Ten Walls
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| Born | Marijus Adomaitis 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 6 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 | edit source]2009–12: Mario Basanov
[edit | edit source]In 2012 under the name Mario Basanov Adomaitis won Best Electronic Act at Lithuanian M.A.M.A. music awards.
2013–15: Breakthrough
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]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 | edit source]Studio albums
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| Queen[16] |
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Extended plays
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| Gotham |
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Singles
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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 | edit source]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
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Notes
[edit | edit source]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.
External links
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