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Lolly Pop | |
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Birth name | Brooke R. Calder |
Also known as | Lorraine Price |
Born | 1975 (age 48–49) |
Genres | Electronic |
Occupation(s) | Vocalist, songwriter, producer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, synthesizer |
Years active | 2002–present |
Website | Official website |
Lolly Pop is a theatrical on-stage persona of Brooke R. Calder, produced by Ricardo Autobahn, Monte Moir and Doctor Fink. While considered a musical artist, Pop- who's fictitious real-life identity was later revealed as New York socialite Lorraine Price- has always been a performance artist playing characters-within-characters. [1]
Raised between the United States and Zimbabwe, Africa, Calder relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to work as a dancer for Prince in 1994. Shortly after being cast in the New Power Generation (NPG)'s " Get Wild" video, she was granted a studio apprenticeship with NPG keyboardist Morris Hayes. [2] Following completion, she served as a label intern with Twin/Tone Records, where she helped market side projects of Information Society, The Suburbs and Semisonic.
Post Twin/Tone, Calder assembled Electro-kitsch act TELEPHONE!, which introduced the character of Lolly Pop. Circa 2006, a concept album based on show scripts was penned and Pop was re-positioned as a solo musical artist produced by Fink, Moir and Autobahn. In 2007, the self-made video for "Elevator Operator" was featured on RockAmerica while the single was used in the Dash Mihok film, Loveless in Los Angeles. [3] Lolly Pop also appeared at Winter Music Conference, guested in the Paul Moering short film, Climbing Trees, [4] and worked closely with First Avenue.
Next recruited as the female vocalist for British outfit POP INC, she continued to contribute vocals to and/or produce American acts A*O*A, glean (with Rick McCollum of The Afghan Whigs), The Red Hour as well as British outfits Cuban Boys and Rude Awakening. With The Rembrandts' Phil Solem, Calder co-wrote the theme song for the Launch TV comedy Graham Crackers.
In 2019, along with Jerome Benton and Ronnie Baker Brooks, Lolly Pop had a cameo appearance in the video for Jellybean Johnson's "Put Some Jelly On It". [5] She later co-wrote lyrics for the Johnson-helmed Regal The Rare collaboration "Blue Goo", [6] bookending decades of creating with core members of The Minneapolis Sound. As a result of her long term work, she was elected to the board of the Minneapolis Sound Museum in 2023. [7]
Calder most recently collaborated with BBC award-winning director Martin Gooch on the short film Everybody Loves Dancing, [8] co-founded the electronic music imprint, Manual Control Records [9] and runs Calder Creative (a music, branding and business marketing firm) in Philadelphia.
During 2019, Calder helmed a suitcase and donations initiative for survivors of the Drake fire. [10] Throughout 2017, A*O*A donated their sales profits to the NODAPL Legal Fund and continue to provide a $1 royalty to RAICES for each maxi-single sold. [11] In 2004, Calder partnered with First Avenue to raise money for the Tubman Alliance, [12] and organized a female-fronted bill dubbed Girlfest.
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Lolly Pop | |
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Birth name | Brooke R. Calder |
Also known as | Lorraine Price |
Born | 1975 (age 48–49) |
Genres | Electronic |
Occupation(s) | Vocalist, songwriter, producer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, synthesizer |
Years active | 2002–present |
Website | Official website |
Lolly Pop is a theatrical on-stage persona of Brooke R. Calder, produced by Ricardo Autobahn, Monte Moir and Doctor Fink. While considered a musical artist, Pop- who's fictitious real-life identity was later revealed as New York socialite Lorraine Price- has always been a performance artist playing characters-within-characters. [1]
Raised between the United States and Zimbabwe, Africa, Calder relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to work as a dancer for Prince in 1994. Shortly after being cast in the New Power Generation (NPG)'s " Get Wild" video, she was granted a studio apprenticeship with NPG keyboardist Morris Hayes. [2] Following completion, she served as a label intern with Twin/Tone Records, where she helped market side projects of Information Society, The Suburbs and Semisonic.
Post Twin/Tone, Calder assembled Electro-kitsch act TELEPHONE!, which introduced the character of Lolly Pop. Circa 2006, a concept album based on show scripts was penned and Pop was re-positioned as a solo musical artist produced by Fink, Moir and Autobahn. In 2007, the self-made video for "Elevator Operator" was featured on RockAmerica while the single was used in the Dash Mihok film, Loveless in Los Angeles. [3] Lolly Pop also appeared at Winter Music Conference, guested in the Paul Moering short film, Climbing Trees, [4] and worked closely with First Avenue.
Next recruited as the female vocalist for British outfit POP INC, she continued to contribute vocals to and/or produce American acts A*O*A, glean (with Rick McCollum of The Afghan Whigs), The Red Hour as well as British outfits Cuban Boys and Rude Awakening. With The Rembrandts' Phil Solem, Calder co-wrote the theme song for the Launch TV comedy Graham Crackers.
In 2019, along with Jerome Benton and Ronnie Baker Brooks, Lolly Pop had a cameo appearance in the video for Jellybean Johnson's "Put Some Jelly On It". [5] She later co-wrote lyrics for the Johnson-helmed Regal The Rare collaboration "Blue Goo", [6] bookending decades of creating with core members of The Minneapolis Sound. As a result of her long term work, she was elected to the board of the Minneapolis Sound Museum in 2023. [7]
Calder most recently collaborated with BBC award-winning director Martin Gooch on the short film Everybody Loves Dancing, [8] co-founded the electronic music imprint, Manual Control Records [9] and runs Calder Creative (a music, branding and business marketing firm) in Philadelphia.
During 2019, Calder helmed a suitcase and donations initiative for survivors of the Drake fire. [10] Throughout 2017, A*O*A donated their sales profits to the NODAPL Legal Fund and continue to provide a $1 royalty to RAICES for each maxi-single sold. [11] In 2004, Calder partnered with First Avenue to raise money for the Tubman Alliance, [12] and organized a female-fronted bill dubbed Girlfest.
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