Almamy

Infobox Musical artist |Name = Almamy


Img_capt = Almamy
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Almamy Mamadou Alioune Adrien Mody Wane
Born = 1982
Origin = Dakar, Senegal
Occupation = Singer-songwriter, producer, dancer
Voice_type = Tenor
Instrument = Vocals, keyboards
Genre = Electronica, Dance, Pop, Funk
Years_active = 2004–Present
Label = ModyWorks
URL = [http://www.almamy.com www.almamy.com]

Almamy Mamadou Alioune Adrien Mody Wane, better known asAlmamy, is a
Senegalese-born electronic dance/pop singer-songwriter based in New York City.citation |title= Almamy | work=Discogs
url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Almamy
accessdate=2008-06-18]

History

Born in 1982 in Dakar, Senegal, Almamy started out as a dancer and anactor in his early teens, performing locally until he won a scholarship to study anddance in Paris in the late nineties.citation
title=Meet Almamy |date=August 22, 2008|url=http://blog.welikeitindie.com/2008/08/meet-almamy.html|periodical= Welikeit.indie|accessdate=2008-09-07 ]

After relocating to New York in 2002, to study at the Broadway Dance Center, Almamy found himself immersed in the club scene and writing songs. "Balletcouldn't contain me anymore," he recalls. "I was becoming a songwriter, I was singing and going out a lot to dance clubs, to listen to some cool electronic music." citation |title=Don't Ask Me for a French Kiss |date=August 24, 2008
url=http://sheenabeaston.blogspot.com/2008/08/dont-ask-me-for-french-kiss.html |accessdate=2008-09-07 |first=Sheena |last=Beaston ]

Collaborations with producers Peter McLean (D1 Music) and Mike Degen (RuPaul, Heavy D) followed but it was not until Almamy teamed up with guitarist and programmer Nick Holmes that he could produce, by layering his androgynous squeal of a voice and insistent melodies over skeletal instrumentations, a sound of his own.citation |title=NEW MUSIC: ALMAMY |date=September 5, 2008|url=http://acidted.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-music-almamy.html |periodical= Ctelblog |accessdate=2008-09-07|first=Colin |last=Perry]

Career

Embodying the DIY punk aesthetic that is prevalent in the dance music scene, in 2007 Almamy set up his own record label, ModyWorks, to issue a series of recordings.citation |title=ModyWorks
url=http://www.modyworks.com|accessdate=2008-06-18]

The first of which was a twin EPs project, "The Sexy Boy EP /... B.M.D." and "The Sexy Boy EP /... L.Y.D.", that was released on January 3, 2008 on iTunes and Amazon MP3 .It featured material that was initially available for download on Almamy's MySpace page, where he had build up a large fan base, through
SNOCAP.citation |title=Biography
url=http://www.almamy.com/bio.html
accessdate=2008-06-18]

It was followed by a collection of remixes of his best-selling song "Like YouDo"citation |title=Single file |date=April 6, 2007
url=http://www.almamy.com/press-group-66.html |periodical=HX Magazine |accessdate=2008-06-18 |first=Brenda |last=Black ] by established (Seelenluft, Fonteyn) and up-and-coming (Ben & Nouch, En Masse) producers/remixers, two weeks later.citation |title=Be Trash! |date=May 10, 2008
url=http://www.trashmenagerie.com/blog/2008/05/10/be-trash/
periodical=TRASHMENAGERIE |accessdate=2008-06-18 |first=Lovestar|last=Lovestar ] citation |title=Arms, Tails |date=August 25, 2008 |url=http://soundofair.blogspot.com/2008/08/arms-tails.html |accessdate=2008-09-14 |first=Austin |last=Hegarty ]

Almamy is currently working on a self-titled debut.citation |title=ALMAMY - Don't Ask Me / French Kiss |date=August 21, 2008
url=http://www.nerdy-frames.org/2008/08/almamy-dont-ask-me-french-kiss.html|periodical= Nerdy Frames
accessdate=2008-09-07|first=Jasper |last=Gape] Release is expected later this year. A double A-side single, "Don't Ask Me / French Kiss",citation |title=Don't Ask Me/French Kiss - Almamy Single Review |date=August 15, 2008
url=http://www.allgigs.co.uk/view/review/3185/Almamy_Dont_Ask_MeFrench_Kiss_Single_Review.html |periodical=AllGigs.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-07 |first=Tom |last=Crowther ] was released on August 4 2008 on iTunes and is to precede the LP. On which, according to the WeLikeit.indie Music Blog, Almamy is collaborating with electronica and techno producer Jimmy Edgar.citation |title=Almamy is nuovo.artist |date=September 1, 2008
url=http://blog.welikeitindie.com/2008/09/almamy-is-nuovoartist.html|periodical= Welikeit.indie
accessdate=2008-09-08|]

Discography

EPs

ingles

Featured Singles

*2008: "Like You Do" (C-Drick featuring Almamy), Black Mamba Records cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1336505 | title=C-Drick - Like You Do | work=Discogs | publisher=Zink Media, Inc. | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-09-08 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.almamy.com/ Official Website]
*MySpace|almamy|Almamy
*Discogs artist|artist=Almamy