Mark Pritchard (musician)

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Mark Pritchard (2009)

Mark Pritchard (* 1971 in Taunton , Somerset ) is a British musician , DJ and label owner who also became known under pseudonyms such as Harmonic 313 , Troubleman , Link and NY Connection . Together with the musician Tom Middleton , he has released several albums and singles since 1992 under project names such as Global Communication , Jedi Knights , Link & E621 and Reload .

Life

From the beginning of the 1990s, Pritchard published his first solo productions under the project name Link .

Pritchard became known to a larger audience through his collaboration with the musician Tom Middleton. First, both released under the project name Reload , which was originally a solo project of Pritchard. The first joint releases such as The Reload EP or The Biosphere EP , the jointly produced pieces were still labeled as Reload & E621 . Soon, however, Middleton became an integral part of the project and the album A Collection Of Short Stories was only released in 1993 under the name Reload . In 1993 they both founded the Universal Language label .

At the same time, the duo founded the ambient project Global Communication , which was best known for the album 76:14 , which was released on Dedicated in 1994 . The album received mostly good to very good reviews and was described by The Guardian critics as an “unfathomably beautiful, timeless masterpiece” and was included in the list of 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die .

Pritchard and Middleton turned to electro in 1995 with the Jedi Knights project . In the same year the single May The Funk Be With You was released on Clear and in 1996 the album New School Science on Evolution. Between 1997 and 1999 three more singles followed as Jedi Knights .

Together with Dave Brinkworth , he founded the drum and bass project Use Of Weapons in 1998 . Since then he has also been publishing downbeat and trip-hop music with Brinkworth under the name Harmonic 33 . Since 2001 Pritchard has also released solo as Troubleman and since 2008 as Harmonic 313 .

In 2006 the Reload project released a new album called Evolution .

Originally from Great Britain, Pritchard now lives in Sydney, Australia .

Discography (selection)

Albums

  • 2004: Kirsty Hawkshaw & Mark Pritchard - Ambient Vocals (Noise Pump Music)
  • 2004: Troubleman - Time Out of Mind (Far Out Recordings)
  • 2005: Troubleman - The First Phase (Far Out Recordings)
  • 2009: Harmonic 313 - When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence ( Warp Records )
  • 2013: Mark Pritchard - Lock Off (Compilation, Beat Records)
  • 2016: Mark Pritchard - Under The Sun (Warp Records)
  • 2018: Mark Pritchard - The Four Worlds (Warp Records)

Singles & EPs

  • 1992: Reload - The Reload EP (Evolution / Universal Language Productions)
  • 1992: Link - The First Link EP (Evolution / Universal Language Productions)
  • 1993: Link - The Augur (Symbiotic)
  • 1993: NY Connection - In Front - Wan 'It? (High Resolution Records)
  • 1996: NY Connection - Bless The Funk (Evolution / Universal Language Productions)
  • 2001: Link - Amenity (Dawn)
  • 2001: Troubleman - Messenger / The Essence (Far Out Recordings)
  • 2002: Troubleman - Where We Stand (Far Out Recordings)
  • 2002: Troubleman - Strike Hard (Far Out Recordings)
  • 2003: Troubleman - Change Is What We Need (Progress) (Far Out Recordings)
  • 2005: Troubleman feat. Steve Spacek - Without You (Waajeed's Flash Gordon Remix) (Far Out Recordings)
  • 2006: Baby Ford + Eon / Link - Dead Eye / Amenity ( Plus 8 )
  • 2007: Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek - Turn It On ( Sonar collective )
  • 2008: Harmonic 313 - Dirtbox (Warp Records)
  • 2009: Harmonic 313 - EP1. (Warp Records)
  • 2009: Harmonic 313 - Battlestar (Warp Records)
  • 2009: Mark Pritchard - ? / The Hologram (Ho Hum Records)
  • 2009: Mark Pritchard feat. Om'mas Keith - Wind It Up ( Hyperdub )
  • 2010: Mark Pritchard - Elephant Dub / Heavy As Stone (Deep Medi Music)
  • 2011: Pritch & Trim - Stereotype ( Planet Mu )
  • 2012: Wiley / Mark Pritchard - Scar (Big Dada Recordings)
  • 2012: Harmonic 313 - Lion (Warp Records)
  • 2013: Mark Pritchard - Ghosts (Warp Records)
  • 2013: Mark Pritchard - Make A Livin ' (Warp Records)
  • 2013: Mark Pritchard - Lock Off (Warp Records)
  • 2014: Mark Pritchard - Untitled (MP)
  • 2016: Mark Pritchard - Beautiful People (Warp Records)
  • 2016: Mark Pritchard / Bibio / Clark - A Badman Sound / Heath Town / Inf Inf Inf Inf (Warp Records)

Remixes

  • 1999: Cosmos - Summer In Space (Mark Pritchard Mix) (Blue Island)
  • 1999: The Orb - Stereo (M. Pritchard Remix) (Island Records)
  • 2000: Azymuth - Pieces Of Ipanema (Mark Pritchard Mix) (Far Out Recordings)
  • 2002: Nightmares on Wax - Know My Name (Mark Pritchard Mix) (Warp Records)
  • 2009: DJ Mujava - Township Funk (Mark Pritchard's Version Excursion) (Warp Records)
  • 2011: Radiohead - Bloom (Harmonic 313 Rmx) ( XL Recordings )
  • 2012: Bonobo - Stay The Same (Mark Pritchard Remix) ( Ninja Tune )
  • 2013: The Orb - Once More (Mark Pritchard Mix) (Universal Music)
  • 2015: µ-Ziq - 3 Time Egg (Mark Pritchard Mix) (µ-Ziq Self-released)

Web links

Commons : Mark Pritchard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mark Pritchard at musik-sammler.de, accessed on May 11, 2014
  2. ↑ 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die at guardian.co.uk, accessed January 22, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Pritchard, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harmonic 313 (pseudonym); Link (pseudonym); NY Connection (pseudonym); Troubleman (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British musician and DJ
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Taunton , Somerset , United Kingdom