Trials (musician) explained

Trials
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Native Name:Krawli Hendle Rankine
Birth Name:Daniel Hendle Rankine
Alias:Trigger, The Dan, T
Birth Date:1983 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Adelaide
Origin:Raukkan, South Australia
Genre:Hip hop
Years Active:2000-present
Label:Universal Records Island Records
Current Member Of:A.B. ORIGINAL
Past Member Of:The Funkoars
Website:producedbytrials.com.au

Daniel Hendle Rankine (born 24 May 1983), known professionally as Trials, is an Ngarrindjeri rapper, songwriter, and record producer hailing from Adelaide, South Australia. In 2020, he signed to Island Records Australia and Universal Music Australia to release his debut solo album.[1]

Trials is a Ngarrindjeri man.[2] His Ancestors are from Raukkan, an Aboriginal community at the end of the Murray River near Adelaide.[3]

He has won four ARIA Awards and has been accredited with two double-platinum albums and ten gold albums for his work as a rapper, composer, song writer and producer.[4]

Trials' work includes collaborations, co-writes and production of tracks with a range of artists and genres including Drapht, Gurrumul, Archie Roach, Hilltop Hoods, Pete Murray, Seth Sentry, Illy, DZ Deathrays, Paul Kelly, Thelma Plum, Mo'Ju and Dune Rats.[5]

Early life

Trials was born to a Welsh mother and Ngarrindjeri father.

His parents split up when he was three years old, and he moved to the south of Wales with his mother. He experienced racism being a Black child in a white classroom.[6]

He returned to Australia when he was 12.[7]

In the late 1990s, at the age of 16, Trials was involved in a car accident along with his brothers near their home in the southern suburbs of Adelaide. Trials went through the windscreen of the car and broke his arms. The driver of the other car was speeding and at fault, and gave Trials $5,000. Trials used the money to buy Technics 1200s turntables, a computer and a microphone, which started him on his musical career path.[8]

Music

Trials began his musical career at 16 with Adam Baker (Sesta) and Matt Honson (Hons) collectively known as Funkoars. While the group remain friends, they no longer perform or produce music since 2014 making their catalog unavailable shortly before hand for personal reasons.

A short time after during the recording of the "Golden Era Mixtape" (a label the pair were signed to individually at the time) Trials began working on demos with his long time associate Briggs that would eventually become the foundations of A.B. Original.

He released his first solo song 'I'm a f**king wreck' in 2020. The song's lyrics are self-deprecating confessional thoughts. The track is a collaboration with US rapper, Daniyel.[9] Daniyel and Trials first worked together collaborating on Daniyel's debut album.[10]

He has produced and composed music for film and TV including programs Cleverman, Looky Looky – Here Comes Cooky, Cargo (Netflix), and The Warriors.

His music has also appeared in advertisements for the MMA, NBL and NBA, as well as fighting and surfing documentaries.

Funkoars

In 1999, MC and producer Trials formed Adelaide hip-hop group, Funkoars, with MCs Adam Baker and Matthew Honson, and former member DJ Daniel Yates (a.k.a. Reflux).[11]

They released their debut album Who's Your Step Daddy in 2003.[12]

A.B. Original

In the early 2000s, Trials met rapper Briggs at a Funkoars gig at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne.[13] Soon Briggs moved into Trials house and they went on to form acclaimed hip-hop group A.B. Original.[14]

A.B Original received an APRA Award in 2018 for Songwriter Of The Year.

Discography

EPs

List of albums, with selected details! Title! Details
Mr Trials: For The Ladies[15]

Albums

List of albums, with selected details! Title! Details
Cargo (Original soundtrack)
  • Released: November 2018
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Causeway, Universal Music Australia

See also

Awards and nominations

APRA Music Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".! |-| 2018| Adam Briggs / Daniel Rankine| Songwriter of the Year| | [16] |-| 2019| "Blaccout" (Adam Briggs / Daniel Rankine)| Song of the Year| | [17] |-

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. ! |-| 2019| Cargo| Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album| | [18] |-

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reid . Poppy . 2020-07-21 . Trials signs to Island Records Aus, announces new music . 2023-08-24 . The Music Network.
  2. Web site: Davies . Hayden . Aus hip-hop pioneer trials steps out with his debut solo single, i'm a fkn wreck . 2023-08-23 . PILERATS.
  3. Web site: Talk . Shorthand-Real . Trials . 2023-08-23 . Shorthand . en.
  4. Web site: Streader . Kate . 2020-10-16 . Trials makes his solo debut with new single, 'i'm a fucking wreck' . 2023-08-24 . Beat Magazine . en-AU.
  5. Web site: Gallagher . Alex . 2020-07-21 . Trials working on debut EP after signing to Island Records . 2023-08-23 . NME . en-AU.
  6. Web site: DJ Sanchez . Sam . 2016-06-28 . Indigenous Australian MC/Producer Trials Is Breaking Barriers Down Under - The Source . 2023-08-23 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Ward . Mat . 2015-06-30 . Funkoars super-producer Trials instils Black pride Green Left . 2023-08-23 . www.greenleft.org.au . en.
  8. Web site: Condon . Dan . 2022-07-05 . The story of Trials . 2023-08-23 . Double J . en-AU.
  9. Web site: Fuamoli . Sose . 2020-10-16 . First Spin: trials teams up with U.S. rapper Daniyel to launch solo project . 2023-08-24 . triple j . en-AU.
  10. Web site: Jenke . Tyler . 2020-10-15 . Song You Need to Know: trials, 'i'm a fucking wreck' . 2023-08-24 . Rolling Stone Australia . en-AU.
  11. Web site: Moskovitch . Greg . 2014-03-04 . Funkoars: "There's A Little More Method To The Madness This Time" . 2023-08-23 . Music Feeds . en-US.
  12. Web site: Burazin . Kayla . 2015-04-01 . The Funkoars return in fine form on Below Average . 2023-08-23 . Happy Mag . en-US.
  13. Web site: Byron . Tim . 2016-11-24 . A.B. Original: 'We wrote the hardest shit we could write, and it's being supported' . 2023-08-24 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
  14. Web site: Patel . Sachin . 2016-12-08 . A.B. Original Take the Power Back . 2023-08-24 . Rolling Stone Australia . en-AU.
  15. Web site: Mr. Trials - For The Ladies . Discogs.
  16. Web site: Songwriter of the Year . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) . 2018 . 16 April 2018 .
  17. Web site: APRA Reveals 2019 Song of the Year Shortlist. Music Feeds. 5 February 2019. 26 April 2022.
  18. ARIA Award previous winners. Web site: History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 16 July 2022.