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Frivolous

Real Name:Daniel Gardner
Profile:Classifying the unusual character of Daniel Gardner is a challenge. His school-teachers all tried and failed, finally attributing his unconventionality to a learning disability and decidedly closing the case on him completely.

Born and raised on a farm in the suburbs of Vancouver, Grades were always mediocre at best for young Daniel, until one semester a mysterious new course emerged into the curriculum; Electronic Music Composition. Suddenly discovered, were honor roll grades, and a means to merge an imaginative young mind with over a decade of fiercely enforced classical piano training.

In 1996, captivated by the unified dance floors and Detroit sounds, the 16-year-old embarked on a life-long love-affair with the loop and took his first DJ residency at a Vancouver afterhours. After two successfully directionless years studying electronics and design, and after dabbling with some independent releases, Daniel decided to put his pride aside and demo his accomplishments. A CD of incomplete works were sent out as an experiment to
5 of the most esthetically innovative labels in Germany, and received back were 3 requests to release it. The encouragement and new-found confidence led to the birth of the project FRIVOLOUS.

Now with more than 40 releases and over a dozen 12"s to his name, Frivolous has toured the globe playing an eclectic array of venues and festivals along the way. His live shows have been hailed for their energy, originality and ingenuity as he's taken the stage next to some of the most respected names in the business. Never compromising the art of showman-ship, these spectacles feature live keyboards and vocals as well as the incorporation of his DIY
aesthetic. Integrating homemade devices such as the "Frivolous Patented Electromagnetic knife", the "Broken-Ruler Music Box" and the Double "Cable-Tub" Bass, his sets are injected with a sense of fantasy, imagination and personality scarcely found elsewhere in modern electronic dance music.
URLs:http://www.frivolouslive.com
http://www.myspace.com/frivolouslive
Aliases:Daniel Gardner
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Releases:
Crankkongestion EP (12", EP)   Background 2002
40 Inch EP (12", EP)   Background 2003
Romantek EP (12")   Karloff 2003
Coquitlam BC EP (1 Of 2) (12", EP)   Karloff 2004
Somewhere In The Suburbs (CD)   Karloff 2004
Whonnock BC EP (2 Of 2) (12")   Karloff 2004
Buffet Haraja (12")   Karloff 2005
Impermeable Disguise (12")   Karloff 2005
Kevork Motion EP (12", EP)   Background 2005
Slinky / XXX EP (5xFile, MP3, EP, 192)   Epsilonlab 2005
XXX EP (12", EP)   Proptronix 2005
Frivolous vs. The Phantom Power (12")   Karloff 2006
Midnight Black Indulgence (12", EP)   ~scape 2007
Midnight Black Indulgence (CD, Album)   ~scape 2007
Island Of Sanctity (12")   ~scape 2008
Moonshine E.P. (10", EP, Ltd)   Fenou 2008
The Emoticon Don E.P. (EP) ◄ (2 versions)   Minibar 2008
Remixes:
Soundvariation Remixes (2x12") Untitled Soundvariation 2003
Espirit (12") Espirit (Frivolous' Wa... alphahouse 2006
6 Remixe Für James Din A4 (12") Untitled (Frivolous Re... Esel 2007
Ruidos Y Frecuencias Retocadas (12") Ruidos Y Frecuencias R... Apnea 2007
Steingarten Remixes (CD, Album) Achterbahn (Frivolous ... ~scape 2007
Steingarten Remixes 2 (12", Ltd, Ora) Achterbahn (Frivolous ... ~scape 2007
Tracks Appear On:
Deepmix 1.0 (CD, Ltd, Promo) 30-70 Minute Wait, Cnd... Deep Mix Moscow Radio 2003
Café Méliès Volume 2 (CD, Comp) Things That Happen (To... Jajou Productions 2004
Direction Of A Rainbow (Cass, Mixed) Black Clockwise Recordings (Japan) 2004
Mutek 04 (2xCD) Kisses (In Swing Time) Mutek_Rec 2004
SPEX CD #44 (CD) Voices Through Harmonium Spex Magazine 2004
Trax#13 (CD) Can't Stop The One Two Trax (Magazine) 2004
Marke B 05 (CD) Fredrick Cokanose Wire Magazine 2005
Silver Label (CD) Slinky Internationalist ISBA Music Entertainment Inc. 2005
Unhappy Anniversary (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Un Monde Sans Fil Unfoundsound 2005
Background Records (File, MP3, 320) The Emoticon Don (In T... minlove 2006
Background Records 050 ◄ (2 versions) Forget The Funk Background 2006
Bleep Blow (File, MP3, Mixed) The Emoticon Don Mixotic 2006
C.Sides Compilation 2006 (4xCD, Comp) Me And My Social Anxiety C.Sides 2006
Skin Is In (CD, Mixed, Enh, Comp + CD, Mixed, Comp) CJ's Turnin' World Dessous Recordings 2006
Club Transmediale 07 (2xCD) CJ’s Turning World rx:tx 2007
Voices (File, MP3, 192) The Emoticon Don (In T... Mixotic 2007
Recovered Interpretation (File, MP3, Mixed, 192) The Emoticon Don (In T... Mixotic 2008
The Whole Wired World (12") Busy Bee Trimsound 2008
Repetitive Luxury (File, MP3, Mixed, 227) Kisses (Spilt Milk Mix) Not On Label ([in]anace Self-released) 2009
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