Nathan Fake
Fake performing at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, April 2018
Fake performing at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, April 2018
Background information
Born (1983-03-03) 3 March 1983[1][2]
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
OriginNecton, Norfolk, England
GenresElectronica, techno, ambient
Occupation(s)Producer, performer
Years active2003–present
LabelsCambria Instruments, Ninja Tune, Border Community

Nathan Fake is an English electronic music artist from Necton,[3] Norfolk, England, who has released on Border Community, Ninja Tune, and Cambria Instruments (ran by Fake and Wesley Matsell).

According to Fake, he started producing music in 2003[4] with the release of the Outhouse EP on James Holden's label "Border Community". Over the next few years, other singles and EPs were released, in particular The Sky Was Pink, which caused Fake, Holden, and Border Community to gain popularity due to Holden's remix of the song. In 2006, Fake released his debut album Drowning in a Sea of Love which was described as similar to the Scottish band Boards of Canada by The Guardian,[5] and gained critical acclaim. Over the next few years, a number of remixes of the content from this album, notably the Fortdax and Four Tet remixes of the song You Are Here, further boosted Fake's popularity, and the album was followed by another in 2009 - Hard Islands, also on Border Community.

Fake has produced several remixes, notably in 2011 a remix of Radiohead's song Morning Mr Magpie was released on the remix album TKOL RMX 1234567 after being approached by the band's frontman Thom Yorke,[6] and he has also remixed songs by Jon Hopkins, Clark, and Irène Drésel.

In 2012, Fake released his last album on Border Community - Steam Days, after which he founded the label Cambria Instruments with Wesley Matsell in 2014, the inaugural release being a split single between the two artists.[7] The following year, he released the Glaive EP on the same label.

After a period of writer's block, Fake signed to Ninja Tune and released the singles "DEGREELESSNESS / Now We Know" and "RVK" in 2016 and 2017, followed by the album Providence. Two remix EPs - "Providence Reworks" Part I and Part II, were released later in the year, featuring Overmono, Konx Om Pax, and Olga Wojciechowska. In 2018, the "Sunder" EP was released on Ninja Tune.

In 2019 two of Fake's early EPs - "Watlington Street" and "Dinamo" were reissued on Cambria Instruments.

In April 2020, Fake's fifth studio album Blizzards was released by Cambria Instruments.[8] It was preceded by 2 singles - "Tbilisi" and "Vectra". The album gained critical acclaim.

In April 2021, Fake released the Sanxenxo EP on Cambria Instruments, the title track being left over from the Blizzards recording sessions.[9][10] Later in the year, he released Blizzards Remixes, a remix EP.

After releasing two singles - "The Grass (feat Wizard Apprentice)" and "Vimana", his sixth album Crystal Vision was released on 7 April 2023 on Cambria Instruments.[11][12][13] The album was followed by the Guiro EP on 27 October 2023, also on Cambria Instruments, preceded by the title track Guiro as a single. According to Fake, it differs in that it is mostly "more raw and club-oriented" than Crystal Vision.[14]

Discography

Albums

  • Drowning in a Sea of Love (20 March 2006) – Border Community
  • Hard Islands (27 April 2009) – Border Community
  • Steam Days (3 September 2012) – Border Community
  • Providence (10 March 2017) – Ninja Tune
  • Blizzards (3 April 2020) – Cambria Instruments
  • Crystal Vision (7 April 2023) - Cambria Instruments

Singles and EPs

  • Outhouse (2003) – Border Community
  • Watlington Street EP (2004) – Saw Recordings
  • The Sky Was Pink (2004) – Border Community
  • Dinamo EP (2005) – Traum Schallplatten
  • Silent Night (2005) – Border Community (7" release)
  • Drowning in a Sea of Remixes (Remix EP) (2006) – Border Community
  • You Are Here (2007) – Border Community
  • Iceni Strings (2012) – Border Community
  • Paean (2013) – Border Community
  • CAMBRIA01 (Split 12" with Wesley Matsell) (2014) – Cambria Instruments
  • GLAIVE (2015) – Cambria Instruments
  • DEGREELESSNESS / Now We Know (2016) – Ninja Tune
  • RVK (2017) – Ninja Tune
  • Providence Reworks - Part 1 – Ninja Tune
  • Providence Reworks - Part 2 – Ninja Tune
  • Sunder (2018) – Ninja Tune
  • Sanxenxo (2021) – Cambria Instruments
  • Sandstone (2021) – Cambria Instruments
  • The Grass (2023) – Cambria Instruments
  • Vimana (2023) – Cambria Instruments
  • Guiro EP (2023) – Cambria Instruments

Remixes

  • Avus – "Real (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Border Community (2004)
  • Perc – "Closer (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Premier Sounds (2004)
  • DJ Remy – "Scrambled (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Additive Records (2004)
  • Steve Lawler – "Out at Night (Nathan's Night In)" – Subversive Records (2004)
  • Tiefschwarz – "Isst (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Fine Records (2005)
  • Shocking Pinks – "Dressed To Please (Nathan Fake Remix)" – DFA Records (2008)
  • Vincent Oliver – "Clouds in The Haeds (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Lo Recordings (2008)
  • Starting Teeth – "Venom (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Creaked Records (2009)
  • Grasscut – "Muppet (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Ninja Tune (2010)
  • Jon Hopkins – "Wire (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Double Six Recordings (2010)
  • Walls – "Gaberdine" – Kompakt (2010)
  • PVT – "Light Up Bright Fires (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Warp Records (2010)
  • Radiohead – "Morning Mr Magpie (Nathan Fake Rmx)" (2011)
  • Neon Jung – "Delirium Tremens (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Magic Wire Recordings (2012)
  • Clark – "Growls Garden (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Warp Records (2013)
  • Dorian Concept – "Draft Culture (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Ninja Tune (2015)
  • Ultraísta – "Party Line (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Partisan Records (2019)
  • Dominik Eulberg – "Dreizehnspecht (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Studio !K7 (2020)
  • Irène Drésel – "Chambre2 (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Room Records (2020)
  • Christian Löffler – "Roth feat. Mohna (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Ki Records (2020)
  • Damian Lazarus – "Into The Sun (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Crosstown Rebels (2020)
  • Sophie Hutchings – "Orange Glow (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Mercury KX (2020)
  • GoGo Penguin – "Open (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Decca Records France (2021)
  • The Micronaut – "Archery (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Ki Records (2021)
  • Field Works – "Station 5 Review - Nathan Fake Remix" – Temporary Residence (2022)
  • BLOODMOON, Bearcubs – "All In Place - Nathan Fake Remix" – Eat Your Own Ears (2022)
  • Paradigm Shift – "Force One (Nathan Fake Remix)" – Lone Romantic (2023)

Compilation appearances

  • "The Sky Was Pink" - Fear & Loathing 2, Mixed by Luke Slater - Resist Music (2004)
  • "Numb Chance" – Elektronische Musik: Interkontinental 5 – Traum Schallplatten (2006)
  • "Laluna" – #savefabric – Fabric Records & Houndstooth (2016)

Collaborations

  • "Lava Flow" (collaboration with Milky Globe) (2006) – LoEB

Television

References

  1. ↑ i'm 29 years old, how many times do you think i've heard jokes on my name. fucking humour vacuums, twitter.com, Retrieved 2022-3-27
  2. ↑ in the airport at 5am. happy birthday to me, twitter.com, Retrieved 2022-3-27
  3. ↑ RA News: Nathan Fake enters his Steam Days, Residentadvisor.net, Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  4. ↑ "Nathan FAKE on Instagram: "My new album CRYSTAL VISION is out today! 💎👁️💎 My 6th album, it marks my 20th year of releasing music. I can't wait for you all to hear it - a very bright, breezy and joyful record and I think it's my most confident album yet. This track is 'Outsider', made with @throttleclark. A huge honour to have produced a track with an artist I deeply respect and admire - one of my all time musical heroes. I wrote the main riff and drums, and Chris added the top synth line. I hope you all love it. Listen/stream/buy via the link in my bio, and let me know your favourite tracks. Artwork by the consistently excellent @infinite_____vibes"". Instagram. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Swash, Rosie (19 February 2006). "Nathan Fake, Drowning in a Sea of Love". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Artist explains Radiohead remix". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Nathan Fake launches new label Cambria Instruments". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Nathan Fake recorded most of his new album live in one take". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Nathan Fake Website". Nathan Fake. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Sanxenxo Bleep EP listing". Bleep. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "My new single THE GRASS featuring Wizard Apprentice is out today!". Twitter. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "My new single VIMANA is out today!". Twitter. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "CRYSTAL VISION is out now!". Twitter. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  14. ↑ "GUIRO EP is out today!". Instagram. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "FortDax Archive site". fedge.net. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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