Thunderheist

Thunderheist is an electronic music duo from Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Thunderheist is made up of producer Graham Bertie (Grahmzilla) and Omolola Isis Salam (Isis).[1] The two began collaborating before they had ever met in person, sending MP3 files to each other over the Internet.[2] They are signed and released one album on Big Dada. Thunderheist was founded in 2005 by Graham as an anonymous dance music side-project to his more hip-hop leanings as Metrix. They became a duo in August 2006 when Graham inadvertently sent Omolola a remix he was working on for a Spank Rock remix competition and she recorded a rap over it.[3] They've received moderate popularity for their track "Jerk It" featured in the 2008 film The Wrestler. Thunderheist was selected as the X3 Artist of the month by Aux.tv, CBC Radio 3 and Exclaim! Magazine for April 2009.[4] Their self-titled full-length was released March 31, 2009. They were nominated for a 2010 Juno Award in the Dance Recording of the Year category.[5]

Thunderheist confirmed on their website they have gone their separate ways.[6]

Contents

• 1 Discography
  • 1.1 Albums
  • 1.2 Singles
• 2 References

Albums

• Thunderheist (March 31, 2009)

Singles

• "Bubblegum" (October 2007)
• "Jerk It" (July 2008)
• "Sweet 16" (2009)
• "Nothing 2 Step 2" (2009)
• "LBG (Little Booty Girl)" (November 2009)

References

1. ^ Jessica Wong "Funky duo Thunderheist joins musical showcase at TIFF". CBC News, December 2008.
2. ^ Miscellanynews.com
3. ^ Ostroff, Joshua. "Toronto Electro Sensations Thunderheist Fight for Your Right to Party", Exclaim!, April 2009.
4. ^ "X3 Artist of the Month"
5. ^ Jonathan Dekel "Thunderheist, Great Lake Swimmers React to Juno Nominations", Spinner.com, March 2010
6. ^ Kate Harper "Thunderheist Breaking Up", ChartAttack, March 2010