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Ewan Pearson 
Ewan Pearson in November 2006Background information Also known as Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, Dirtbox Born 1 April 1972 Genres Electronic Occupations Producer, Remixer Labels Soma Website EwanPearson.com Ewan Pearson is an English electronic music producer/remixer who works under various aliases including Maas, Sulky Pup, Villa America, World of Apples, and Dirtbox. He is also in Partial Arts with Al Usher. He has remixed for artists such as Cortney Tidwell, Seelenluft, Ladytron, Depeche Mode, The Rapture, Goldfrapp, and The Chemical Brothers. In 2001, Soma Quality Recordings released Small Change, an album whose content was exclusively remix work from Pearson under his guises World of Apples and Maas. His production credits include "Pieces Of The People We Love" from The Rapture, as well as Ladytron, Chikinki, Envoy and Jeb Loy Nichols and he programmed two tracks for Gwen Stefani's solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. He plays on M83's album Saturdays = Youth. He recently completed work on Tracey Thorn's new solo album, Love And Its Opposite along with Delphic's debut album Acolyte due for release 11 January 2010.
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Early life
Pearson (born 1 April 1972) grew up in Kidderminster where he attended Franche Middle School and Wolverley High School in Wolverley. His father had a keen interest in guitar and played in folk bands. This may have been an early inspiration for Ewan who played both piano and cello in his youth. He attended Girton College, Cambridge where he studied English Literature and graduated with a first. He went on to study a masters degree in philosophy and cultural studies at Royal Holloway, University of London which focused in part on the place of dance music in popular culture and resulted in the publication of "Discographies" which he co-wrote with Jeremy Gilbert.
DJ career
Pearson regularly appears at Fabric in London, Manumission and Space in Ibiza, the Pulp in Paris, and PanoramaBar in Berlin.
Discography
Albums
1997 Latitude (as Maas) (Soma Quality Recordings) 2001 Small Change (Soma Quality Recordings) Compilations
2007 Piece Work (!K7) Mix Albums
2005 Sc.Fi. Hi.Fi Volume 1 (Soma Quality Recordings) 2007 Fabric 35 (Fabric Records) 2010 We Are Proud of Our Choices (Kompakt Records) Remixes
2000 Stargazer - "Deeper" 2001 Count Zero - "Blue Boogaloo"
Deem-C - "Floating"
Russ Gabriel - "We Will Be Turning"
Jaymz Nylon - "I Know a Place"
Only Child - "Getting It On"2002 Black Strobe - "Me and Madonna"
Chris Cowie - "Deep Within"
Fifth Level - "Jump Up"
Freeform Five - "Perspex Sex"
Slam feat. Dot Allison - "Visions"2003 The Chemical Brothers - "The Golden Path"
The Flaws - "Freek"
Futureshock - "Pride's Paranoia"
Goldfrapp - "Strict Machine"
Goldfrapp - "Train"
Ladytron - "Evil"
Midnight Star - "Midas Touch"
Mint Royale - "Blue Song"
Erlend Øye - "Sudden Rush"
Playgroup - "Make It Happen"
Seelenluft - "Manila"
Swag - "Where I Belong"2004 Closer Musik - "One, Two, Three - No Gravity"
Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence"
Mocky - "Catch a Moment in Time"
The Rapture - "I Need Your Love"2005 Alter Ego - "Beat the Bush"
Feist - "Inside & Out"
Moby - "Raining Again"
Röyksopp - "49 Percent"
Silicone Soul - "The Poisoner's Diary"
Silver City - "Shiver"2006 Franz Ferdinand - "Outsiders"
Goldfrapp - "Ride a White Horse"
Pet Shop Boys - "Psychological"2007 Cortney Tidwell - "Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up" 2009 Junior Boys - "Hazel" Bibliography
- Discographies : dance music, culture, and the politics of sound, Jeremy Gilbert and Ewan Pearson, Routledge, 1999 ISBN 0-415-17033-8
Interviews
- Ewan Pearson: Mix work - Resident Advisor Feb, 2010
External links
- Official Website
- Ewan Pearson on Myspace
- Ewan Pearson discography at Discogs
- Ewan Pearson discography at MusicBrainz
- RBMA Radio On Demand - Train Wreck Mix - Ewan Pearson (Misericord, Berlin/London)
- RBMA Radio On Demand - Emerald Steps - Ewan Pearson (Misericord, Berlin/London)
- In The Mix Page http://www.inthemix.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=274327
Categories:- Living people
- 1972 births
- Club DJs
- Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge
- English electronic musicians
- English DJs
- Remixers
- English record producers
- English dance musicians
- People from Kidderminster
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