Tunde Adebimpe
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Tunde Adebimpe is a Nigerian American musician, actor, and director, best known as the lead singer of the Brooklyn-based band TV on the Radio.
As well as occasionally performing solo, Tunde regularly collaborates with other musicians. Adebimpe appears on a track on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' latest record, It's Blitz!, which was produced by fellow TVOTR member David Andrew Sitek. He produced and guested on "Your Glasshouse" a track from Atmosphere's record When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold. He is also featured on the song, "Deathful", on Subtle's album Yell&Ice.
In early 2009 he performed two shows as a duo with Tall Firs drummer Ryan Sawyer. Also in early 2009, Adebimpe released a combined single/DVD under the name Fake Male Voice on the Japan/Brooklyn label Heartfast. He performed one show under that name with a group at the record's release party.
He is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and formerly worked at MTV as an animator. Adebimpe created the music video for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs song "Pin".
As well as occasionally performing solo, Tunde regularly collaborates with other musicians. Adebimpe appears on a track on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' latest record, It's Blitz!, which was produced by fellow TVOTR member David Andrew Sitek. He produced and guested on "Your Glasshouse" a track from Atmosphere's record When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold. He is also featured on the song, "Deathful", on Subtle's album Yell&Ice.
In early 2009 he performed two shows as a duo with Tall Firs drummer Ryan Sawyer. Also in early 2009, Adebimpe released a combined single/DVD under the name Fake Male Voice on the Japan/Brooklyn label Heartfast. He performed one show under that name with a group at the record's release party.
He is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and formerly worked at MTV as an animator. Adebimpe created the music video for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs song "Pin".