Coins (composer)

Peter Chapman (born August 27, 1980), also known by his stage names Coins and Peter Project, is a Canadian music producer and composer from Toronto, Ontario, best known for his record Daft Science, a free EP of Beastie Boys remixes using only Daft Punk samples, released on July 1, 2014.[1][2] He is a member of the Canadian hip hop crew Backburner and played keyboards in the garage rock band The Midways.

Coins
Birth namePeter Chapman
Also known asPeter Project
Born (1980-08-27) August 27, 1980
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresUnderground hip hop
Canadian hip hop
Electronic
Garage rock
Occupation(s)Producer, keyboardist Composer
Years active2000-present
LabelsFuzzy Logic Recordings
Urbnet Records
Drinkbox Studios
Ship to Shore Phonograph Co.
Screaming Apple
Music for Cats
WebsiteOfficial website

Daft Science

Daft Science is an eight-track remix album that combines Beastie Boys vocal tracks with Daft Punk music samples. The album was created in March 2014 while Chapman was on a layover in Chicago on his way to South by Southwest.[3] On July 1, 2014, the album was released on Bandcamp, where it was downloaded roughly 400 times over two-and-a-half years.[1] A music blog shared the album two and a half years later, inciting the dormant remix to be streamed 1.4-million times in a week.[1] On May 4, 2017, Billboard named Daft Science one of the "Best 8 Beastie Boys Remixes."[4]

Original scores

Peter Chapman is a composer (alongside Rob Carli) for Syfy's Wynonna Earp, for which he was awarded a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music Score for a Series[5] He was also presented with a SOCAN Award for his score for HGTV's Leave It to Bryan,[6] and an ASCAP award for his score for HGTV's Renovation Island.[7] He is also known for is score (Alongside Maylee Todd) for the CBC/Netflix series Workin' Moms[8] as well as Amazon Prime's The Lake.

References
  1. Patch, Nick (December 1, 2016). "Coins an overnight success — two years later". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  2. "Delayed gratification in EDM scene". Metro, December 2-4, 2016. page 22
  3. Small, Michael (November 20, 2016). "Peter Chapman, aka Coins, is having a good week". NOW Magazine. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  4. Bein, Kat (May 4, 2017). "The 8 Best Beastie Boys Remixes". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  5. "Robert Carli, Peter Chapman". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
  6. "2017 SOCAN Awards – Toronto – Winners List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
  7. "ASCAP Screen Music Awards 2022".
  8. Workin' Moms (TV Series 2017–2023) - IMDb, retrieved July 9, 2022
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