EGO

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RAC, also known as Andre Allen Anjos, is starting the year with a bang after winning a Grammy for Best Remix for Bob Moses' ‘Tearing Me Up,’ making him the first Portuguese artist to win a Grammy. “After spending 10 years trying to establish the remix as a new art form, I can only be deeply touched and honored by this award. My life will never be the same,” he explains. Today, Anjos is focusing on songwriting, his "first passion" he says, and this album EGO, a collection of 14 songs featuring collaborations with Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Rostam of Vampire Weekend, MNDR, St. Lucia, KNA, and Joywave, among others. EGO is his first album since Strangers released in 2014 and is his most cohesive and ambitious album. With its indie electro production, EGO proves that RAC exists beyond the dancefloor sound. Having grown up in Portugal at a time when the internet was not predominant, Anjos first learned about music through his guitar, covering Nirvana songs, and then later 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 a B-side for the Australian version of the single, and that's when he realized he could combine his songwriting skills with the work of other artists. That's when he founded RAC and has since built an audience by remixing 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 was already nominated for a Grammy in 2016 for his remix of ‘Say My Name.’ He then began releasing his own productions, in 2012 with the track ‘Hollywood’ on Green Label Sound. Anjos quickly established himself as a songwriter through his first album Strangers in 2014 with the singles ‘Let Go’ and ‘Cheap Sunglasses.’ Anjos has played at the biggest festivals in the world including Coachella, Electric Zoo, Bumbershoot, and Lollapalooza.