Ten Walls | |
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Birth name | Marijus Adomaitis |
Born | Vilnius, Lithuania | 19 January 1983
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Years active | 2009–present |
Labels | Runemark Records |
Marijus Adomaitis (born 19 January 1983), better known by his stage names Ten Walls or Mario Basanov,[1][2] is a Lithuanian producer who is best known for his 2014 single "Walking with Elephants", which peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.
In June 2015, Ten Walls was dropped from several festivals and by his booking agency after making controversial comments comparing gay people to pedophiles in a Facebook post, and referring to the LGBT community as a "different breed".[3]
Career
[edit]2009–12: Mario Basanov
[edit]In 2012 under the name Mario Basanov Adomaitis won Best Electronic Act at Lithuanian M.A.M.A. music awards.
2013–15: Breakthrough
[edit]On 10 May 2013 Ten Walls released his debut EP Gotham.[4] On 9 December 2013 he released his debut single "Requiem".[5] On 7 September 2014 he released the single "Walking with Elephants". On 10 September 2014 the song was at number 3 on The Official Chart Update in the UK.[6] On 14 September 2014 the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 6.[7] The song also peaked at number 3 on the UK Dance Chart and number 8 on the Scottish Singles Chart.
Homophobia controversy
[edit]In June 2015, Ten Walls posted a rant on his Facebook pages condemning homosexuality and comparing it to pedophilia.[8] As a result of his comments, he was dropped from several festival line-ups. His booking agency, Coda Music Agency, announced that they no longer represented him. Fort Romeau pulled his support for him at London club venue Koko.[9] Ten Walls' posts were later deleted after a backlash, and he put out an apology claiming that he cancelled the festival dates himself.[9][10][11] Organizers of Dutch festival Pitch, Belgian festival Pukkelpop, the German festival Dockville, British festival Creamfields,[12] and Spanish festival Sónar publicly confirmed that they cancelled Ten Walls performances due to his homophobic statements.[9][13] Ten Walls also received criticism from Lithuanian LGBT activists.[14]
Three months after his post, in September 2015, Ten Walls issued a formal apology for the incident, calling it "completely out of character".[15]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
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Queen[16] |
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Extended plays
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Gotham |
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Singles
[edit]Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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UK [18] |
UK Dance [19] |
SCO [20] |
BEL (Vl) [21] |
FR [22] | |||||||||
2013 | "Requiem"[5] | — | — | — | 60[A] | — | Non-albums singles | ||||||
2014 | "Walking with Elephants" | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 130 | |||||||
2015 | "Sparta" | — | — | — | 72[A] | — | |||||||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. |
Awards
[edit]On 30 January 2015 at M.A.M.A. awards Ten Walls won awards for best electronic act and best music video ("Walking with Elephants").[23]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ten Walls – Walking With Elephants (2014, Boso)". dauggarsoirsviesu.lt.
- ^ "Mario Basanov Is Ten Walls!". Data Transmission. 29 November 2013.
- ^ "Festivals Drops Ten Walls Over Homophobic Comments". BBC Newsbeat. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
- ^ a b iTunes - Music - Gotham EP by Ten Walls
- ^ a b "iTunes - Music - Requiem - Single by Ten Walls". iTunes.
- ^ "Calvin Harris on track for fifth Number 1 single". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Calvin Harris scores fifth Number 1!". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Walking with Elephants star says gays are another 'breed', like pedophiles". Gay Star News. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "Festivals cancel Ten Walls appearances". Resident Advisor. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Ten Walls apologises for online posts comparing homosexuals to paedophiles". The Guardian. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Ten Walls dropped from festival bills over homophobic outburst". Fact. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Festivals drop Ten Walls over homophobic comments". Newsbeat. BBC News. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Dockville streicht Show von Musiker nach homophobem Post" [Dockville cancels musician's show after homophobic post]. Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 8 June 2015.
- ^ Paraščiakas, Eiviltas (8 June 2015). "M. Basanovo karjera byra į šipulius: gerbėjai tyčiojasi, festivalių organizatoriai atšaukia jo pasirodymus". Delfi (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Eede, Christian. "Ten Walls Issues Apology". The Quietus. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ "Ten Walls - Queen".
- ^ "Queen from Runemark Records on Beatport".
- ^ "Ten Walls > UK Charts". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.
- ^ Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
- For "Walking with Elephants": "Chart Archive > 20th September 2014". Official Charts Company.
- ^ Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
- For "Walking with Elephants": "Chart Archive > 20th September 2014". Official Charts Company.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Ten Walls". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Ten Walls". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ "Kaune iškilmingai išdalintos M.A.M.A 2014 statulėlės". DELFI. 30 January 2015.
Notes
[edit]A ^ Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. Added 50 position to actual Ultratip position.