Biography
The chainsmokers are a music band from New York. The duo is implemented in the direction of electronic music. His participants Andrew Taggart and Alex Paul are songwriters and DJs. Promotion of the brand is engaged in their permanent manager Adam Alpert.The history of creation and composition
Alex Paul and Andrew Taggart united in the music team in 2012. Alex was born in 1985 in New York, in the street Westchester. His family was secured: the Father worked as an art dealer, and his mother was engaged in the house. The Motherland Andrew became Friport, located in Maine. He was born in 1989 in the family, whose progenitors were Irish and French Canadians. The mother of the musician works as a teacher, and the father is engaged in selling plastic makeup.
Having been in 15 years in Argentina, Andrew became interested in the EDM direction. He first heard the tracks David Guetta and TrentEmøller, and also learned that it was a genre of music Dustoms Punk. Alex from youth was fond of DJing. Andrew studied at the University of Syracuse and was in danger on the audio recording studio Interscope Records. Taggart recorded several DJ tracks and released a pair of author's songs on SoundCloud.
By the time Paul also began to make music. He found a partner represented by Rett Bixler. The duet was called The Chainsmoker, and Adam Alpert became his manager. The interaction in the team was not palpable. Therefore, quite soon, the rumors came to Andrew that Alex is in finding a partner in the EDM pop duet.
The novice musician arrived in New York for dating, which turned out to be successful. The team was formed, and the musicians began to create the first joint compositions. They became remixes for indi groups.
Artists collaborated with representatives of American and foreign pop. The first the chainsmokers became interested in the model and actress Wick of Chopra. She attracted DJs to the recording of the track "Erase", and after 2 years, the duet again worked with the crossing over the record of the "The Rookie" single.
The history of the creation of the team turned out to be very successful. The duet worked in different musical directions, creating a kind of symbiosis from pop music, indie, hip-hop, etc. In an interview, artists said that they were inspired by Farrell Williams and DJ Deadmau5.
The chainsmoker debut speech took place at the TimeFlies group in 2014. Single "Selfie", released in the same period, became a real hit. With reprinting track, Dim Mak Records was engaged, after which the team began cooperation with the Republic Records label.
Music
In the summer of 2014, the Presentation of the Kanye track was held, which was recorded in conjunction with Sirenxx. A few months later, the premiere of the Single "Let You Go", over which The Chainsmokers worked with the Great Good Fine OK group. In 2015, Adam Alpert, Producer DJs, agreed to promote a team with the Disruptor Records label, which is part of Sony Music Entertainment.The first minion, released Andrew and Alex, was called "Bouquet". He was represented by the audience in the fall. Then, together with the executor, the Musicians recorded the single "Don't Let Me Down". Already after a couple of months, the "Inside Out" track was released, created in the Creation with Swedish Charlie.
In the spring of 2016 Taggart and Paul became participants of the electronic festival Ultra Music Festival. This performance was remembered to fans of artists and those who were not previously familiar with their creativity. DJs publicly expressed their negative opinion regarding the ranklot of Donald Trump for the presidency of the United States. It added them to popularity that the song "Roses" recorded with the Holmi artist fixed.
In the fall of 2016, The Chainsmokers recorded the track "All We Know" with Phoebe Ryan. The duet took the 18th place in the list of the best DJs in the opinion of the DJ Magazine edition. For 2 years, the team has noticeably strengthened his position, rising from the 97th place in the twenty of the most sought-after artists.
In the same period, the discography of the musicians replenished the second minion "Collage". Single from him was the track "Paris". He was incredibly popular. Only on the Spotify service more than 270 million auditions are registered. Such a response from the listeners deserved the release of a full-format album. If earlier artists did not plan it, now the idea seemed promising.
In 2017, the light saw the MEMORIES ... Do Not Open plate, in support of which the tour was organized. For the speeches, The Chainsmokers chose 40 cities in the north of the United States and invited Chiara and Emily Warren to participate in the concerts of singers. It is curious that within the framework of the tour, the fan of their creativity Tony Ann joined the duet. For a student Music College Berkeley, it became a kind of award for the impressive Caver on the "Paris" track.
At the end of 2017, the musicians released a joint track with the Coldplay group "Something Just Like This".
The chainsmokers now
In the summer of 2019, the musicians visited Russia and performed at VDNH in Moscow as part of the Atlas Weekend festival. The chainsmokers started a tour called World Tour Joy World Tour, they planned to give concerts in the United States, visit North America, Europe and Asian countries. It is known that due to the unforeseen circumstances of the speech in Manila and Singapore, planned for July were canceled.
Duet has a verified account in "Instagram", which published photos from foreign trips, rehearsals, records and concerts, as well as a lot of personal pictures. The creative film piggy bank is regularly updated with new works: songs and clips.
Now Andrew and the floor continue creative activities. They are working to cooperate with the stars of American pop, among which Kelsi Balleryni, Emily Warren, 5 Seconds of Summer, etc.
Discography
- 2015 - "Bouquet"
- 2016 - "COLLAGE"
- 2018 - Sick Boy
- 2018 - Sick Boy ... This Feeling
- 2019 - "WORLD WAR JOY"
Clips
- "Closer"
- "CALL YOU MINE"
- "Side Effects"
- "WHO DO YOU LOVE"
- "This Feeling"
- "All We Know"
- "Hope"
- "Roses"
- "Paris"