Caribou (musician)
Daniel Victor Snaith (born 1978 in London, Ontario), known by the stage name Caribou, Daphni and (formerly ) Manitoba, is a Canadian electro - musician.
Snaith, son of Victor Snaith mathematician, was born in London and grew up in Dundas Canadian. He attended Parkside Secondary School and studied mathematics at the University of Toronto and at Imperial College in London. There he received his doctorate with a thesis entitled Overconvergent Siegel Modular Symbols.
Career
Initially Snaith worked under the name " Manitoba ". Following an action brought by Richard Manitoba, however, he had to give up the name.
His 2007 released album Andorra won the Polaris Music Prize in 2008, the album Swim 2011 received the Juno Award in the category "Electronic Album of the Year ".
Usually Snaith is supported in live performances by a live band, in which he mostly plays drums.
Snaith currently resides in England.
Discography
As Manitoba
- People Eating Fruit EP (30 October 2000)
- " Paul 's Birthday " CDS (26 February 2001)
- Start Breaking My Heart (26 March 2001)
- Give'r EP (26 November 2001)
- If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be an Airport 12 " (13 January 2003)
- " Jacknuggeted " CDS ( 24 February 2003 )
- Up in Flames ( 31 March 2003)
- " Hendrix with Ko" CDS ( 14 July 2003)
- Up in Flames (Special Edition) with Bonus CD (September 29, 2003)
Most older Manitoba material was later republished under the name Caribou.
As Caribou
- Start Breaking My Heart ( Re-release 2006)
- Up in Flames ( re-release 2006)
- " Yeti " CDS/12 " (22 March 2005)
- The Milk of Human Kindness ( 18 April 2005)
- Tour -Only CD (Super Furry Animals Tour, Fall 2005 )
- Marino ( DVD) ( November 2005)
- Andorra (21 August 2007) - Polaris Prize 2008 winners
- " Melody Day" CDS (August 2007)
- Tour -Only CD (September 2007)
- " She's the One" (March 2008)
- Swim (19 April 2010)
As Daphni
- Jiaolong (16 October 2012)
Trivia
His song "Odessa" is heard in the video game FIFA 11.