Grum Explained

Grum
Birth Name:Graeme Shepherd
Birth Date:1986 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Genre:House, progressive house, tech house, trance, nu-disco (earlier works)
Occupation:Musician, producer, disc jockey
Years Active:2007–present
Label:Heartbeats, Anjunabeats, Trice Recordings/Armada, Spinnin, Ultra Records, Zerothree, Ministry Of Sound, Deep State

Graeme Shepherd (born 7 May 1986), better known by his stage name Grum, is a Scottish electronic musician and producer.

Career

Grum's debut album, Heartbeats, was released on 17 May 2010.[1] It has been compared to Daft Punk's Discovery and Mylo's Destroy Rock & Roll.[2] The album went to number 1 in the US iTunes Electronic Dance Charts, and at the end of 2010 he was named 'Best Electronic Artist of the year' by UK iTunes.[3] The song "Turn It Up" was picked as single of the week by iTunes.[4] Grum's single "Heartbeats" was featured in two video games: 2010's The Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff Pack and in 2011.[5]

Grum's first two music videos from Heartbeats, "Can't Shake This Feeling" and "Through The Night", were shot in Los Angeles and directed by The General Assembly.

By the end of 2012 Grum had played the Creamfields mainstage with Tiesto,[6] the mainstage at Ultra w/ Fatboy Slim and Above & Beyond[7] and Electric Daisy Carnival,[8] as well as playing sets ranging from VICE Magazine gigs in New York to sell out dates in Paris, Barcelona, Australia and Brazil amongst others.[9]

In 2013, Grum released "Everytime", the debut single from his second album Human Touch.[10] It was released on 13 May 2013.[11] He then released "The Theme" which was one of Annie Mac (BBCR1) 'Singles of 2013',[12] and 'Electro Single Of The Month' in Mixmag.[13] His third single "In Love" was released in January 2014 and reached number 35 in the Beatport Top 100[14] and number 8 in the Beatport Progressive House Chart[15] as well as number 3 in the DMC World Buzz Chart.[16] A fourth single "Tears" which reached number 2 in the DMC World Buzz Charts[17] number 9 in the Cool Cuts Charts[18] and was released on 14 April on Armada Music sub-label Trice Recordings. In May 2014 Grum completed his first 'Essential Mix' for Radio 1 [19] to critical acclaim [20] and toured alongside Fehrplay in the United States.[21]

In 2015, Grum began releasing his music on London-based electronic label Anjunabeats; first, his Trine EP, then the singles "Something About You" and "First Contact".

His singles "Shout" and "Under Your Skin" charted at number one in the Beatport Progressive and Trance Charts. To date, Grum has six tracks in the Beatport Top Ten and 31 releases in the Beatport Top 100.

Grum was set to release Deep State on Anjunabeats in 2018. The album's first single, "Never Have to Be Alone", had already been released in September 2018, but the album release was postponed[22] until its release in November 2019, with many of its originally slated tracks either reworked, or completely cut for unknown reasons.[23]

In early 2020, Grum announced the launch of his own record label, titled Deep State Recordings, after his album of the same name.[24]

Human Touch, was originally his sophomore album due to be released in October 2013, but was delayed until April 2014. It was subsequently pushed back again to 2015. Additional singles from the album include "The Touch", "Raindrops", and "Sunday Blue Sky". Human Touch remained unreleased until March 2021, when he announced that he had re-acquired the rights to the album, and was subsequently released in that same month on Deep State Recordings.

On 24 June 2022, his fourth studio album, Unreality, was released on Anjunabeats. The album features guest vocals by Natalie Shay, Sarah Appel, Dom Youdan and Daniel Sealine. [25]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Remixes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grum Heartbeats Review . Diver . Mike . . 31 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Grum - Heartbeats Album Review. 17 May 2010.
  3. Web site: Gruum. Contactmusic.com.
  4. Web site: iTunes. Facebook.com.
  5. Web site: Grum Heartbeats: Saints Row The Third. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/RiUMchJnlQY . 2021-12-15 . live. TheiTzClan123. 29 December 2011. YouTube.
  6. Web site: Grum, David E Sugar Join Creamfields Line-Up - Gigwise. Jason. Gregory. gigwise.com. May 2010 .
  7. Web site: Digitalsocialsound.com. Digitalsocialsound.com. 15 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140315113522/http://www.digitalsocialsound.com/ultra-music-festival-brazil-announces-full-line-up/. 15 March 2014. dead.
  8. Web site: Insomniac Events - Electric Daisy Carnival . 2012-11-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005113142/http://insomniac.com/timeCapsule.php?timecapsule=2&year=37 . 5 October 2012 . dmy-all .
  9. Web site: Idio - Artificial Intelligence for Customer Experience. Idio. 23 June 2020 .
  10. Web site: Grum - "Everytime" (Ejeca Sunset Mix) | Thump . 14 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130603060552/http://thump.vice.com/words/grum-everytime . 3 June 2013 . dead .
  11. Web site: Everytime (Remixes) - EP by Grum on Apple Music. itunes.apple.com.
  12. Web site: The Best of 2013..., Annie Mac's Friday Night - BBC Radio 1. BBC.
  13. Web site: Mixmag | ELECTRO: SEPTEMBER . 15 March 2014 . https://archive.today/20140315092801/http://www.mixmag.net/words/reviews/tunes/electro-september/12 . 15 March 2014 . dead .
  14. grummmusic. G R U M. 439719307371900928. 1 March 2014. With IN LOVE sitting pretty at number 35 in the @Beatport overall top 100, here is my top 10 chart for this....
  15. ArmadaTrice. Armada Trice. 437951278136573953. 24 February 2014. 2 tracks in the Top 10 @grummmusic - 'In Love' and @alexguesta feat. @theRykka - 'Never Fade',thanks for the support!.
  16. Web site: Grum - Shining - Anjunabeats - DMC World Magazine. 20 July 2017.
  17. Web site: Buzz Chart - Day & Night - DMC World Magazine. 14 February 2014.
  18. Web site: DJ RICO MIXSHOW - Cool Cuts Chart: 03/03/14 - Powered by XMB 1.9.11. Djricomixshow.com.
  19. Web site: Grum Essential Mix - 25th May 2014 - High Quality Audio. https://web.archive.org/web/20160222215642/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zi6KZsjOhI&gl=US&hl=en . 2016-02-22 . dead. GRUM. 22 September 2014. YouTube.
  20. Web site: Magazine | LISTEN TO GRum's ESSENTIAL MIX . 26 November 2014 . 18 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018165206/http://www.ministryofsound.com/magazine/2014/06/17/09/52/140617-grum-essential-mix#y0adwiRV7XqQtuCv.97 . dead .
  21. Web site: Fehrplay & Grum Tickets - The Exchange L.A. on July 26 2014 in Los Angeles - See Tickets. Flavorus.com.
  22. Ng, Kevin. "GRUM's 'DEEP STATE' Album is Delayed", EDMTunes, 29 November 2018.
  23. grummusic. 1171391580558831616. 10 September 2019. I'm happy to finally announce that Deep State is back, and will be released November 8th on Anjunabeats. Graeme Shepherd.
  24. Web site: Grum kickstarts 2020 with launch of 'Deep State Recordings' label . Kassam . Alshaan . 3 January 2020 . We Rave You . https://web.archive.org/web/20200319055602/https://weraveyou.com/2020/01/grum-kicks-off-the-new-year-with-launch-of-deep-state-recordings-label/ . 19 March 2020 . 19 March 2020.
  25. Web site: Grum releases new Anjunabeats studio album 'Unreality' . 25 June 2022 . The Groove Cartel .
  26. Web site: Deep State by Grum on Apple Music . iTunes Store . 23 November 2019.
  27. Web site: Trine - Single by Grum on Apple Music . Apple Music . 10 October 2021.
  28. Web site: Gomez . Nancy . 6 October 2021 . Grum returns to Anjunabeats with Reconnection EP . https://web.archive.org/web/20211009173802/https://www.edmtunes.com/2021/10/grum-reconnection-ep-anjunabeats/ . 9 October 2021 . 10 October 2021 . EDM Tunes.
  29. Grum & Fehrplay Tap '90s Trance for 'Spirit': Exclusive . Bein . Kat . 28 June 2018 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20180701063900/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8463266/grum-fehrplay-spirit . 1 July 2018 . 1 July 2018.
  30. Web site: Never Have to Be Alone - Single by Grum on Apple Music . . 22 September 2018.
  31. Web site: Stay . Paterson . Angus . 12 September 2019 . . 14 October 2019.
  32. Web site: Tomorrow . . 18 October 2019.
  33. Web site: Sparkles - Single by Grum on Apple Music . Apple Music . 11 September 2021.
  34. Web site: Radical (Remixes) [feat. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs] - EP by Amtrac on Apple Music ]. Apple Music . 1 August 2020.
  35. Web site: LazersX999 (Grum Remix) - Single by HI-Lo & Chocolate Puma on Apple Music . Apple Music . 24 April 2020.
  36. Web site: Is It Love (1001) [Grum Remix] - Single by Above & Beyond on Apple Music ]. iTunes Store . 26 July 2019.
  37. Web site: 20 Years [Forward Ever Backward Never] by Cosmic Gate on Apple Music ]. iTunes Store . 31 August 2019 . 31 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190831050333/https://music.apple.com/us/album/20-years-forward-ever-backward-never/1473957172 . dead .
  38. Web site: Colombian Soul (Grum Remix) - Single by D.Ramirez & Mark Knight on Apple Music . iTunes Store . 14 October 2019.
  39. Web site: Rocket by Goldfrapp on Apple Music . Apple Music . 24 April 2020.
  40. Web site: Never Odd or Even - EP by BT on Apple Music . Apple Music . 21 February 2021.
  41. Web site: Alone - Single by Estiva on Apple Music . Apple Music . 6 March 2022.