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Nathan Fake

[b]Nathan Fake[/b] (b. 3 March 1983, King's Lynn, Norfolk) is a British electronic musician and producer based in Norwich. He's been signed by [l=Ninja Tune] since 2016 and releases music via [l=Cambria Instruments] label, including the latest album, [i][m=3064184][/i], in April 2023. Fake grew up in Norfolk and began making music in high school, inspired by IDM acts like [a=Aphex Twin] and [a=Orbital] on the radio and further reading about the artists and their gear in music magazines. In 2003, Nathan met [a=James Holden], who signed an aspiring producer on his [b][l=Border Community][/b] label, releasing [i][r=193039][/i] 12" EP. More records soon followed on [a=Satoshi Tomiie]'s US-based [l=Saw Recordings], German label [l=Traum Schallplatten], and [l=Electrochoc Records] in France. Nathan Fake presented his debut full-length album, [i][m=24253][/i], on [l=Border Community] in March 2006; the record gained positive reviews from [url=https://discogs.com/label/183279]Pitchfork[/url], [l=The Guardian], [l=Mixmag], and other publications. In 2014, Nathan Fake co-founded [b][l=Cambria Instruments][/b] with [a=Wesley Matsell], a fellow Border Community alumni. As a remix producer, he collaborated with several prominent musicians and labels, including [a=Radiohead], [a=Jon Hopkins], [a=Chris Clark], [l69345], [l=Warp Records], and [l=Kompakt]. In September 2016, one of the leading UK electronic labels, [b][l=Ninja Tune][/b], signed Nathan Fake and released his [i][r=9442223][/i] 12" EP later the same year. Fake presented the fourth studio album, [i][m=1148009][/i] 2xLP/CD, in the spring of 2017, featuring [a=Prurient] (founder of [a=Hospital Productions]) and [a=Raphaelle Standell-Preston] (of [a=Braids]) as guest musicians, with favorable reviews in [l98607] and [l=Wire Magazine], as well as [url=https://discogs.com/label/153965]Bleep[/url]'s "[i]Album of the Week[/i]" honorary mention. Later that year, Ninja Tune released a two-part [i]Providence Reworks[/i] EP with remixes from [a=Overmono], [a=Huerco S.], [a=Olga Wojciechowska], and [a=Konx-Om-Pax].

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