos , and the bassist and producer of indie folk-rock group Foreign Born . In 2006, he produced the Billboard Hot 100 number one-charting single " Hey There Delilah " by

432-404: The local arts landscape influenced him to pick up guitar and harp and rediscover his musical talent. He combined elements learned as a child and during his time with Philly Boys Choir, with his falsetto, live harp, and evocative lyrics and debuted in 2010 as Active Child. Grossi's first release was Sun Rooms , a cassette put out on January 14, 2010, by Mirror Universe Tapes . That same year, came

456-668: The record are "astonishing, like a rising updraft". His track "Painted Staircase" was featured in the official trailer of the Apple TV+ series, Defending Jacob (2020). Around 2010, Grossi embarked on his first support tour with White Rabbits playing shows throughout the UK and Europe. In 2011 Grossi announced he would be undertaking another American tour in November with M83 . He announced tour dates to support U.K. electronic musician James Blake ; in May 2011,

480-755: The rhythms of '80s alternative dance bands like New Order and at the age of 9 he started singing with the Philadelphia Boys Choir . Grossi, at a very young age, began touring with the Philly Boys Choir in Europe, South Africa and Australia, performing at Carnegie Hall , Sydney Opera House and singing with a choir in South Africa. As a teenager, he listened to a lot of early ’90s gangster rap and focused on sports and education. During his college days in Colorado,

504-402: The time [Rechtshaid] was 18/19, [he] knew [he] wasn't happy – and [he] quit. Part of the problem was benchmarking his efforts against his heroes". He later wrote the music in different genres for commercials. Rechtshaid joined the band as a bassist and producer in Los Angeles in late 2003. They self-released their first 12" single ("We Had Pleasure" b/w "Escape"), followed by their debut EP "In

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528-557: The tour included a stop at Chicago's Lincoln Hall and New York's Bowery Ballroom. The Los Angeles Times described his live performance as "one of the most original and ambitious sounds in Los Angeles". In February 2012, he announced a headline spring tour where after jaunting across the UK and Europe in February and March, Grossi landed stateside for a series of shows running from April 27 in Pomona, CA to May 22 in Salt Lake City, UT. Grossi

552-444: Was featured in a L'Oreal mascara ad starring Beyoncé in early 2011. After a long hiatus, Balam Acab self-released his second official album, CHILD DEATH , on December 17, 2015 via Bandcamp . In April 2016, the album was pressed on vinyl and released by the DIY record label Orchid Tapes . Since the release of CHILD DEATH , Balam Acab has released many singles and collaborations in

576-629: Was supported for the U.S. leg by alt-singer Balam Acab . In May 2015, he again toured United States, at Lighting in a Bottle Festival opening at Bradley, CA, the tour was completed in nearly two months at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian in Los Angeles, CA. Since 2010, Grossi has been touring consistently in the States as well as overseas, including performances at the Latitude Festival in 2010, Fun Fun Fun Fest in 2011 and Montreux Jazz Festival in 2012. Some of his major live performances at

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