Copy (musician)
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| Copy | |
|---|---|
| Name | Marius Libman |
| City | Portland, Oregon |
| Record Label | Audio Dregs |
| Releases | |
| Mobius Beard (2006) | |
| Hair Guitar (2007) | |
| Hard Dream (2010) | |
| Chalice Agenda (2015) | |
| Other Links | |
| MySpace | |
| COPY | SoundCloud |
Copy, real name Marius Libman, is an electronic music artist on the Audio Dregs record label. He has released four full-length albums, along with three "DJ Copy" remix CDs. Copy was chosen as the winner of Willamette Week's "Best New Band" award for 2006,[1] which showcases the top new artists in Copy's native Portland, Oregon.
Hard Dream
In 2006, Copy released his first remix CD under the 'DJ Copy' moniker – it featured 6 remixes of R&B/pop artists including Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige. The disc was called "The Diva Mixtape" and was not released digitally.[2] The next year, DJ Copy released another remix CD – this time of rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The disc was titled "Bone Thugs-N-Harmony-N-Copy",[3] and featured 6 remixes of songs by the group including "Ecstasy" and "Tha Crossroads". The disc came with CD order of Hair Guitar from Audio Dregs. In the same frame of time that Hard Dream was produced, Copy created a remix CD of R. Kelly songs called "The Pied Piper of Electro". It came free with a preorder of the Hard Dream CD from Audio Dregs. Regarding the R. Kelly CD, Libman said in an interview with Willamette Week[4] that he "grew up listening to a lot of hip-hop and R&B, but it's never really come to the forefront of [his] music until now".
Copy's first two albums were released in close succession (2006 and 2007), and he didn't release much music until 2010 (according to the Willamette Week's Local Cut, he was doing a lot of DJing around Portland), when Hard Dream (to be released on Audio Dregs) was released on September 21. Before the album was released, a track from the album, called "Breakfast" was released for download and reviewed by XLR8R[5] and Local Cut, a local Portland music journal.[6] An interview was also conducted by Disco Workout, a music blog, and two more songs were made available for listening. Libman stated in that Disco Workout review that Hard Dream was intended to have a "sort of darker, moodier tone" than previous albums.
