Caribou Band

Caribou is the music project of Daniel V. Snaith, who also released albums as Manitoba. He is the son of a mathematics professor at the University of Sheffield, and the brother a mathematics professor at the University of Bristol in London, England. In 2005 Snaith received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Imperial College London.

Fast Facts

1. Name: Daniel V. Snaith
2. Born: 1979
3. Origin: Ontario, Canada
4. Genre: Electronica
5. Record Label: Merge Records
6. Years Active: 2000-Present
7. Changed Name to Caribou from Monitoba in 2004

Name Change

Snaith previously recorded under the stage name Manitoba, but changed it in 2004 under threat of an lawsuit by American artist Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba, who had used the surname professionally since the 1970s. Snaith is quoted as saying that he chose the name Caribou while on an LSD trip with friends in the Canadian wilderness.

Discography

As Manitoba

• People Eating Fruit EP (2000)
• "Paul's Birthday" (2001)
• Start Breaking My Heart (2001)
• give'r EP (2001)
• If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be an Airport (2003)
• "Jacknuggeted" (2003)
• Up in Flames (2003)
• "Hendrix with Ko" (2003)
• Up in Flames (Special Edition) (2003)

As Caribou

• Start Breaking My Heart (2004)
• Up In Flames (2004)
• "Yeti" CDS/12" (2005)
• The Milk of Human Kindness (2005)
• Andorra (2007)
• "Melody Day" (2007)
• Tour-Only CD (2007)

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