BlackGummy
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Birth name | Iman Marouf |
Born | (1991年04月09日) April 9, 1991 (age 33) Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1] |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Years active | 2013–present |
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Website | blackgummy |
Iman Marouf (born 9 April 1991), better known by his stage name BlackGummy, is an American DJ and producer based in Los Angeles, California.[1] [2] BlackGummy is best known for his dark focused industrial/techno and electro/house fused productions along with his enigmatic black bear-shaped idol. He tours regularly in the United States, and since 2016 has performed at festivals such as Electric Daisy Carnival, Lollapalooza, Shambhala Music Festival, Electric Zoo, Electric Forest, Escape Halloween, Nocturnal Wonderland, and Buku Music Festival.
Early life
[edit ]Iman states his musical beginnings were spent either in a studio creating music or building studios. He grew up listening to artists such as System of a Down, 2pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bach, Nirvana, Sublime, Gesaffelstein, Cirez D, and Carl Cox.[1] Iman is a graduate of the Icon Collective Music production school in Burbank, California. There he met Steve Duda, who helped train Iman in sound design and sound engineering through the school's mentoring program. Iman also beta tested Steve's software synthesizer Serum and is listed the VST's credits.[3]
Career
[edit ]On June 8, 2015 BlackGummy released his first single, 'Lullaby' as part of Mau5trap's "We Are Friends Vol. 04" compilation.[4] In September later that year he followed up with a collaboration with Louis Vivet titled 'Deep Bounce'.[5] On February 26, 2016 BlackGummy released his first EP, Singularity. The EP was released with mau5trap and consisted of 'The Machine' as the lead single, 'Plucking Technology', 'Alarm', and 'The Unseen'. The EP was inspired by the idea of a more technologically advanced future where artificial intelligence reigns over human intelligence.[6] August 12, 2016, BlackGummy released another single in collaboration with Brooks titled "NeverDeader". The collaboration was part of the We Are Friends Vol. 5 compilation.[7] On September 30 of that year BlackGummy followed up with the release of his second EP, Impactor. It featured 'Descent' as the lead single, 'KT', 'Incoming', and 'Adaptive Radiation'. The EP circles around the idea of advancement from destruction, using the KT Extinction as a metaphor for the ever-changing environment of modern dance music.[8] On January 27, 2017, Blackgummy released his collaboration with vocalist Colleen D'Agostino on Ninety9lives titled 'Superhuman'.[9] BlackGummy followed up at the end of March with a 'VIP' edit to his Impactor EP lead single 'Descent'. He released it on the 'We Are Friends Vol. 6' compilation.[10] For the mau5trap ten year anniversary, BlackGummy remixed 'Oyster' by Moguai.[11] On July 28, 2017, BlackGummy released his third artist EP titled 'Monolith'. The EP consists of the lead single 'Iconoclast' followed by 'Arp Makes Sphinx Purr', 'Desert Fire', and 'Edifice'.[12] [13] Then late in 2018, Iman released his first collection of remixes titled "Blackgummy: The Remixes (Vol.1)". The EP featured remixers such as: EDDIE, Brennan Gray, & Metacentric.[14]
Discography
[edit ]Extended plays
[edit ]- Singularity (2016)[15]
- Impactor (2016)[16]
- Monolith (2017)[17]
- BlackGummy: The Remixes (Vol. 1) (2018)[14]
Singles
[edit ]- 2015: "Deep Bounce" (with Louis Vivet)[18]
- 2016: "Descent"[19] (Impactor)
- 2017: "SuperHuman" (with Colleen D'Agostino)[20]
- 2018: "Corrupted" (with Notaker)[21] (Erebus I )
Guest appearances
[edit ]- 2015: "Lullaby" (We Are Friends, Vol. 4)[22]
- 2016: "NeverDeader" (featuring Brooks) (We Are Friends, Vol. 5)[23]
- 2017: "Descent (VIP)" (We Are Friends, Vol. 6)[24]
Remixes
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d Dias, Alexander News. "Enter the Dark World of BlackGummy in This Exclusive Escape: Psycho Circus 2016 Mix". Archived from the original on 2017年08月08日. Retrieved 2017年07月25日.
- ^ "Premiere: Blackgummy - Singularity EP". edmsauce. Retrieved 2017年07月25日.
- ^ "Blackgummy" . Retrieved 2017年07月25日.
- ^ Champagne, Jesse News. "mau5trap Releases We Are Friends Vol. 4' Compilation" . Retrieved 2017年07月25日.
- ^ Ogden, Wes News. "Blackgummy & Louis Vivet - Deep Bounce [Free Download]" . Retrieved 2017年07月25日.
- ^ Smith, Garret News. "Blackgummy - Singularity EP" . Retrieved 2017年07月25日.
- ^ "Blackgummy feat Brooks - Neverdeader". Spotify . 12 August 2016. Retrieved 2017年07月25日.
- ^ Bein, Kat News. "BlackGummy Explores Destruction's Evolutionary Side on mau5trap EP 'Impactor:' Exclusive" . Retrieved 2017年07月25日.
- ^ Sundius, Michael News. "BlackGummy teams up with Colleen D'Agostino for 'SuperHuman'" . Retrieved 2017年07月25日.
- ^ "Blackgummy - Descent VIP". Spotify . 26 May 2017. Retrieved 2017年07月25日.
- ^ a b "Moguai - Oyster (Blackgummy Remix) on Spotify". Spotify . 24 July 2017. Retrieved 2017年07月26日.
- ^ "PREMIERE: BLACKGUMMY UNLEASHES THE OMINOUS 'ICONOCLAST'" . Retrieved 2017年07月25日.
- ^ "PREMIERE: BLACKGUMMY SHAPES 'MONOLITH EP' WITH ENDLESS IMAGINATION AND INTRIGUE [LISTEN]". 30 July 2017. Retrieved 2017年07月31日.
- ^ a b "BlackGummy on Facebook". Facebook . Archived from the original on 2022年04月27日.[user-generated source ]
- ^ "Blackgummy - Singularity EP on iTunes". iTunes . 2016年02月26日. Retrieved 2017年07月26日.
- ^ "Blackgummy - Impactor EP on iTunes". iTunes . 2016年09月30日. Retrieved 2017年07月26日.
- ^ "Blackgummy - Monolith EP on iTunes". iTunes . 2016年09月30日. Retrieved 2017年07月26日.
- ^ "Louis Vivet & Blackgummy - Deep Bounce on Spotify". Spotify . 2015年09月23日. Retrieved 2017年07月26日.
- ^ "Blackgummy - Descent on Spotify". Spotify . 2017年03月24日. Retrieved 2017年07月26日.
- ^ "Blackgummy & Colleen D'Agostino - Superhuman on Spotify". Spotify . 2017年01月16日. Retrieved 2017年07月26日.
- ^ "Premiere: Notaker x BlackGummy - Corrupted". Dancing Astronaut. 2018年06月25日. Retrieved 2018年07月16日.
- ^ "Blackgummy - Lullaby on Spotify". Spotify . 2015年06月08日. Retrieved 2017年07月26日.
- ^ "Blackgummy - Neverdeader on Spotify". Spotify . 2015年06月08日. Retrieved 2017年07月26日.
- ^ "Blackgummy - Descent VIP on Spotify". Spotify . 2017年03月24日. Retrieved 2017年07月26日.