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Child Actor is an American underground hip hop producer.[2][3][4]
Child Actor | |
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| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts Middletown, Connecticut[1] |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Fake Four Inc. |
| Members |
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| Past members | Sedgie Ogilvy |
| Website | childactor |
Child Actor was formed by cousins Max Heath and Sedgie Ogilvy.[5] They released the Partner EP in February 2012[6] and the Window EP in July 2012.[7]
Their first album, Victory, was released on Fake Four Inc. on October 16, 2012.[8] Don Yates of KEXP-FM described the album as "an impressive set of maximalist, R&B-tinged electro-pop with a huge, lush sound featuring walls of glittering synths, hip hop-influenced rhythms, chopped samples, wispy vocals and sugary pop melodies."[9] Alyce Currier of Earmilk said, "With more emotional staying power than a lot of music caught up in today's rapid release cycle, I think this one is a keeper."[10]
Ogilvy left Child Actor in December 2012 with Natalie Plaza taking her place.[4]
Child Actor released their sophomore album, Never Die, in September 2014, followed by A Perfect Cloud in 2016.[11]
More recently, Heath has been active in hip hop, contributing production to artists such as Open Mike Eagle, Serengeti, billy woods, Armand Hammer, and Moor Mother.[12][13][14][15]
In 2021, Child Actor released an album entitled Respawn with frequent collaborator Televangel via Fake Four Inc.[16]
In 2022, Heath played keyboard in a recording session along with jazz musician Shabaka Hutchings, engineer Willie Green, and rapper Elucid that would form the foundation for the 2023 Armand Hammer album We Buy Diabetic Test Strips.[17][18][19]
Albums
- Victory (2012)
- Never Die (2014)
- A Perfect Cloud (2016)
- Respawn with Televangel (2021)
- Ajai II Instrumentals (2023)
EPs
- Partner (2012)
- Window (2012)
- Promise (2013)
- Siempre Mia with Televangel (2020)
Guest appearances
- Dark Time Sunshine – "Valiant" and "Forget Me Not" from Anx (2012)
- Blue Sky Black Death – "This Is It" and "Can't Take It With Me When I Die" from Cliff of Death EP with Deniro Farrar (2012)
- Sadistik – "Palmreader" from Flowers for My Father (2013)
- Deniro Farrar – "Death or Forever" and "Croisade" from The Patriarch II (2013)
- Blue Sky Black Death – "I" and "II" from Glaciers (2013)
- Deniro Farrar – "Rebirth/Hold On" from Rebirth (2014)
- Sadistik – "Orange" from Ultraviolet (2014)
- Serengeti – "Never Fall Back" from Energy EP (2019)
Production
- Busdriver – "Utilitarian Uses of Love (Child Actor remix)" from Beaus$Eros (Deluxe Version) (2012)
- Ceschi – "Work Song" from Forgotten Forever (2014)
- Serengeti – Energy EP (all songs, 2019)
- Billy Woods – "Shepherd's Tone (feat. Fielded)" from Terror Management (2019)
- Armand Hammer – "Charms (feat. Keiyaa)" from Shrines (2020)
- Moor Mother and Billy Woods – "Rapunzal", "Blak Forrest" (featuring Fielded), "Tiberius" (featuring Elucid), and "Portrait" (featuring Navy Blue) from Brass (2020)
- Fielded – "Justus (Child Actor remix)" (featuring Billy Woods) from The Sherita Sessions: Demisexual Lovelace Remixes (2021)
- Elucid – "Spellling", "Old Magic", "Mangosteen feat. Billy Woods", and "Split Tongue" from I Told Bessie (2022)
- ShrapKnel – "Running Rebel Swordplay", "Obol", and "A Tribe All Stressed" from Metal Lung (2022)
- AKAI SOLO – "Sun 2 Moon" from Body Feeling (2022)
- Amani & Robalu – "Starchild" from I'll Be Right Black! (2022)
- Serengeti – Ajai II (all songs, 2022)
- Open Mike Eagle – "The Song With the Secret Name", "I Retired Then I Changed My Mind", and "Peak Lockdown Raps" from Component System with the Auto Reverse (2022)
- Open Mike Eagle – "A New Rap Festival Called Falling Loud", "The Grand Prize Game on the Bozo Show feat. Video Dave & Still Rift", "We Should Have Made Otherground a Thing", "The Wire S3 E1 feat. Blu", and "Dave Said These Are the Liner Notes" from another triumph of ghetto engineering (2023)
- Fielded – "Take Me There feat. Teether", "You Chasing Me", "Dream Interlude", and "Goddess Woes feat. Wolf Weston" from Plus One (2023)
- Armand Hammer – "The Flexible Unreliability of Time and Memory" from We Buy Diabetic Test Strips (2023)
- Armand Hammer – "Drowning Machine" from BLK LBL (2024)
- Previous Industries – "Showbiz" from Showbiz / Braids (2024)
- Ceschi – "Fin" and "Santa Lucía" from Bring Us The Head Of Francisco False (Part 1) (2024)
- shemar – sunscreen (all songs, 2024)
- Cavalier – "50 Bags feat. Lord Chilla" from Different Type Time (2024)
- Previous Industries – "Showbiz", "Pliers", "Roebuck", "Montgomery Ward", "Babbages", "Fotomat", "Zayre", and "Kay Bee" from Service Merchandise (2024)
- Navy Blue – "Low Threshold" and "Basis" from Memoirs in Armour (2024)
- Elucid – "Yottabyte" and "Voice 2 Skull" from Revelator (2024)
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