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Canadian music group

Azari & III (pronounced “Azari and Third”) was a Canadian music group, formed in 2008, which performed house, electronic and dance music. They released their self-titled debut album in 2011 and earned recognition on the dance music scene with the hits “Hungry for the Power” and “Reckless (With Your Love)”.

History[edit]

Dinamo Azari, Fritz Helder, Alixander III (Alphonse Lanza) and Starving Yet Full (Cedric Gasaida) met at a karaoke bar “while dancing to Donna Summer”.[1] They formed Azari & III in 2007 and, in 2009, released their first single, “Hungry for the Power”.[2] The “Hungry for the Power” video was considered too controversial by YouTube, which removed it from its website for several weeks.[1] That single was followed by “Reckless (With Your Love)”,[3] which drew the attention of Canadian DJ, producer and musician Tiga. In 2010, Azari & III collaborated with Friendly Fires on a track “Stay Here”[4] and released solo singles “Indigo”[5] and “Into the Night”.[6]

In August 2011, the band released a new single, “Manic”,[7] alongside their debut album Azari & III,[8] which charted at number 13 on the UK Dance Albums Chart.[9] “Hungry for the Power” and “Reckless (With Your Love)” were re-released, and the band appeared at a number of festivals, including Glastonbury[10] and Lovebox in the United Kingdom, and Sónar in Spain.[11][12]

The singles “Hungry for the Power”, “Manic” and “Reckless (With Your Love)” placed at positions 2, 7 and 121 respectively in the 2011 year-end list of the German Club Charts.[13] Azari & III also contributed remixes for artists like Robyn and Cut Copy. In February 2012, their debut album was re-released in Europe and the band continued to perform for the rest of the year, including appearances at festivals Southside and Hurricane[14] in Germany, Hove in Norway, Exit in Serbia and Sziget in Hungary.[15][16] Azari & III also performed again at the Lovebox Festival in London, headlining the Dalston Superstore Live stage.[17] The single “Into the Night” was re-released, along with a new video; that was followed by the release of a new single, “Lost in Time”. “Reckless (With Your Love)” placed at number 3 in the 2012 year-end list of the German Club Charts.[18]Azari & III was nominated for a Polaris Music Prize in 2012.[19]

In 2013, the band released Remix Album 2013[20] and the single “Indigo Remixes”. Also in 2013, they released another remix album, Body Language Vol. 13,[21] which is remixes of other artists’ songs.

In November 2013, Alixander III posted on his Facebook page that the band was splitting, saying that the project had run its course.[22]

In 2015, the Toronto label Idol Hanse gathered unreleased and loose songs and released a new album by Azari & III, Rarities From Extremities.[23] It was long-listed for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize.[24]

Band members[edit]

  • Dinamo Azari (Christian Philip Maxwell Farley) – producer, musician
  • Alixander III (Alphonse Lanza III) – producer, musician
  • Starving Yet Full (Cédric Gasaida) – vocalist
  • Fritz Helder (Fritz Helder) – vocalist

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

  • 2011: Azari & III, Loose Lips Records
  • 2015: Rarities From Extremities, Idol Hanse

Remix and DJ mix albums[edit]

  • 2012: FACT Mix 313, Fact Magazine
  • 2013: Remix Album 2013, Turbo Recordings, Dim Mak Records
  • 2013: Body Language Vol. 13, Get Physical Music

EPs & Singles[edit]

  • 2009: “Hungry for the Power”, I’m A Cliché (re-released in 2011)[25]
  • 2009: “Reckless (With Your Love)”, Permanent Vacation (re-released in 2011)[26]
  • 2010: “Indigo”, Turbo Recordings (re-released in 2013)[27]
  • 2010: “Into the Night”, Scion Audio/Visual (re-released in 2012, Loose Lips Records, Cooperative Music)[28]
  • 2011: “Manic”, Turbo Recordings
  • 2012: “Lost in Time”, Loose Lips Records
  • 2013: “The Lost Versions”, Turbo Recordings
  • 2013: “Indigo Remixes”, Dim Mak Records
  • 2013: “Lost Express”, Get Physical Music
  • 2015: “No Way Back” (with MixHell), Trax Records

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