Freemasons (DJs)
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Also known as |
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Origin | Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK |
Genres | |
Years active | 2003–present |
Labels | Loaded |
Members |
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Freemasons are a
Biography
2005–2007: Early career
Their name is taken from the Brighton
In 2005, the duo transformed
Freemasons were also the remixers on
2007–2009: Unmixed and Shakedown 2
On 29 October 2007, Freemasons released Unmixed, an album containing unmixed versions of most of their mixes to date.[4] As a bonus, there is a data track containing samples and a cappella versions of "Unmixed".[5] In 2007, Freemasons worked with Kelly Rowland, to produce the remix of her single "Work", for the non-American markets. That same year they were rumored to be producing an album for Donna Summer, but the project fell through due to scheduling commitments.[citation needed]
The follow-up to their own version of "Uninvited", "When You Touch Me", was released in the UK on 30 June 2008. The song featured Katherine Ellis. The music video premiered in May 2008. The song entered the UK Singles Chart in June 2008 and reached its peak of #23 on 6 July.[citation needed]
Beyoncé's sister, Solange Knowles used the duo's production skills to create her single "I Decided" for its release in 2008.[6]
On 15 June 2009, Freemasons released the song "
2010–present: Shakedown 3
The duo released a remix EP Summer of Pride Mix digitally on 15 August 2010 which peaked at #23 on the UK Dance Singles Chart. The single (including an edited version) was released in the UK on 5 December 2010. "Believer" features
In April 2012, Russell discussed with fans after a gig in Bournemouth about talk of signing a new contract on Ministry of Sound's label, to release an album in early 2013. He is quoted as saying, "It's still early days, however they have said that they will want lots of collaborations. It's something to look forward to."
Wiltshire now produces music with F9-Audio F9-audio. Small continues to DJ around the world and produce music with production partner DNO P.[citation needed]
Discography
Freemasons albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications
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UK [8] |
UK Dance [9] |
UK Comp [10] |
BEL [11] |
NED
[12] |
SCO [13] | |||||||||
Shakedown |
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81 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Unmixed |
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58 | 6 | — | 26 | 85 | 88 | |||||||
Shakedown 2 |
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— | 9 | 17 | — | — | — | |||||||
Shakedown 3 |
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— | 10 | 76 | — | — | — | |||||||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Freemasons singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications
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Album | ||||||||||
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UK [8] |
UK Dance [15] |
AUS [16][17] |
BEL [11] |
FIN
[18] |
FRA
[19] |
IRE [20] |
NED
[12] |
SCO [21] |
US Dance [22] | |||||
2005 | "Love on My Mind" (featuring Amanda Wilson) | 11 | 7 | 46 | 27 | — | 70 | 38 | 26 | 22 | 2 | Shakedown | ||
2006 | "Watchin'" (featuring Amanda Wilson) | 19 | 2 | — | 34 | 5 | — | 49 | 29 | 16 | 24 | |||
2007 | "Rain Down Love" (featuring Siedah Garrett) | 12 | 4 | 96 | 20 | 8 | — | — | 53 | 9 | — | |||
"Nothing but a Heartache" (featuring Sylvia Mason-James) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Uninvited" (featuring Bailey Tzuke) | 8 | 1 | —[A] | 2 | — | 11 | 50 | 4 | 9 | 23 |
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Unmixed | ||
2008 | "When You Touch Me" (featuring Katherine Ellis) | 23 | 2 | — | 28 | — | — | — | 30 | 10 | — | |||
2009 | "If" (featuring Hazel Fernandes) | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)" (featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) |
13 | 2 | 51 | 33 | 19 | — | 38 | 51 | 5 | — | Shakedown 2 | |||
2010 | "Believer" (featuring Wynter Gordon )
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | 11 | Shakedown 3 | ||
2013 | "Bring It Back" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Dirty Organ" (featuring Joel Edwards) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Tears" (featuring Katherine Ellis) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2014 | "U Drive Me Crazy" (featuring Joel Edwards) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2015 | "True Love Survivor" (featuring Solah) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2016 | "Firebird" (Presents F9) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Notes
Pegasus singles
Year | Title |
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1998 | "Pegasus" |
2013 | "Into My Arms" |
"Gorecki" (featuring Levana) |
Pegasus promotional singles
Year | Title |
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2014 | "Pegasus Rising" |
"True Love Survivor" (featuring Hana) |
Remixes
Year | Artist | Title |
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2004 | B.E.D. (featuring Chloe Myers) | "Before I Leave" |
U-Neeq (featuring Freddie Mercury) | "Love Kills" | |
2005 | Suntan (featuring Tia) | "The Beach" |
Studio B | "I See Girls" | |
Jamiroquai | "(Don't) Give Hate a Chance" | |
The Disco Boys | "For You" | |
Faith Evans | "Mesmerized" | |
Xavier | "Give Me the Night" | |
Herd & Fitz (featuring Abigail Bailey) | "I Just Can't Get Enough" | |
Trick vs Freemasons | "Zap Me Lovely (The Nokia Song)" | |
Steve Smith )
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"Lovin' You More" | |
Studio B | "C'mon, Get It On" | |
Black Fras | "Movin' Into Light" | |
Angie Stone | "I Wasn't Kidding" | |
2006 | Jay-Z )
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"Déjà Vu" |
Beyoncé | "Ring the Alarm" | |
Fatboy Slim
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"Right Here, Right Now" | |
Loleatta Holloway | "Love Sensation" | |
Luther Vandross | "Shine" | |
Blaze (featuring Barbara Tucker )
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"Most Precious Love 2006" | |
Supafly Inc. | "Moving Too Fast" | |
Heather Headley | "In My Mind" | |
2007 | Disco Freaks | "Take Me 2 the Sun" |
Beyoncé & Shakira | "Beautiful Liar" | |
Beyoncé | "Green Light" | |
Patrick Alavi | "Goldbass" | |
Alibi vs Rockefeller (featuring Marvin Gaye) | "Sexual Healing" | |
Kelly Rowland | "Work" | |
2008 | Gusto (featuring Amanda Wilson) | "Disco's Revenge 2008" |
Kylie Minogue | "The One" | |
Solange | "I Decided" | |
"Sandcastle Disco" | ||
Moby (featuring Shayna Steele) | "Disco Lies" | |
Eric Prydz | "Pjanoo" | |
The Outsiders (featuring Amanda Wilson) | "Keep This Fire Burning" | |
Funk Fanatics (featuring Peyton) | "Love Is the Answer" | |
2009 | Whitney Houston | "Million Dollar Bill" |
Mr. DYF (featuring Shena) | "Hold On" | |
Eurythmics | "Here Comes the Rain Again" | |
2010 | Faith Hill | "Breathe" |
Shakira | "Gypsy" | |
Sophie Ellis-Bextor | "Bittersweet" | |
Hurts | "Wonderful Life" | |
Shakira (featuring Freshlyground) | "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" | |
Shakira (featuring Dizzee Rascal) | "Loca" | |
Pegasus | "Pegasus" | |
George Michael | "I Want Your Sex" | |
Rihanna | "Only Girl (In the World)" | |
2011 | Alexis Jordan | "Good Girl" |
Yasmin | "Finish Line" | |
Yasmin (featuring Shy FX & Ms. Dynamite) | "Light Up (The World)" | |
Nightcrawlers (featuring Taio Cruz) | "Cryin' Over You" | |
Hurts | "Better Than Love" | |
2012 | Adele | "Rolling in the Deep" |
Justice | " Phantom Pt. II "
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Emeli Sandé | "Heaven" | |
Rizzle Kicks | "Mama Do the Hump" | |
Katy Perry | "Part of Me" | |
Christophe Willem | "Starlite" | |
2013 | Depeche Mode | "Heaven" |
Hurts | "Exile" | |
John Newman | "Cheating" | |
Pegasus | "Into My Arms" | |
Rubylux vs Freemasons | "The World Goes Quiet" | |
London Grammar | "Nightcall" | |
2014 | Pegasus (featuring Levana Wolf) | "Gorecki" |
Gorgon City (featuring Jennifer Hudson) | " Go All Night "
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2015 | Therese | "Put 'Em High 2015" |
2016 | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | "Come with Us" |
Sophie Ellis-Bextor | "Crystallise" | |
2017 | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | "Wild Forever" |
2018 | Metro feat. Nelly Furtado | "Sticks & stones" |
Paloma Faith | "Make Your Own Kind of Music" | |
All Saints | "After All" | |
2019 | Eden xo | "Have It All" |
Jamie Hannah | "Sound of My Youth" | |
Molly Hammar | "Words" | |
Will Young | "Your Love" | |
Diana Rouvas | "Wait for No One" | |
Alphabeat | "Shadows" | |
I Am Boleyn | "Too Much" | |
2020 | Alanis Morissette | "Smiling" |
Sia | "Together" | |
Annie | "The Streets Where I Belong" | |
Kylie Minogue | "Say Something" | |
Gary Barlow | "Incredible" | |
2021 | Marisha Wallace | "Faith" |
Steps | "A Hundred Years of Winter" |
Production credits
- 2007 "The One" - Kylie Minogue (Freemasons, R. Stannard)
- 2008 "I Decided, Pt. 2" - Solange (Freemasons, The Neptunes)
- 2010 "Bittersweet" - Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Freemasons, Biffco)
References
- ^ IMO Records. "Freemasons Biography" Archived 5 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, IMO Records, Retrieved on 14 February 2012.
- ^ Freemasons Archived 19 June 2007 at archive.today
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Louis Pattison (2 November 2007). "Dance Review - Freemasons, Unmixed". BBC. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
- ^ "Freemasons Unmixed". I Like Music. Retrieved 21 January 2008.
- ^ "Song performance". A-Charts. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
- ^ Freemasons & Sophie Ellis-Bextor Archived 13 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ UK Freemason dance albums chart peaks:
- "Shakedown". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Unmixed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Shakedown 2". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Shakedown 3". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ UK Freemason compilation albums chart peaks:
- "Shakedown 2". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Shakedown 3". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks". ultratop.be. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Dutch chart peaks". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ Scottish Freemasons albums chart peaks:
- "Unmixed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ a b "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ Freemasons UK dance singles chart peaks:
- "Love on My Mind". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Watchin'". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Rain Down Love". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Uninvited". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "When You Touch Me". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "Australian chart peaks". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- "ARIA Top 100 Singles – Week Commencing 31st August 2009" (PDF). ARIA Charts (1018): 4. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 108.
- ^ Finnish chart peaks "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961" (in Finnish). Sisältää Hitin - Suomen listalevyt (Timo Pennanen). Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "French chart peaks". lescharts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "Irish chart peaks". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ Freemasons Scottish singles chart peaks:
- "Love on My Mind". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Watchin'". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Rain Down Love". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Uninvited". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "When You Touch Me". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "US dance airplay chart peaks". Billboard. Retrieved 20 September 2016.