Todd Edwards
Real Name:
Todd Edward Imperatrice
Profile:
House and Garage producer/remixer, DJ, occasionally singer and Grammy winner from Bloomfield, New Jersey (US) (born December 9, 1972).
Edwards’ music has been recognized as a major influence on the nascent UK Garage genre in the United Kingdom in the mid 1990s. He became known for his intensive sampling and remixing technique that involves “cross-hatching brief snatches of vocals into a melodic-percussive honeycomb of blissful hiccups” as described by critic Simon Reynolds. Used both on his solo albums and on his remixes for other artists, this complex vocal sampling technique in some cases renders the original track almost unrecognizable.
With remixes numbering in the hundreds, some of the artists Edwards has remixed include Wildchild, St. Germain, Benjamin Diamond, Justice, Klaxons and Dimitri From Paris. Edwards co-produced and performed vocals on the Daft Punk song “Face to Face” from the album Discovery and he worked again with them, co-writing, co-producing and contributing vocals to the song, “Fragments Of Time” from their 2013 album Random Access Memories, for which he won a Grammy.
Edwards’ music has been recognized as a major influence on the nascent UK Garage genre in the United Kingdom in the mid 1990s. He became known for his intensive sampling and remixing technique that involves “cross-hatching brief snatches of vocals into a melodic-percussive honeycomb of blissful hiccups” as described by critic Simon Reynolds. Used both on his solo albums and on his remixes for other artists, this complex vocal sampling technique in some cases renders the original track almost unrecognizable.
With remixes numbering in the hundreds, some of the artists Edwards has remixed include Wildchild, St. Germain, Benjamin Diamond, Justice, Klaxons and Dimitri From Paris. Edwards co-produced and performed vocals on the Daft Punk song “Face to Face” from the album Discovery and he worked again with them, co-writing, co-producing and contributing vocals to the song, “Fragments Of Time” from their 2013 album Random Access Memories, for which he won a Grammy.
Sites:
toddedwardsmusic.com, Facebook, mixcloud.com, SoundCloud, Twitter, whosampled.com, Wikipedia, YouTube
Aliases:
Arianna Umit,
Blue Match,
Clever (4),
Dannelle Harris,
Farrin Shaw,
Guisseppe Di Guglielmo,
I Am Child,
Jade Ella Rose,
Lester Klark,
MC Ward,
Pierre RS,
Raphael Ferguson,
Sample Choir,
Senor Verde,
Sunshine Bros.,
The Messenger,
Thomas Brooks,
Todd Imperatrice,
Werks
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Todd Edwards | Prima Edizione (Album, Comp) | i! Records | IR-CD002 | US | 1999 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Full On (Volume 1) (Album, EP) | i! Records | IR-AL005 | US | 2001 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Full On (Volume 2) (Album) | i! Records | IR-AL013 | US | 2003 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Odyssey (Album) | i! Records | IR-CD032E | US | 2006 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Full On (Volume 3) (CD, Album, Ltd, Mixed) | i! Records | IR-CD039E | US | 2007 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Todd Edwards Project* | Jump (12") | 111 East Records | JB-0017 | US | 1992 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Part 2 | 111 East Records | DMX 10086 | Italy | 1993 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | F.O.T. | Not On Label | R12 | US | 1994 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Stronger | Bean | BR-003 | US | 1995 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DJ Shorty & Todd Edwards Present Underground People | DJ Shorty & Todd Edwards Present Underground People - Disappear | Empire State Records | es26 | US | 1995 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | New Trend's Sound (EP, Single) | i! Records | IR-105 | US | 1995 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Saved My Life (Single) | i! Records | FXDJ 279 | UK | 1995 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Dancing For Heaven | Bean | BR-001 | US | 1995 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Fly Away (One) (Single) | i! Records | IR-123 | US | 1996 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Push The Love (Single) | i! Records | IR-134 | US | 1997 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thump N Johnson* Feat. Ada Dyer / Todd Edwards | Thump N Johnson* Feat. Ada Dyer / Todd Edwards - Valley Of Love / Winter Behavior | Sunday Flavaz | SF 1002 | UK | 1997 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kym Mazelle / Todd Edwards | Kym Mazelle / Todd Edwards - Love Me The Right Way (Baad Company Mixes) / Steal U're Heart | Sunday Flavaz | SF 1003 | UK | 1998 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Never Far From You (Single) | i! Records | IR-146 | US | 1998 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Isaiah 41:13 (EP) | i! Records | IR-147 | US | 1998 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | The Prima EP (EP) | i! Records | IR-168 | US | 1999 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tuff Jam & Todd Edwards | Tuff Jam & Todd Edwards - Wanting Jesus / Share Your Love / One Day | i! Records, i! Records | IR-182 | US | 1999 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Sunshine Brothers* & Todd Edwards | The Sunshine Brothers* & Todd Edwards - Serie Uno EP (EP) | i! Records | IR-191 | US | 2000 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Incidental EP (EP) | i! Records | IR-192 | US | 2000 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | New Trends 2000 | i! Records | IR-179 | US | 2000 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Edwards | Look Out | i! Records | IR-170 | US | 2000 | Sell This Version |
Reviews Show All 18 Reviews
Neo_Chayanne
April 11, 2020
edited over 3 years ago
Todd "The God" Edwards! The staple personality, the mighty producer that he is, the garage scene royalty! Todd's trademark sound and notable remixes and dubs! You wanna know how good garage sounds like ? Todd Edwards is THE man! There is some reason as to why he got the name of God ;) highly recommended artist!
DiamonDEyE
June 25, 2018
When Garage was in and about in a big way from 1999 to 2003 during school years, it helped me get through the tough school years. The sheer uplifting vibes was totally new to me as I wasn't buying records until late 2002-3 and even then it was Mums money that helped. Brilliant producer who opened the groove to amazing heights.
motiontracker
March 1, 2013
One of the most talented men to ever grace the game, end of story. 1992 - 2001 this man was almost untouchable
robjamdj
February 5, 2011
edited over 12 years ago
Todd Edwards is a legend. Utterly respected by fans of Garage House music. He is appreciated here in the UK as one of the founders of UKG. This fact was cemented when in 2009 at a 4x4 event called Indigo he dropped the now infamous 'No Place Like London' cut. Look it up and understand the man - from the heart he's always maintained an underground edge to his productions. Winter Behaviour & New Trends '95 are compositions of particular note.
bleepr
March 6, 2005
edited over 18 years ago
Todd Edwards sound is characterised by a collage of cut-up samples over swung US garage beats and lively disco flavoured bass-lines. The tracks are generally a series of movements where variations on the sampled elements and bass-line drop in and out every 8 bars - creating a flow thats somewhere between a song and a track. In terms of vibe, his music is always warm, funky, and in its own fashion, soulful and uplifting.
His techniques were widely adopted across tech-house (Akufen) and UK garage, but his vibe is pretty unique. Lovely stuff.
His techniques were widely adopted across tech-house (Akufen) and UK garage, but his vibe is pretty unique. Lovely stuff.
sjcee
January 15, 2004
Call him Mr. Puzzle - cutting all the vocals & melodies of the originals or sample stuff into such small pieces & then he'll create a total new picture out of it ! for this creativity he diverses to be called a top producer - but since he always concentrate high on doing this, there is a lack on the beats, the basslines, which always seem to stay the same & the mastering, which actuality is far below a quality you might exspect on such good music.
ringorider
January 9, 2004
Its nice to see some kind of message in dance music as some might argue that it is a scene with little to say. Todd has gone a litlle off the boil since his earlier days where there was a bit more variation and diversity in his sound. Check out the Prima Edizione stuff, and his disco remixes. And i believe he makes his samples sound the way they do by recording everything on a reel to reel, cutting it up and pasting it back together in a different order to get that choppy sound.
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