Sebastien Alexandre Grainger
(born on 11 April 1979 in Mississauga) is a Canadian singer and musician, best known as drummer and singer of the now defunct dance-punk duo Death from Above 1979 and the singer and guitarist for his current band, Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains. He is part owner of Giant Studios in Toronto with Jimmy Shaw of Metric.
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Solo work
Sebastien recently signed with
Saddle Creek Records in the USA,
Outside Music in Canada and
JVC in Japan to release his debut solo album, entitled
"Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains"
, which was released on
21 October 2008. It was recorded between Giant Studio in
Toronto and Mountain City Studio in
Montreal. Grainger wrote and performed nearly all the parts on the record with the exception of a few songs that were recorded as a full band. He is currently playing shows across North America. When performing live, Grainger is joined by bassist Nick Sewell, drummer Leon Taheny and synthesiser and guitar player Andrew Scott. Together they have toured with
Bloc Party,
Metric,
Hot Hot Heat &
Albert Hammond Jr..
Other projects
Death from Above 1979
Grainger is best known to the public for having been the singer and drummer in the now defunct
dance-punk duo
Death from Above 1979, with bassist
Jesse F. Keeler. The "1979" on the end of the band's name originated from Grainger's birth year, which he has tattooed on his forearm.
Death from Above 1979 broke up in 2006, citing personal and artistic differences.
The Rhythm Method
is Grainger's dance/computer music alias. He has released one double a-side 7" in the UK for the songs "Renegade Silence/When You Go Out" available from . An alternate mix of "Renegade Silence" will be available on Grainger's LP "Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains" labeled as "featuring The Rhythm Method".
Girl on Girl
Grainger has released remixes for
Death from Above 1979's "Black History Month" and
Metric's "Poster of a Girl" under the alias "Girl on Girl", a collaboration with The Mountains' Leon Taheny. Earlier similar electronic works were once available, under the aliases "The Great White Hype" and "Synsonic Pro-Model", through a dedicated Myspace page, that has since vanished.
Collaborations and contributions
- Grainger's voice was featured in the Does It Offend You, Yeah? song "Let's Make Out"
.
- He contributed drums to the track "Sunday Morning"
by Canadian hip-hop artist k-os. He appears in the song's music video as a homeless man who is recruited as a drummer.
- He has collaborated with rising French electronica artist . Their first single together, "Rapture"
, is available now. Other collaborations will follow on DatA's debut full length release, including "One in a Million"
on April 28, 2009.
- Grainger played drums both live and on one record for Keeler's pre-Death From Above 1979 solo project Femme Fatale.
- He contributed backing vocals to "Twice Born", a song on the latest release by Toronto hardcore punk band Fucked Up.
Discography
Solo
- 2008 American Names
(Digital EP/7" Vinyl)
- 2008 Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains
(LP)
- 2008 DatA feat. Sebastien Grainger - Rapture
(EP)
- 2009 DatA feat. Sebastien Grainger - One in a Million
(EP)
The Rhythm Method
- 2008 Renegade Silence/When You Go Out
(7" vinyl double A-side)
- 2009 Finish Me Off
(EP)
Death from Above 1979
- 2002 Heads Up
(EP)
- 2004 Romantic Rights EP
(EP)
- 2004 You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
(LP)
- 2005 Romance Bloody Romance: Remixes & B-Sides
(LP)