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Todd Edward Imperatrice (born December 9, 1972), known professionally as Todd Edwards, is an American garage house record producer, DJ and singer. His work has been recognized as a chief inspiration for the UK garage scene that developed in the late 1990s. He is known for his "innovative blend of rhythmic, cut-and-paste vocal samples, rubbery basslines, and slapping percussion," which showcased an intensive sampling and remixing technique in which vocals are chopped into micro-sized sections.
Edwards began his career producing primarily for New York's Nervous Records in the 1990s, including under aliases such as the Messenger and the Sample Choir. Beginning with his 1993 single "Guide My Soul," Edwards helped pioneer the speed garage genre. His 1994 single "Saved My Life" became a club hit in the UK. In 1999, Nervous collected several of his productions on the compilation Todd Edwards' Nervous Tracks and i! Records released the LP Prima Edizione, collecting several more tracks from this era.
Edwards has remixed hundreds of artists, including Wildchild, St. Germain, Benjamin Diamond, Justice, Klaxons and Dimitri from Paris. Edwards has also collaborated with Daft Punk, co-producing and contributing vocals on the songs "Face to Face" (2001) and "Fragments of Time" (2013); the latter won him a Grammy Award for its inclusion on that year's winning album Random Access Memories.




Early life and career


Todd Edwards grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey. His father was a carpet salesman while his mother was a receptionist at Lincoln Technical Institute. He started playing the piano at around 3 years old. Amongst his biggest influences were Prince, Neil Diamond, and Peter Brown.
Edwards began his musical career around 1992. He employs vocal reconstruction techniques to his songs, creating a unique vocal collage set to a four-on-the-floor beat. Marc "MK" Kinchen, who is primarily responsible for pioneering this technique, is one of Edwards's influences.
Edwards became a committed Christian in the 1990s after having negative experiences with religion in his youth. This is evident by recurring hidden messages found in his compositions, which often contain religious phrases.




= Beginnings

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In his early records, Todd Edwards was influenced by house music and grew into the UK garage and 2-step garage scene. Inspired by Todd Terry, MK, and experiences from his own trials and errors, Todd Edwards developed his style of vocal sampling in place of musical instrument sampling on his tracks. By 1995, there some talk had begun to develop about Edwards. His manager was approached by St. Germain, who asked Edwards to remix his song "Alabama Blues". Although Edwards had produced and remixed some notable remixes by this time, he had not begun to DJ until the early 2000s. He went out gradually landing more gigs in the UK, hoping to land a bigger one than the next. For an American native, Edwards quickly gained underground popularity in Europe.




= 2001–present

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Edwards co-produced and performed vocals on the Daft Punk song "Face to Face" from the album Discovery. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Club chart in 2004. In 2006, Edwards sang on each track of the LP Odyssey, using multiple aliases on the album.
In 2012, Edwards released the EP I Want You Back made in collaboration with French producer Surkin. In April 2013, Edwards revealed that he had contributed to Daft Punk's album Random Access Memories; he expressed that it was difficult keeping his involvement a secret. He provided vocals for and co-wrote the song "Fragments of Time", as well as providing additional production. Edwards went on to describe the sessions as life-changing, providing the final push for him to move from New Jersey to California.
In 2013, Edwards appeared alongside many other garage pioneers in a documentary exploring the legacy of UK garage, Rewind 4Ever: The History of UK Garage.
At the 2014 Grammy Awards, Random Access Memories won awards for Best Dance/Electronica Album as well as Album of the Year; Edward's contributions to "Fragments of Time" thus earned him his first Grammy.
Red Bull Music Academy teamed up with director Ralf Schmerberg to produce What Difference Does It Make: A Film About Making Music for its fifteenth anniversary. The film features Edwards sharing his thoughts and beliefs on the music industry. Edwards continues to produce and remix tracks today, with planned tours for the future. One project of his was a vocal album featuring his own singing and co-produced by engineer Peter Franco. Edwards noted that Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk convinced him to pursue such a project, and may have overseen it. However, as of now no update on this project has been given.
In May 2021, Edwards's back catalogue was released on streaming services through Defected Records.




Personal life


Edwards currently resides in Los Angeles, where he moved in 2013 after his work on Random Access Memories. He began a romantic relationship with singer-songwriter Mystic Aytch in 2014 after he attended Daft Punk's Grammy party with him.
Edwards stated in a 2021 interview for The Guardian that he had been in a crisis of faith, admitting "Me and God are seeing other people right now, that’s what I say, I just try to practise the good things from Christianity. [...] I have to confess: sorry, I’m struggling with it".




Discography






= Albums

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Todd Edwards' Nervous Tracks (1999)
Prima Edizione (1999)
Nervous Innovator Series Vol 4/5 (2000)
Full On (Volume 1) (2001)
Full On (Volume 2) (2003)
New Trend Sounds (2004)
New Trend Sounds (Classics, Remixes & Beyond) (2004)
Odyssey (2006)
Full On (Volume 3) (2007)




= Singles and EPs

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= Remixes

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= Collaborations

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Daft Punk – "Face to Face" (2001) - U.S. Dance #1
"I Want You Back" (with Surkin) (2012)
Daft Punk – "Fragments of Time" (2013)
"I've Still Got Sunshine" (with Robert Lux) (2014)
"Jaco" (with Nick Hook & Kilo Kish) (2014)
"Go Crazy" (Pete Tong and Her-o featuring Todd Edwards) (2019)
"Getting There from Here" (with Poolside) (2020)
"Lover 4 Now" (Groove Armada featuring Todd Edwards) (2020)
Daft Punk - "The Writing of Fragments of Time" (2023)




References






External links


Official page on Facebook
Official page on Twitter
New York Times Style Magazine – Q. & A. | Daft Punk’s Secret Weapon: Producer Todd Edwards
LWE Interviews Todd Edwards
Interview with Todd Edwards (Scion A/V)
Todd Edwards The Stylus Interview
XLR8R Born Again Todd Edwards
Todd Edwards (Pitchfork)

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