{"product_id":"rac_ego_2017_disco-virgin-music-group","title":"Ego","description":"LAUREATE OF A GRAMMY FOR HIS REMIX OF BOB MOSES, RAC RETURNS WITH AN ALBUM NAMED AFTER HIM WITH COLLABORATIONS FROM RIVERS CUOMO (WEEZER), ROSTAM (VAMPIRE WEEKEND)... RAC, also known as Andre Allen Anjus, starts the year with a bang after winning a Grammy for Best Remix for 'Tearing Me Up' by Bub Muses, making him the first Portuguese artist to win a Grammy. \"After spending 10 years trying to establish the remix as a new form of work, I can only be deeply touched and honored by this award. My life will never be the same,\" he explains. Today, Anjus is focusing on songwriting, his \"first passion,\" he says, and this album EGO is a collection of 14 songs featuring collaborations with Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Rostam of Vampire Weekend, MNDR, St. Lucia, KNA, and Juywave among others. EGO is his first album since Strangers released in 2014 and is his most coherent and ambitious album. With its indie electro production, EGO proves that RAC exists beyond the dancefloor. Growing up in Portugal at a time when the internet was not predominant, Anjus first got into music through his guitar, covering songs by Nirvana, and later he started recording songs on his computer. After moving to the US to study at Greenville College in St. Louis, The Shins used his remix of 'Sleeping Lessons' as the B-side of the Australian version of the single, and that's when he realized he could blend his sense of songwriting with the work of other artists. That's when he founded RAC and has since built an audience by creating remixes for Lana Del Rey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ellie Goulding, Foster The People, Imagine Dragons, Two Door Cinema Club, The Shins, and ODESZA for which he had already been nominated for Grammys in 2016 for his remix of 'Say My Name'. He then began releasing his own productions, starting in 2012 with the track 'Hollywood' on Green Label Sound. Anjus quickly established himself as a songwriter with his first album Strangers in 2014 featuring the singles 'Let Go' and 'Cheap Sunglasses'. Anjus has played at the biggest festivals in the world including Coachella, Electric Zoo, Bumbershoot, and Lollapalooza.","brand":"RAC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57693156376920,"sku":null,"price":23528460.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/rac_ego_2017_disco-virgin-music-group","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}