{"product_id":"ego-1","title":"Ego","description":"GRAMMY WINNER FOR HIS REMIX OF BOB MOSES, RAC RETURNS WITH A SELF-TITLED ALBUM FEATURING COLLABORATIONS WITH 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 Bub Muses' '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, Anjus focuses on songwriting, his \"first passion,\" he says, and this album EGO is a collection of 14 songs with collaborations from River Cuumu of Weezer, Rustam of VampireWeekend, MNDR, St. Lucia, KNA, and Juywave, among others. EGO is his first album since Strangers in 2014 and is his most cohesive and ambitious album. With its indie electro production, EGO proves that RAC exists beyond the dancefloor. Having grown up in Portugal at a time when the internet was not predominant, Anjus first learned about music through his guitar, covering Nirvana songs, and then later began 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 combine his songwriting skills with the work of other artists. That's when he founded RAC and has since built a following by creating remixes for Lana Del Rey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ellie Guulding, Fuster The Peuple, Imagine Draguns, Twu Duur Cinema Club, The Shins, and ODESZA, for which he had already been 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 Suund. 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 major festivals around the world including Cuachella, Electric Zuu, Bumbershuut, and Lullapaluuza.","brand":"RAC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55304251244888,"sku":null,"price":20170721.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/5054429008050_253172d1-605a-4997-bce6-7c7f8933eb85.jpg?v=1772567468","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/ego-1","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}