René LaVice (born 31 May 1990) is a Canadian electronic music producer, DJ , and singer.
René LaVice | |
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| Birth name | René LaVice |
| Born | 31 May 1990 |
| Origin | Toronto, Canada[1] |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
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Biography
editHis song "The Calling", featuring Ivy Mairi, entered the UK Singles Chart at number 118 following a placement on BBC Radio 1's A List playlist. The song also featured as the station's Track of the Day and appeared on its In New Music We Trust playlist.[3] LaVice has also officially remixed the likes of Nero, Wilkinson, Rudimental and A-Trak and supported The Prodigy on their 2015 UK arena tour.
In October 2017, it was announced that LaVice would be taking over as host of BBC Radio 1's long-running drum and bass show, from the previous host of 6 years, Friction (who took over from Fabio & Grooverider), in November 2017.[4] His final show was on 29 August 2022.
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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| UK | UK Dance [5] | ||
| Insidious |
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— | 25 |
| Play with Fire |
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| Far From Perfect |
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— | — |
Extended plays
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| Vika |
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| Absolute Monster |
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| Insidious Remixes, Part 1 |
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| Play with Fire (Deluxe) |
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| The Richter Scale EP |
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Singles
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
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| UK [6] |
UK Dance [7] |
UK Indie [8] | |||||||||||||||
| 2010 | "Angel" / "Save Me VIP" | – | – | – | — | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | "Just Words" / "Spile" | – | – | – | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | "All My Trials" / "Not Deep" (featuring Ivy Mairi) |
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| 2014 | "Where My Ladies At?" / "I Want More" | – | – | – | Play with Fire | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | "The Calling" / "Freudian" (featuring Ivy Mairi) |
118 | 29 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| "Hotblooded" / "Bill Folderson" | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||
| "Air Force 1" / "Don't Look Down" (featuring BullySongs) |
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| "Part of Me" / "Untribaled" (featuring BullySongs) |
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| 2017 | "Sound Barrier" / "Squeegee" | – | – | – | Non-album single | ||||||||||||
| "Woohoo" | – | – | – | Far From Perfect | |||||||||||||
| "Let You Go" (featuring Jareth) |
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| "Twilight" (featuring Faye) |
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| 2018 | "Drop It" | – | – | – | |||||||||||||
| "Cold Crush" (featuring Gydra) |
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| "How Do I Kill" | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | "Nine Strings / Eyes" (with Future Cut) |
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| "Hollywood" (featuring S.P.Y) |
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| "Showstoppaz" (featuring Ayo Beatz & Krishane) |
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| "Lockdown" (with A Plus) |
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| "1000 Days" (with Benny L) |
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| "Boomshaka" (with Danny Byrd) |
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| "Bad Luck" (with Jess Young) |
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| "Through the Fire" (featuring The Melody Men) |
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| 2021 | "I've Been Waiting" (with Richter & Dr. Apollo featuring Gracie Van Brunt) |
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| "Jump" (with Stanton Warriors featuring Knytro & Deadly) |
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| "Darkness" | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||
| "Budz" | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||
| "Good Life" (featuring Ayah Marar) |
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| "Lose Control" (with Current Value) |
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| "Skreech" | – | – | – | Non-album single | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | "Cyantivice" (with Cyantific) |
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| "Tonight I'm Dying" (with Mollie Collins and Leo Wood) |
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| 2023 | "Fall from the Dark" (with RAIGN) |
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| "Set Pace" (with Chords) |
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| "Molten Euphoria" | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||
Remixes
edit| Year | Artist | Release |
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| 2011 | Secret Society, Outrage & Kirsty Hawkshaw | "Let Us Think" (with Gremlinz) |
| 2013 | Loadstar | "Eat My Tears" |
| 2014 | Mutt | "Conversations" (with Gremlinz) |
| Chris Lake (featuring Jareth) |
"Helium" | |
| Jillionaire & Salvatore Ganacci (featuring Sanjin) |
"Fresh" | |
| 2015 | Rae Morris | "Love Again" (René LaVice's UGLY Remix) |
| A-Trak (featuring Andrew Wyatt) |
"Push" | |
| Wilkinson (featuring THABO) |
"Hopelessly Coping" (René LaVice's Hopelessly Doomed Remix) | |
| Nero | "The Thrill" (René LaVice's Thrillseeking Remix) | |
| The Prodigy | "Rebel Radio" (René LaVice's Start a Fucking Riot Remix) | |
| 2016 | MOUNT & Nicolas Haelg | "Something Good" |
| Mampi Swift | "Soldiers" | |
| 2017 | Anton Powers & Pixie Lott | "Baby" |
| Delta Heavy | "Kaleidoscope" | |
| Digital & Outrage | "Red Letter" (René LaVice's Insufficient Funds Remix) | |
| BLISS (featuring Fem Fel) |
"I Wanna Feel" (René LaVice's Feel the Bass Crunch D&B Remix) | |
| DJ Fresh & Diplo (featuring R. City, Selah Sue & Craig David) |
"Bang Bang" (René LaVice's Trigger Happy Remix) | |
| 2018 | Jareth | "Rings of Saturn" |
| 2019 | Grace Carter | "Heal Me" |
| Stanton Warriors (featuring Sian Evans) |
"Up2U" (René LaVice's Rooftop Remix) | |
| Benny Page (featuring $pyda) |
"Gangster" | |
| Benny Page | "Turn the Lights Down" (with Brookes Brothers) | |
| One Bit & Laura White | "Back to You" (René LaVice's Jungle Remix) | |
| Reuben James | "I Know You Too Well" | |
| 2020 | Snakehips & Jess Glynne (featuring A Boogie Wit da Hoodie & DaVido) |
"Lie for You" |
| Murdock (featuring James Marvel) |
"Holding On" | |
| 2021 | Dub Elements | "Thunder" |
| The Prodigy (featuring RZA) |
"Breathe" (with Liam Howlett) (Liam H And René LaVice Re-Amp) | |
| "Breathe" (René LaVice Dark D&B Remix) | ||
| 2022 | State of the Nation (featuring Ghostface Killah & Killah Priest) |
"Super Soldier" (René LaVice Jungle Remix) |
| 2023 | The Prodigy | "Mindfields" |
| Chronicles of the Residuum | "Stormflight" |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Rene LaVice Guest Mix". K Mag. January 26, 2012. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
- ^ "Rene LaVice's favourite tracks". The Guardian. February 27, 2015.
- ^ Records, R. A. M. (2015-01-29). "Not only was @ReneLaVice #TheCalling track of the day it's also been added to the @BBCR1 #InNewMusicWeTrust playlistpic.twitter.com/62o1Mlldmt". @RAMrecordsltd. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- ^ "Friction announces departure from Radio 1 & 1Xtra, Rene LaVice to takeover from November". UKF. 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- ^ Peak positions for the Dance albums in the UK:
- For Insidious: "Chart Archive > February 17, 2013". Official Charts Company. February 17, 2013.
- ^ Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
- For "The Calling": "CHART: CLUK Update 14.03.2015 (wk10)". Zobbel.de. March 14, 2015.
- ^ Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
- For "The Calling": "Chart Archive > 8 March 2015". Official Charts Company. March 8, 2015.
- ^ Peak positions for the Indie singles in the UK:
- For "The Calling": "Chart Archive > 8 March 2015". Official Charts Company. March 8, 2015.