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Oliver Sabin, formerly known as Unicorn Kid, is a Scottish electronic music/chip music composer and musician from Edinburgh, educated at Leith Academy. [1]

38 relations: Bataclan (theatre), BBC Radio 1, BBC Scotland, Bouncy techno, Calvin Harris, Chiptune, Coming out, Did You See Me Coming?, Edinburgh, Electronic music, EMI Music Publishing, Gorillaz, Hadouken!, Huw Stephens, Keyboard instrument, Leith, Leith Academy, Maida Vale Studios, Major Lazer, Ministry of Sound, Nick Grimshaw, Owl City, Pet Shop Boys, Rave music, Rob da Bank, Sŵn, Scottish Arts Council, Seapunk, South by Southwest, Superfast Jellyfish, Synthesizer, T in the Park, The Fader, Tropical house, Ultra Music, Vic Galloway, Video game console, Zane Lowe.

Bataclan (theatre)

The Bataclan is a theatre located at 50 Boulevard Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in modern and current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7pm, including electronic dance, hip hop, rock, indie or interviews. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. The BBC claim that they target the 1529 age group, and the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991.

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BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.

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Bouncy techno

Bouncy techno is a hardcore dance music rave style that developed in the early 1990s from Scotland and North England.

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Calvin Harris

Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Chiptune

Chiptune, also known as chip music or 8-bit music, is synthesized electronic music which is made for programmable sound generator (PSG) sound chips used in vintage computers, consoles, and arcade machines.

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Coming out

Coming out of the closet, or simply coming out, is a metaphor for LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation or of their gender identity.

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Did You See Me Coming?

"Did You See Me Coming?" is a song written and recorded by Pet Shop Boys released on June 1, 2009 as the second single from their tenth studio album ''Yes''.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology.

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EMI Music Publishing

EMI Music Publishing Ltd. is a multinational music publishing company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Gorillaz

Gorillaz are a British virtual band created in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett.

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Hadouken!

Hadouken! is a British band formed in London in 2006 by singer, writer and producer James Smith and synth player Alice Spooner, with guitarist Daniel "Pilau" Rice, bassist Christopher Purcell and drummer Nick Rice.

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Huw Stephens

Huw Stephens (born 25 May 1981) is a Welsh radio presenter currently broadcasting shows on BBC Radio 1 and on BBC Radio Cymru.

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Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers.

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Leith

Leith (Lìte) is an area to the north of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, at the mouth of the Water of Leith.

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Leith Academy

Leith Academy is a state school in Leith, Edinburgh.

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Maida Vale Studios

Maida Vale Studios is a complex of seven BBC sound studios, of which five are in regular use, in Delaware Road, Maida Vale, London.

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Major Lazer

Major Lazer is an American electronic dance music trio composed of record producer Diplo, and DJs Jillionaire and Walshy Fire.

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Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound Group is a multimedia entertainment business based in London with a nightclub, shared workspace and private members club, worldwide events operation, music publishing business and fitness studio.

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Nick Grimshaw

Nicholas Peter Andrew Grimshaw (born 14 September 1984) is an English television and radio presenter.

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Owl City

Owl City is an American electronica project created in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota; it is one of several projects by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young.

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Pet Shop Boys

The Pet Shop Boys are an English synthpop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant (lead vocals, keyboards, occasional guitar) and Chris Lowe (keyboards, vocals).

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Rave music

Rave music may either refer to the late 1980s/early 1990s genres of breakbeat, acid, techno and hardcore techno, which were the first genres of music to be played at rave parties, or to any other genre of electronic dance music (EDM) that may be played at a rave.

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Rob da Bank

Robert John Gorham (born 24 June 1973 in Portsmouth, Hampshire), known by the pseudonym Rob da Bank, is an English DJ and co-founder of music festivals Bestival, originally on the Isle of Wight and now moved to Lulworth, Dorset and Camp Bestival, also in Lulworth.

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Sŵn

Sŵn Festival (sŵn is Welsh for "sound, noise") is a music festival curated by BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens and Cardiff-based promoter John Rostron.

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Scottish Arts Council

The Scottish Arts Council (Comhairle Ealain na h-Alba, Scots Airts Cooncil) was a Scottish public body responsible for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland.

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Seapunk

Seapunk is a subculture that originated on Tumblr in 2011.

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South by Southwest

South by Southwest (abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By) is an annual conglomerate of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States.

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Superfast Jellyfish

"Superfast Jellyfish" is the second single released from British alternative band Gorillaz' third studio album, Plastic Beach.

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Synthesizer

A synthesizer (often abbreviated as synth, also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals that are converted to sound through instrument amplifiers and loudspeakers or headphones.

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T in the Park

T in the Park festival was a major Scottish music festival that has been held almost annually since 1994 (the event did not take place in 2017).

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The Fader

The Fader (stylized as The FADER) is a NYC-based music magazine launched in 1999 by Rob Stone and Jon Cohen, covering music, style and culture.

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Tropical house

Tropical house, also known as trop house, is a subgenre of deep house, with elements of dancehall and Balearic house.

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Ultra Music

Ultra Music is a worldwide music entity, comprising Ultra Records, Ultra Music Publishing, and Empire Artist Management.

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Vic Galloway

Michael "Vic" Galloway (born 4 August 1972) is a DJ on BBC Radio Scotland.

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Video game console

A video game console is an electronic, digital or computer device that outputs a video signal or visual image to display a video game that one or more people can play.

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Zane Lowe

Zane Lowe (born Alexander Zane Reid Lowe; 7 August 1973) is a New Zealand-born radio DJ, Live DJ, record producer, and television presenter.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn_Kid

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