Coins (composer)
Coins | |
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| Birth name | Peter Chapman |
| Also known as | Peter Project |
| Born | August 27, 1980 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Underground hip hop Canadian hip hop Electronic Garage rock |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, keyboardist Composer |
| Years active | 2000-present |
| Labels | Fuzzy Logic Recordings Urbnet Records Drinkbox Studios Ship to Shore Phonograph Co. Screaming Apple Music for Cats |
| Website | Official website |
Peter Chapman (born August 27, 1980), also known by his stage names Coins and Peter Project, is a Canadian music producer and composer from Toronto, Ontario, best known for his record Daft Science, a free EP of Beastie Boys remixes using only Daft Punk samples, released on July 1, 2014.[1][2] He is a member of the Canadian hip hop crew Backburner and played keyboards in the garage rock band The Midways.
Daft Science[edit]
Daft Science is an eight-track remix album that combines Beastie Boys vocal tracks with Daft Punk music samples. The album was created in March 2014 while Chapman was on a layover in Chicago on his way to South by Southwest.[3] On July 1, 2014, the album was released on Bandcamp, where it was downloaded roughly 400 times over two-and-a-half years.[1] A music blog shared the album two and a half years later, inciting the dormant remix to be streamed 1.4-million times in a week.[1] On May 4, 2017, Billboard named Daft Science one of the "Best 8 Beastie Boys Remixes."[4]
Original scores[edit]
Peter Chapman is a composer (alongside Rob Carli) for Syfy's Wynonna Earp, for which he was awarded a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music Score for a Series[5] He was also presented with a SOCAN Award for his score for HGTV's Leave It to Bryan,[6] and an ASCAP award for his score for HGTV's Renovation Island.[7] He is also known for is score (Alongside Maylee Todd) for the CBC/Netflix series Workin' Moms[8] as well as Amazon Prime's The Lake.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Patch, Nick (December 1, 2016). "Coins an overnight success — two years later". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "Delayed gratification in EDM scene". Metro, December 2-4, 2016. page 22
- ^ Small, Michael (November 20, 2016). "Peter Chapman, aka Coins, is having a good week". NOW Magazine. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
- ^ Bein, Kat (May 4, 2017). "The 8 Best Beastie Boys Remixes". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "Robert Carli, Peter Chapman". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 15 February 2022.
- ^ "2017 SOCAN Awards – Toronto – Winners List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ "ASCAP Screen Music Awards 2022".
- ^ Workin' Moms (TV Series 2017–2023) - IMDb, retrieved July 9, 2022
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