Todd Edwards | |
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 Edwards DJing in 2012 | |
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| Birth name | Todd Edward Imperatrice |
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| Born | December 9, 1972 Bloomfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Nervous, i!, Defected |
| Website | toddedwardsmusic |
Todd Edward Imperatrice (born December 9, 1972[1]), known professionally as Todd Edwards, is an American garage house record producer, DJ and singer. His work has been recognized as a chief inspiration for the UK garage scene that developed in the late 1990s.[2][3] He is known for his "innovative blend of rhythmic, cut-and-paste vocal samples, rubbery basslines, and slapping percussion,"[1] which showcased an intensive sampling and remixing technique in which vocals are chopped into micro-sized sections.[4]
Edwards began his career producing primarily for New York's Nervous Records in the 1990s, including under aliases such as the Messenger and the Sample Choir.[1] Beginning with his 1993 single "Guide My Soul," Edwards helped pioneer the speed garage genre.[1] His 1994 single "Saved My Life" became a club hit in the UK.[1] In 1999, Nervous collected several of his productions on the compilation Todd Edwards' Nervous Tracks and i! Records released the LP Prima Edizione, collecting several more tracks from this era.[1]
Edwards has remixed hundreds of artists, including Wildchild, St. Germain, Benjamin Diamond, Justice, Klaxons and Dimitri from Paris. Edwards has also collaborated with Daft Punk, co-producing and contributing vocals on the songs "Face to Face" (2001) and "Fragments of Time" (2013); the latter won him a Grammy Award for its inclusion on that year's winning album Random Access Memories.
- ^ a b c d e f Bush, John. "Todd Edwards - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ Gill, Chris (May 1, 2001). "ROBOPOP – An Interview with Daft Punk". Remix. Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (July 29, 2021). "'I've ridden the storm': Todd Edwards, the inspiring force for Daft Punk and UK garage". The Guardian. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon. "The Wire 300: Simon Reynolds on the Hardcore Continuum Series #6: Two-Step Garage (1999) – The Wire". The Wire Magazine – Adventures In Modern Music. Retrieved April 19, 2017.