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THE BIG BIO | BILL COLEMAN & PEACE BISQUIT

With the landscape of labels, radio, magazines, websites and blogs constantly changing, it is virtually impossible for music mavens to have a dependable outlet that they can consistently rely on for the best new music. New York-based music guru Bill Coleman has established himself as an important resource for quality innovative music. Throughout his impressive 21-year career in the music industry, the dynamic and multi-faceted DJ, producer, remixer, music supervisor, performer and recording artist has become renowned for his eclectic taste, acute ear and diverse musical expertise. In the worlds of music and film, Coleman is an influential tastemaker at the forefront of emerging trends and talent in the pop, r&b, rock, alternative, dance and landscape, as well as, in cutting edge independent film and documentaries.

The tireless “renaissance man” has enjoyed success as a revered music journalist having cut his teeth as the Dance and Singles Review Editor for Billboard Magazine [from 1987 to 1990]. He has written a music column for NYC style rag PAPER (”Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?”), sat on the initial editorial board for the launch of OUT Magazine and freelanced for Musician, B.E.T. and the BBC, alongside completing numerous album liner notes (Thompson Twins, Exposé).

As the owner of Peace Bisquit, Coleman along with ANGELO “PEPE” SKORDOS, JAMES CAVERA and JAMIE BRUNDAGE represent an array of genre-defying artists including: Baltimore-based R&B/dance diva ULTRA NATÈ’ (”Automatic”, “Free”); amazing singer/songwriter CHRIS WILLIS (”Love Is Gone”, “Love Don’t Let Me Go”); charismatic electro funk rapper (”I Seen Beyonce at Burger King”); stylish downtown denizens (”Flawless”), legendary Singer / Songwriter JILL JONES, sexy pin-up crooner COLTON FORD (”That’s Me”), Williamsburg dance punk THE SPECIMEN, acid jazz pioneers BROOKLYN FUNK ESSENTIALS, UK disco punk /pop upstarts I LIKE IT ELECTRIC along with new producers/songwriters that include CRAIG C., LOST DAZE, REDTOP and MORGAN PAGE. Peace Bisquit are often recognized for their part in discovering and developing the platinum-selling dance/pop trio DEEE-LITE (”Groove Is In The Heart”).

In early 2005, Coleman launched Peace Bisquit Discs - a new record company he founded to help introduce amazing music and bypass the labyrinth of corporate nay-sayers who lack vision for the 21st Century.

The first releases included new tunes from industry legends , The PRETENDERS, JULEE CRUISE (David Lynch) and JILL JONES (with The Grand Royals). Peace Bisquit most recently released the debut single and e.p. Fierce Pussy from International superstar (”My Hair Looks Fierce”), the first solo dance single from Brand New Heavies vocalist N’DEA DAVENPORT (”One Day My Love”) which went Top 10 and Cazwell’s acclaimed mini album, Get Into It and debut full length, Watch My Mouth. Just out are the debut single collaboration between NYC performance troupe THE DAZZLE DANCERS and I Like It Electric who take the theme from television’s “The Love Boat” and throw a disco-flavored lifesaver around it. Up next - the raucous U.S. debut of French electropunk duo PRAVDA.

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As a DJ and sound designer, Bill is internationally-renowned. Adept at mixing a musical tapestry of varied genres (from pop, disco, classics, new-wave and oldies to contemporary r&b, hip hop, and indie-rock), the much in-demand maestro has produced musical landscapes or sound design for various fashion shows, art exhibits/installations and various special events for the likes of Nike, Kangol, Vogue, Marc Bouwer, DIFFA, Exit Art, World Of Wonder, M.A.C. Cosmetics, Russell Simmons, Universal Pictures, 2-Xst, Bloomingdales, Jed Root, House And Garden, The Matthew Shepherd Foundation, Festival, Harper’s Bazaar, Revlon, Shiseido Cosmetics, PETA (People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals), Bisazza Textiles, Deitch Gallery, artists Lovett/Codagnone, Latin upstarts and 2004 Grammy nominees Yerba Buena, alt-rockers Radiohead, neo-soul renegades Brand New Heavies and English popsters Swing Out Sister.

From yesterday to today Coleman has DJ’d at such popular and legendary venues as APT., Cielo, Santos Party House, Ono @ Gansevort Hotel, Sugarland, Wonderbar, The Pyramid, Sound Factory Bar, Milky Way, Limelight, Opaline, Save The Robots, The Hole, Flamingo East, Luxx, Tunnel, Bar D’O, Centro-Fly, Vinyl, G Lounge, The Eagle, Starlight, S.O.B.’s, Area 10018, Nowhere Bar, The Shelter, Siberia, Splash, , SBNY, Boys Room, Cattyshack and international haunts such as Ministry Of Sound, Queer Nation, Heaven (UK) and Yellow (Japan).

As an A&R consultant for singles, albums or , Bill Coleman and Peace Bisquit have worked with a dizzying array of groundbreaking artists such as: , Donna Summer, Lenny Kravitz, Jody Watley, Stevie Nicks, Bette Midler, Chaka Khan, Alanis Morisette, Solange, Crystal Waters, Angie Stone, Michelle Williams, Yerba Buena, Brandy, Tegan and Sara, , N’Dea Davenport, Jill Scott, The Killers, Kelly Rowland, LeTigre, Rupaul, ESG, Daniel Ash [Love and Rockets], Sinead O’Connor, , Nellee Hooper, Apollo 440, Vernon Reid (of Living Colour), The Beatnuts, Neneh Cherry, Khaled, David Byrne, Carl Hancock Rux, The Beloved, Book Of Love, Isaac Hayes, MC Lyte, Tom Tom Club and many more…

Bill’s musical interests also extend into the area of music production. Recording under the moniker, Whatever, Girl (with DJ/producer and co-conspirator Louie “Balo” Guzman), Coleman has had two top 10 club hits with the seminal Sound Factory classic “Activator (You Need Some)” and “Know You Can” both released on Grammy-winning producers Deep Dish’s thriving electronic imprint Yoshitoshi Recordings and Strictly Rhythm respectively. A brand new project entitled “Eat Dub For Breakfast” - a collaboration with Miami-based superproducer Funky Junction is out now.

Coleman’s extensive musical knowledge and vast relationships with recording artists and record labels has been a great asset to him as a music supervisor, creative consultant and contributor. Bill has worked on a number of acclaimed indie features and television shows including Party Monster, Party Girl, The Watermelon Woman, the Don Cheadle-led teen drama Manic, the John Leguizamo-Rosie Perez independent King Of The Jungle, The Prime Gig (starring Vince Vaughn and Ed Harris) and 2004 Sundance winner and Independent Spirit Awards nominee Brother To Brother.

Most recently, Coleman served as the music supervisor for the acclaimed indie Another Sequel and Joe Oppedisano documentary Knockout! Other projects include the PBS Great Performances documentary Beyond The Steps which chronicles The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and the 2005 Sundance Film Festival favorite Inside: Deep Throat - a feature-length documentary about the infamous and controversial 1972 Linda Lovelace sex comedy. Coleman has also been responsible for contributing prominently featured music to the films Scream, Quincenera, 54, I Know What You Did Last Summer, American Psycho and television shows such as The 2007 Victoria’s Secret fashion show, The L Word, Queer As Folk, HBO’s ‘Real Sex’ and Six Feet Under.

Over the past 4 years, Coleman has performed with ‘crunkadelic’ supertroup DAISY SPURS. The “cuntrypunkgogomashupelectrohouse” outfit incorporates dance, song and lip synch into a frenetic, hi-

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NRG spectacle. They’ve graced the stages of CBGB’s, Dixon Place, The Delancey, Cake Shop, Happy Valley, Mermaid Parade, Galapagos, Coney Island, The Pyramid, Southpaw, The Marquee/Slide and The Knitting Factory to name a few. They’ve been described by electrocrash pioneer DJ Larry Tee as “Outkast on steroids” and by various fans as a meets Vanity 6 amalgam.

Bill is also a member of Jody Watley’s touring band as a DJ.

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PR Contact: Andy Reynolds @ PENETRATION INC [email protected] 212 673 0240 NYC