Brian Transeau

In 2004, he did a very popular "last night of summer" concert at BT Tower (named for British Telecom, not Transeau). For his campaigning for social issues, in particular his highlighting of hunger around the world and in the US, including being widely recognised as being the key player in the creation of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger in 1977, Chapin was posthumusly awarded the Special Congressional Gold Medal in 1987. Also of note, unlike many artists working in electronica, Transeau frequently performs his music live on-stage. His epitaph is taken from his song "I Wonder What Would Happen to this World." It is :. In recent years he has also moved into film scoring including Go (1999), Under Suspicion (2000), Driven (2001), The Fast and the Furious (2001), and Monster (2003). Harry Chapin died on July 16, 1981 in a car accident at the age of only 38 and was interred in the Huntington Rural Cemetery, Huntington, New York. He also provided vocals on the DJ Tiësto single "Love Comes Again". He also released a book of poetry, Looking...Seeing, in 1977.

2003 saw the release of Emotional Technology featuring more vocal tracks than usual, including six with vocals by Transeau. In the mid 1970s, Chapin focused on his social activism, including raising money to combat hunger in the United States and co-founding the organization World Hunger Year, before returning to music with On the Road to Kingdom Come. BT's 1999 album Movement in Still Life continued his experimentation outside of the trance genre he helped to define, though an interesting dichotomy emerged between his more adventurous work and the more structured, commercially viable tracks. Verities & Balderdash, released soon after, was even more successful, bolstered by the single "Cat's in the Cradle.". While Ima was comprised solely of the "progressive" sound, 1997's ESCM was more experimental (although it still produced several big records for the electronic dance music scene). Chapin's debut album was Heads and Tales (1972), which was a success thanks to the single "Taxi." His follow-up album, Sniper and Other Love Songs, was less successful, but his third, Short Stories, was a major success. However, unlike so many artists of the trance genre, BT has lost neither his momentum nor his edge. With John Wallace, Tim Scott and Ron Palmer, Chapin started playing in various local nightclubs in New York City.

Instantly popular, BT's 1996 album Ima helped shape the future of the burgeoning progressive house scene as it merged with, and later came to define, the trance music style. In 1971, he decided to focus on music. Transeau's music was not very well received in the United States during the early 1990s, and he moved temporarily to Europe where his music was discovered by Sasha, a British DJ who introduced BT's music into the club circuit. He originally intended to be a documentary film-maker, and directed Legendary Champions in 1968. Born in Maryland, and classically trained from the age of thirteen, he attended Berklee School of Music in Boston for one year before dropping out and moving to Los Angeles, then back to Washington, DC. Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 - July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter. Brian Transeau (born October 4, 1971) is a musician who records under the stage name BT. Story of a Life (1999, Elektra).

BT - Twisted Textures (2002). The Bottom Line Encore Collection (1998, Bottom Line / Koch). BT - Breakz from the Nu Skool (2002). The Last Protest Singer (1988, Dunhill Compact Disc Classics). Need for Speed: Underground (2003). The Gold Medal Collection (1988, Elektra). Stealth (2005). Remember When the Music (1987, Dunhill Compact Disc Classics).

The Underclassman (2005). Anthology of Harry Chapin (1985, Elektra). Monster (2003). Sequel (1980, Boardwalk Records). Zoolander (removed his name, uncredited) (2001). Legends of the Lost and Found (Double Album, 1979, Elektra). The Fast and the Furious (2001). Living Room Suite (1978, Elektra).

Driven (2001). Dance Band on the Titanic (Double Album, 1977, Elektra). Under Suspicion (2000). On the Road to Kingdom Come (1976, Elektra). Go (1999). Greatest Stories Live (Double Album, 1976, Elektra). Wild Colour, "Dreams". Portrait Gallery (1975, Elektra).

Shiva, "Freedom". Verities & Balderdash (1974, Elektra). Seal, "I'm Alive". Short Stories (1973, Elektra). Diana Ross, "Take Me Higher". Sniper and Other Love Songs (1972, Elektra). Mike Oldfield, "Let There Be Light". Heads and Tales (1972, Elektra).

Billie Ray Martin, "Space Oasis". Chapin Music (1966, Rock-Land Records). Billie Ray Martin, "Imitation of Life/Running Around Town" (1996). Madonna, "Drowned World/Substitute For Love" (1998). Sarah McLachlan, "I Love You" (1999).

Lenny Kravitz, "If You Can't Say No" (1998). Grace, "It's Not Over Yet". Gipsy Kings, "La Rumba De Nicolas" (1996). Paul Van Dyk, "Forbidden Fruit" (1996).

DJ Rap, "Bad Girl" (1998). Depeche Mode, "It's No Good" (1997). Deep Dish, "Stranded" (1997). Crystal Method, "Keep Hope Alive" (1997).

Dina Carrol, "Run To You" (1997). Cabana, "Bailando Con Lobos". B-Tribe, "Nanita (A Spanish Lullaby)". Tori Amos, "Amos Putting the Damage On" (1997).

Tori Amos, "Talula" (1996). 10 Years In the Life (2003) - "Best of" album. R&R (Rare & Remixed) (2001) - A collection of BT's remix work. Emotional Technology (2003).

Movement in Still Life (1999, 2000). ESCM (1997). Ima (1995). "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" (2003).

"Dreaming" (2000). "Never Gonna Come Back Down" (2000). "Fibonacci Sequence" (2000). "Mercury and Solace" (1999).

"Godspeed" (1999). "Believer" (1999). "Shineaway" (1997). "Remember" (1997).

"Love, Peace & Grease" (1997). "Flaming June" (1997). "Quark" (1997). "Divinity" (1996).

"Blue Skies" featuring Tori Amos (1996). "Loving You More" featuring Vincent Covello (1995). "Embracing the Sunshine". "Relativity" (1993).

"Moment of Truth" (1993).