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NOICE! Along with Scissor and Thread are proud to present Francis Harris a.k.a. Adultnapper at Kingdom Austin Night Club. (Powered by ATX Music Mag) We all know adultnapper is an incredibly talented producer and DJ, and needs no introduction.

Francis Harris a.k.a. Adultnapper
[Scissor and Thread, NYC}

BIO//

Granted, a somewhat intense punk rock kid from Vegas into philosophy and Pynchon isn't the most likely candidate to become a club DJ, no less one of the leading American talents in the global electronic music underground, but that is the story of Francis Harris. Over 10 years ago, Francis quite accidentally "discovered" dance music and has approached the craft of DJing, composing and producing it with uncommon focus and dedication ever since. In the studio or the booth, Francis is known to be steadfast, thoughtful and purposeful; an uncompromising artist who takes his art seriously, even is it is "just" dance music. Over his career, that attitude and a fair bit of talent has earned Francis sustained critical notice and a loyal worldwide following. The scene's aficionados have long favored the dark yet moving, introspective excursions Francis delivers as "Adultnapper" for respected dance music labels like Poker Flat, Mule Electronic, Simple and his own boutique imprint, Ransom Note. When teamed with Mr. C of
The Shamen as Sycophant Slags, a mischievous streak behind the foreboding Adultnapper persona emerges, evidenced in a string of punchy dance anthems the duo have recorded for Get Physical and Poker Flat, including the 2009 hit single and video "Keep Off."Firmly established now with 50+ dancefloor-oriented EPs to his credit, including recent high-profile
collaborations with M.A.N.D.Y., Francis is no less inspired to continually challenge convention and expand the boundaries of his creativity. 2010 proved a pivotal year in this regard, as Francis embarked on the recording of his first full length album. Titled "Leland," in tribute to his father, the album is a poignant requiem featuring piano, guitar, cello, trumpet and vocals by Danish singer Gry. Although loosely based on house rhythms, "Leland" reaches beyond the club and in realizing this ambitious project, Francis forged new creative partnerships and rekindled a long dormant interest in songwriting, live instrumentation and performance, leading, in 2011, to the launch of Scissor and Thread. Conceptually, S&T is an open-ended platform for "indie" artist development and album length releases, electronic or otherwise. A slew of talented and wide-ranging new artists are scheduled to debut on S&T in 2012, but for starters the label has focused on remixes from Francis' album by luminaries Matthew Herbert and NSI., as well as material by Jordan Lieb aka black light smoke, with whom Francis has collaborated on the production of "Leland," an as yet to be released full length solo album by former Beirut member Jason Poranski, and a series of EPs for Hafendisko, No. 19 and recently Poker Flat, who closed 2011 with the hit single and video, "Idiot Fair." Under a new alias, lightbluemover, Francis and Jordan launched an epic two man, all hardware live set, Francis' first ever, that forms the centerpiece of a series of S&T showcases that began with DC and Miami at Art Basel, and is continuing with blkmarket membership on New Year's Eve in NYC, BPM Festival and a January 14th turn at Fabric's room one. Still another new project due from the label early in 2012 is Frank & Tony presents... the brainchild of Francis and S&T co-owner, Parisian DJ/producer, Anthony Collins. With F&T, the pair will explore the sexier side of house music, focusing on deep, slow and melodic tracks that feature various vocalists from the S&T roster. Without so much as one release, F&T have already garnered attention by DJing together under the moniker in NYC, Paris, Atlanta and soon in San Francisco. Beyond his commercial music endeavors, Mr. Harris continues to score soundtracks for noted installation artist Matthew Weinstein. His composition for "Chariots of the Gods,
" featuring the last recording of the late Natasha Richardson, debuted to great reviews at NYC's Sonnabend Gallery in Sept. '09. His second Weinstein commission, "The Childhood of Berthold Brecht," this time with actress Blair Brown on vocal debuted Sept. 2011, drawing praise from the New York Times.

~*~*~*Francis Harris Discography*~*~*~
Forthcoming
francis harris - leland (scissor and thread)
adultnapper vs M.A.N.D.Y. - bus ted (get physical)
lightbluemover vs black light smoke “bitter bee” (my favorite robot/no. 19)
lightbluemover vs black light smoke “no cliché / poppa’s bag” (scissor and thread)
frank & tony - worked / rings (frank & tony presents... )
2011
francis harris - pharoah in the morning remixes (scissor and thread)
adultnapper vs black light smoke - idiot fair (poker flat)
francis harris - lostfound (scissor and thread)
lightbluemover vs black light smoke - girn/ddisco (hafendisko)
2010
adultnapper - monitor (lion1 music)
adultnapper featuring big bully - low point on high ground (simple)
adultnapper featuring big bully - hazylazy (culprit)
adultnapper - slowly (poker flat)
adultnapper v mr c presents sycophant slags - keep off (poker flat)
2009
adultnapper - while he sleeps (simple)
adultnapper - almost nothing (audiomatique)
adultnapper - compass rose (nummer schallplatten)
adultnapper - borrowed keys (Clink)
adultnapper - you just arrive (crostowndigitalrebels)
2008
adultnapper - apropills (nummer schallplatten)
adultnapper vs holmar filipsson - flourescent (ransom note)
adultnapper - duration ep (audiomatique )
2007
adultnapper - pospos (super freq)
adultnapper - the hex ep (railyard recordings)
adultnapper - tewa (ransom note)
adultnapper - tewa rmxs (ransom note footnote)
adultnapper - maxwell’s demon (ransom note)
adultnapper - juror no. 9 (audiomatique)
adulnapper vs. dan berkson - inner ear (intrinsic design)
adultnapper - boltz (nummer schallplatten)
adultnapper - betty crocker moves to berlin / kaitlin (superfreq)
adultnapper - face it (lion1music )
2006
adultnapper - the sophie affair (mule electronic)
adultnapper - curved by a thought / save yourself sucker (rhythmic)
adultnapper - real subjects/in the chest (mule electronic)
adultnapper - gravity ep (audiomatique)
adultnapper - fecund (dirt crew)
adultnapper - move in the target (dirt crew)
adultnapper - factoring your lack of cool / clis (dirt crew)
adultnapper - choose (audiomatique)
discography (continued)
2005
adultnapper - sublimate! (matter/:form)
adultnapper vs. number one son - sell out/sold out rmx (matter/:form)

~*~*~*Remixes*~*~*~
2011
dead seal - goldemine - adultnapper mix (my favorite robot)
mousse t - sax is gone - adultnapper dub (peppermint jam)
ellen allien - huibah - adultnapper mix (bpitch control )
tim gregor - mind into machine - adultnapper mix (microfreak)
2010
greg shiff - I’m with an animal - adultnapper mix (hidden)
hijacker and stick - heavy clouds - adultnapper storm dub (bombis)
gry - all comes - adultnapper mix (orphanear)
2009
2009 - (a)pendics shuffle - elegance and malice - adultnapper’s pineal eye mix (lick my deck)
2009 - tim sherdian - bionic language - adultnapper mix (very very wrong indeed)
2009 - echologist - the score - adultnapper mix (ransom note)
2008
(a)pendics shuffle - mas lines - adultnapper mix (ransom note)
alexi delano - what is control - adultnapper’s whats the point mix (audiomatique)
stephan hinz - bacala - adultnapper mix (audiomatique)
dave brennan - drink deep 2008 - adultnapper remix (bombis)
2007
holy ghost - mad monks - adultnapper sacrilegious mix (flying circus)
sean danke & sheizer goodman - until further notice remix (thugfucker)
martin brodin - one - adultnapper zero mix (variance)
elias landberg - eight two six - adultnapper dub (railyard recordings)

Local support by

Allen Tagle // {Disco Donnie Presents}

D.R.K //(harmonious discord, VAGABOND)

~*~*~ Belly Dancing by Alana Shea ~*~*~