American record producer
Todd Edwards
Get to know the artist
Todd Edwards (born Todd Edward Imperatrice) is an American DJ, producer and singer from Bloomfield in New Jersey who now lives in Los Angeles. He cuts tiny vocal snippets into dense, swung house and garage, a method that shaped UK garage. In the 1990s he produced for Nervous Records, and he co-wrote and sang on two Daft Punk songs, Face to Face in 2001 and Fragments of Time in 2013, which won him a Grammy.
- Explore the catalogue
Their most-streamed tracks on Spotify include Fragments of Time, Getting There From Here and The Chant.
- Background
He has recorded under many aliases, including The Messenger and The Sample Choir, and today he runs H.O.T. Records.
- Born in
- Bloomfield
- Country
- United States
- Active since
- 1992
- First RA show
- 2008 · Knitting Factory (Leonard St), New York City
- On RA
- 377 shows in 21 countries
- Released on
- Confetti Records, Nuvolve Music, Locked On Records
- RA followers
- 11,088
Their label
i! Records
Founder · Founded 1993 · Source: MusicBrainz
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In our cities
- 66 shows · last Sep 2026 at Night Tales Loft
- 40 shows · last Aug 2026 at Elsewhere
- 9 shows · last Jun 2025 at Berghain | Panorama Bar | Säule
- 3 shows · last Jun 2024 at Shelter Amsterdam
- 1 show · last Feb 2015 at kyō
- 1 show · last Jun 2016 at Sound Museum Vision
Upcoming across cities
- Sat31OctNYC · New York
The Vampire Ball: Night 2
Industry City
Industry City
9:00pm - Fri13NovLDN · London
4by4: DJ EZ, Todd Edwards, MJ Cole, Matt Jam Lamont
Electric Brixton · Brixton
Electric BrixtonBrixton
11:00pm - Fri15JanLDN · London
Todd Edwards at Jazz Cafe
The Jazz Cafe · Camden · from £10
The Jazz CafeCamden
10:30pm
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5 shared bills · last May 2026
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- Monki
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