TMDP
{{Short description|Canadian electronic music duo}}
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| origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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TMDP is a Canadian electronic music duo based in Toronto, Ontario.{{cite web|url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=166596 |title=Music Forecast 2009 | NOW Magazine |publisher=Nowtoronto.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-20}}[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/tmdp-tmdp_2 "TMDP TMDP"]. Exclaim!, By Marinko Jareb Mar 24, 2009 TMDP's particular brand of electronic music is recreated for the stage using synthesizers and laptops.{{cite web |url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/2009/071609/music5.html |title=Music |publisher=Montreal Mirror |date=2009-07-22 |accessdate=2012-01-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630171754/http://www.montrealmirror.com/2009/071609/music5.html |archivedate=2012-06-30 }}
History
Jeffrey Addison and Gavin Rough, who had been playing together informally, formed TMDP with the help of promoter Craig Hill.[https://nowtoronto.com/music/tmdp--yyz--buzz/ "TMDP + YYZ = BUZZ"]. NOW Toronto, by Jordan Bimm, March 4, 2009 The pair began performing in clubs and bars in Toronto;[https://www.fanbolt.com/26169/tmdps-debut-self-titled-album/ "TMDP’s Debut Self-Titled Album"]. FanBolt, February 26, 2009. Kim Gallagher[https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20090709/282531539393885 " Party continues for the Chislers"]. Ottawa Citizen. 2009 07 09 they released their self-titled debut album in 2009 through Hill's newly formed YYZ Records.{{cite web|last=Bimm |first=Jordan |url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/tmdp/ |title=TMDP |publisher=Now Magazine |date=November 18, 2008 |accessdate=2012-01-20}}[http://exclaim.ca/music/article/tmdp-tmdp "TMDP TMDP"]. Exclaim!, By Cam Lindsay Feb 22, 2009{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170914034303/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2009/03/30/tmdp-tmdp/ "TMDP — TMDP"]}}. Chart Attack, Mar 30, 2009 On the national campus and community radio report, the album of dance music charted number 18 of the top 20 electronic albums that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/2009/electronic.cfm |title=!earshot : charts : top 20 electronic of 2009 |publisher=Earshot-online.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-20}}
TMDP were a part of Toronto's burgeoning electronic music scene of 2008/2009 [http://www.eyeweekly.com/extendedplay/article/48664 Eye Weekly]{{dead link|date=January 2012}}[http://www.eyeweekly.com/extendedplay/article/54968 Eye Weekly]{{dead link|date=January 2012}} and have played with Modeselektor, Dragonette, Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, A-Trak, Aeroplane, and toured with fellow Canadian dance punk/electro group, Shout Out Out Out Out. Also in 2009, TMDP, along with Crystal Castles, performed at Toronto's Sound Academy as part of the TIME Festival.[https://nowtoronto.com/music/concert-reviews/time-festival-at-sound-academy/ "Time Festival was top notch"]. NOW Toronto, by Jordan Bimm, July 27, 2009[https://nowtoronto.com/music/concert-reviews/shows-that-rocked-to-last-week/ "Shows that rocked T.O. last week"]. NOW Toronto, July 29, 2009
In November 2009 TMDP remixed the single, "Self Taught Learner" by Lissy Trullie. The release enjoyed moderate success featuring on RCRDLBL, as well as being released by Hugo Boss on their December 2009 monthly mix series.
TMDP now write hold music for medical service centres across Canada.
Discography
=Albums=
- TMDP (2009)
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Category:Canadian electronic music groups
Category:Musical groups from Toronto