Madrid is a Canadian electronic music group from Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Adam Perry (guitars, keys, vox), Duncan Christie (bass, keys, vox) and Eric Lightfoot (drums)."Shout Out Out Out Out @ Wrongbar" . NOW Toronto, by Jordan Bimm. November 5, 2010 Their music is a combination of Electro, Shoegaze, and Psychedelia."Shows that rocked Toronto last week" . NOW Toronto, November 11, 2010
History Perry and Christie, two friends from Niagara Falls, Ontario, began creating songs and electronic music together. They formed Madrid in 2003 and added Lightfoot when they began playing live in Toronto clubs and bars.Rayner, Ben. "Madrid dips into calm Warm Waters". Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Feb 26, 2004 Page: G.03. Chart Attack - Jun 14, 2004. by Caitlin Hotchkiss That year the group released their debut album, Warm Waters, on record label Aporia. The album, which featured analogue synthesizer music,"The Analogue Sounds Of Madrid" . Soulshine, 2004-04-08 was featured on the BBC music website. After four years, Madrid released an EP, First Message.. Chart Attack - Dec 5, 2007
The band's first single, "Reply (To Everyone)" was released in mp3 format as a free download in 2009."Reply to Everyone". Pitchfork Media. by Stuart Berman, August 11, 2009 at the Wayback Machine] Their work was remixed by Ulrich Schnauss, vitaminsforyou, The Cansecos, and dubstep-impresario XI. In November 2009, they toured across Canada with DJ Champion & His G-Strings.
In 2011, they performed in Toronto as part of Canada Music Week."CMW Review: Alcoholic Faith Mission, Digits, Madrid" . Panic Manual, 2011-03-15 In March that year, the band released their full-length recording, Original Message on Awesome Music and distributed by EMI Records.
Discography 2003 Warm Waters 2007 First Message (EP) 2011 Original Message
References
External links Madrid at MySpace YYZ Records 2+2 Management Big Stereo