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Biografie van de kunstenaar The Knocks

The Knocks Are A Production And DJ Duo Who Specialize In Melodic Carefree Dance Music That Draws From Soul Funk Disco Rap And Pop. Making Their Name With Several Singles And Remixes As Well As EPs Like 2011's Magic They Made Their Full-Length Debut In 2016 With 55 Which Featured A Diverse Array Of Guests Such As Cam'ron Carly Rae Jepsen Wyclef Jean And Walk The Moon. Following Side Project Diversions That Delved Into Future Funk Amelia Airhorn And Tropical House The Mary Nixons The Knocks Presented Another Feel-Good Disco-House Throwback With 2019's New York Narcotic. The Duo Subsequently Released Projects With Artists Like Gallant Rivers Cuomo And Foster The People With Whom They Recorded The Covers-Heavy 2021 EP Melody & Silence. The Collaboration-Heavy Full-Length Outing HISTORY Appeared The Following Year. The Knocks Were Formed In 2008 By James "JPatt" Patterson And Ben "DJ B-Roc" Ruttner. Patterson And Ruttner Met At New York City's New School And Shared An Apartment Where They Set Up Small Recording Studios In Their Bedrooms. The Loud Noise Coming From Their Apartment Led To Neighbors Constantly Knocking On Their Door In Order To Get Them To Pipe Down Hence The Duo's Name. Early Success As Remixers However Enabled Them To Build Their Own Studio In Manhattan. During 2008 And 2009 Knocks Remixes Surfaced For Katy Perry "I Kissed A Girl" Britney Spears "3" And PRGz "Soul Glo" . B-Roc And Andrew W.K. Also Released DAMN! The Mixtape Vol. 1 In 2009 Featuring Several Knocks Productions. In 2010 The Knocks Released Their First Singles The Sunny "Dancing With The DJ" Which Later Appeared On Their 2011 EP Magic And The Whistling "Make It Better." Over The Course Of The Next Few Years The Duo's Profile Was Magnified By Additional Remixes For Tegan And Sara "Closer" The 1975 "Girls" And Dragonette "Let It Go" Among Others In Addition To Tours With Ellie Goulding Dragonette And Sleigh Bells. They Also Collaborated With Fred Falke For The Kitsuné Music Release "Geronimo" In 2012 As Well As Treasure Fingers For "DYWT " Released On Fool's Gold Clubhouse In 2014. Also In 2014 The Group Released An EP Titled Comfortable And Released On The Neon Gold Label That Included Collaborations With X Ambassadors And Ra Ra Riot. Signed To Big Beat The Knocks Slowed It Down A Bit For The 2014 Single "Classic " One Of Their Funkier And More Disco-Indebted Singles Featuring Powers. An EP Titled So Classic Appeared In April 2015 Followed By A New Version Of "Classic" Featuring A Verse By Fetty Wap. The Knocks Spent Much Of The Year Working On Their Long-Delayed Debut Album Which Was Previewed By The Singles "I Wish My Taylor Swift " With Matthew Koma And "New York City" Featuring Cam'ron . Finally In March 2016 The Duo Released Their First Full-Length 55 Which Included Additional Guest Appearances From Wyclef Jean Walk The Moon Carly Rae Jepsen Alex Newell And Semi-Precious Weapons' Justin Trantor. That July The Pair Remixed Selected Tracks From The Album On The 55.5 EP. In Early 2017 The Knocks Released Testify An EP Of New Songs Featuring Collaborations With MNEK Delacey And Tayla Parx. Later That Year The Duo Teamed Up With Skylar Spence And Released A Future Funk Mixtape As Amelia Airhorn. They Also Formed The Mary Nixons A Group With Mat Zo And Issued The Single "Adrian." They Followed With The Captain Cuts Collaboration "House Party." July 2018 Saw The Release Of The Single "Shades" Which Appeared Later That Year On The Knocks' Second Full-Length New York Narcotic. The Album Also Featured Contributions From Method Man Sofi Tukker And Foster The People. 2019 Brought Several Singles Including The Kah-Lo Collaboration "Awa Ni" And "Lucky Me" With Great Good Fine Ok . Most Of These Were Collected On The EP Summer Series 2019. Several More Singles Arrived In 2020 Including "One Fine Day" With Idris Elba "Bodies" With MUNA And "All About You" Featuring Foster The People . The Following Year They Released Melody & Silence An EP With Foster The People That Included A Remix Of The Single As Well As Covers Of Hits By Beck Moby And The Verve. Also In 2021 The Knocks Released "R U High" Featuring Mallrat And "Sound The Alarm" Featuring Rivers Cuomo And Royal & The Serpent And Were Featured On Purple Disco Machine's "Fireworks." The Following Year Saw The Release Of The Full-Length Effort HISTORY Which Featured Collaborations With Foster The People MUNA Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Cold War Kids Parson James And Yoke Lore Among Others. Biography By Andy Kellman

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