Thunderheist is an electronic music

Electronic music

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 duo from Toronto

Toronto

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 and Montreal

Montreal

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, Canada

Canada

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. Thunderheist is made up of producer Graham Bertie (Grahmzilla) and Omolola Isis Salami (Isis). The two began collaborating before they had ever met in person, sending MP3 files to each other over the Internet.
They are signed and released one album on Big Dada

Big Dada

Big Dada Recordings is the Hip Hop imprint of London-based independent record label, Ninja Tune. It is best known for being the home of prominent British hip hop artist Roots Manuva. It was started by reputed hip hop journalist Will Ashon in February 1997...

. Thunderheist was founded in 2005 by Graham as an anonymous dance music side-project to his more hip-hop leanings as Metrix. They became a duo in August 2006 when Graham inadvertently sent Omolola a remix he was working on for a Spank Rock remix competition and she recorded a rap over it. They've received moderate popularity for their track "Jerk It" featured in the 2008 film The Wrestler. Thunderheist was selected as the X3 Artist of the month by Aux.tv

Aux.tv

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, CBC Radio 3

CBC Radio 3

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 and Exclaim!

Exclaim!

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Magazine for April 2009. Their self-titled full-length was released March 31, 2009. They were nominated for a 2010 Juno Award in the Dance Recording of the Year category.

Thunderheist confirmed on their website they have gone their separate ways.

Singles

• "Bubblegum" (October 2007)
• "Jerk It" (July 2008)
• "Sweet 16" (2009)
• "Nothing 2 Step 2" (2009)
• "LBG (Little Booty Girl)" (November 2009)

External links

• Thunderheist