Ten Walls

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Ten Walls
Birth nameMarijus Adomaitis
Born (1983-01-19) 19 January 1983 (age 41)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • DJ
  • Composer
Years active2009–present
LabelsRunemark Records

Marijus Adomaitis (born 19 January 1983), better known by his stage names Ten Walls or Mario Basanov,[1][2] is a Lithuanian producer who is best known for his 2014 single "Walking with Elephants", which peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.

In June 2015, Ten Walls was dropped from several festivals and by his booking agency after making controversial comments comparing gay people to pedophiles in a Facebook post, and referring to the LGBT community as a "different breed".[3]

Career[edit]

2009–12: Mario Basanov[edit]

In 2012 under the name Mario Basanov Adomaitis won Best Electronic Act at Lithuanian M.A.M.A. music awards.

2013–15: Breakthrough[edit]

On 10 May 2013 Ten Walls released his debut EP Gotham.[4] On 9 December 2013 he released his debut single "Requiem".[5] On 7 September 2014 he released the single "Walking with Elephants". On 10 September 2014 the song was at number 3 on The Official Chart Update in the UK.[6] On 14 September 2014 the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 6.[7] The song also peaked at number 3 on the UK Dance Chart and number 8 on the Scottish Singles Chart.

Homophobia controversy[edit]

In June 2015, Ten Walls posted a rant on his Facebook pages condemning homosexuality and comparing it to pedophilia.[8] As a result of his comments, he was dropped from several festival line-ups. His booking agency, Coda Music Agency, announced that they no longer represented him. Fort Romeau pulled his support for him at London club venue Koko.[9] Ten Walls' posts were later deleted after a backlash, and he put out an apology claiming that he cancelled the festival dates himself.[9][10][11] Organizers of Dutch festival Pitch, Belgian festival Pukkelpop, the German festival Dockville, British festival Creamfields,[12] and Spanish festival Sónar publicly confirmed that they cancelled Ten Walls performances due to his homophobic statements.[9][13] Ten Walls also received criticism from Lithuanian LGBT activists.[14]

Three months after his post, in September 2015, Ten Walls issued a formal apology for the incident, calling it "completely out of character".[15]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Title Album details
Queen[16]
  • Release: 27 March 2017[17]
  • Labels: Runemark
  • Formats: Digital download

Extended plays[edit]

Title Album details
Gotham
  • Release: 10 May 2013[4]
  • Labels: Innervisions
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles[edit]

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[18] 		UK Dance
[19] 		SCO
[20] 		BEL (Vl)
[21] 		FR
[22]
2013 "Requiem"[5] — — — 60[A] — Non-albums singles
2014 "Walking with Elephants" 6 3 8 4 130
2015 "Sparta" — — — 72[A] —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Awards[edit]

On 30 January 2015 at M.A.M.A. awards Ten Walls won awards for best electronic act and best music video ("Walking with Elephants").[23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ten Walls – Walking With Elephants (2014, Boso)". dauggarsoirsviesu.lt.
  2. ^ "Mario Basanov Is Ten Walls!". Data Transmission. 29 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Festivals Drops Ten Walls Over Homophobic Comments". BBC Newsbeat. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  4. ^ a b iTunes - Music - Gotham EP by Ten Walls
  5. ^ a b "iTunes - Music - Requiem - Single by Ten Walls". iTunes.
  6. ^ "Calvin Harris on track for fifth Number 1 single". Official Charts Company.
  7. ^ "Calvin Harris scores fifth Number 1!". Official Charts Company.
  8. ^ "Walking with Elephants star says gays are another 'breed', like pedophiles". Gay Star News. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  9. ^ a b c "Festivals cancel Ten Walls appearances". Resident Advisor. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Ten Walls apologises for online posts comparing homosexuals to paedophiles". The Guardian. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Ten Walls dropped from festival bills over homophobic outburst". Fact. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  12. ^ "Festivals drop Ten Walls over homophobic comments". Newsbeat. BBC News. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Dockville streicht Show von Musiker nach homophobem Post" [Dockville cancels musician's show after homophobic post]. Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 8 June 2015.
  14. ^ Paraščiakas, Eiviltas (8 June 2015). "M. Basanovo karjera byra į šipulius: gerbėjai tyčiojasi, festivalių organizatoriai atšaukia jo pasirodymus". Delfi (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  15. ^ Eede, Christian. "Ten Walls Issues Apology". The Quietus. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Ten Walls - Queen".
  17. ^ "Queen from Runemark Records on Beatport".
  18. ^ "Ten Walls > UK Charts". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.
  19. ^ Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
  20. ^ Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
  21. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Ten Walls". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  22. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Ten Walls". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  23. ^ "Kaune iškilmingai išdalintos M.A.M.A 2014 statulėlės". DELFI. 30 January 2015.

Notes[edit]

A ^ Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. Added 50 position to actual Ultratip position.

External links[edit]

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