Grand Analog

Grand Analog is a Canadian hip hop band, fronted by Odario Williams. The project combines R&B, jazz, reggae and rock influences into a hip hop style performed mainly on live instruments instead of digital electronics.^[1]

Grand Analog
Grand Analog, November 2009
Background information
Origin	Winnipeg, Manitoba Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Canadian hip hop
Years active	2006 – present
Labels	The Shadow Cabinet Music Group, Ferryhouse Records [de] (GER)
Members	Odario Williams Warren Bray Ofield Williams TJ Garcia Aubrey McGhee Catalist

History

Grand Analog was first formed by Williams in 2002 as a short-lived rock-oriented side project from his main band Mood Ruff. After Mood Ruff's breakup, he revived the project with a new focus on reggae and hip hop in 2006.^[2] Williams has told the press that "sonically, I knew that I wanted to dig into dub and rock and soul. I’ve always wanted to do that, but years ago I wasn’t free enough upstairs to know that I could."^[1]

The band released their first album, Calligraffiti, in 2007. A follow-up album, titled Metropolis Is Burning,^[3] was released on May 26, 2009.^[4][5] The album topped the Canadian community and campus radio hip hop chart for several weeks.^[6]

Grand Analog won two Western Canadian Music Awards for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Recording in 2009 for Touch Your Toes EP and 2010 for Metropolis Is Burning.^[7]

The band's third album, Modern Thunder, was released in Canada on August 20, 2013.^[8][9] Modern Thunder was also released in various European countries on German label Ferryhouse Records; and released in the U.S. on Brooklyn label Feel Up Records.

In 2015 the band released an album, Roll Dub Soul Rap,^[10] and performed at a number of clubs in western Canada.,^[11] In 2016 they released a video, Love is a Battlefield.^[12]

Discography

• Calligraffiti (2007)
• Metropolis Is Burning (2009)
• Modern Thunder (2013)
• Roll Dub Soul Rap (2015)
• Survival (2018)