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Infobox musical artist | name = Various Production| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias = Various (UK) Various| origin = London , United Kingdom | genre = Dubstep Grime (music)|Grime Trip Hop Folk music|Folk Glitch (music) Techno | years_active = 2003-present| label = XL Recordings | associated_acts = David Bray a.k.a. Bonesy| website = http://www.various.co.uk/ www.various.co.uk| current_members = Adam Phillips Ian Carter| past_members = Milanese Various , or Various Production , is an English dubstep / electronic music duo formed in 2003. The group blends sampling (music)|samples , acoustic and electronic instrumentation, and singing from a revolving cast of vocalists. Its members, Adam and Ian, purposefully give very little information about the group or themselves, and tend to do little in the way of self-promotion . http://www.aversion.com/bands/interviews.cfm? f_id=352 Interview with Various, Aversion.com, January 8, 2007. Accessed October 9, 2007. Nevertheless, the group began winning critical acclaim with its single (music)|single releases in 2005 and 2006. http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/464 Various Production. Dusted Magazine. Accessed October 9, 2007. Their full-length for XL Recordings|XL , The World is Gone , arrived in July 2006. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A12924119 Album Review, BBC Collective, July 6, 2006. Accessed October 9, 2007. http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3194 Album Review, Dusted Magazine, October 15, 2006. Accessed October 9, 2007. http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/article.php? article=1346 Sleeve Design review. Cyclic Defrost , November 2006. Accessed October 9, 2007. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/39305-the-world-is-gone Album Review. Pitchfork Media , October 26, 2006. Accessed October 9, 2007. http://www.musicianforums.com/album.php? albumid=14892 Album Review, Sputnik Music, December 10, 2006. Accessed October 9, 2007. They have released a large number of vinyl EPs and 7" records, as well as digital exclusives for Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade , iTunes , and Boomkat . http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/45317-various-issue-new-material-in-various-ways Various Issue New Material in Various Ways. Pitchfork Media , August 31, 2007. Accessed October 9, 2007. They have released remixes of a large variety of artists (sometimes uncredited) such as Thom Yorke , Adele (singer)|Adele , Virus Syndicate , Dave Cloud , Cat Power , Emma Pollock and Ian Brown and participated with one track on the Vexille Movie Soundtrack.
The duo signed a publishing deal with the newly formed Fire Songs in November 2007, a division of eclectic London-based record label Fire Records (UK)|Fire Records . In 2008, the group started their own record label, called Various Production, where they began releasing their own material, followed a year later by another label called "Misc", this time for selling artworks and other products.
In early 2009 they released a new LP, an experimental collaboration with poet Gerry Mitchell called "The Invisible Lodger" and signed the first act to release on the Various Production label, Gold Panda .
Discography
"Hater"/"Byker" (7")
"Phortune"/"Limbs" (7")
Chief (EP)
"I'm Really Hot"/"Where I Belong" (12")
"Bruk"/"Home (edit)" (7")
"13" (12")
"Foller"/"Home" (7")
"Sir"/"In This" (7")
"Turn it Up"/"No Win No Fee" (12")
The World Is Gone (LP, XL Recordings , July 17, 2006)
