Introduction
GRADES (born Daniel Traynor) is an English electronic dance music producer and DJ from Ipswich, based in London. Signed to the Warner Music Group imprint One More Tune, his music encompasses elements of R&B, Hip Hop, Urban, Disco, 2-step and House.
Career
GRADES’ first original track "Freedom" was released in April 2014 and was featured by Annie Mac in her Free Music Mondays download series. He followed the release of “Freedom” with a remix of Lana Del Rey’s “West Coast” which reached number 3 at Hype Machine. GRADES’ second single “Owe It To Yourself” was premiered in June by Mixmag who compared him to artists such as Bondax and Kaytranada
Later in the year, GRADES joined Blonde on the Eton Messy tour which included at London date at Birthdays, and also co-wrote & produced Bastille’s “Torn Apart” which featured on the “Vs. (Other People’s Heartache pt. III)” mixtape. His third single “Crocodile Tears” was premiered by Vice’s music channel Noisey.
GRADES has received radio play from Zane Lowe, Pete Tong, MistaJam, Nick Grimshaw, Huw Stephens and Annie Mac at BBC Radio 1.
Within 2016, he received many production credits from working with NAO on her debut studio album For All We Know and with K-Pop singer Tiffany on her debut extended play I Just Wanna Dance, who is a member of popular K-Pop girl group Girls' Generation.
Discography
Singles
as lead artist
- "I Wanna Be Down" (2014) (vs. Brandy)
- "Rock The Boat" (2014) (vs. Aaliyah)
- "Torn Apart" (2014) (vs. Bastille)
- "Freedom" (2014)
- "Owe It To Yourself" (2014)
- "Crocodile Tears" (2014)
- "King" (2015)
as featured artist
- "If You Let Me" (2016) (Sinead Harnett featuring GRADES)
Production and songwriting credits
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Good Together" | 2014 | Tom Aspaul | Revelation EP | Co-writer/Producer |
| "Wolves (Intro)" | Producer | |||
| "Revelation" | Co-writer/Producer | |||
| "Those Girls" | 2015 | Karen Harding | Non-album single | Producer |
| "Do It Well" (featuring Tom Aspaul) | XY Constant | Non-album single | Co-producer | |
| "Working Girl" | Little Boots | Working Girl | Producer | |
| "Inhale Exhale" | NAO | For All We Know | Co-writer/Producer | |
| "Bad Blood" | ||||
| "Fool To Love" | 2016 | |||
| "Talk" | Tiffany | I Just Wanna Dance | Producer | |
| "Girlfriend" | NAO | For All We Know | ||
| "Adore You" (featuring Abhi//Dijon) | ||||
| "Happy" | ||||
| "DYWM" | ||||
| "We Don't Give A" | Co-writer/Producer | |||
| "Give Me A Little" | Producer | |||
| "If You Let Me" (featuring GRADES) | Sinead Harnett | Sinead Harnett EP | Co-writer/Producer | |
| "I Cry" | Julian Peretta | Karma | ||
| "Wait For You" | Fantasia | The Definition of... | ||
| "It Was My Party" | GIRLI | Non-album single | ||
| "Never Complaining" | Tom Aspaul | LEFT EP | Co-writer | |
| "Burn Break Crash" (with Snakehips) | Aanysa | Non-album single | Co-writer/Co-producer |