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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Thomas Morgan Robertson |
| Born | October 14, 1958 , London, England, UK |
| Genre(s) | Synthpop New wave Pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, Musician, Record Producer, Entrepreneur |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboards, Synthesizers, Guitar, Vocals |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Label(s) | Armageddon Venice In Peril EMI Capitol Records Virgin Records Invisible Hands Music |
| Website | http://www.thomasdolby.com/ |
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Life and career
Thomas was born in London, England, UK. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located His father, Martin Robertson, was an internationally-distinguished professor of classical Greek art and archaeology at the University of London and Oxford University, and in his youth Thomas lived or worked in Greece and France. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Dolby married actress Kathleen Beller in 1988; the couple have three children together. Kathleen Beller (born February 19, 1956, in Westchester New York, USA is an actress nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion
Stage name
The "Dolby" nickname comes from the name Dolby Laboratories, and was given to him by school friends due to his seemingly inseparable relationship with his cassette machine. Dolby Laboratories was reportedly very displeased with Robertson using the company name as his own stage name and sued him, trying to stop him from using the name Dolby entirely. Eventually, the case was settled out of court and it was agreed that he would refrain from using the word Dolby in any context other than with the name Thomas.
History
Dolby is associated with Synthpop, a form of pop music incorporating electronic instruments. Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure An electronic musical instrument is a Musical instrument that produces its sounds using Electronics. Most of Dolby's work covers a wide range of musical styles and moods distinct from the high-energy pop sound of his few, better known commercial successes. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other His most recognized song is "She Blinded Me With Science" with sound samples from Magnus Pyke, although he describes this track as his least favorite. "She Blinded Me With Science" is a New Wave song by British musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1982 In Music, sampling is the act of taking a portion or sample, of one Sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording Dr Magnus Alfred Pyke ( Paddington, London, England 29 December, 1908 &ndash 19 October, 1992) was a The song reached #5 on the U.S. Hot 100. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It was featured very shortly in the "Treehouse of Horror XIV" episode of The Simpsons, where Professor Frink was winning an award at a science convention. " Treehouse of Horror XIV " is the first episode of The Simpsons ' fifteenth season and originally aired on November 2 Professor John IQ Nerdelbaum Frink Jr is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. It was also sampled at a slower speed by the group Mobb Deep in the song Got it Twisted. Mobb Deep is a hip hop duo that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. " Got It Twisted " is the first single from Mobb Deep 's Amerikaz Nightmare album and is produced by The Alchemist.
Early in his career, he played keyboards with Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club and is credited on their debut album. Bruce Woolley, ( 11 November, 1953) is an English Musician, Songwriter and Record producer. Dolby played some synth parts on the Thompson Twins album Set. Thompson Twins were a British Pop group The band formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993 He is also the author of Lene Lovich's hit single "New Toy," and co-wrote "Magic's Wand" with Whodini. Lene Lovich (born March 30, 1949) is an American born British singer who first gained attention as part of the New Wave music scene Whodini is a hip hop group from New York that was formed in 1981 made up of Jalil (Jalil Hutchins Ecstasy (John Fletcher and Grandmaster Dee (Drew Carter
Perhaps his most popular side-gig was as keyboard player on Def Leppard's 1983 Pyromania album. Pyromania is the third Studio album by British Hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1983 Dolby appeared on Pyromania using the alias Booker T. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Boffin.
In 1985 Dolby is shown in this news clip about synthesized music also featuring now world famous industrial musician, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame with Trent's early band The "Exotic Birds". Trent Reznor (born Michael Trent Reznor on May 17 1965 is an American Musician, singer producer, and Multi-instrumentalist.
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Dolby contributed the signature synthesizer sound on the track "Urgent" on Foreigner's 1981 album 4. " Urgent " is a 1981 Song recorded by the American Rock band Foreigner, and the first single from their album Foreigner is a rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran musicians Mick Jones and ex- King Crimson member Ian McDonald, 4, also known as Foreigner 4, is the fourth studio Album by American rock band Foreigner, released On the same album he played the atmospheric synth intro to the mega-hit "Waiting For A Girl Like You". "Waiting for a Girl Like You" is a Song by British - American rock band Foreigner.
In 1985, Dolby appeared at the Grammy Awards, which was televised, along with Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, and Howard Jones. Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. Howard Jones (born John Howard Jones, 23 February 1955) is an English Singer and Songwriter who gained acclaim in All four musicians were successful in the mid-1980s music scene, and they were also all keyboard and synthesizer experts. That same year, Dolby performed at the Live Aid concert in London as part of David Bowie's band. Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger.
Dolby continued to perform live in the late 80s and early 90s. He supported Depeche Mode in their Rose Bowl concert on June 18, 1988. Depeche Mode (dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd are an English Electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries In 1990, he appeared in the huge charity concert performance of Roger Waters's rock opera The Wall in Berlin. George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943 in Great Bookham, Surrey) is an English rock musician The Wall is a Rock opera presented as a Double album by the English Progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in late Dolby played keyboards in "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" (sung by Cyndi Lauper), and then played the Teacher's role in the sequence "The Trial". " Another Brick in the Wall " is the title of three songs set to variations of the same basic theme on Pink Floyd 's 1979 Concept album, Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22 1953 is an American Grammy - and Emmy award winning Singer-songwriter and " The Trial " is a track from the critically-acclaimed Rock opera / Concept album The Wall, by Pink Floyd.
He appeared on-stage with the reunited Soft Boys in San Francisco on April 7, 2001 and played synthesizer on "You'll Have To Go Sideways", "Evil Guy" and Pink Floyd's "Astronomy Domine". The Soft Boys were an influential Post-Punk / Neo-psychedelia band from Cambridge England often associated with the early Punk rock movement Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Pink Floyd are "Evil Guy", from that evening's sound-check, wound up on the Soft Boys' 2002 EP Side Three. Side Three is a 2006 album by Adrian Belew. It is part of a series of albums It was not the first time Dolby and members of the Soft Boys appeared on record together. Dolby played keyboards on Robyn Hitchcock's first solo album, Black Snake Diamond Role. Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born March 3, 1953) is an English Singer-songwriter and guitarist Meanwhile Hitchcock appeared on Dolby's The Flat Earth, performing the role of Keith on "White City. The Flat Earth is Thomas Dolby 's followup LP to The Golden Age of Wireless. " Soft Boys bassist Matthew Seligman recorded and toured with Dolby in the 1980s.
Dolby returned to his musical career in 2006, completing a string of small dates in California and a single mall opening in Boulder, Colorado before receptive crowds. Boulder is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, in the United States He performed his first solo public show in 25 years at the Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco, California on January 21, 2006, surprising the crowd who were there to see local band Notorious. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. He then launched an American tour, the Sole Inhabitant Tour, on April 12, 2006. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
A club show at the 800 capacity Scala in London was booked for July 3, 2006 as a warm-up for Dolby's Hyde Park set opening for Depeche Mode. Depeche Mode (dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd are an English Electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The show sold out in a matter of days and prompted Dolby to reprioritise the UK, resulting in him moving with his family from California back to England, and a nine-date Sole Inhabitant tour of the UK in October 2007, co-inciding with the release of a lavish box set of a live DVD and a CD by UK indie label Invisible Hands Music, recorded on the US leg in 2006. The DVD also included a 30 minute interview, and a lecture by Dolby at the Berklee College Of Music. Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945 is an independent music College in Boston Massachusetts.
Dolby is currently working on a new studio album which will include a song performed on the UK Sole Inhabitant tour called My Karma Hit Your Dogma.
Other interests
In 1993, Dolby successfully established the Headspace company. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Headspace developed a new downloadable file format designed specifically for Internet usage called Rich Music Format with the RMF file extension. It had the advantage of small file size like MIDI but allowed recorded sampled sounds to be included at a higher bitrate for better overall reproduction. MIDI ( Musical Instrument Digital Interface, ˈmɪdi is an industry-standard protocol that enables Electronic musical instruments Computers RMF music files could be played in a browser using the free Beatnik Player plug-in. Later versions of RMF permitted artists to place an encrypted watermark in their files that were supposed to prevent unauthorized duplication. [1] [2] Beatnik Inc. now specializes in mobile phone audio file formats, such as polyphonic ringtones for mobile phones. An audio file format is a Container format for storing audio data on a Computer system In Music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent Melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice ( Monophony A ringtone or ring tone is the sound made by a Mobile phone to indicate an incoming call or text message [3]
While still remaining on the company board, Dolby stepped down from his position as CEO of Beatnik Inc. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator to pursue other technologically innovative interests, such as founding Retro Ringtones LLC in 2002, which produces the RetroFolio ringtone asset management software suite for companies involved in the mobile phone ringtone business. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. At the second annual Mobile Music Awards, Miami, Florida, in 2004 RetroFolio won "Best of Show" and "Best New Technology" awards.
Dolby's musical talents have also been put to use recently creating hundreds of digital polyphonic ringtones now found on mobile phones everywhere (including the polyphonic version of the infamous Nokia signature theme). A digital system uses discrete (discontinuous values usually but not always Symbolized Numerically (hence called "digital" to represent information for Nokia Corporation (pronunciation /'nɔkiɑ/),,) is a Finnish multinational Communications Corporation, headquartered He is often a major speaker at technology conferences such as Comdex, Websphere and Nokia. COMDEX ( Computer Dealer's Exhibition) was a Computer expo held in Las Vegas Nevada, each November from 1979 to 2003 Headline text == WebSphere refers to a Brand of IBM software products that are mostly proprietary, although the term
He has also worked as a producer and a soundtrack composer for both films and video games, most notably the third installment of the CGI collection, the Mind's Eye (series). In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing The Mind's Eye series consists of several Art films rendered using Computer-generated imagery of varying levels of sophistication The song "Hyperactive!" is featured in the 2002 PlayStation 2 videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as part of the New Wave radio station Wave 103. Grand Theft Auto Vice City is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and Video game designed by Rockstar North (formerly New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s The soundtrack of the game Grand Theft Auto Vice City is popular not only with fans of the game but also with lovers of 1980s music Thomas Dolby also did the score for the SegaCD interactive movie "Double Switch".
In July 1998, Thomas received a Lifetime Achievement in Internet Music award from Yahoo! Internet Life. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Yahoo! Internet Life was a monthly Magazine published by Ziff-Davis, which licensed the name from Yahoo!, a well known search engine
Since 2001 Dolby has acted as Musical Director of The TED Conference [4], an annual event in Monterey California that attracts some of the world's foremost thinkers, inventors, and speakers. TED ( Technology Entertainment Design) is an annual conference that defines its mission as "ideas worth spreading" In this capacity he provides live musical introductions to sessions, sometimes with an eclectic TED House Band, as well as helping secure guest musicians and entertainers for the event.
New Material
In 2006, Thomas Dolby announced via his blog his intention to produce a new "live" concert CD and DVD covering the US leg of the "Sole Inhabitant Tour 2006". Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The CD represents a recording of two gigs played by Dolby at Martyrs in Chicago, while the DVD was filmed at the Berklee Performance Center at Berklee College of Music. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Both the CD and DVD were released in November 2006, and are distributed through CD Baby and iTunes. CD Baby is an Online music store specializing in the sale of physical Compact discs and digital music downloads from independent Musicians directly to consumers iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc Dolby autographed and numbered the first 1,000 copies of the CD and DVD. UK indie label Invisible Hands Music released a definitive edition, combining both discs in a lavish box set, distributed in the UK by Universal and throughout Europe via various independent distributors. A live EP recorded at Dolby's SXSW show was released digitally via iTunes and CD. He has also been in recent discussions with EMI over a possible DVD-release of his back-catalog of music videos. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics [5]
Thomas toured throughout the months of November and December of 2006 with electronic musician BT. Brian Wayne Transeau (born October 4, 1971 in Rockville, Maryland) is an American music producer composer singer and songwriter better known This tour included a version of "Airwaves" that BT added his own technique to, which was the opening song on the UK leg of the Sole Inhabitant tour (sans BT).
The UK Sole Inhabitant tour included a new song called "Your Karma Hit My Dogma" inspired by the unauthorised use of a sample from She Blinded Me With Science by Britney Spears' ex "K-Fed", aka Kevin Federline. Kevin Earl Federline (born March 21 1978) is an American dancer, Rapper, Fashion model, and Actor In a move close to performance art, Dolby tried to post a 'cease and desist' legal letter on K-Fed's MySpace page when other attempts to contact him proved fruitless.
Discography
Studio albums
- The Golden Age of Wireless (1982)
- The Flat Earth (1984)
- Aliens Ate My Buick (1988)
- Astronauts & Heretics (1992)
- The Gate to the Mind's Eye (video soundtrack and album) (1994)
Compilations
- Retrospectacle: The Best of Thomas Dolby (1994)
- 12x12 Original Remixes (1999)
- Forty: Live Limited Edition (2001)
- The Sole Inhabitant (live concert CD & DVD) (2006)
- Live in Chicago (live concert DVD) (2007)
EP's
- Blinded by Science (1982)
- (as Dolby's Cube) May The Cube Be With You (1985) (Produced by Thomas Dolby and François Kevorkian with Lene Lovich and George Clinton)
- Hot Sauce/Salsa Picante (1988)
- One of Our Submarines (2003)
- Live at SxSW (2007) (featuring the Jazz Mafia Horns)
Soundtracks
- (as Dolby's Cube) Howard The Duck Soundtrack (split LP, one side by Dolby, the other by John Barry) (1986)
- Music From The Film 'Gothic' (1987)
- "The Mirror Song" (from Toys soundtrack) (1992)
- The Dark Eye (inSCAPE) (1995)
Singles
| Year | Song | UK singles | U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. MSR | U.S. Dance | Album |
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| 1981 | "Europa And The Pirate Twins"1 | 48 | 67 | 37 | - | The Golden Age Of Wireless |
| 1982 | "Windpower" | 31 | - | - | - | |
| 1982 | "She Blinded Me With Science"1 | 49 | 5 | 6 | 3 | |
| 1982 | "One Of Our Submarines" | - | - | 17 | - | |
| 1984 | "Hyperactive!"2 | 17 | 62 | - | - | The Flat Earth |
| 1984 | "I Scare Myself" | 46 | - | - | - | |
| 1984 | "Dissidents" | 90 | - | - | 17 | |
| 1988 | "Airhead" | 53 | - | - | 6 | Aliens Ate My Buick |
| 1989 | "Hot Sauce" | 80 | - | - | - | |
| 1992 | "Close But No Cigar" | 22 | - | - | - | Astronauts & Heretics |
| 1992 | "I Love You Goodbye" | 36 | - | - | - | |
| 1992 | "Silk Pyjamas" | 62 | - | - | - |
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Collaborations and connections
The following artists have worked with Thomas Dolby:
- Lene Lovich
- Joan Armatrading
- Mark Beer
- David Bowie
- Chris Braide
- Jimmy Breaux
- Clif Brigden
- Budgie
- Belinda Carlisle
- George Clinton
- Tim Curry
- Michael Doucet
- Foreigner
- Peter Gabriel
- Jerry Garcia
- Herbie Hancock
- Ofra Haza
- Trevor Herion
- Robyn Hitchcock
- François Kevorkian
- Def Leppard
- Chris Braide
- John E. Lene Lovich (born March 30, 1949) is an American born British singer who first gained attention as part of the New Wave music scene Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (born December 9 1950 is a British Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Chris Braide (born 6 February 1973, Cheshire) is a British Singer, Songwriter, Record producer and music Budgie are a Welsh Hard rock band from Cardiff, South Glamorgan. Belinda Carlisle (born on August 17, 1958 in Hollywood California) is an American Singer-songwriter, as well as the lead vocalist Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946 is an English Actor, Singer, Voice actor, and Composer, as well as having a career as a Michael Doucet (born 1951 is a Cajun Fiddler, singer and songwriter who founded the Cajun band BeauSoleil Foreigner is a rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran musicians Mick Jones and ex- King Crimson member Ian McDonald, Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Songwriter. Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1 1942 &ndash August 9 1995 was a Musician, Songwriter, Artist, and Lead guitarist and Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. Ofra Haza (עפרה חזה ʕofrɑːh ħazzɑːh (عفراء هزّاع ( November 19 1957 &ndash February 23 2000) was a popular Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born March 3, 1953) is an English Singer-songwriter and guitarist François Kevorkian, alias François K, (born January 10, 1954) is a French DJ, Remixer, producer and Record Chris Braide (born 6 February 1973, Cheshire) is a British Singer, Songwriter, Record producer and music Love
- Mecano
- Malcolm McLaren
- Joni Mitchell
- Andy Partridge
- Eddi Reader
- Little Richard
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Chris Braide
- Thomas Guz Sanchez
- Fiorella Terenzi
- Brian Transeau
- The Thompson Twins
- Eddie Van Halen
- Tata Vega
- Joe Walsh
- Roger Waters
- Bob Weir
- Whodini
- Stevie Wonder
- Akiko Yano
- M
- Prefab Sprout
References
- Thomas Dolby From Hyperactive to Interactive (1997)
- Wireless Review, March, 2002 — Thomas Dolby Robertson: Beatnik - Cutting Edge
- Retrofolio
- Beatnik.com
External links
- The Flat Earth Society: Thomas Dolby - which includes a blog begun in March 2006
- Thomas Dolby interview from Chaos Control Digizine
- The Unofficial Thomas Dolby
- Thomas Dolby on Rhapsody
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