Twintapes | |
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Origin | Brooklyn, New York |
Genres | Electropop |
Years active | 2007-present |
Labels | Yamico Music |
Members | Pavel Rivera, Landon Knoblock, Benny Reiner |
Website |
www |
Twintapes is an electropop band based in Brooklyn, New York. [1] [2] [3] Pavel Rivera is the band's creator, singer and composer. [4] Other band members include Landon Knoblock and Benny Reiner. [4] [5] Twintapes does not use laptops or prerecorded/produced tracks during live performances. [6] [7]
Pavel Rivera created Twintapes in 2007 as a duo with Jon Estes, a friend from college. [8] The band is named after the duplicate tapes Rivera created of his favorite music after he lost a mixed tape to a faulty cassette player. [8] Rivera is originally from the Dominican Republic and Estes from Tennessee. [9] Twintapes released its debut album Somewhere Down the Road in 2009. [10] In October 2011, the band released Pluto. [11] In April 2013, Twintapes won mtvU's The Freshmen Competition. [12] The band's single "Fast Forward" was released in January 2014. [13] The following month, Twintapes was listed on the Deli's "Best of 2013 Poll for NYC Emerging Artists." [14] The band was also recognized on the listing the following year. [15] Twintapes released "Everyday Chemical" in March 2014 [16] and in April of that year headlined a show at the Mercury Lounge. [16]
Twintapes | |
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Origin | Brooklyn, New York |
Genres | Electropop |
Years active | 2007-present |
Labels | Yamico Music |
Members | Pavel Rivera, Landon Knoblock, Benny Reiner |
Website |
www |
Twintapes is an electropop band based in Brooklyn, New York. [1] [2] [3] Pavel Rivera is the band's creator, singer and composer. [4] Other band members include Landon Knoblock and Benny Reiner. [4] [5] Twintapes does not use laptops or prerecorded/produced tracks during live performances. [6] [7]
Pavel Rivera created Twintapes in 2007 as a duo with Jon Estes, a friend from college. [8] The band is named after the duplicate tapes Rivera created of his favorite music after he lost a mixed tape to a faulty cassette player. [8] Rivera is originally from the Dominican Republic and Estes from Tennessee. [9] Twintapes released its debut album Somewhere Down the Road in 2009. [10] In October 2011, the band released Pluto. [11] In April 2013, Twintapes won mtvU's The Freshmen Competition. [12] The band's single "Fast Forward" was released in January 2014. [13] The following month, Twintapes was listed on the Deli's "Best of 2013 Poll for NYC Emerging Artists." [14] The band was also recognized on the listing the following year. [15] Twintapes released "Everyday Chemical" in March 2014 [16] and in April of that year headlined a show at the Mercury Lounge. [16]