Chew Fu
Chew Fu is a New York-based electronic record producer, remixer and DJ, born in the Netherlands. He is best known for his official remixes for pop artists including Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Timbaland, Mariah Carey, Far East Movement and Robyn and his distinctive style of production which features a fusion of electro house and hip hop music. Instead of using the term remix, Chew Fu coined the term "refix" because he says that his "remixes are like a completely new productions." When DJing Chew Fu only plays his own original productions and remixes. On where his name came from, "My crew came up with it when I was producing tracks for Bad Boy Records to describe my production process and style. Chew Fu is the sound made during and after I’ve consumed a track and spit out a hot refix."
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Chew Fu | |
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| Also known as | Chew Fu Phat, Chew Fu, DJ Mac Attack, Pay Tur P.K., Phantom 309 |
| Born | Peter Jack Kardolus 1973 (age 52–53) Netherlands |
| Origin | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Genres | Electronic, electro house, hip hop |
| Occupations | Record producer, Musician, DJ |
| Instruments | Mixer, saxophone |
| Years active | 1999–Present |
| Website | www.chewfumusic.com |
Chew Fu is a New York-based electronic record producer, remixer and DJ, born in the Netherlands.[1][2]
He is best known for his official remixes for pop artists including Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Timbaland, Mariah Carey, Far East Movement and Robyn and his distinctive style of production which features a fusion of electro house and hip hop music.
Instead of using the term remix, Chew Fu coined the term "refix" [3] because he says that his "remixes are like a completely new productions."[4] When DJing Chew Fu only plays his own original productions and remixes.[3]
On where his name came from, "My crew came up with it when I was producing tracks for Bad Boy Records to describe my production process and style. Chew Fu is the sound made during and after I’ve consumed a track and spit out a hot refix."[5]
Early life
[edit]Kardolus grew up in Almere, Netherlands. He graduated with honors from the saxophone at the Utrecht Conservatory with Piet Noordijk. He is a classically trained jazz musician who holds a master's degree in Music.[6]
Career
[edit]In the 1990s, he performed with Eboman and he played in Sound of Impact and worked in the 1990s as DJ Mac Attack and made two EPs under that name. He played in The Mindminders He then played with the band include at Lowlands, Pinkpop, Dynamo Open Air and the Drum Rhythm Festival. Published in 2000 album Breathe of Life by Ellen Helmus was produced by Kardolus and then he played saxophone and keyboards. With Helmus and The Mindminders he played in 2001 at the North Sea Jazz Festival.
He moved to Brooklyn in 2001 to get a start in music. He spread his music for free on weblogs. Chew Fu got his start in the industry working for Diddy[3] and Quincy Jones's record label Qwest.[6] as well as utilizing a worldwide network of dance music bloggers.
Chew Fu began "producing hip hop with house music back in 2005, because he wanted to play it in the clubs but no-one was making it."[7] He switched to house music until it caught on in 2010 when he began to produce remixes for Lady Gaga, Timbaland, and Rihanna.
As a producer, Chew Fu has created original productions with Wiley, Beanie Man, Donna Summer, Kerli and Doug E Fresh,[3] to be included on his debut album slated for release in July 2011.[3]
In 2012 he produced original songs for Breedlove, Perry Mystique, Steve Clisby, A-Clay, and J-cast.[8]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Rated R: Remixed (2010)
- Chew Fu and... [Volume 1] (2011)
- Chew Hefner Affair (2011)
- Magic Monday (2015)
Extended plays
[edit]- Get it On (2000)
- Music Makes Me (2001)
- The Rhythm in You/Suntan Lotion (2001)
- Without You (2002)
- Rise Up (2003)
- U Can Make it (2003)
- Why Can`t we Change (2005)
*Stand By Me (2006)
- Move for Me (2007)
- At The Club (2008)
- Shake Your Thang (2008)
- Take That (2010)
- The Magic Monday (2014)
- Purple Rain (2015)
Singles
[edit]- "Without You" (2002)
- "Stand By Me" (2006)
- "Shake Your Thang" (2008)
- "Lovegame (Chew Fu Ghettohouse fix)" (2009)
- "Take That" (2010)
- "I Never Had" (2011)
- "Sex O'Clock" (2015)[9]
Remixes
[edit]| Title | Artist |
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| Don't Trust Me (Chew Fu Festival FixXx) | 3OH!3 & Kid Kudi |
| Oytta Control (Chew Fu Fix) | 50 Cent & Sean Paul |
| Ayo Technology (Chew Fu Fix) | 50-Cent, Justin Timberlake, & Timbaland |
| New York State of Grind (Chew Fu Fix) | A-Clay & J-Cast |
| Release Me (Chew Fu Fix) | Agnes |
| Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart (Chew Fu Insomniac) | Alicia Keys |
| Hole in my Heart (Chew Fu Fix) | Alphabeat |
| Shame on Me (Chew Fu Festival FixX) | Amanda Blank |
| When You Look Me In The Eyes (Chew Fu Eyes Wide Shut Fix) | Amanda Encore |
| An Open Letter to NYC (Chew Fu TEK Refix) | Beastie Boys |
| Boom Boom Pow (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix) | Black Eyed Peas |
| Meet Me Halfway (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix) | Black Eyed Peas |
| Heartbreak On Vinyl (Chew Fu 12-Inch Fix) | Blake Lewis |
| Crossfire (Chew Fu Friendly Fire Fix) | Brandon Flowers |
| If U Seek Amy (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Refix) | Britney Spears |
| Hurt (Chew Fu GhettoHouse fix) | Busta Rhymes & T.I. |
| We Made It (Chew Fu Big Room Fix) | Busta Rhymes & Linkin Park |
| Quem Nasceu Piriga (Chew Fu Remix) | Camilla Uckers |
| We Be Playaz (Chew Fu Big Room Fix) | Chamillionaire, 24 Skorpionz & J-Cast |
| Do Drugs | Chew Fu & The Beat Kids |
| Wicked Game (Chew Fu Fix) (feat. J-Cast & Lee Majors) | Chris Isaak |
| Love Sex Magic (Chew Fu Small Room Fix) | Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake |
| Knippelsuppe (Chew Fu & Jackson on Acciiiid Fix) | Coppyfokkng |
| Sunglasses at Night (Chew Fu Fix) (feat. J-Cast & A-Clay) | Corey Hart |
| It's That Funky (Chew Fu Fix) | Crazy Cousinz |
| Make Love (Chew Fu & Substantial Small Room Sax Fix) | Daft Punk |
| Chica Bomb (Chew Fu Hurt Locker FixXx) | Dan Balan |
| Enjoy the Silence (Chew Fu Fix) | Depeche Mode |
| Last Night (Chew Fu Fix) | Diddy & Keyshia Cole |
| Hello Good Morning (Chew Fu Rise and Shine Fix) | Diddy-Dirty Money |
| Fascinated (Chew Fu Big Room 90`S Fix) | DJ Dan |
| Saturday Love (Chew Fu Fix) | Doobie Brothers & Alexander O’Neal |
| Do It Like This(Original) /Brooklyn Zoo | Doug E Fresh & Chew Fu |
| She Likes To (Chew Fu Fix) | England 10 |
| Love Dealer (Chew Fu Let’s Make a Deal Fix) | Esmée Denters |
| Sweet Dreams (Chew Fu Fix) (feat. Substantial & J-Cast) | Eurythmics |
| Samolti (Chew Fu Fix) | Faggot Fairys |
| New York, New York (Chew Fu Big Room Fix) | Frank Sinatra |
| Let It Go (Chew Fu Fix) | Frankie Finch & CHEW FU |
| Chicks & Pills (Chew Fu Fix) | Frankie Finch & CHEW FU |
| Let It Go (Chew Fu Ohmidbod Fix) | Frankie Finch |
| Sexy Ass Biach (Chew Fu Small Room Fix) | Frankie Finch |
| Such a Problem (Chew Fu Runway Fix) | Frankie Finch |
| Pop Goes The World (Chew Fu 8 million Ways to Pop Fix) | Gossip |
| Pop Goes The World (Chew Fu Crazy Glu Fix) | Gossip |
| I Can Feel It | Greg Nice & Chew Fu |
| Keep Up (Chew Fu Cold Crush Fix) | Hypercrush |
| Keep Up (Chew Fu Orange Crush Fix) | Hypercrush |
| Self Machine (Chew Fu Robotix Fix) | I Blame Coco |
| Sunrise (Chew Fu Wasabi Fix) | Irene Nelson |
| I Want You Back (Chew Fu Big Room Fix) | Jackson 5 |
| In My Head (Chew Fu He-Mann Fix) | Jason Derulo |
| Encore (Chew Fu Fix) | Jay-Z & Linkin Park |
| Dirt off Your Shoulder (Chew Fu Fix) | Jay-Z |
| Need U Bad (Chew Fu Fix) | Jazmine Sullivan |
| Bakerstreet (Chew Fu Barfight Fix) | J-Cast & Chew Fu |
| In Love With Yo Booty (Chew Fu Booty Call Fix) | John Blu |
| Love Lockdown (Chew Fu Small Room fix) | Kanye West |
| Tea Party (Chew Fu Decaffeinated Fix) | Kerli |
| Use Somebody (Chew Fu Festival Fix) | Kings of Leon |
| Alejandro (Chew Fu Haus FixX) | Lady Gaga |
| Bad Romance (Chew Fu H1N1 Fix) | Lady Gaga |
| Bad Romance (Chew Fu H1N1 Radio Edit) | Lady Gaga |
| Born This Way (Chew Fu Born to Fix Remix) | Lady Gaga |
| LoveGame (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix) (feat. Marilyn Manson) | Lady Gaga |
| Paparazzi (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix) | Lady Gaga |
| Paparazzi (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Radio Edit) | Lady Gaga |
| Monster (Chew Fu "Paws Up" Fix) | Lady Gaga |
| Telephone (Chew Fu Playmale Fix) | Lady Gaga |
| The Edge of Glory (Chew Fu Glorifield Fix) (feat. A-Clay) | Lady Gaga |
| She Ain't Got Shit On Me (Chew Fu Fix) | LeToya |
| Test (Chew Fu He-Mann Fix) | Mann Feat. Jason Derulo |
| H.A.T.E.U. (Chew Fu "Stop Hating" Fix) | Mariah Carey |
| I Want to Know What Love Is (Chew Fu Extended Club Fix) | Mariah Carey |
| Devour (Chew Fu Ghettohouse FixXx) | Marilyn Manson |
| Trainers (Chew Fu Sneaka Fix) | Marvell |
| I Can't Hide (Chew Fu Hide & Seek Fix) | Mary J. Blige |
| Dead End (Chew Fu Fix) | Master Shortie |
| Rope Chain (Chew Fu Refix) | Master Shortie |
| Work (Chew Fu TEK Fix) | Masters at work |
| Lick Shots (Chew Fu H=H Fix) | Missy Elliott |
| Oui Mais... Non (Mais Non...) (Chew Fu Refix) | Mylène Farmer |
| Candyman (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix) | Nevins feat. Greg Nice |
| Love of an Orchestra (Chew Fu Killer Whale Fix) | Noah & The Whale |
| The Turning (Chew Fu Festival Fix) | Oasis |
| Daydream Believer (Chew Fu Fix) | Olivia Newton-John |
| Devil Gate Drive (Chew Fu & PVH Night Fever Remix) | Olivia Newton-John |
| I Think I Love You (Chew Fu & PVH Love Hurts Remix) | Olivia Newton-John |
| Mickey (Chew Fu Fix) | Olivia Newton-John |
| Sugar, Sugar (Chew Fu Fix) | Olivia Newton-John |
| Diddy Bop (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix) | P.Diddy |
| Unpredictable | Paradiso Girls |
| Whose My Bitch (Chew Fu Bitch Slap Fix) | Paradiso Girls |
| Whose My Bitch (Chew Fu DVW Fix) | Paradiso Girls |
| Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (Chew Fu Pretty In P!nk Extended Fix) | Pink |
| I'm The Man in My City (Chew Fu Fix) | Popov & Chew Fu |
| Say a Command (Chew Fu Fix) | Pretty Ricky |
| Purple Rain (Cover feat. Steve Clisby) | Prince |
| Nothing 2 Lose (Chew Fu Unlimited Fix) | Ray & Anita |
| Fire Bomb (Chew Fu Molotov Fix) | Rihanna |
| G4L (Chew Fu Guns In The Air Fix) | Rihanna |
| Madhouse (Chew Fu Straight Jacket Fix) | Rihanna |
| Rockstar 101 (Chew Fu Teachers Pet FixXx) | Rihanna |
| Rude Boy (Chew Fu Bumbaclot Fix) | Rihanna |
| Russian Roulette (Chew Fu Black Russian Fix) | Rihanna |
| Stupid in Love (Chew Fu Small Room Fix) | Rihanna |
| Wait Your Turn (Chew Fu Can't Wait No More Fix) | Rihanna |
| Photographs (Chew Fu 35mm FixX) | Rihanna feat. will.i.am |
| Hard (Chew Fu Granite Fix) | Rihanna feat. Jezzy |
| Pour It Up (Chew Fu Fix) | Rihanna |
| Dancing on My Own (Chew Fu Dancing With Myself Fix) | Robyn |
| Raise Your Hands | Rogue Traders |
| Fly Away (Chew Fu We Fly High Fix) | Saga Bloom |
| Something Like a Party | School Gyrls |
| Slow Down (Chew Fu Refix) | Selena Gomez |
| Licky (Chew Fu Fix) | Shontelle |
| Cool (Chew Fu Fix) | Snoop Dogg |
| Life Goes On... (Chew Fu Afterlife Fix) | Solomon |
| Black Hole Sun (Chew Fu Big Room Fix) | Soundgarden |
| Supa Lova (Chew Fu Love to Love You Fix) | Starshell |
| Born to Be Wild (Chew Fu Fix) (feat. A-Clay & Lee Majors) | Steppenwolf |
| Stand By Me | Steve Clisby & Chew Fu |
| Between the Lines (Chew Fu White Lines Fix) | Stone Temple Pilots |
| Between the Lines (Chew Fu YaYo Fix) | Stone Temple Pilots |
| Sweet Dreams (Remix)/Youngsta | Substantial, J-Cast & Chew Fu |
| Romantik (Chew Fu "Hopelessly Romantik" Fix) | Teoman |
| People are Strange(Chew Fu D&G fix) | The Doors |
| Love Like Woe (Chew Fu Ready-Set-Go Fix) | The Ready Set |
| Get Out of My House (Chew Fu H=H Fix) | The Streets |
| We Got You (Chew Fu Refix) | The Score |
| Carry Out (Chew Fu "No MSG" Fix) | Timbaland feat. Justin Timberlake |
| Carry Out (Chew Fu Fix) | Timbaland feat. Justin Timberlake |
| If We Ever Meet Again (Chew Fu Fix) | Timbaland feat. Katy Perry |
| Morning After Dark (Chew Fu 2016 B-Boy Fix) | Timbaland feat. Soshy |
| OMG Chew Fu (Chew Fu WTF Ghettohouse Fix) | Usher feat. will.i.am |
| OMG (Chew Fu BTW Fix) | Usher |
| OMG (Chew Fu SOS Fix) | Usher |
| OMG (Chew Fu WTF Fix) | Usher |
| Take That | Wiley & Chew Fu |
| Cash In My Pocket (Chew Fu Small Room Fix) | Wiley |
| Dirty Talk (Chew Fu Phone Sex Fix) | Wynter Gordon |
| We No Speak Americano (Chew Fu Rosetta Stone Fix) | Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP |
| French Kiss | Ysa Ferrer |
| Eternity (Chew Fu NYC Mix) | yuri & Chew Fu feat. Tomiko Van |
References
[edit]- ^ "Presenting "Magic Monday," the Debut Album by Breedlove & Chew Fu". PR.com. 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ^ "Announcing The Magic Monday EP, the Debut Release by Breedlove & Chew Fu". PR.com. 2014-10-05. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ^ a b c d e "Chew Fu: The Interview!". Mtv.co.uk. Archived from the original on May 15, 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ^ "Three questions with "refixer" Chew Fu". Las Vegas Weekly. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ^ "Chew Fu Interview & Exclusive Music". Novegans.com. 2009-04-28. Archived from the original on 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ^ a b "Mr. Will-W.:Pop Maven: Interview: Chew Fu & Autograph Giveaway". Mrwillw.blogspot.com. 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ^ "the interview show: Chew Fu". Winnie Cooper. 2011-03-21. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ^ "REFIXX.COM - Charts & Choones by Chew FU". Brooklynzoombc.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ^ "Chew-Fu Phat Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
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