Andre Anjos launched RAC while still a student at Greenville College, a small school of about 1,500 students
in Southern Illinois, known primarily for its music program. “It was Thanksgiving break, 2006. I just started
contacting people, and then for probably a good six months, trying to get some kind of remix job. I probably
annoyed a lot of people.” A study in persistence, he finally got the ear of The Shins’ manager, who had never
before been approached about a remix for the band, but was open to the idea. The subsequent “Sleeping
Lessons” remix landed RAC a B-side on the band’s UK single.
“I was insanely lucky with that one,” Anjos says of The Shins’ gig. “I need to call them, and, like, thank
them.” Since that break, RAC has climbed the indie ranks and gone on to remix some of the biggest artists in
the world, including Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kings of Leon, and U2. Anjos has also become a much sought-after
score- and sync-man. He has remixed and produced original music for television (Entourage, 90210, How To
Make It In America), film (soundtrack for 2010 Sundance selection Holy Rollers), and advertisements – even
landing a Super Bowl ad.
“It’s gone beyond just remixes,” Anjos says. “I’m doing all kinds of other things now.”
RAC’s debut original single, “Hollywood,” featured vocalist Penguin Prison and was released in the spring of
2012 via the Mountain Dew curated record label, Green Label Sound. The track immediately took off,
topping all four charts on Hype Machine at once, going to #1 on Elbo.ws and breaking all previous Green
Label Sound download records in its first week. Likewise the cowboy-in-LA music video with a cameo by
Quentin Tarantino muse Rose McGowan and two remix packages including yet another Hype Machine chart
topper by The Magician kept RAC in the spotlight throughout the summer and fall.
RAC can currently be found preparing his debut artist album for release in 2013 as well as a compilation of
greatest remix hits from the last four years entitled “RAC Chapter One” for release in November 2012.

Even if you never find out what a Penguin Prison is, there's no denying Chris Glover aka Penguin Prison has made a brilliant record. If you're a fan of New York disco, as accessible as it is angular, all burbling bass lines, resonant rhythms, shimmering synths and heavenly melodies, then you'll love the new Penguin Prison album.

Imagine, if you will, Chic produced by James Murphy, or a collaboration between Prince and The Human League. It is some measure of Penguin Prison's skills in the studio, on vocals and in terms of songwriting, that such illusory marvels have been achieved on this superb self-titled collection, that some critics have gone as far as to hail it a modern day Off The Wall masterpiece.

"It's not a concept album about Michael," says Prison, or maybe we should call him Penguin, of his all-time hero "But it's definitely been influenced by him."

To say he was an early starter would be an understatement. From the age of 10 he was singing in the local gospel choir. When he was 11, he got an agent and began recording jingles. By 12, he had learned to play guitar and was into punk rock, the American variety – bands such as Green Day, NOFX and Bad Religion. He even performed as a teen at the legendary CBGBs with his band The Museum.

Chris became Penguin Prison at the start of 2009. It wasn't long before he earned a reputation as remixer du jour for the likes of Marina and the Diamonds, Goldfrapp and Passion Pit. He agrees that he conferred NY kudos especially on the British artists, and admits his favorite remix was for Jamiroquai, adding that the secret to a good remix is "to throw everything away from the original track and start from scratch".

It was inevitable that Chris would then make music of his own, which he began in late 2009. You can hear the spectacular results on the debut Penguin Prison album, which sounds to all intents and purposes like a Greatest Hits collection, so chock-full it is of catchy hooks and classic pop choruses. There is Multi-Millionaire, which is about "being rich even if you've got no money" and one titled Don't Fuck With My Money that features Jackson-style percussive gasps and a lyric that pushes the envelope. "I was worried it was too crazy – 'Can I really say that?' People said leave it in, so I did. "All my lyrics are sarcastic but serious as well," he adds. "So I'm really saying 'don't fuck with my money'! Because if you try to, it's not going to be good…"

Penguin Prison Is signed to Downtown Records.