Pilote (musician)

Stuart Cullen (born 14 December 1970),[1] known by the stage name Pilote, is a British musician based in Somerset. His 1990s and 2000s albums Antenna (1999) and Doitnowman (2001) comprised electronica and intelligent dance music.[2]

Pilote
Birth nameStuart Cullen
Also known as
  • Richard Sands
  • Rarer and Bench
  • Route 24
Born (1970-12-14) 14 December 1970
OriginSomerset, England
Genres
Years active1996–present
Labels
  • Curor Recordings
  • Series 500
  • Certificate 18 Electronic Projects
  • Kennington Records
  • Exalt Records
  • A Future Without
  • Domino
  • Micro Spiral
Websitepilotemusic.com

Antenna (1999)

Pilote's first album, Antenna, was recorded in Brighton and released in 1999 on Certificate 18 Records.[3][4] The album was supposedly made on "An old PC and a dodgy Yamaha".[5] The first track on the LP, "Turtle", would in 2000 be remixed by Bonobo and appear in an advertising campaign for the now defunct phone company One2One.

John Peel Session (2000)

On 2 August 2000, Pilote had his first and only session on the John Peel Show on BBC Radio 1.[6] The recordings were direct from Cullen's studio.

Doitnowman (2001)

Doitnowman is the second LP release from Pilote, recorded in Brighton and once again released with Certificate 18 records. Apparently, for the making of Doitnowman, Cullen had access to "more powerful computers".[7] The album, though still not achieving widespread success, did enjoy critical acclaim from music magazines such as Brainwashed, who's writer Rob Devlin described it as "All in the interest of invoking a very pure, raw emotional response. And that, Cullen succeeds at beyond all doubt." [8] The album also received a review in NME, roughly four years after its release.[9]

The vinyl release of Doitnowman came with a bonus 10" featuring Bonobo's mix of "Turtle" from Pilote's previous album, Antenna, and Sirconical's remix of "Microphones", also from Antenna.

The American release CD, released with Domino Records, featured the track "Junior", track 3 on Pilote's 1999 EP "No Truck", as track 11, and some copies came with a bonus CD with acoustic covers of four tracks from Antenna by Mit Den Tremble Kids, these being track 9 "No Truck", track 10 "Up Or Down", track 4 "National Lottery" and track 3 "Microphones".

In 2018, experimental electronica artist W3imaraner remixed "French Canadian". The remix was featured on both Cullen's Facebook and SoundCloud page for Pilote, with the caption "Some whippersnapper has been messing with the back catalogue." [10]

Discography

Albums
  • Antenna (LP, 1999)
  • Doitnowman (2001)[9]
  • Kingfood (2002)
  • Pop Will Make Us Free (2007)
  • Life Size Replica (2010)
  • The Slowdown (2013)
  • The Slowdown: Epilogue (2014)
  • Libero (2016)

Singles and EPs
  • "Testrach" / "Sapling" (single, 1996)
  • "The Myth" / "Agent Gold" (single, 1998)
  • Tonic (EP, 1999)
  • No Truck (EP, 1999)
  • "National Lottery" / "Jelly" (single, 1999)
  • 3tothefloor (EP, 2000)
  • Manana Ep:01 (EP, 2002)
  • Manana Ep:02 (EP, 2002)
  • "Remover" / "Kratez" (online single, 2006)
  • "By The River" / "Coltrane" (single, 2006)
  • Two Chord Wonders (EP, 2007)
  • Mudah Pecah EP (EP, 2008)

References
  1. "Pilote - New Songs, Playlists and Latest News". BBCMusic. BBC.
  2. Kingsley Marshall. "Pilote; Biography by Kingsley Marshall". AllMusic.
  3. SZA (2000-03-01). "Certificate 18". Spannered.org.
  4. Kingsley Marshall. "Pilote Antenna". AllMusic.
  5. "Antenna". NME. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  6. "BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - Rec. date unknown Pilote". BBC. 2000-02-08.
  7. "Pilote 'Do It Now Man'". Certificate 18. 2001-07-22.
  8. "Pilote, "Doitnowman"". Brainwashed. 2002-03-31.
  9. nme. "Pilote : Do It Now Man". NME. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  10. "some whippersnapper has been messing with the back catalogue..." Facebook.com. 28 November 2018.
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