Ben Jacobs
, more commonly known by the stage name Max Tundra
, is an English multi-instrumental musician, singer and music producer. His work is predominantly electronic music but incorporates non-electronic styles and instruments. Other than his full length albums, he has also done remix work for bands of varying genres including Franz Ferdinand, Architecture in Helsinki, Kid606 and the Pet Shop Boys. Tundra also hosts a weekly radio show on Resonance FM, called Max Tundra's Rotogravure.
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Biography
Max Tundra was born in the
United Kingdom and grew up taking piano lessons, but mostly enjoyed playing television theme songs and music from adverts.
[1] As a teenager, he bought a
Commodore Amiga 500 and began exploring electronic music with it.
received one song he recorded titled "Children at Play" and released it as a single in 1998.
Following this single his debut album
Some Best Friend You Turned Out to Be
was released by
Domino Records in the United Kingdom in 2000.
[2]
The instrumental record was followed up with
Mastered by Guy at the Exchange
which was his first album to use vocals. Max Tundra explained "When I was writing
Some Best Friend
, I thought of all sorts of weird and wonderful machines and instruments I could use to make noises, but singing never occurred to me. I had never considered using my voice on any Max Tundra record ever, but hey, I like to keep things varied, so this time round I figured what the hell!"
[3] Mastered By Guy At The Exchange
received positive reviews,
[4] [5] [6] including being named the 12th top album of the year on
Pitchfork Media's list of top 50 albums of 2002.
[7]
In 2006, Max Tundra released a new single as part of
Tomlab records "Alphabet Series" for the Letter M. The single included a cover of
The KLF's "
What Time Is Love?"
[8], made with his Amiga during 1989. In 2008, Max Tundra toured with
Hot Chip for a
United Kingdom tour.
[9] as well announced his new album, released on
October 20,
2008 which he had worked on for the past six years.
The first single from the album is titled "Will Get Fooled Again" and was released on
September 29,
2008.
[10]
Discography
Albums
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| Year
| Title
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| 2000
| Some Best Friend You Turned Out to Be
- Released: April 25, 2000
- Label: Domino
- Formats: CD, LP
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| 2002
| Mastered by Guy at the Exchange
- Released: September 2, 2002
- Label: Domino / Tigerbeat6
- Formats: CD, LP
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| 2008
| Parallax Error Beheads You
- Released: October 20, 2008
- Label: Domino
- Formats: CD, LP
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Singles
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| Year
| Title
| Album
| Label
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| 1998
| "Children At Play"
| non-album single.
| Warp
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| 2000
| "Cakes"
| Some Best Friend You Turned Out to Be
| Domino
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| "Ink Me"
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| 2001
| "QY20 Songs"
| non-album single.
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| 2002
| "Lysine"
| Mastered By Guy At The Exchange
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| 2003
| "Cabasa"
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| 2006
| "Alphabet Series: M"
| non-album single
| Tomlab
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| 2008
| "Will Get Fooled Again"
| Parallax Error Beheads You
| Domino
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Remixes
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| Year
| Remixed track
| Released on
| Artist(s)
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| 1998
| "Helicon 2"
| Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed
| Mogwai
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| 2000
| "Dandy"
| Kid 606 and Friends Volume 1
| Kid606
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| "Wow"
| "Wow"
| Janek Schaefer
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| 2001
| "Lilypad"
| Altered and Proud
| Ruby
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| 2002
| "Long Distance"
| "Long Distance"
| Turin Brakes
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| "Whindie"
| Whindie
| Ambulance
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| 2004
| "Alone, Together"
| "All Hail The Black Emperor"
| The Strokes
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| "The Owls Go"
| A Commemorative Keepsake
| Architecture in Helsinki
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| "Mein Nehi Jana"
| "Mein Nehi Jana"
| Future Pilot AKA
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| 2005
| "Decent Days and Nights"
| "Decent Days and Nights"
| The Futureheads
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| "Moonlight in the Afternoon"
| "Moonlight in the Afternoon"
| Shirokuma
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| "The Effect On Me"
| "The Effect On Me"
| Mint Royale
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| 2006
| "Do You Want To"
| "The Fallen"
| Franz Ferdinand
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| "I'm with Stupid"
| "I'm with Stupid"
| Pet Shop Boys
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| 2007
| "Fledermaus Can't Get It"
| "Fledermaus Can't Get It"
| Von Südenfed
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| "Hold Music"
| Like It or Not
| Architecture in Helsinki
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| "Bullets"
| "Bullets"
| Tunng
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| 2008
| "Enough About Human Rights"
| (forthcoming)
| Moondog
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Notes
- Domino - Max Tundra
- Some Best Friend You Turned Out to Be
- Interview: Max Tundra
- allmusic (( Mastered By Guy at the Exchange))
- BBC - Experimental Review
- Mastered by the Guy at the Exchange Pitchfork Media
- Top 50 Albums of 2002
- http://www.tomlab.com/
- I Was Partially Right: Max Tundra Readies Parallax Error Beheads You in Preparation for Hot Chip Tour
- New Max Tundra record on the way