Mt Eden (band)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Mt Eden[1] (also known as Mt. Eden and formerly named Mt Eden Dubstep) are a dubstep and edm production duo from New Zealand consisting of Jesse Cooper and Harley Rayner.[2] Mt Eden's most well-known songs are their original "Sierra Leone" (a remix of Freshlyground's "I'd Like"[3]), Mt Eden remix of Delerium's "Silence" and Lisa Miskovsky's "Still Alive" which is currently their most viewed song on YouTube with more than 40 million views combined,[citation needed] however, previous uploads of "Sierra Leone" have reached over 29 million views before being removed.[citation needed]
Mt Eden started gaining popularity when their remix of Freshlyground's "I'd Like",[3] "Sierra Leone", went viral on YouTube in 2009.[4] They currently have 100 million combined video views and over 235 thousand subscribers on their YouTube channel, as well as more than 325,047 "likes" on their Facebook page.[5][6]
Mt Eden is currently signed with Ultra Music for a multi-album record deal.[7][8]
Background
Jesse Cooper started making mixtapes as "Jay Fresh" on the weekends. At first, He mostly made hip hop mixes with his boys which included Harley Rayner in 2002 but decided to instead make dubstep after he heard Benga and Skream at the New Zealand festival Phat09 and Splore in 2008 had his "mind blown" by the young genre.[9] He also started making some drum and bass around the same time which was inspired by the Front Left Speaker Crew and Joe Hockey.
One of the first songs Mt Eden made public was "Sierra Leone" (a remix of Freshlyground's "I'd Like"[3]), which he uploaded and posted on his Myspace page, but it didn't go viral until a fan posted the track on YouTube.[4]
In 2008, Jesse's girlfriends little brother suggested he make a YouTube page for him self to post music on. He called the page "MtEdenDnB08" because he lived in Mt Eden. That was when Jesse Cooper decided to call himself Mt Eden Dubstep, later changing his name to just simply Mt Eden in 2010 when Jesse recruited Harley. Many of his songs he posted on his YouTube page received millions of views over time, resulting in his fanbase growing rapidly.
Releases
Mt Eden released their first EP "Meds EP" for digital download on December 7, 2010.[10] It has gotten mostly positive reviews by customers on iTunes and in the comments of the YouTube videos Mt Eden posted of the EP's tracks.
On February 16, 2013, Mt Eden announced upcoming releases in a post on their Facebook page, writing: "[...] [O]ur Sierra Leone Remix package (Sierra Leone Reinvented + Remixes, Sierra Leone music video) is coming in April. The first single off No Mans Land is "Airwalker", to be released late April/early May, with the full Walking On Air EP out in late May. No Mans Land LP will [drop] in June."[11]
The EP "Sierra Leone (feat. Freshly Ground) [Remixes] - EP" (exact name may vary depending on online store) was released on April 30, 2013 with a completely re-made version of their original "Sierra Leone" and three remixes of the same song by Ta-ku, AraabMuzik and Tommie Sunshine with Live City.
Walking On Air EP Was Released on June, 2013 with 7 songs, By Ultra Records Label.[12]
References
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/MtEdenOfficial/posts/10151424501053910?comment_id=25498958&offset=0&total_comments=1 Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ↑ http://www.mtedenofficial.com/#page-2 Mt Eden Official Website - Bio (click on "Bio" for biography). Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Williams, David (August 2012). "Mt Eden Remixed", The Garden News Magazine. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.muzic.net.nz/articles/interviews/45610/mt-eden-interview-with-jesse-cooper Music.net.nz interview with Jesse Cooper. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/mtedendnb08 Mt Eden's Official YouTube page. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ↑ Mt Eden's Official Facebook page Retrieved 2012-07-29.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151297962828910&set=a.10150220017148910.344878.280178943909
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ultrarecords/status/279720633645031424
- ↑ http://eburban.com/feature/id.3600/title.interview-mt-eden-dubstep eBurban interview with Mt Eden. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/meds-ep-1/id409192438 US iTunes page for "Meds - EP (1)". Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/MtEdenOfficial/posts/10151443121508910 Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sierra-leone-feat.-freshly/id624136552 Retrieved 2013-05-18.
