94-461: Danz is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Danz is also the nickname of the American musician and producer Danz CM . Danz CM Danielle "Danz" Johnson (born February 20, 1989), known professionally as Danz CM and formerly Computer Magic , is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, singer, and the founder of the indie record label Channel 9 Records and
188-422: A 9.1 from Pitchfork Media . The album made many critics' top-ten lists, was named the best album of the year by Entertainment Weekly and Time , and (in an article previewing summer concerts) NME urged readers to attend The Strokes' shows—as they were touring some of the "best pop songs ever". While critics noted the influence of CBGB stalwarts Television , Casablancas and bandmates said they had never heard
282-646: A bidding war among record labels, the largest for a rock band in years. In August 2001, the Strokes made their first appearance on the cover of the publication The Fader in its ninth issue. The Strokes released their debut album, Is This It , in the US in October 2001. The album was produced by Gordon Raphael, as was their follow-up album Room On Fire . RCA Records delayed the North American (US) release over concerns with
376-536: A clip of a new song "Starting Again" co-written with Gregg Alexander . Throughout 2022, the band were as present as ever in touring, including headlining at Lollapalooza dates in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, as well as other high-profile music festivals in Europe. On June 17, 2022, the band performed a benefit concert in support of Chicago-based congressional candidate Kina Collins . That summer, they toured as an opening act on
470-477: A close childhood friend of Casablancas who had attended the Lycée Français de New York with him. At the end of 1998, the group invited guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr. to play with them. He had just moved to New York City and reconnected with Casablancas, whom he knew from their brief stints at the private boarding school Institut Le Rosey , near Nyon , Switzerland . At this point, he was the last member to join
564-656: A cover of the song "Take It or Leave It" by The Strokes for the Stereogum -curated cover album Stereogum Presents... Stroked: A Tribute to Is This It . In the same year she was featured on New Band of the Week on The Guardian and on the Radar Tip of the Day column on NME . Her debut studio album, Davos , was released on October 16, 2015 via her own record label, Channel 9 Records, founded with profits from music licensing. About founding
658-460: A few music ideas for Rick to feel out a vibe but even a theoretical album plan would be years away, if at all". He also tweeted, "Sorry everyone we are not in the studio recording" and that there were "a lot of unknowns and nothing worth speaking about at this time." In May 2019, the band performed for the first time in over two years at a benefit show in Los Angeles. At this venue, the band debuted
752-418: A leading group of the early-2000s post-punk revival and garage rock revival movements. The release of their debut EP The Modern Age in early 2001 sparked a bidding war among minor labels, with the band eventually signing to RCA Records . That summer, they released their debut album, Is This It , to widespread critical acclaim and strong sales. It has since appeared on numerous "top album" lists. It
846-515: A live album. The Live in London LP was planned for release in October 2004, but was abandoned, reportedly due to recording quality problems. The chosen gig was one held at the legendary Alexandra Palace in North London. In late September 2005, " Juicebox ", the first single from The Strokes' then unreleased third album, was leaked online, forcing the single's release date to be advanced. The single
940-455: A majority share of the material once again: "It's supercollaborative, and it sounds different," said Valensi, "but it has a Strokes vibe to it." In an NME article, Pharrell Williams expressed interest in producing this upcoming album. This followed the news that Casablancas had collaborated with both Williams and Santigold on " My Drive Thru ", a track commemorating the 100th anniversary of Converse 's Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe. The song
1034-750: A media blackout with the album: no promotion in the form of TV appearances, interviews, photos, shows, or tours. On October 15, 2013, the band revealed that they were looking to "return to the scene" in 2014. In May 2014, The Strokes performed their first U.S. show in three years at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, performing songs from Comedown Machine for the first time. The band played at three other shows in 2014, including two headlining slots at Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City and FYF Fest in Los Angeles. On November 12, 2014, it
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#17328517574961128-595: A music career, and Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground as a major influence on his lyrics and singing style: "The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him – it was so matter-of-fact," Casablancas stated in a Rolling Stone interview, "Reed could be romantic in the way he portrayed these crazy situations, but he was also intensely real. It was poetry and journalism." Additionally, he has stated that Bob Marley , Nirvana and Pearl Jam are major influences on his work,
1222-458: A new song entitled " The Adults Are Talking ". The show kicked off the band's "global comeback" tour. However, this tour was met with many obstacles early on, from sound issues to rained-out shows to entire festivals being cancelled. In September 2019, Valensi, in an interview on C104.3 Out of the Box, hinted at the production of a sixth studio album, stating "When, I don't know. If – I would say, it's
1316-412: A rebranding it is just me growing." Her third studio album, The Absurdity of Human Existence , was released on March 12, 2021 on Channel 9 Records. Danz wrote, produced and recorded the album, Claudius Mittendorfer mixed it and Joe LaPorta mastered it. Speaking about the album, Danz said that she went through an existential crisis: she experienced feelings of self-doubt, went through an extreme low,
1410-648: A record label, found a media brand, and more on her own, Danz often champions the DIY approach. In a 2023 interview she stated: "I didn't go to school for music. I never had any kind of music lesson in my life. When I was first producing in Ableton, I didn't even know that's what it was called — that what I was doing was called "producing." When I first started making music, I'd wonder why my voice sounded too quiet, or why my song didn't sound as loud as other people's songs, then I learned about mastering, EQing, and compression just by using
1504-470: A score by Wendy Carlos , Dario Argento 's Tenebre with a score by Goblin members Claudio Simonetti , Fabio Pignatelli , and Massimo Morante , Andrei Tarkovsky 's Solaris with a score by Eduard Artemyev , etc. Danz has composed and produced numerous songs for commercials in Japan for companies such as Panasonic , Body Mainte, and two separate commercials for Kewpie Mayo and Sesame Dressing. One of
1598-444: A show at Luna Lounge and made a demo, The Modern Age EP , with him. The band sent the demo to the newly reformed Rough Trade Records in the UK, sparking interest there, and leading to their first release (via the website of the UK magazine, NME , who gave away a free MP3 download of " Last Nite " a week prior to the physical release as part of The Modern Age EP in 2001). The EP sparked
1692-465: A string of EPs and singles, plus Japan edition albums. Danz was born and raised in the Catskill Mountains area in upstate New York , in both Rock Hill and Woodridge . She attended Monticello Public High School . Her mother a social worker, father a handyman and stepfather a mechanic, music and the arts had an unexplained appeal for her at an early age. At 15 she started music blogging and as
1786-581: A strong likelihood." During the band's 2019 New Year's Eve show in Brooklyn, Casablancas announced that the band's sixth studio album would be released sometime in 2020. At the show, they also debuted a new song, titled " Ode to the Mets ". On February 10, 2020, the band performed at a rally for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at the University of New Hampshire. At this performance, Casablancas formally announced
1880-435: A teenager she would collect vinyl with money she earned as a pizza counter person. She maintained a music blog named Mewzick from November 2006 until January 2009. From July 2009 until July 2016 she blogged on her site zDanz. At the age of 18, she moved to New York City to attend Hunter College as an affordable alternative to art school. According to Danz, she was a "pretty terrible student", trying to afford rent and
1974-437: Is "a mainly experimental and instrumental LP, inspired by the universe, the electromagnetic spectrum, sound, space, time, frozen pizza and driving on the autobahn ." The album includes the song "Fast Cars" in both English and German as "Schnelle Autos". In 2020, Danz composed and produced the score for The Map , a documentary short about a major redesign of the New York City subway map directed by Gary Hustwit . The soundtrack
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#17328517574962068-797: Is a self-described synthesizer nerd. Her first synthesizer was a MicroKORG . In 2018, she was featured in the artist spotlight by Dave Smith and Sequential for using the Prophet 6 analog desktop synthesizer module. In 2020, she featured on the Moog site for using a Moog Subsequent 25 analog synthesizer to craft an instrumental piece. In 2024, she visited the Moog Factory in Asheville to build her own Minimoog . Danz grew up listening to Radiohead , Belle & Sebastian , and Ladytron . She considers Paul McCartney , Trent Reznor , David Bowie , and Thom Yorke as
2162-774: Is her most personal out of any other record she made. She drew inspiration from her life and characters from films or books. Danz was supported by four music videos, "Amnesia", "Ordinary Life (Message from an A.I. Girlfriend)" (with a concept by Danz and the director Anise Mariko), "Perfect Game", and "Clouds". On March 20, 2020, she released the compilation COVERS 2010–20 , later renamed Covers, Vol. 1 which consists of 6 cover versions of songs by No Doubt , Mac DeMarco , Sun Ra , Mark James (famously performed by Elvis Presley ), Julee Cruise , and Raf (famously covered by Laura Branigan ). In August 2020, Danz announced on W Magazine that she had changed her alias from Computer Magic to Danz CM. Discussing on her official Facebook page
2256-493: The Future Present Past EP (2016) through Casablancas' label Cult . The band were relatively inactive throughout the rest of the decade, making infrequent live appearances and directing most media attention to individual projects. In 2020, they released their first studio album in seven years, The New Abnormal , produced by Rick Rubin and released through Cult and RCA. The album received highly positive reviews and
2350-478: The Capitol Theatre . On May 26, 2016, Julian Casablancas premiered " OBLIVIUS " on the debut of his monthly radio show Culture Void on Sirius XMU . Cult Records announced the release of Future Present Past , a four-song EP by The Strokes, in addition to the exclusive signing of the band to its roster. The EP includes three original songs ("Drag Queen", "OBLIVIUS", and “ Threat of Joy ”), along with an additional remix of "OBLIVIUS" by drummer, Fab Moretti. The EP
2444-499: The DAW Ableton Live . She discovered she was able to make music by ear and learned on her own how to produce music. One of the first songs she completed was "Running", done in a closet on a laptop with a cheap microphone. She reminisced about her first attempts at making music: "I remember showing my mom the music I made and she was like 'How did you do this?' I just thought everyone could write music. I didn't know anything I did
2538-546: The Obscure but Visible EP on Channel 9 Records. About the EP she has said, "I think the general feeling for the EP was an open one. In a way, I wanted it to feel lighthearted. I tried to showcase a few different songwriting styles of what I do, too." She made music videos for 4 songs from this EP: "Dimensions", "Gone for the Weekend", "Lonely Like We Are", and "Been Waiting". In 2017, Danz and
2632-520: The Red Hot Chili Peppers 2022 Global Stadium Tour . In October 2022, Rubin revealed he'd been recording a new album with The Strokes in Costa Rica . As of September 2024 , there has been no update on that album, with Casablancas in particular focusing more on his experimental music with The Voidz , remarking that with the Strokes "Some of my dreams were kind of shattered a little bit along
2726-535: The 2003–2004 " Room on Fire Tour", the band were supported by Kings of Leon and Regina Spektor . While on tour, Spektor and The Strokes recorded the song " Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men ", released as a B-side on the "Reptilia" single. Also during the tour, the band included the Clash 's "Clampdown" as a cover, which was released as the B-side for " The End Has No End ". In late 2004, The Strokes revealed plans to release
2820-712: The 2011 headliner for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in May, Festival Internacional de Benicàssim , Oxegen , Paléo , Peace & Love and Super Bock Super Rock in July, and Reading Festival and Summer Sonic in August. They were also sub-headliners to Pulp at Leeds Festival during the bank holiday weekend in August. On June 9, 2010, at Dingwalls London, England,
2914-529: The Bathroom", "The Way It Is", "Between Love & Hate" (formerly known as "Ze Newie") and " 12:51 " (formerly known as "Supernova"). The band also played Paul Anka 's "My Way" with Japanese lyrics. The Strokes released their second album Room on Fire in October 2003. It received praise from critics but was less commercially successful, although it still went gold. The album's sound maintained The Strokes' familiar reference points, while also evoking groups such as
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3008-556: The Cars , Bob Marley , and Blondie . In the process, they made the cover of Spin Magazine for the second time, with each member receiving his own cover. They also made the cover of Rolling Stone for the first time. Additional media coverage of the band came from the relationship between Moretti and actress Drew Barrymore , which ended in January 2007. The first single taken from Room on Fire
3102-771: The FIB ( Festival Internacional de Benicàssim ), Fuji Rock Festival and headlined the Pentaport Rock Festival in South Korea. They then toured Australia and Mexico in late August and early September, followed by the second leg of the United States tour. While in the U.S., The Strokes opened for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers for five shows during their Highway Companion tour. The Strokes went on to complete another US tour. During this final tour, Casablancas stated to fans that
3196-530: The Greatest Album of the Decade (2000s). The album placed second on a similar list compiled by Rolling Stone (the same issue featured a list of the '100 Best Songs of the 00s', featuring " Hard to Explain " and " Last Nite " at Nos. 59 and 16, respectively). In January 2011, Rolling Stone surveyed their Facebook fans to determine the top ten debut albums of all time. Is This It came in at number ten and
3290-693: The Japanese versions include bonus tracks specifically for that territory. Her first Japanese release, Scientific Experience , debuted at #5 on the iTunes Japanese Electronic Music Chart. Her 2015 release Mindstate debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Japanese Electronic Music Chart. The Strokes The Strokes are an American rock band formed in New York City in 1998. The band is composed of lead singer and primary songwriter Julian Casablancas , guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr. , bassist Nikolai Fraiture , and drummer Fabrizio Moretti . They were
3384-904: The NME Awards. In March, the band returned to the U.S. with their longest tour yet. The second single off First Impressions of Earth , "Heart in a Cage", was released in March 2006. During the summer of 2006, The Strokes played several festival dates in Europe, including the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden, Roskilde Festival in Denmark, the Oxegen Festival in Ireland, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland,
3478-511: The Spheres . The last chapter is titled One Big Harmonic Oscillator in reference to the cyclic model . The episodes are released intermittently. About this, Danz has stated: "It turned into a lot of research and work... It's pretty much just me doing everything. With the podcast, there are some people that have reviewed it saying, 'These podcasts take too long [to come out].' And I'm thinking, oh my god, it's just me writing, recording, composing all
3572-922: The Strokes on September 14, 1999, at The Spiral. They soon frequented Manhattan's rock clubs including HiFi Bar and the Luna Lounge on the Lower East Side of New York, and later Manhattan's popular Mercury Lounge . A young booker for the Mercury Lounge, Ryan Gentles , eventually quit his job to become the band's manager. The band began rehearsing a 14-song set (an early blueprint of the Strokes' 2001 debut, Is This It ), including "Alone, Together", "Barely Legal", " Last Nite ", "The Modern Age", "New York City Cops", "Soma", " Someday ", "Take It or Leave It", and "This Life" (an early version of "Trying Your Luck"). Most of these songs now feature different lyrics. The band connected with producer Gordon Raphael in 2000 following
3666-467: The U.S. and March 25 in the UK. On February 13, 2013, the first single from the band's fifth album premiered on the radio, named "All the Time". The single was released for download on February 19, and was described as a return to the classic Strokes sound of first albums Is This It and Room on Fire . The album was released on March 25, 2013, in the UK and March 26 in the United States. The band decided to pull
3760-407: The U.S. and number one in the UK, the latter being a first for the band. In Japan, it went gold within the first week of release. It was also the most downloaded album for two weeks on iTunes. Fraiture claimed that the album was "like a scientific breakthrough". In January 2006, the band then made their second appearance on Saturday Night Live playing "Juicebox" and " You Only Live Once ". The album
3854-408: The album on March 18, 2011.In mid-March 2011, an interview with ShortList magazine revealed that The Strokes had already begun working on their fifth studio album. However, sessions were delayed due to the mixing process of Angles . Julian Casablancas and Nick Valensi both confirmed that there was material in the works as well as plenty of leftover material. Frontman Julian Casablancas claimed that
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3948-516: The album's cover and lyrics. The internationally released cover features a black-and-white photo of a gloved hand on a woman's naked backside, shown in semi-profile (photographer Colin Lane's then-girlfriend) while the North American version replaced it with a photo of particle collisions in the Big European Bubble Chamber . RCA replaced the track "New York City Cops" with "When It Started", as
4042-624: The band headlined the UK's Carling Weekend festivals for the second time, subsequently playing at New York's Radio City Music Hall on a bill with the White Stripes . Jack White joined The Strokes on stage to perform the guitar solo on "New York City Cops". During that period, the band also appeared as musical guests on numerous late-night talk shows. Is This It yielded several singles and music videos, all of which were directed by Roman Coppola . Is This It has had an enduring impact on fans and critics alike. In 2009, NME named Is This It as
4136-411: The band played a secret show under the name 'Venison' to a crowd of just 487. This was their first live gig since October 2006. The band did not play any new material. The lead single from the new album, " Under Cover of Darkness ", was released on February 9, 2011. The 7" was officially released on March 1, 2011, and contained another track from Angles , "You're So Right", as the B-side, followed by
4230-436: The band was eager to begin working on new material and were already supposed to, but it took longer than expected to master Angles . " Taken for a Fool " was confirmed as the second single, which was sent to U.S. radio on May 24, 2011. On June 9, The Strokes announced that a music video for "Taken For a Fool" was in the works, and that it would be directed by Laurent Briet. They revealed that the music video should be finished by
4324-511: The band would be taking an extensive break after it finished. An e-mail was sent out soon afterwards by Strokes manager Ryan Gentles , confirming that "much needed break". A new band website went online in May 2007 along with the release of an alternate video to their single "You Only Live Once" directed by Warren Fu . The video also featured a brief interlude with "Ize of the World", also from First Impressions of Earth . The song "You Talk Way Too Much"
4418-495: The band's sixth studio album and that the title would be The New Abnormal . He confirmed the release date of the album to be April 10 of that year. The band reportedly played two new songs at this show. On February 11, the band released a new song, " At the Door ", the first single off of their sixth studio album. Two more singles followed, " Bad Decisions ", and "Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus". Their sixth studio album, The New Abnormal ,
4512-543: The band, instead citing the Velvet Underground and the Doors as reference points. After the release of Is This It , the band toured around the world—including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and North America (the band opened for the Rolling Stones on numerous occasions during the North American leg of their tour). The self-made mini-documentary "In Transit" was filmed during the summer tour of Europe. In August 2002,
4606-640: The band. The two soon became roommates not long after reconnecting, with Hammond remarking that "two weeks later, we were sharing a flat." In the following two years, the band practiced and performed tirelessly in New York City. Many of their contemporaries have credited the band's earliest successes to their dedication and hustle, as well as their engaging personalities. They practiced most nights, with many rehearsals taking place in The Music Building in Midtown Manhattan . They played their first show as
4700-439: The beginning I didn't know what to call myself... I was so sure no one would believe it was just one person making the music, this was like ten years ago when there weren't as many bedroom pop artists, wanted to incite the idea that it was a band, so I named it Computer Magic. I wanted to detract the attention from myself." In 2010, she returned to New York City and worked retail and restaurants again, but this time making music on
4794-512: The end of the month. The Strokes put out the music video for "Taken For a Fool" on July 8, 2011. In April 2012, bassist Nikolai Fraiture posted a tweet announcing that the band was heading into the studio to work on some new ideas. The Strokes later revealed that they were planning to record a new album as soon as possible. Fraiture added that the band would record their fifth album in the same manner as they put together Angles , with each member bringing in his own ideas and putting them together in
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#17328517574964888-433: The expensive city living by working late nights at restaurants and DJing. She was withdrawn from all her classes because of too many absences. In 2010 at the age of 21, Danz moved in with her mother who had relocated to Florida. Unsure what she wanted to do career-wise, she applied for many jobs at restaurants but couldn't get one despite having experience at many New York City restaurants. In her downtime, she downloaded
4982-468: The first songs she ever wrote, "Running (Hiding Version)", was used in two separate television commercials for Aria Resort and Casino and Lexus . Her music has been featured in the TV shows Never Have I Ever on Netflix , The Sex Lives of College Girls on HBOMax , Charmed and The Flash on The CW and others. She has modeled clothes for Sofia Coppola 's Japanese clothing company Milkfed, and in 2017
5076-495: The former featured potentially inflammatory lyrics in the wake of the September 11 attacks . The track "New York City Cops"—featuring the refrain, "New York City Cops, they ain't too smart"—was listed as No. 12 on New York magazine's "Ultimate New York Playlist" on March 1, 2010. Despite its delayed release (and the potential controversy), Is This It received critical acclaim—among other accolades, four stars from Rolling Stone , and
5170-435: The future". On March 31, 2009, the band made an announcement from their MySpace account that announced the end of their "much needed hibernation period" and the commencement of new writing and rehearsing for a fourth full-length album, entitled Angles . This album would be different from the first three due to the fact that the music for the album would also be written by the other four Strokes, rather than Casablancas writing
5264-679: The inaugural City of Angels Benefit concert in Los Angeles to support charities such as Waste Not Want Not Now, the Center in Hollywood, and the Downtown's Women's Center on July 25, 2016. The band performed a series of festival dates taking place throughout early 2017. Festival dates include performances in Estéreo Picnic Festival as well as Lollapalooza Brasil , Lollapalooza Chile , and Lollapalooza Argentina . The band's first live performance of
5358-399: The internet and watching YouTube videos. Anything is possible if you just take the time to research how to do it and try." Danz has a devoted and avid following in Japan. The music video for "Lonely Like We Are", which presents images from one of her tours in Japan, was dedicated to her Japanese fans and labels. She released 6 albums in Japan with Tugboat Records and P-Vine Records. Many of
5452-465: The label Danz said, "Instead of waiting around for the perfect deal, I self-released my music. I designed my own album artwork, booked my own shows until I found a booking agent, took my own promo photos, etc. Eventually I thought to myself, 'Hey, why can't I just start my own label?' I was doing a lot of stuff a label would be doing anyway." She wrote all songs off this album, except "All Day" credited to her, Brian Robertson and Brian Hancock III. Most of
5546-412: The label with money she made from licensing her songs to commercials. As of 2021, Channel 9 Records is based in Los Angeles. Danz is an avid collector of vinyl and states, "As a person who truly values the tangibility of music, it's important for me to have my songs available in some kind of physical form. In 2020, Danz founded the media brand Synth History after the success of her Instagram page of
5640-401: The latter being the reason that he started making music after hearing the song " Yellow Ledbetter ". The Strokes' debut album Is This It was named number one album of the year by NME and number two by Rolling Stone ; it earned The Strokes tremendous respect across various artists in the alternative music scene. The lead singer of LCD Soundsystem , James Murphy , has said, " Is This It
5734-482: The main songwriters she looks up to. Her musical influences also include Gary Numan , Broadcast , New Order , Giorgio Moroder , Stereolab , Can , Herbie Hancock , and music genres such as New Wave , Italo Disco , Krautrock . She also lists the science fiction author Philip K. Dick , and the science fiction films Barbarella , Logan's Run and 2001: A Space Odyssey as further influences. Having learned how to produce, mix and master her music, found
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#17328517574965828-779: The media brand Synth History. From 2010 until mid 2020, Danz used the moniker Computer Magic, a name derived from a quote by Viv Savage in This Is Spinal Tap : "quite exciting this computer magic!". In August 2020, she announced that she changed her moniker to Danz CM. Danz writes, produces, records and releases her own music, which Allmusic describes as "spacy, sci-fi influenced synth pop". She has released 4 studio albums ( Davos in 2015, Danz in 2018, The Absurdity of Human Existence in 2021, and Berlin Tokyo Shopping Mall Elevator in 2023), 2 compilations ( Super Rare in 2017, Covers, Vol. 1 in 2020),
5922-511: The music to it. It's a lot to do..." The brand also encompasses Spotify playlists that she compiles with different themes related to synthesizers. In June 2024, Danz announced a collaboration with The Criterion Channel , the Synth Soundtracks program, consisting of films that have relevant scores featuring the synthesizer, including Michael Mann 's Thief with a score by Tangerine Dream , Stanley Kubrick 's A Clockwork Orange with
6016-725: The musician Cody Crump collaborated on a side project called Cody & Danz. They released the EP Only the Hits on July 14, 2017, on Channel 9 Records digitally and on a limited edition cassette. They made music videos for the songs "Make It in America" and "So Small". On December 15, 2017, Danz released the compilation Super Rare on Channel 9 Records, which included early tracks, Japan exclusives and rarities. On February 23, 2018, Computer Magic released her second album, Danz , titled after her nickname, on Channel 9 Records. According to her, this album
6110-596: The previously announced Primavera Sound 15th Anniversary. During their performance at Landmark Music Festival lead singer Julian Casablancas stated that the band was back in the studio working on a follow-up to their 2013 album Comedown Machine . In late 2015, The Strokes announced another date; at Monterrey, Mexico, during the festivities of the newborn festival Live Out. The Strokes played their first show of 2016 at Samsung's Galaxy Life Fest in Austin, Texas. On May 24, 2016, The Strokes announced another New York show on May 31 at
6204-559: The production, engineering and mixing was done by Atomic Heart Studios in New York, NY by Claudius Mittendorfer. The title Davos is a homage to a now-decrepit ski resort where she grew up in upstate New York, where her father worked, although the ski resort closed when she was 3 years old. Three music videos were released to promote this album: "Be Fair" (filmed in Trona Pinnacles ), "Hudson", and "Fuzz". On October 7, 2016, she released
6298-446: The reasons of the moniker change, she mentioned: "I wanted to change it because I outgrew Computer Magic. I outgrew the shy bedroom pop girl a long time ago. Computer Magic might mean something different to you, but to me it represents a skin that I need to shed. So if Charmander is like Computer Magic, Charizard is Danz CM. I kept the CM in there. I hope that makes the change easier. It's not
6392-633: The rest of the album's material at Albert Hammond Jr.'s home studio in upstate New York with award-winning engineer Gus Oberg . The Strokes confirmed that they would be headlining the Isle of Wight Festival , Lollapalooza , Roskilde Festival , Hurricane Festival , Splendour in the Grass , Rockness , Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival , On The Bright Side, and Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2010. Additionally, The Strokes were announced as
6486-663: The same name. The brand encompasses a website, independently published magazine , podcast, and curated playlists. The magazine contains curated interviews conducted by Danz, with various pioneering and contemporary figures in the music world. Past interview features have included John Carpenter , Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails , Fatboy Slim , Oneohtrix Point Never , James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem , Vince Clarke of Depeche Mode and Yazoo , Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO , Rick Wakeman of Yes , Suzanne Ciani , Pete Townshend of The Who , Chromeo , Gary Numan and others. Danz narratives, writes, edits, produces and composes
6580-588: The score for the Synth History limited narrative podcast series. The first episode was released in August 2020 on musician and composer Wendy Carlos , the second was released in March 2022 on Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi , and the third episode was released in March 2023 on Oscillators . It was the first to contain any recorded interviews, these included astrophysicist Joel Green of the Space Telescope Science Institute , physicist Max Katz, and vice president of product development at Moog Music , Steve Dunnington. The guests talk about various oscillations that occur in
6674-462: The side. She started releasing her own songs as free download on her sites zDanz and TheComputerMagic and compiled those songs on various EPs: Hiding From Our Time (2010), Hiding From More of Our Time (2010), Electronic Fences (2011), Get a Job (2011), Spectronic (2011), Orion (2012, released through Kitsune ), A Million Years / Another Science (2013), Extra Stuff (2014), Dreams of Better Days (2015). In 2011, she contributed with
6768-434: The studio. On January 17, 2013, Seattle alternative radio station 107.7 The End posted on their Facebook page that they were previewing a new song by The Strokes entitled " All the Time ". It was later confirmed that "All the Time" would be the lead single from the untitled fifth album. On January 25, 2013, the song " One Way Trigger " was published on their official website, and made available for free download. The song
6862-650: The two parties first met in 2009 and, after finding they shared a similar mind space and similar thoughts on the potential direction of the new record, tried out some tracking. Not long after recording began, however, the band became frustrated with Chiccarelli's reserved production style. Only one song from these recording sessions, "Life Is Simple in the Moonlight", remained on the album's track listing. Inspired, in part, by other contemporary bands like MGMT , Arctic Monkeys , and Crystal Castles , The Strokes decided to experiment with various production techniques, and recorded
6956-481: The universe, accompanied by Danz's sound design and musical score. Throughout eight chapters, the episode references topics like mechanical waves , the electromagnetic spectrum , frequency , sine waves , harmonics , black holes , wolf-rayet stars , gravitational waves , piezoelectricity , crystal oscillators , vacuum tubes , Voltage-Controlled Oscillators , Fourier analysis , simple harmonic motion , neural oscillations , neutrino oscillation , and Harmony of
7050-443: The way within that.” On March 8, 2024, the band performed their second benefit concert in support of Collins' third congressional bid. The band's sound has been described as indie rock , garage rock revival , and post-punk revival by media outlets. The band also incorporated new wave and synth-pop on later records like Angles and The New Abnormal . Casablancas has cited the Doors as an inspiration for him to start
7144-673: The year took place headlining the Estéreo Picnic Festival . The crowd in attendance of their Argentina show was reportedly 90,000 people. After the Lollapalooza Argentina show, it was revealed that their headlining slot at the festival was, to this day, their "biggest show ever" by Fraiture on social media. In October 2016, guitarist Valensi indicated that the band were "slowly but surely working on an album, we're kind of just in writing sessions". In July 2017 Albert Hammond Sr. said The Strokes are working with Rick Rubin. Albert Hammond Jr. took to Twitter to clarify that "we met and played
7238-619: Was about to break and contemplated the human existence. All that inspired her to write "songs of sadness, songs about falling in love, songs about death, songs about wanting something more out of life." According to her, "it was diving both the deepest I could go emotionally meanwhile perfecting every sound – listening repeatedly to every second, making sure it was perfect and pushing myself." The first single and music video (filmed in Death Valley ) from Absurdity , "Idea of You", premiered on YouTube on December 11, 2020. The next single, "Domino",
7332-420: Was also the most recent behind Pearl Jam 's 1991 debut . The group began recording their follow-up in 2002 with producer Nigel Godrich (best known for his work with Radiohead ), but later split with him in favor of Gordon Raphael, the producer of Is This It . Recordings with Godrich were never revealed. In August 2003, the band toured Japan, playing a couple of the upcoming songs: " Reptilia ", "Meet Me in
7426-825: Was announced the band would headline Primavera Sound in 2015 for the festival's 15th anniversary. On March 2, 2015, the band announced their second 2015 European festival headline appearance would be at London 's annual British Summer Time: Hyde Park festival on June 18, 2015, the band's first London show in five years. The announcement takes the band's number of appearances slated for 2015 up to six, with them also playing Big Guava Music Festival in Tampa, Florida , Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, Landmark Festival in Washington, D.C., and Austin City Limits in Austin, Texas, as well as
7520-465: Was available as a free download from the official Converse website. The album was due to be released in late 2009, but disagreements about just how ready the songs were to be released forced The Strokes to move the actual release date back. On February 1, 2010, The Strokes announced on their website that the recording of the fourth album was being helmed by award-winning producer Joe Chiccarelli . According to Chiccarelli in an interview with HitQuarters ,
7614-527: Was considered a return to form by critics. It went on to win Best Rock Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards . Lead singer-songwriter Julian Casablancas , guitarist Nick Valensi , and drummer Fabrizio Moretti started playing together as teenagers while all of them were attending Dwight School in Manhattan, and formed an informal band in 1997. They later added bassist Nikolai Fraiture to their ranks,
7708-426: Was followed by Room on Fire (2003) and First Impressions of Earth (2006), both of which sold well but failed to match Is This It in immediate critical success, despite positive reviews nonetheless. Following a five-year hiatus, they released Angles (2011) and Comedown Machine (2013) to generally positive receptions but dwindling sales. Following the end of their initial contract with RCA, they released
7802-536: Was in the fall catalog for the skate clothing brand X-Girl, founded by Sonic Youth 's Kim Gordon in the 1990s. Danz sings, writes, produces, and records her own music, described as "spacy, sci-fi-influenced synth pop" by Allmusic and "as otherworldly cosmic pop" by The Fader . She has maintained success in Japan and has gained a cult following in the United States. Attracting science fiction enthusiasts, she often performs or takes press photos in space suits with backdrops reminiscent of NASA base camps. Danz
7896-416: Was initially met with a mixed reaction from fans of the band. On January 28, a Reddit user discovered what he correctly assumed to be the new album cover within the subpages of the band's official website, which led to a widespread rumor that the new album would be titled Comedown Machine . On January 30, the title for the fifth album was revealed to be Comedown Machine , set to be released on March 26 in
7990-613: Was my record of the decade." The album won Best International Album in 2002, nominated by NME , and the ASCAP College Vanguard Award. Brandon Flowers of the Killers told NME that he felt "depressed" after hearing The Strokes' album Is This It . "That record just sounded so perfect", he said. "We threw away everything [we were working on] and the only song that made the cut and remained was " Mr. Brightside "'. The Strokes have been said to be, "as influential to their era as
8084-698: Was released digitally via Channel 9 Records in 2024. In 2022, Danz composed and produced the score for the cosmic horror short film While Mortals Sleep directed by Alex Fofonoff. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival . In comparison to her previous works, the score for While Mortals Sleep moves away into less tangible, more atmospheric territory. The soundtrack was released on limited edition cassette tape via Channel 9 Records. In 2015, she started her own New York based record label, Channel 9 Records, to release merchandise and her own music on limited edition vinyls and cassettes. She originally funded
8178-420: Was released on January 22, 2021, followed by "Something More" on February 12, and "I Don't Need a Hero" on March 5. Her fourth studio album, Berlin Tokyo Shopping Mall Elevator , was released on March 31, 2023 on Channel 9 Records. Danz wrote, produced, recorded, mixed and mastered the album, which contains some music she composed specifically for her Synth History podcast. According to the album liner notes, it
8272-540: Was released on June 3, in both digital and physical formats to coincide with the band's headlining performance at Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City. "Future Present Past" was recorded over the past year in Austin and New York with the help of producer, Gus Oberg . The band played at the Splendour in the Grass festival in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia on July 22, 2016. They followed this performance with
8366-414: Was released worldwide on April 10, 2020. On October 24, the band was confirmed for their fourth appearance as the musical guest for the October 31 episode of Saturday Night Live with John Mulaney hosting, where they performed "The Adults are Talking" and "Bad Decisions" from The New Abnormal . On June 21, 2021, the band shared a video in support of New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley featuring
8460-428: Was somewhat a departure from the band's two previous albums. One reason for this was a switch of producers from Gordon Raphael to David Kahne. Despite its initial strong sales, First Impressions of Earth received the worst reception, both commercially and critically, of all their albums. In 2006, the band played eighteen sold-out shows during their UK tour. In February 2006, The Strokes won "Best International Band" at
8554-428: Was special. It was kind of hard for me to believe. It was like a lightbulb went off after that. I would just make one song after the next and put it up online. And I realized – geez, maybe this is what I was meant to do all along." She picked the moniker Computer Magic, a name derived from a quote by Viv Savage in This Is Spinal Tap : "quite exciting this computer magic!". Talking about her moniker, Danz said: "In
8648-464: Was the song " 12:51 ", which used distinct keyboard-like sounds produced by Valensi's guitar. The video was also directed by Roman Coppola, and was inspired by the futuristic look of the 1980s film Tron . This consisted of a mainly black scene, with instances of glowing picton blue and riptide. In November 2003, The Strokes played on Late Night with Conan O'Brien , performing " Reptilia ", "What Ever Happened", "Under Control" and "I Can't Win". During
8742-481: Was then released as an exclusive on online download services. "Juicebox" became The Strokes' second UK Top 10 hit, as well as their second US Modern Rock Top 10 success. During November and December 2005 The Strokes did a promotional tour for the still unreleased album, which involved doing one-off shows in major cities around the world. Their third album, First Impressions of Earth , was released on January 3, 2006. It received mixed reviews and debuted at number four in
8836-532: Was used in a commercial for the Ford Sync. Aleksandra Cisneros became The Strokes' assistant manager in late 2007. The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas and guitarist Nick Valensi started writing material for the album in January 2009, intent on entering the studio that February. Julian commented in Rolling Stone that they had completed about three songs that sounded like a mixture of 1970s rock and "music from
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