Caribou (musician)

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Daniel Snaith aka Caribou
Daniel Snaith aka Caribou
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Andorra
  US 193 09/08/2007 (1 week)
Swim
  UK 54 05/01/2010 (2 weeks)
  US 97 05/08/2010 (2 weeks)
Our love
  DE 34 10/17/2014 (2 weeks)
  AT 27 10/17/2014 (1 week)
  CH 17th 10/12/2014 (3 weeks)
  UK 8th October 18, 2014 (4 weeks)
  US 46 10/25/2014 (2 weeks)
Suddenly
  DE 25th 03/06/2020 (1 week)
  AT 20th March 13, 2020 (1 week)
  CH 25th March 8th, 2020 (2 weeks)
  UK 13 03/12/2020 (2 weeks)
  US 154 March 14, 2020 (1 week)

Daniel Victor Snaith (* 1978 in London , Ontario ), known under the stage names Caribou , Daphni and (formerly) Manitoba , is a Canadian electro musician .

Snaith, son of mathematician Victor Snaith , was born in London, Canada, and grew up in Dundas . He attended Parkside Secondary School and studied mathematics at the University of Toronto and Imperial College , London. There he received his PhD with a thesis entitled Overconvergent Siegel Modular Symbols .

Career

Initially, Snaith worked under the name "Manitoba". However, due to a lawsuit from Richard Manitoba , he had to give up this name.

His album Andorra , released in 2007, won the Polaris Music Prize in 2008, while the album Swim received the Juno Award in 2011 in the “Electronic Album of the Year” category.

Snaith is usually supported by a live band when he performs live, where he usually plays the drums.

Snaith currently lives in England.

Discography

As Manitoba

  • People Eating Fruit (EP, October 30, 2000)
  • Paul's Birthday (CDS, February 26, 2001)
  • Start Breaking My Heart (March 26, 2001)
  • give'r (EP, November 26, 2001)
  • If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be an Airport (12 ", January 13, 2003)
  • Jacknuggeted (CDS, February 24, 2003)
  • Up in Flames (March 31, 2003)
  • Hendrix with Ko (CDS, July 14, 2003)
  • Up in Flames (Special Edition) with bonus CD (September 29, 2003)

Most of the older Manitoba material was later republished under the new name Caribou.

As a caribou

  • Start Breaking My Heart (re-release 2006)
  • Up in Flames (re-released 2006)
  • Yeti (CDS / 12 ", March 22, 2005)
  • The Milk of Human Kindness (April 18, 2005)
  • Tour-Only CD (Super Furry Animals Tour, Fall 2005)
  • Marino (DVD, November 2005)
  • Andorra (August 21, 2007)
  • Melody Day (CDS, August 2007)
  • Tour-Only CD (September 2007)
  • She's the One (March 2008)
  • Swim (April 19, 2010)
  • Our Love (October 7, 2014)
  • Suddenly (February 28, 2020)

As Daphni

  • Jiaolong (October 16, 2012)
  • Joli Mai (October 6, 2017)

Trivia

His song Odessa from the album Swim can be heard in the computer game FIFA 11 .

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK charts US charts
  2. ↑ Overconvergent Siegel Modular Symbols (PDF; 329 kB)
  3. ^ Manitoba Changes Name, Fearing Lawsuit From Some Dick , Chart Attack . October 7, 2004. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 15, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chartattack.com 
  4. ↑ 2008 Winner & Nominees ( Memento of the original dated December 9, 2009 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.polarismusicprize.ca

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personal data
SURNAME Caribou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Snaith, Daniel Victor; Manitoba; Snaith, Dan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian electro musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH London , Ontario, Canada