Ten Walls
Ten Walls | |
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| Birth name | Marijus Adomaitis |
| Born | 19 January 1983 Vilnius, Lithuania |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Runemark Records |
Marijus Adomaitis (born 19 January 1983), better known by his stage names Ten Walls or Mario Basanov,
In June 2015, Ten Walls was dropped from several festivals and by his booking agency after making controversial comments comparing gay people to pedophiles in a Facebook post, and referring to the LGBT community as a "different breed".[3]
Career
2009–12: Mario Basanov
In 2012 under the name Mario Basanov Adomaitis won Best Electronic Act at Lithuanian M.A.M.A. music awards.
2013–15: Breakthrough
On 10 May 2013 Ten Walls released his debut EP Gotham.
Homophobia controversy
In June 2015, Ten Walls posted a rant on his Facebook pages condemning
Three months after his post, in September 2015, Ten Walls issued a formal apology for the incident, calling it "completely out of character".[15]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Queen[16] |
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Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
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| Gotham |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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UK
[18] |
UK Dance
[19] |
SCO [20] |
BEL (Vl) [21] |
FR [22] | |||||||||
| 2013 | "Requiem"[5] | — | — | — | 60[A] | — | Non-albums singles | ||||||
| 2014 | "Walking with Elephants" | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 130 | |||||||
| 2015 | "Sparta" | — | — | — | 72[A] | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
Awards
On 30 January 2015 at M.A.M.A. awards Ten Walls won awards for best electronic act and best music video ("Walking with Elephants").[23]
References
- ^ "Ten Walls – Walking With Elephants (2014, Boso)". dauggarsoirsviesu.lt.
- ^ "Mario Basanov Is Ten Walls!". Data Transmission. 29 November 2013.
- ^ "Festivals Drops Ten Walls Over Homophobic Comments". BBC Newsbeat. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- ^ a b iTunes - Music - Gotham EP by Ten Walls
- ^ a b "iTunes - Music - Requiem - Single by Ten Walls". iTunes.
- ^ "Calvin Harris on track for fifth Number 1 single". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Calvin Harris scores fifth Number 1!". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Walking with Elephants star says gays are another 'breed', like pedophiles". Gay Star News. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "Festivals cancel Ten Walls appearances". Resident Advisor. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Ten Walls apologises for online posts comparing homosexuals to paedophiles". The Guardian. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Ten Walls dropped from festival bills over homophobic outburst". Fact. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Festivals drop Ten Walls over homophobic comments". Newsbeat. BBC News. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Dockville streicht Show von Musiker nach homophobem Post" [Dockville cancels musician's show after homophobic post]. Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 8 June 2015.
- ^ Paraščiakas, Eiviltas (8 June 2015). "M. Basanovo karjera byra į šipulius: gerbėjai tyčiojasi, festivalių organizatoriai atšaukia jo pasirodymus". Delfi (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Eede, Christian. "Ten Walls Issues Apology". The Quietus. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ "Ten Walls - Queen".
- ^ "Queen from Runemark Records on Beatport".
- ^ "Ten Walls > UK Charts". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.
- ^ Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
- For "Walking with Elephants": "Chart Archive > 20th September 2014". Official Charts Company.
- ^ Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
- For "Walking with Elephants": "Chart Archive > 20th September 2014". Official Charts Company.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Ten Walls". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Ten Walls". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ "Kaune iškilmingai išdalintos M.A.M.A 2014 statulėlės". DELFI. 30 January 2015.
Notes
A ^ Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. Added 50 position to actual Ultratip position.
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