Dynamo (Zauberkünstler)
Vorlage:Infobox Musical artist Steve Frayne more popularly known as Dynamo (born in Bradford), is an English magician and TV personality.
Biography
Steve Frayne grew up on Bradford's notorious Delph Hill Estate, one of the most violent and deprived estates in the north of England. He first learned magic from his grandfather and developed them during trips to New Orleans. Wanting to innovate, Steve Frayne combined elements of dance and hip hop culture into his magic routines.
As word spread about his magic tricks he soon found himself performing on the celebrity circuit for stars like Paris Hilton and Busta Rhymes. He released an independent DVD called 'Underground Magic' featuring celebrities such as Coldplay, Gwenyth Paltrow and Snoop Dogg. The DVD generated considerable press in the UK and lead to appearances on shows such as Richard and Judy and a Channel 4 special 'Dynamo's Estate Of Mind'. Soon notoriety of his magic garnered enough attention to release a DVD called Concrete Playground.
Dynamo has since appeared on TV shows including Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Snoop Doggs Fatherhood and the MTV EMA's where he performed for The Foo Fighters, Nelly Furtado and Joss Stone. He has fronted commercials for Adidas and Nokia and appeared on the catwalk for Naomi Campbells Fashion For Relief.
In May 2009 Dynamo levitated Little Britain comedian Matt Lucas 4 foot off the ground in front of a crowd at the Emirates Stadium in London.
Releases
- Dynamo's Underground Magic (DVD)
- Dynamo's Estate of Mind Channel 4
- Dynamo's Concrete Playground (DVD) Warner Bros.
Trivia
- Dynamo has Crohn's Disease which he discovered he had several years ago.
- Dynamo has appeared in his own documentary on Channel 4 called Estate of Mind.[1]
- Dynamo has appeared on a variety of media sources from Jonathan Ross, Richard and Judy, The Sun and NME.[2].
- He also appeared in the Raconteurs music video for their single, Hands
- He also appeared doing a card trick on Dizzee Rascal's music video Flex
- Manchester rock legend Ian Brown wrote a song about Dynamo entitled 'Magic Man'
- Dynamo was presented an award by Actor Will Smith on behalf of the Princes Trust for his achievements in magic
- Dynamo appears in the Adidas House Party commercial alongside David Beckham, Missy Elliott and Estelle
See also
References
External links
- Dynamo World
- Dynamo at Myspace
- Hey presto! Bradford's answer to David Blaine
- The ace in the pack
- BBC 1xtra - Rampage -Dynamo
- Celebrity answers with Dynamo
- Watch Dynamo's street magic
- How Dynamo won over Paris
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