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Slacker (producer)

{{Short description|British electronic music producer}}

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Slacker, whose real name was Shem McCauley, was a British electronic music house, hip hop and R&B producer. He was the DJ for UK Hip Hop band The She Rockers. He owned Jukebox in the Sky record label. He was also known under the names "Head Honcho", "Ramp" "Live It!" and "DJ Streets Ahead". Slacker, who was based in England, had released records on many labels including XL Recordings, Loaded Records, and Perfecto Records.

Shem McCauley died in Bangkok, Thailand, in January 2012.{{cite web|publisher=Discogs|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Shem+McCauley|title=Shem McCauley Discography|website=Discogs.com|date=24 January 2012|accessdate=24 January 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dummymag.com/news/shem-mccauley-dies-in-bangkok/|title=Shem McCauley dies in Bangkok|website=Dummymag.com|accessdate=17 August 2020}}

Discography

=Album=

  • Start a New Life (2010)

=Singles=

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|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions

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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK
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scope="row"| "Feel Space"

| 1995

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scope="row"| "Flying"

| rowspan="2"| 1996

| — || —

scope="row"| "Scared"

| 36 || 99

scope="row"| "Your Face"

| 1997

| 33 || —

scope="row"| "Psychout"

| 1998

| 97 || —

scope="row"| "Looky Thing"

| 2002

| — || —

scope="row"| "Turning to Air"

| 2004

| — || —

=Remixes=

Notable collaborators

References

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External links

  • [https://www.myspace.com/slackershem/ MySpace]
  • [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Slacker Discogs entry]
  • [http://www.progressive-sounds.com/artists/Slacker/Slacker-interview-11-2002.asp Interview] with Progressive-Sounds
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120172355/http://www.worlddj.com/dj/slacker/ WorldDJ entry]

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Category:Hip-hop record producers

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