About Rollo & Sister Bliss About Rollo & Sister Bliss Rollo Armstrong (full name according to BMI repertoire : "Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong") has an honours degree in philosophy, he's a Taurus and has a habit of talking around subjects. He was expelled from scouts and became a member of MENSA; He started his own gang called the Krazy Kats when he was 10 and he can write upside down. He swam in the Ganges, won the North Yorkshire heats of a Disco Dancing Championship, was a barman in Sydney, and a gardener for Islington Council. (quote from "Reverence" booklet, probably most of this is a joke, at least the MENSA membership, see Club Cow Interview :-) In January 1992 Rollo released his first record. Made with 2 friends, Francis Wright (a guy called Felix) and Red Jerry in Rollo's bedroom studio, this record went to sell 2.2 million copies - it was Felix "Don't You Want Me". Four years on and on Rollo's writing and production skills have brought him sales in excess of 5 million singles.

This doesn't include his remixes of 3 UK number ones (Simply Red, Livin' Joy and Gabrielle) and 4 top tens (Pet Shop Boys x 2, M People and Donna Summer). Also included are four bona fide House classics: Kristine W - Feel What You Want, Gloworm - Lift My Cup, Franke - Understand This Groove, and OT Quartet - Hold That Sucker Down - and you have one of the most in demand dance producers/remixers in the world. He's avoiding cameras and public appearances, he is not performing live, and prefers to be the studio mastermind kept in the background. FAITHLESS is the first time Rollo entered into the band land area to work alongside vocalists Maxi Jazz and co-conspirator Sister Bliss, on what has turned out to be a long term project. He's thoroughly enjoying the experience. In July 2000, Rollo's first solo album under the project name "Dusted" has been released.

(German article about Dusted in RAVELINE 03/2001) (German article about Dusted in Kulturnews 03/2001) Rollo (right) and an engineer (Grippa?) in front of a mixing desk Rollo's face mirrored in a glass pane "Because of his forgetfullness Rollo is the perfect producer. He is still pleased by our melodies like a Punch after he listened to it a hundred times." Sister Bliss, in an interview - - - In 1987 Ayalah Bentovim (Sister Bliss) discovered home music and healthy obsessional interest in the sound and lifestyle ensued. A pianist since the age of 5 it was a natural progression that not only did she start spinning tunes on the dancefloor, she knew she could create her own. DJ residencies at the cream of London clubs and a fistful of demo tapes leads to a meeting with Rollo and the spark that was to fire up many club anthem began.

(Sister Bliss on in German magazine TV-Spielfilm issue 25/2006) "(Can'tgetamancan'tgetajob) Life's A Bitch", released under her own name, was a huge club and chart hit. It firmly established Sister Bliss as a force to be reckoned with. Sister Bliss is the kind of person who built a shrine to Jim Morrison out of onion peel and stale bread, joined the Woodcraft Folk (lefty version of the Brownies) and hitch hiked to Turkey in the style of "Thelma and Louise". Sister Bliss on Faithless: ...Faithless sits somewhere between trip-hop, dance and good old fashioned song writing, with more than a twist of London grit. "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; For there is in London all that life can afford". "Reverence" is a journey through the external world of urban experience, to intense internal world of faith, love and fear.

- - - The group Faithless has the 'main' members Rollo, Sister Bliss, Maxi Jazz (Maxwell Frazer, a vocalist, rapper, he's been on a jazz band named Soul Cafe Band), joined by guest appearances on each album like Jamie Catto, Dave Randall, Zoe Johnston, LSK (Leigh Kenny) and many additional collaborators (like Dido, Pauline Taylor, Aubrey Nunn, Matt Benbrook, Paul Herman, ...). Their first single "Salva Mea" was first released in September 1995, but after that "Insomnia" became a Top 10 worldwide, it was remixed and released again. Their debut album "Reverence" has a mix of styles in it, due to the input from musically different individuals, followed by the 2nd album "Sunday 8PM" (1998), the 3rd "Outrospective" (2001), the 4th "No Roots" (2004) and as 5th "To All New Arrivals" (2006).

Besides this, also 4 remix albums, a greatest hits compilation, a live performance video, many singles and other contributions have been released. They are on tour, and their live show is a unique mix of live instruments with loops and samples. (Faithless cover and article in Mixmag 05/2001) - - - Dido (Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong) was five when she stole her first recorder. This didn't lead to prison, but rather to her entrance one year later to the Guildhall School of Music in London. A bit of a child prodigy, by the time she was 10 she played piano, violin, and the aforementioned recorder. Her teenage years were an interesting mixture of stealing her brother's record collection (from The Clash to Gregory Isaacs to Duran Duran) and touring the UK with her classical music ensemble. And then, at 16, she finally fell in love with Ella Fitzgerald.

So began a passion that eventually led Dido from listener to participator: she started singing with various bands in and around London, and despite the fact that her brother, Rollo, told her not to give up her day job, she eventually appeared on the debut album of a band that Rollo formed in 1995. (Dido & Rollo as children) (The Armstrong Family) This band was Faithless, and they went on to sell five million records. Over the next two years, Dido toured with Faithless (a very different experience from her classical days) and, whenever she was back in London, also recorded demos of her own songs. On Faithless current release, Sunday 8PM, Dido appears on two songs, one of which incorporates her own 'My Lover's Gone'. So began the recording of Dido's debut album, No Angel. The album was produced by Dido, her brother, Rollo (obviously now deciding she should give up her day job), Rick Nowels and Youth, and what a beautiful album it is.

Unified by both Dido's stunning voice and lyrical acuteness, the album travels through various and diverse styles ranging from the impassioned magnificence of 'Here With Me', the gentle soulfulness of 'Thankyou' (featured in the recent Gwyneth Paltrow movie 'Sliding Doors'), the deep dubbiness of 'Honestly OK', to the lyrical perversity of 'Don't Think Of Me'. Combining Dido's love for warm acoustic sounds and her brother's fascination for beats and all things electronic, the album is both new and classic at the same time. Above all, it is the quality of the songs that will make this album both durable and successful. (Some Dido pictures taken from the Cheeky page) (German Dido article in FOCUS 08/2001) (German Dido article in FOCUS 11/2002) - - - Pauline Taylor has a love for songs and song- writing with a heavily traditional approach... meaning, you're gonna get lyrics with passion and relevance and music with bite. So where has this gift sprung from?

Rollo was on the search for that elusive fantastic voice that would bleed soul, depth and guts all over his own stunning music; and what does the bugger do? Well he goes and finds it, in the diminutive form of Pauline Taylor. She enters into the Cheeky dance-fold where she gives it up on a huge range of material, entering the foray of artists challenging your preconceptions of genere and capability, through her powerfull and ground breaking musical style and lyrical observation. - - - Many Rollo productions from 1994-2001 took place at the Swanyard Recording Studios ( ) located in Islington, London, UK. Independant and privately owned it was opened in 1985 and closed in February 2001. It is always difficult to say goodbye but sadly at the end of February 2001 the studios will be closing their glass doors for the final time. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our clients for their business and support over the last few years. It's been great.

With studios like ourselves shutting down all over the place it should make the studio bookings situation a little easier and hopefully more profitable for the studios out there that are left! Its all been such a squeeze over the last few years hasn't it? I wish the remaining studios the best of luck over the next year. Kick some ass! I would like to say a thank you to a few special people who have worked so hard to make Swanyard such a great studio to work in. James Law (Assistant Manager and part of the comedy duo) Sam Wiltshire (for having grrrrrrrr!) John Harrison (Top Engineer, warmest person I know) Wol Ariec (We appreciate all those sleepless nights, but what a way to catch up with your studies) Gavin Callaghan (unflappable Engineer and crap footie player, fancy breaking your arm Gavin?) Howard Beck & Dave Nally (for keeping everything working so well) Nick Kirkland (for being a Woollyback and awake 24/7) Keith Knowles (for all his support) Grippa (irrepressible) Rollo Armstrong (for all his business and never being enticed away, although I know some of you tried to!

I know who you are, I know where you live!) Martin McCorry & Rod Wildman (for arriving on the first day with broken noses and blackened eyes!) James Dalton & Ibi Tijani (for knocking over dustbins in corridors, then hiding and all your hard work) Mel, Raj, Eddie and Sarah(at Champion Records for their business and long may their success continue) Cheeky Records (for all their business) Morgan (formerly of Cheeky now at BMG) All the boys at Dreamhire for proving "service is paramount". Finally I would like to thank myself Michelle Ward for looking after the above with no concern for my own sanity! It really has been a blast and from the Swanyard team we bid you, in the words of Anne Robinson "Goodbye!"... Michelle, the Studio Manager, Feb 2001 - - - Cheeky Records was founded in 1991 by Rollo Armstrong - originally set up as an independent label to release 'incredible' dance singles as a solo artist and by other artists, and re-formed in 1994 together with Mel Medalie, who also owned Cheeky's former sister label, Champion.

The first release (CHEEKY01) was Frankë's "Understand This Groove" in 1991 produced by Rollo & Rob D. Rollo soon turned to nurturing serious album acts beginning with the ground breaking Faithlesss. In 2000 Rollo signed an exclusive deal and sold Cheeky to BMG Records who runs it as a sub-label since then (with re-launched promo catalogue numbers starting with Dido's "Here With Me" as CHEEKY001). The "real" BMG Cheeky sublabel releases purchasable in stores usually doesn't have a label-specfic numbering scheme, they're just using the standard BMG barcode / international article number. After BMG's merge with Sony in 2004 Cheeky is now part of the Sony-BMG Music Entertainment group. In June 2007, Faithless left Cheeky/Sony-BMG to "be masters of their own destiny, to stop churning out hits for radio and get back to the naive experimental early Faithless days" (quote from BBC Music News ).

About: Rollo Armstrong About: Rollo Armstrong An Entity of Type : person , from Named Graph : , within Data Space : dbpedia.org Rowland Constantine O'Malley "Rollo" Armstrong (29 April 1966) is an English music producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is half of the remix team Rollo and Sister Bliss and is a founding member of the electronic music group Faithless. Property Roland „Rollo“ Armstrong (* 1966 in London, bürgerlicher Name Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong) ist ein britischer Musikproduzent und gilt als Mastermind von Faithless. Er ist der Bruder und zeitweise auch Produzent von Dido, die ebenfalls im Musikgeschäft erfolgreich ist. (de) Rollo Armstrong (nacido Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong, en 1966 en Kensington, Londres) es la mitad del equipo de productores musicales/discjockeys de remezclas Rollo y Sister Bliss y también el hermano mayor de Dido, a quien ayudó a escribir y producir los discos No Angel y Life For Rent, de los que se han vendido millones de copias.

Es también uno de los componentes del grupo de música electrónica Faithless, que formó en 1995 con Sister Bliss, Jamie Catto y Maxi Jazz. En Estados Unidos, Rollo es más conocido por su trabajo de producción de los discos de Dido así como del disco debut de la cantautora Kristine W "Land of The Living". Estudió en la Universidad de York donde fue miembro activo de la emisora de radio estudiantil URY. Ha tenido bastantes éxitos musicales tanto a través de distintas bandas como en solitario, utilizando distintos apodos: Faithless, Rollo Goes..., Felix, Our Tribe (con Rob Dougan) y Dusted. En 1991, Rollo fundó Cheeky Records y lanzó dos álbumes antes de que fracasara un año después debido a su falta de conocimientos empresariales. En ese momento intervino Champion Records, ayudándole con financión y asesoramiento, lo que le permitó relanzar Cheeky en 1994 (hasta que BMG le compró su parte).

En 1992 lanzó un single titulado "Don't You Want Me?" (no confundir con la canción homónima de Human League de 1981), que fue tremendamente pinchada por DJs alrededor de todo el mundo convirtiéndose, de pronto, en un llena-pistas seguro. El videoclip de este tema tenía un aire bastante psicodélico: consistía únicamente en unos gráficos animados cuyo movimiento "de pulso" estaba perfectamente sincronizado con el beat, lo que recordaba a las demostraciones que se ejecutaban en los antiguos ordenadores domésticos. En aquel momento nadie tenía ni idea de quién se escondía detrás de Felix. No fue hasta bastantes meses después que se dio a conocer que había sido Rollo quien produjo este tema. Posteriormente, durante una entrevista en 2006 con Pete Tong en BBC Radio 1, Rollo confesó que sólo le pagaron 300 libras por hacer aquel tema.

Rollo también co-escribió la canción "Who Are You?" de la compositora australiana Katie Noona, la cual aparece en su disco "Skin". Más recientemente, Rollo compuso la sintonía oficial de la Eurocopa 2008. (es) Rowland Constantine O'Malley "Rollo" Armstrong (29 April 1966) is an English music producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is half of the remix team Rollo and Sister Bliss and is a founding member of the electronic music group Faithless. (en) Rollo Armstrong, né à Kensington, Londres en 1967, est un musicien et producteur anglais, membre du groupe Faithless et frère de la chanteuse britannique Dido. (fr) Rowland "Rollo" Constantine O'Malley Armstrong (ur. 1967 w Londynie) - muzyk brytyjski. Członek grupy Faithless, którą stworzył 1995 roku z Sister Bliss, Jamie Catto oraz Maxi Jazzem.

Starszy brat piosenkarki Dido, z którą napisał oraz wydał albumy No Angel i Life for Rent. W Stanach Zjednoczonych Rollo najbardziej znany jest ze współpracy przy produkcji albumów Dido, jak również przy debiutanckim albumie piosenkarki/pisarki tekstów Kristine W - Land of the Living. Studiował na uniwersytecie w York, gdzie był aktywnym członkiem studenckiej radiostacji, URY. Cierpi na stan kliniczny, o nazwie synestezja, w którym dźwięki postrzega się jako barwy. W 1991 roku Rollo założył wytwórnię Cheeky Records i wydał dwa nagrania zanim zakończyła działalność rok później. Wytwórnia Champion Records nadeszła ze wsparciem pieniężnym i radą umożliwiającą ponowne otworzenie Cheeky w 1994 roku (od tamtego czasu została wykupiona przez wytwórnię BMG).

W 1992 roku nagrał singel zwany "Don't You Want Me?" (nie mylić z piosenką z 1981 roku o tej samej nazwie, ale stworzonej przez The Human League), który był bardzo często grany przez klubowych DJ-ów na całym świecie i który w błyskawicznym tempie stał się niezawodnym „zapełniaczem parkietów”. Klip do tej ścieżki muzycznej składał się jedynie z animowanej grafiki, której „pulsujące" ruchy były doskonale zsynchronizowane z rytmem, co przypominało demo na klasycznym, domowym komputerze. Wtedy nikt jeszcze nie miał pojęcia kto kryje się pod pseudonimem Felixa. Było tak aż do kilku miesięcy później, kiedy wyszło na jaw że to właśnie Rollo stał za produkcją tego nagrania.

Później, w 2006 roku, w wywiadzie z Petem Tongiem dla BBC Radio 1, Rollo oznajmił, że zapłacono mu tylko 300 funtów aby nagrać tę ścieżkę. Rollo również brał udział w napisaniu piosenki Who Are You? wykonywanej przez australijską muzyczkę Katie Noonan (utwór ukazał się na jej albumie Skin). Rollo Armstrong skomponował również temat muzyczny Euro 2008. (pl) Roland „Rollo“ Armstrong (* 1966 in London, bürgerlicher Name Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong) ist ein britischer Musikproduzent und gilt als Mastermind von Faithless. Er ist der Bruder und zeitweise auch Produzent von Dido, die ebenfalls im Musikgeschäft erfolgreich ist. (de) Rowland Constantine O'Malley "Rollo" Armstrong (29 April 1966) is an English music producer and multi-instrumentalist.

He is half of the remix team Rollo and Sister Bliss and is a founding member of the electronic music group Faithless. (en) Rollo Armstrong, né à Kensington, Londres en 1967, est un musicien et producteur anglais, membre du groupe Faithless et frère de la chanteuse britannique Dido. (fr) Rollo Armstrong (nacido Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong, en 1966 en Kensington, Londres) es la mitad del equipo de productores musicales/discjockeys de remezclas Rollo y Sister Bliss y también el hermano mayor de Dido, a quien ayudó a escribir y producir los discos No Angel y Life For Rent, de los que se han vendido millones de copias. Es también uno de los componentes del grupo de música electrónica Faithless, que formó en 1995 con Sister Bliss, Jamie Catto y Maxi Jazz. En Estados Unidos, Rollo es más conocido por su trabajo de producción de los discos de Dido así como del disco debut de la cantautora Kristine W "Land of The Living".

(es) Rowland "Rollo" Constantine O'Malley Armstrong (ur. 1967 w Londynie) - muzyk brytyjski. Członek grupy Faithless, którą stworzył 1995 roku z Sister Bliss, Jamie Catto oraz Maxi Jazzem.Starszy brat piosenkarki Dido, z którą napisał oraz wydał albumy No Angel i Life for Rent. W Stanach Zjednoczonych Rollo najbardziej znany jest ze współpracy przy produkcji albumów Dido, jak również przy debiutanckim albumie piosenkarki/pisarki tekstów Kristine W - Land of the Living.Studiował na uniwersytecie w York, gdzie był aktywnym członkiem studenckiej radiostacji, URY.

(pl) Learn and talk about Rollo Armstrong, Alumni of the University of York, British trance musicians, English dance musicians, English electronic musicians all produced with Rob Dougan 1993 "I Believe In You", as Our Tribe (with Colette) 1994 "Love Come Home", as Our Tribe (with Frankie Pharaoh and Kristine W ) 1994 "High", as O.T. Tunes 1994 "Hold That Sucker Down", as The O.T. Quartet (with Colette) 1995 "Hold That Sucker Down '95", as The O.T. Quartet (with Colette) 1995 "High As A Kite", as One Tribe (with Roger) 1995 "What Hope Have I", as Sphinx (with Sabrina Johnston) 2000 "Hold That Sucker Down 2000", as The O.T. Quartet (with Colette) 2005 "Hold That Sucker Down 2005", as The O.T.

Quartet (with Colette) 2007 "What Hope Have I (Remixes)", as Sphinx (with Sabrina Johnston) Rollo Goes...

1993 "Get Off Your High Horse", as Rollo Goes Camping (with Sister Bliss and Colette) - UK #43 [6] 1995 "Love, Love, Here I Come", as Rollo Goes Mystic (with Sister Bliss and Pauline Taylor) - UK #32 [6] 1996 "Let This Be A Prayer", as Rollo Goes Spiritual (with Sister Bliss and Pauline Taylor)- UK #26 [6] 1997 "Love, Love, Here I Come '97", as Rollo Goes Mystic (with Sister Bliss and Pauline Taylor) Other aliases 1992 "Hypnotized", as High On Love (with Chris Rushby) 1992 "A Million Ways", as Stoned Democracy (with Chris Rushby) 1993 "In My World", as High On Love (with Chris Rushby) 1993 "Close (Like An Overdose)", as Stoned Democracy (with Chris Rushby) 1994 "Give Me Life", as Mr.

V (with Rob Villiers) 1996 "Help Me Make It", as Huff & Puff (with Ben Langmaid and Sister Bliss) 2000 "Born Again", as Huff & Puff (with Ben Langmaid) Single production for other artists 1992 Felix - "Don't You Want Me" (with Red Jerry) 1992 Felix - "It Will Make Me Crazy" 1992 Frankë - "Understand This Groove" (with Rob Dougan) 1993 Frankë - "We're On A Mission" 1993 U.S.U.R.A. - "Tear It Up" 1994 Sister Bliss - "Cantgetaman, Cantgetajob (Life's A Bitch!)" (with Colette) 1994 Kristine W - "Feel What You Want" (with Rob Dougan) 1995 Kristine W - "One More Try" (with Rob Dougan) 1995 Kristine W - "Don't Wanna Think" (with Rob Dougan) 1995 Sister Bliss - "Oh!

What A World" (with Colette) 1995 Sunscreem - "Exodus" (Tuff Mix) 1996 Kristine W - "Land Of The Living" (with Rob Dougan) 1996 Sister Bliss - "Bad Man" (with Junkdog Howler) 1996 Pauline Taylor - "Constantly Waiting" (with Sister Bliss and Matt Benbrook) 1998 Pauline Taylor - "The Letter" (with Matt Benbrook) 2000 Shawn Christopher - "So Wrong" (with Rob Dougan) 2000 Sister Bliss feat.

John Martyn - "Deliver Me" 2000 Sister Bliss - "Sister Sister" 2001 Dido - "Thank You" 2001 Dido - "Take My Hand" (with Sister Bliss) 2003 Dido - "Stoned" 2004 Dido - "Sand In My Shoes" 2007 Kristine W - "Sweet Mercy Me" (with Rob Dougan) Album production for other artists 1996 Kristine W - Land Of The Living (with Rob Dougan) 1998 Pauline Taylor - Pauline Taylor Rollo Goes Spiritual — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm 1 listener Do you know what kind of music this is? Tag this artist Rollo Goes Spiritual is an alias of Rollo Armstrong, the older brother of Dido , and half of the producer/mixer team Rollo and Sister Bliss . The 1996 single Let This Be a Prayer was the only track released under this guise.

Discography Entry About Rollo, Sister Bliss and Faithless Rollo Armstrong (full name according to BMI repertoire : "Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong") has an honours degree in philosophy, he's a Taurus and has a habit of talking around subjects. He was expelled from scouts and became a member of MENSA; He started his own gang called the Krazy Kats when he was 10 and he can write upside down. He swam in the Ganges, won the North Yorkshire heats of a Disco Dancing Championship, was a barman in Sydney, and a gardener for Islington Council. (quote from "Reverence" booklet, probably most of this is a joke, at least the MENSA membership, see Club Cow Interview :-) In January 1992 Rollo released his first record. Made with 2 friends, Francis Wright (a guy called Felix) and Red Jerry in Rollo's bedroom studio, this record went to sell 2.2 million copies - it was Felix "Don't You Want Me". Four years on and on Rollo's writing and production skills have brought him sales in excess of 5 million singles.

This doesn't include his remixes of 3 UK number ones (Simply Red, Livin' Joy and Gabrielle) and 4 top tens (Pet Shop Boys x 2, M People and Donna Summer). Also included are four bona fide House classics: Kristine W - Feel What You Want, Gloworm - Lift My Cup, Franke - Understand This Groove, and OT Quartet - Hold That Sucker Down - and you have one of the most in demand dance producers/remixers in the world. He's avoiding cameras and public appearances, he is not performing live, and prefers to be the studio mastermind kept in the background. FAITHLESS is the first time Rollo entered into the band land area to work alongside vocalists Maxi Jazz and co-conspirator Sister Bliss, on what has turned out to be a long term project. He's thoroughly enjoying the experience. In July 2000, Rollo's first solo album under the project name "Dusted" has been released.

(German article about Dusted in RAVELINE 03/2001) (German article about Dusted in Kulturnews 03/2001) Rollo (right) and an engineer (Grippa?) in front of a mixing desk Rollo's face mirrored in a glass pane "Because of his forgetfullness Rollo is the perfect producer. He is still pleased by our melodies like a Punch after he listened to it a hundred times." Sister Bliss, in an interview - - - In 1987 Ayalah Bentovim (Sister Bliss) discovered home music and healthy obsessional interest in the sound and lifestyle ensued. A pianist since the age of 5 it was a natural progression that not only did she start spinning tunes on the dancefloor, she knew she could create her own. DJ residencies at the cream of London clubs and a fistful of demo tapes leads to a meeting with Rollo and the spark that was to fire up many club anthem began.

(Sister Bliss on in German magazine TV-Spielfilm issue 25/2006) "(Can'tgetamancan'tgetajob) Life's A Bitch", released under her own name, was a huge club and chart hit. It firmly established Sister Bliss as a force to be reckoned with. Sister Bliss is the kind of person who built a shrine to Jim Morrison out of onion peel and stale bread, joined the Woodcraft Folk (lefty version of the Brownies) and hitch hiked to Turkey in the style of "Thelma and Louise". Sister Bliss on Faithless: ...Faithless sits somewhere between trip-hop, dance and good old fashioned song writing, with more than a twist of London grit. "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; For there is in London all that life can afford". "Reverence" is a journey through the external world of urban experience, to intense internal world of faith, love and fear.

- - - The group Faithless has the 'main' members Rollo, Sister Bliss, Maxi Jazz (Maxwell Frazer, a vocalist, rapper, he's been on a jazz band named Soul Cafe Band), joined by guest appearances on each album like Jamie Catto, Dave Randall, Zoe Johnston, LSK (Leigh Kenny) and many additional collaborators (like Dido, Pauline Taylor, Aubrey Nunn, Matt Benbrook, Paul Herman, ...). Their first single "Salva Mea" was first released in September 1995, but after that "Insomnia" became a Top 10 worldwide, it was remixed and released again. Their debut album "Reverence" has a mix of styles in it, due to the input from musically different individuals, followed by the 2nd album "Sunday 8PM" (1998), the 3rd "Outrospective" (2001), the 4th "No Roots" (2004) and as 5th "To All New Arrivals" (2006).

Besides this, also 4 remix albums, a greatest hits compilation, a live performance video, many singles and other contributions have been released. They are on tour, and their live show is a unique mix of live instruments with loops and samples. (Faithless cover and article in Mixmag 05/2001) - - - Dido (Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong) was five when she stole her first recorder. This didn't lead to prison, but rather to her entrance one year later to the Guildhall School of Music in London. A bit of a child prodigy, by the time she was 10 she played piano, violin, and the aforementioned recorder. Her teenage years were an interesting mixture of stealing her brother's record collection (from The Clash to Gregory Isaacs to Duran Duran) and touring the UK with her classical music ensemble. And then, at 16, she finally fell in love with Ella Fitzgerald.

So began a passion that eventually led Dido from listener to participator: she started singing with various bands in and around London, and despite the fact that her brother, Rollo, told her not to give up her day job, she eventually appeared on the debut album of a band that Rollo formed in 1995. (Dido & Rollo as children) (The Armstrong Family) This band was Faithless, and they went on to sell five million records. Over the next two years, Dido toured with Faithless (a very different experience from her classical days) and, whenever she was back in London, also recorded demos of her own songs. On Faithless current release, Sunday 8PM, Dido appears on two songs, one of which incorporates her own 'My Lover's Gone'. So began the recording of Dido's debut album, No Angel. The album was produced by Dido, her brother, Rollo (obviously now deciding she should give up her day job), Rick Nowels and Youth, and what a beautiful album it is.

Unified by both Dido's stunning voice and lyrical acuteness, the album travels through various and diverse styles ranging from the impassioned magnificence of 'Here With Me', the gentle soulfulness of 'Thankyou' (featured in the recent Gwyneth Paltrow movie 'Sliding Doors'), the deep dubbiness of 'Honestly OK', to the lyrical perversity of 'Don't Think Of Me'. Combining Dido's love for warm acoustic sounds and her brother's fascination for beats and all things electronic, the album is both new and classic at the same time. Above all, it is the quality of the songs that will make this album both durable and successful. (Some Dido pictures taken from the Cheeky page) (German Dido article in FOCUS 08/2001) (German Dido article in FOCUS 11/2002) - - - Pauline Taylor has a love for songs and song- writing with a heavily traditional approach... meaning, you're gonna get lyrics with passion and relevance and music with bite. So where has this gift sprung from?

Rollo was on the search for that elusive fantastic voice that would bleed soul, depth and guts all over his own stunning music; and what does the bugger do? Well he goes and finds it, in the diminutive form of Pauline Taylor. She enters into the Cheeky dance-fold where she gives it up on a huge range of material, entering the foray of artists challenging your preconceptions of genere and capability, through her powerfull and ground breaking musical style and lyrical observation. - - - Many Rollo productions from 1994-2001 took place at the Swanyard Recording Studios ( ) located in Islington, London, UK. Independant and privately owned it was opened in 1985 and closed in February 2001. It is always difficult to say goodbye but sadly at the end of February 2001 the studios will be closing their glass doors for the final time. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our clients for their business and support over the last few years. It's been great.

With studios like ourselves shutting down all over the place it should make the studio bookings situation a little easier and hopefully more profitable for the studios out there that are left! Its all been such a squeeze over the last few years hasn't it? I wish the remaining studios the best of luck over the next year. Kick some ass! I would like to say a thank you to a few special people who have worked so hard to make Swanyard such a great studio to work in. James Law (Assistant Manager and part of the comedy duo) Sam Wiltshire (for having grrrrrrrr!) John Harrison (Top Engineer, warmest person I know) Wol Ariec (We appreciate all those sleepless nights, but what a way to catch up with your studies) Gavin Callaghan (unflappable Engineer and crap footie player, fancy breaking your arm Gavin?) Howard Beck & Dave Nally (for keeping everything working so well) Nick Kirkland (for being a Woollyback and awake 24/7) Keith Knowles (for all his support) Grippa (irrepressible) Rollo Armstrong (for all his business and never being enticed away, although I know some of you tried to!

I know who you are, I know where you live!) Martin McCorry & Rod Wildman (for arriving on the first day with broken noses and blackened eyes!) James Dalton & Ibi Tijani (for knocking over dustbins in corridors, then hiding and all your hard work) Mel, Raj, Eddie and Sarah(at Champion Records for their business and long may their success continue) Cheeky Records (for all their business) Morgan (formerly of Cheeky now at BMG) All the boys at Dreamhire for proving "service is paramount". Finally I would like to thank myself Michelle Ward for looking after the above with no concern for my own sanity! It really has been a blast and from the Swanyard team we bid you, in the words of Anne Robinson "Goodbye!"... Michelle, the Studio Manager, Feb 2001 - - - Cheeky Records was founded in 1991 by Rollo Armstrong - originally set up as an independent label to release 'incredible' dance singles as a solo artist and by other artists, and re-formed in 1994 together with Mel Medalie, who also owned Cheeky's former sister label, Champion.

The first release (CHEEKY01) was Frankë's "Understand This Groove" in 1991 produced by Rollo & Rob D. Rollo soon turned to nurturing serious album acts beginning with the ground breaking Faithlesss. In 2000 Rollo signed an exclusive deal and sold Cheeky to BMG Records who runs it as a sub-label since then (with re-launched promo catalogue numbers starting with Dido's "Here With Me" as CHEEKY001). The "real" BMG Cheeky sublabel releases purchasable in stores usually doesn't have a label-specfic numbering scheme, they're just using the standard BMG barcode / international article number. After BMG's merge with Sony in 2004 Cheeky is now part of the Sony-BMG Music Entertainment group. In June 2007, Faithless left Cheeky/Sony-BMG to "be masters of their own destiny, to stop churning out hits for radio and get back to the naive experimental early Faithless days" (quote from BBC Music News ).

Cheeky numbered discography items: Sister Bliss — Listen for free on Spotify Sister Bliss Play on Spotify As a founding member of Faithless , Sister Bliss became one of Britain's most popular figures in the electronica scene. However, by the time that band was formed in 1995 she was already established as being among the first British female house DJs, bringing eight years of experience in that field to her work with DJ Rollo Armstrong and the Buddhist rapper Maxi Jazz . As a child she started learning the piano at the age of five, eventually broadening her palette by moving on to the violin, saxophone, and bass. Building on her 1987 debut DJ set, Sister Bliss went on to make prestigious appearances at clubs such as Cream, the Gallery, and Ministry of Sound. By the early '90s she was making her own demos, and by the time she met Armstrong she'd already made an impression on the techno scene with singles such as 1993's "Future Pulse" on the Italian label DTC . Armstrong and Sister Bliss soon began to write and record together, and their collaborations were eventually released under the Faithless name.

While their first album, 1996's Reverence, was an underground sensation, its accompanying single "Insomnia" became one of the most durable club hits of the decade, reaching the Top Five in ten countries. Released in 1998, the Mercury-nominated Sunday 8pm capitalized on this success, as did their third album, 2001's Outrospective, which eventually went platinum. Throughout this ascent and beyond, Sister Bliss continued to DJ in many different countries and also began to compose music for film, TV, and theater, including a commission for Danny Boyle's 2000 adaptation of the Alex Garland novel The Beach. The Forever Faithless greatest-hits collection was issued in 2005 and sold over one and a half million copies, before the band issued its final studio album, The Dance, in 2010. Even after Faithless had disbanded, they sporadically performed live, without Armstrong, as the pared-down Faithless Sound System.

During this period Sister Bliss not only continued to compose music for films including 2012's Knife Fight and Sex & the City 2, but also collaborated with Example on his chart-topping third album, Playing in the Shadows. The fruits of recording sessions with Dido were revealed on March 4, 2013 when her album Girl Who Got Away was issued. However, on the very same day, Sister Bliss released her single "Ain't There" on her own, relaunched Junkdog Records, a label that would go on to issue material by the Brooklyn-based Zebra Katz and the London duo I Said No. ~ Bradley Torreano, Rovi Read More Show less Sister Bliss Biography, Sister Bliss Music, Sister Bliss News, Sister Bliss Photos and more - KeepVid Music Artist NEWS As a founding member of Faithless, Sister Bliss became one of Britain's most popular figures in the electronica scene. However, by the time that band was formed in 1995 she was already established as being among the first British female house DJs, bringing eight years of experience in that field to her work with DJ Rollo Armstrong and the Buddhist rapper Maxi Jazz.

As a child she started learning the piano at the age of five, eventually broadening her palette by moving on to the violin, saxophone, and bass. Building on her 1987 debut DJ set, Sister Bliss went on to make prestigious appearances at clubs such as Cream, the Gallery, and Ministry of Sound. By the early '90s she was making her own demos, and by the time she met Armstrong she'd already made an impression on the techno scene with singles such as 1993's "Future Pulse" on the Italian label DTC. Armstrong and Sister Bliss soon began to write and record together, and their collaborations were eventually released under the Faithless name. While their first album, 1996's Reverence, was an underground sensation, its accompanying single "Insomnia" became one of the most durable club hits of the decade, reaching the Top Five in ten countries. Released in 1998, the Mercury-nominated Sunday 8pm capitalized on this success, as did their third album, 2001's Outrospective, which eventually went platinum.

Throughout this ascent and beyond, Sister Bliss continued to DJ in many different countries and also began to compose music for film, TV, and theater, including a commission for Danny Boyle's 2000 adaptation of the Alex Garland novel The Beach. The Forever Faithless greatest-hits collection was issued in 2005 and sold over one and a half million copies, before the band issued its final studio album, The Dance, in 2010. Even after Faithless had disbanded, they sporadically performed live, without Armstrong, as the pared-down Faithless Sound System. During this period Sister Bliss not only continued to compose music for films including 2012's Knife Fight and Sex & the City 2, but also collaborated with Example on his chart-topping third album, Playing in the Shadows. The fruits of recording sessions with Dido were revealed on March 4, 2013 when her album Girl Who Got Away was issued. However, on the very same day, Sister Bliss released her single "Ain't There" on her own, relaunched Junkdog Records, a label that would go on to issue material by the Brooklyn-based Zebra Katz and the London duo I Said No.

Sister Bliss (born Ayalah Deborah Bentovim; 30 December 1971) is a British keyboardist, record producer, DJ, composer and songwriter. In the studio she is best known for her work with Rollo Armstrong, particularly as part of Faithless.

Question: Under what Phoenician name does musician Rollo Armstrong’s sister record?
Answer: Dido