Rollo Armstrong
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Rollo Armstrong (born in London) is a part of the music producers/remixers team Rollo and Sister Bliss and older brother to Dido, whom he helped to write and produce the multi-million selling albums No Angel and Life For Rent. He is also a member of the electronic music group Faithless, which he formed in 1995 with Sister Bliss, Jamie Catto and Maxi Jazz.
A member of Mensa and holder of a philosophy degree, he has achieved many musical accomplishments as a member of groups and solo, using various monikers: Faithless, Rollo Goes ..., Felix, Our Tribe (with Rob Dougan), and Dusted.
In 1991, Rollo founded Cheeky Records and released two records before it folded a year later because of his lack of business knowledge. Champion Records then stepped in to help with funding and advice enabling Cheeky to re-launch in 1994 (it has since been bought out by BMG). In 1992 a mysterious single was issued, named "Don't You Want Me" (not to be confused with the 1981 song with the same name by Human League), played in heavy rotation by club DJs around the world, soon becoming a reliable floor filler. The video which corresponded to the track had a fairly psychedelic feel; it solely consisted of animated graphics whose "pulsating" movement was perfectly synchronized to the beat, which made it resemble a scene demo on the classic home computers. At that time, no one had any idea about the man hiding behind the Felix handle. Not until several months later, it was eventually revealed that it was Rollo who had produced this engrossing club classic. Later in 2006, in a BBC Radio 1 interview with Pete Tong Rollo revealed, that he was paid only 300 pounds to do the track.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Felix
- "Don't You Want Me" (Single) (1992)
- "It Will Make Me Crazy" (Single) (1992)
- "Stars" (Single) (1993)
- "Fastslow" / "It's Me" (Promo) (1993)
- "Get Down" (Promo) (1993)
- "#1" (1993)
[edit] Our Tribe
- "I Believe in You" (Single) (1993)
- "Love Come Home" (Single) (1994)
[edit] The O.T. Quartet
- "Hold That Sucker Down" (Single) (1994)
[edit] Rollo Goes Camping
- "Get Off Your High Horse" (Single) (1994)
[edit] Rollo Goes Mystic
- "Love, Love, Love - Here I Come" (Single) (1995)
[edit] Rollo Goes Spiritual
- "Let This Be a Prayer" (Single) (1996)
[edit] Dusted
- When We Were Young (2001)
- "Always Remember to Respect and Honor Your Mother" (Single) (2001)
- "Angel" (Dusted remix) – Sarah McLachlan (2001)
- The Dusted Variations, a set of covers included in Enigma's 15 Years After box set.
On 28 September 2005, Rollo Armstrong has released a completely re-worked version of the 2000 Dusted When We Were Young album named Safe From Harm, accompanied by an illustrated 80 pages hardcover book with the same name. (ISBN 0-283-07031-5)
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