Associated with the French electro collective Valerie, Russ Chimes is an electro producer from London, England, who established himself in the late 2000s with a bunch of remixes that proved popular on the blogosphere. Influenced by '80s synth funk (e.g., Prince), he was first championed by the taste-making MP3 blog Discodust in July 2007. The blog posted a few of his early productions, Afterburner, Mulsanne, and She's Got the Heat, and later posted a bunch of his remixes. Remixes by Chimes of Sam Sparro's Black Gold and Chromeo's Fancy Footwork got Chimes a lot of attention in 2008. Remixes of Frankmusik's Confusion Girl, Marina the Diamonds' Mowgli's Road, and the Outrunners' These Girls Are Dressed to Kill followed in 2009. Most popular of all was Chimes' remix of up-and-coming English singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding's 2010 smash hit Starry Eyed. In the meantime, Chimes joined the French electro collective Valerie and appeared on the various-artists compilation Valerie and Friends (2009) with the production Daytona. He also began making a name for himself as a DJ, posting electro mixes on the Internet. ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi