Factor Chandelier
Canadian musician
Graham Murawsky (born March 28, 1982), better known by his stage name Factor Chandelier (formerly Factor), is a Canadian underground hip hop producer from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He is a founder of Off Beat Production and Side Road Records.
History
In 2009, Factor produced Freestyle Fellowship member Myka 9's solo album 1969. It features guest appearances from Aceyalone, Busdriver, Awol One and Gel Roc. In promotion of the album, Factor toured across the United States with Myka 9, Sole, and Ceschi Ramos.
In 2010, Factor released the solo album Lawson Graham and The Great Depression, a collaborative album with Gregory Pepper as Common Grackle, both on Fake Four Inc.
Discography
Albums
Solo
Time Invested (Off Beat Production, 2002)
Con-Soul Confessions (Off Beat Production, 2003)
Three (Side Road, 2003)
Heights (Side Road, 2005)
Famous Nights and Empty Days (Side Road, 2006)
Chandelier (Fake Four, 2008)
13 Stories (A Prelude) (Side Road, 2010)
Lawson Graham (Fake Four, 2010)
Woke Up Alone (Fake Four, 2013)
Singles Series (Side Road, 2015)
Factoria (Fake Four, 2016)
Wisdom Teeth (Side Road, 2018)
First Storm (Side Road, 2020)
Eastlake (Fake Four, 2020)
Time Invested II (Fake Four, 2022)
Moving Like a Planet (Fake Four, 2023)
with Kay the Aquanaut
Deep Rooted (Off Beat Production, 2002)
Solitude Savannah (Off Beat Production, 2002)
Waist Deep in Concrete (Side Road, 2004)
Spinning Blue Planet (Side Road, 2007)
Letters from Laika (Circle Into Square, 2013)
7 Vessels (Fake Four, 2017)
New Physics (Side Road, 2024)
with Nolto
All Over the Right Here (Side Road, 2004)
Red All Over (Side Road, 2005)
Scott Free... Red Handed (Side Road, 2014)
with Kirby Dominant (as Paranoid Castle)
One Way Ticket (Side Road, 2004)
Champagne Nightmares (Fake Four, 2011)
Welcome to Success (Fake Four, 2014)
with Awol One
Only Death Can Kill You (Cornerstone R.A.S., 2007)
Owl Hours (Fake Four, 2009)
The Landmark (Fake Four, 2011)
with Myka 9
1969 (Fake Four, 2009)
Sovereign Soul (Fake Four, 2012)
Famous Future Time Travel (Urbnet, 2015)
with Ben.e Elim
Salvation (Side Road, 2004)
With Pain Comes Pleasure (Side Road, 2006) (as Ben.e.Factor)
with Def3
Drumbo (Side Road, 2009)
Wildlif3 (Urbnet, 2014)
with Gregory Pepper (as Common Grackle)
The Great Depression (Fake Four, 2010)
Old Dog New Tricks Who This (Fake Four, 2021)
with Ceschi
Broken Bone Ballads (Fake Four, 2015)
Sad, Fat Luck (Fake Four, 2019)
Other full-length collaborations
Take a Look Inside (Clothes Horse, 2001) (with Chaps & Forgetful Jones, as CF Crew)
For the Rest of My Life (Side Road, 2004) (with Cam the Wizzard)
Livin la Vida Boo Hoo (Side Road, 2005) (with Candy's .22)
Cafeteria Food (Side Road, 2005) (with Ira Lee)
Dawn of a New Era (Side Road, 2005) (with Akuma)
No Phukkin Clu (Medici State, 2006) (with NoBS Allowed)
Metropolis Now (Side Road, 2006) (with Def3, Forgetful Jones & Kay the Aquanaut, as Metropolis Now)
Live in 75 (Side Road, 2007) (with Joe Dub)
Deepcave and Factor (Deepcave, 2008) (with Deepcave)
46 Middles (Side Road, 2008) (with Azrael, Chadio, Kaboom & The Gumshoe Strut, as 50 Fingers)
Screwg McDovey (Side Road, 2010) (with D.Dove)
Saffron (Fake Four, 2010) (with Ron Contour)
Party Til Your Body Stops (Side Road, 2010) (with Cam the Wizzard & Giovanni Marks, as Cam, Gram & G.A.M.)
All That's Left (Urbnet, 2015) (with Evil Ebenezer)
EPs
Solo
Club Soda Series 1 (Side Road, 2011)
Factor and the Chandeliers (Fake Four Inc., 2011)
Club Soda Series 2 (Side Road, 2012)
Collaborations
A Homemade Effort (2002) (with Comma Concept & Nolto, as A Homemade Effort)
3 Days Later... (2002) (with M.Phasis)
Widows Creek (Side Road, 2011) (with Evil Ebenezer)
Pangaean Drift (Circle Into Square, 2012) (with Kay the Aquanaut, as Laika)
Crossroads EP (Fake Four Inc., 2015) (with Awol One)
Tinted Skyscraper (2017) (with Evil Ebenezer)
Who the Crown Fits (2018) (with Matre)
Kill Factory (2020) (with Dope KNife)
Voyager (2020) (with LOGS)
People Into Making Progress (2020) (with Myka 9)
Compilations, mixtapes and promos
Side Road and Friends: B-Sides and Unreleased Hits (Side Road, 2005)
After the Fact (Hue, 2006)
The Trip Beyond (2007) (with The Gaff)
The Chandelier EP [promo] (Ooohh! That's Heavy, 2008)
Old Souls Vol.
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