1. Josh Abrahams has performed and recorded under the stage name Puretone, and is known as The Pagan and Bassliners.
20 Facts About Josh Abrahams
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Josh Abrahams's single, "Addicted to Bass", with singer Amiel Daemion, peaked at No 15 in February 1999.
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Josh Abrahams was born in 1968 in Melbourne and started as a bass guitarist and singer in covers band Havana Moon in 1990.
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In 1990, Josh Abrahams formed the techno group, Future Sound of Melbourne with drum and bass producer Davide Carbone and acid house DJ Steve Robbins.
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In 1995, Josh Abrahams left Future Sound of Melbourne to become a solo artist,.
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In 1996, Josh Abrahams was signed to Carl Cox's label Ultimatum and released his debut album The Satyricon to critical acclaim.
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In 1998, Josh Abrahams released his second studio album, Sweet Distorted Holiday which included the song "Addicted to Bass", with Amiel Daemion which was released in October 1998 and peaked at No 15 on the ARIA singles chart.
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999, Josh Abrahams set the record for the number of ARIA nominations for an independent artist with six nominations, winning two.
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In 2000, Josh Abrahams released "Rollin'", which peaked at number 58 in Australia.
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In 2001, Josh Abrahams produced songs for Daemion, including the platinum-selling single "Lovesong" and the gold-selling album Audio Out.
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In 2001, Josh Abrahams collaborated with Baz Luhrmann and co-produced the Moulin Rouge film soundtrack.
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In 2002, Josh Abrahams composed and produced original music for a feature film by Paul Currie titled One Perfect Day, set in the Melbourne dance music scene.
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Josh Abrahams released "Stuck in a Groove", featuring Daemion on vocals, which peaked at No 26 in the UK.
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In 2003, Josh Abrahams wrote and produced the original music score for the film One Last Ride, produced by director Ang Lee.
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Josh Abrahams began composing music for television commercials, such as the 'Go for It Girl' campaign for Portmans clothing, a song entitled "Melt with You" for Baileys Irish Cream and the LG technology campaign.
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In 2005, TV jingles were Josh Abrahams' main focus, along with writing more of his own original music.
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Josh Abrahams was the music director and pianist for the Soubrettes' Cabaret Tingel Tangel at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2004.
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Josh Abrahams spent July and August 2006 running the nightclub in the first Spiegeltent to tour in the US, then returned to this venue as music director for the theatrobatic show Desir, premiering in the New York Spiegeltent in August 2008.
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In 2008, Josh Abrahams teamed up with Kaz James, co-writing and producing seven songs for James' debut solo album If They Knew.
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In 2009, Josh Abrahams reunited with his friend Davide Carbone and together they formed the music production house s:amplify.