Sam Littlemore

Sam Littlemore
Littlemore in 2012
Background information
Birth name	Samuel Littlemore
Also known as	Sam La More
Born	(1975-02-02) 2 February 1975 (age 49) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Electronic
Occupation(s)	Record producer, creative director
Years active	2000–present
Labels	EMI/Virgin Records Underwater Records Ministry of Sound
Website	Sam La More Facebook Sam La More Website

Sam Littlemore (born 2 February 1975), also known as Sam La More, is an Australian record producer, songwriter and recording artist working in Sydney and Los Angeles. Littlemore, a member of dance music trio Pnau, is best known for the international number one song[1] Cold Heart (Pnau Remix) by Elton John & Dua Lipa (2021) which he and fellow members of Pnau co-wrote and produced.[2][3][4] He is also known for his involvement in the production of "What You Waiting For?" (2004)[5] by Gwen Stefani, Pnau songs "Go Bang", "Chameleon" and "Changes" (2013) by Faul & Wad Ad vs. Pnau, "Can't Get Better Than This" (2012) by Parachute Youth, "High" (2013) and "Fire" (2018) by Peking Duk, "Don't Hold Back" (2007) by The Potbelleez and songs with Nellee Hooper, Rick Nowels, Nelly Furtado on Loose (2006), Arthur Baker, Pnau and Tonite Only. He has won multiple ARIA and APRA Awards.[6][7][8][9]

Biography

Samuel Littlemore was born 2 February 1975 in Sydney, Australia, and raised in Wahroonga. Littlemore attended Barker College in Hornsby and the College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours, 1st Class) majoring in new media art.

In 1998 Littlemore co-founded Selenium Interactive, a new media design agency. Producing work for Australian and international clients including Coca-Cola, HSBC, TWI / IMG, Indy, Greater Union and Sony PlayStation, the 23-year-old creative director ran design teams in Sydney and London. Within 18 months, they had opened offices in San Francisco, Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 2000, he sold his share to pursue a career as a recording artist.

Littlemore's first foray into the music business came through his younger brother Nick's ARIA Award-winning[10] band Pnau, one of Australia's most respected electronic music duos. From 2001 to present, Littlemore has intermittently acted as co-producer, co-writer and co-performer. He and his brother Nick played together to crowds in excess of 12,000 people (e.g. Big Day Out, Good Vibrations Festival, BBC Radio 1 Miami Winter Music Conference) with Fatboy Slim, Erick Morillo, Derrick Carter and Darren Emerson among others.

Littlemore relocated to London in 2001 to produce with Darren Emerson (Underworld) who released his debut single "Takin' Hold" as Sam La More. Topping the Buzz, Cool Cuts and Hype charts, "Takin' Hold" was also Pete Tong's Essential New Tune and single of the week for DMC's Update magazine. Along with label mate Tim Deluxe's "It Just Won't Do" it helped to propel Underwater Records to "Label of The Year 2003" (DJ Magazine).

In 2004, Littlemore started producing pop music, teaming up with London producer Nellee Hooper, they produced Gwen Stefani's debut solo single "What You Waiting For?". In Los Angeles they produced six more songs with her. "What You Waiting For?" went on to be the number 1 single in Australia for a number of weeks.

Littlemore continued working out of London and Los Angeles, songwriting, producing and remixing artists including Pnau, Kaskade, Freestylers, Sneaky Sound System, Robbie Williams, Gus Gus, TV Rock, The Similou, P. Diddy / Kelis, Empire of the Sun, Cassidy, Ladytron, The Doors, ESG, Mutiny, Random House Project / Robert Owens, Percy Filth and Teenager.

In 2006 Littlemore co-founded the band Tonite Only. Ministry of Sound licensed their two debut songs "Danger (The Bomb)" and "Where the Party's At" internationally. They remixed "All This Love" for The Similou, which spent 11 weeks at number one in the ARIA Club Chart, followed up by 18 weeks at number one for the Tonite Only remix of "Pictures" by Sneaky Sound System, equaling the record set by Madison Avenue's "Don't Call Me Baby". In addition to remixes for Princess Superstar, TV Rock and others, they released the Ministry of Sound compilation "Mashed III". They went on to regularly tour North America and had numerous crossover hits including "We Run The Nite", voted Best Dance Track Of The Year 2011 by InTheMix.

2007 saw Littlemore re-establish his solo career as Sam La More, touring Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Europe and North America. He mixed the Pacha compilation for Europe and Australia and co-wrote and produced the third, self-titled Pnau album with his brother Nick and bandmate Peter Mayes. The self-titled Pnau album was highlighted by Elton John as his favourite new album featuring singles "Embrace", "With you Forever", "Baby" and "Wild Strawberries". His production and songwriting skills can also be heard on "Don't Hold Back" and "Are You With Me?" for The Potbelleez. Both songs spent many weeks in the ARIA top 10, ARIA club and ARIA dance charts. Littlemore then moved his focus to finishing singles for other artists including Peking Duk, Parachute Youth, The Potbelleez among others.

In 2015, Littlemore's White Shadows album with Nick Littlemore and Craig Nicholls was released featuring the single "Give Up, Give Out, Give In".

In 2016, Littlemore officially joined Pnau. "Chameleon", their first single as a trio, peaked at number four on the ARIA Singles Chart[11] and reached triple platinum sales in Australia.[12] "Chameleon" was nominated for the Apple Music Song of the Year and won the Best Dance Release at the 2017 ARIA Awards.[13][14]

In 2017 Pnau released the album Changa to commercial and critical acclaim.[15]

In 2018 Pnau's "Go Bang" won the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release, setting a new record of three ARIA Best Dance Release wins.[16]

In 2021 Elton John asked Pnau to revisit his catalogue and produce a new album which resulted in the single Cold Heart with Elton John and Dua Lipa.[17][18] The single reached number one in the UK.

Littlemore continues to write, produce and mix records in Avalon, Sydney.[19]

Discography

Productions

Artist Name	Title	Role	Client / Label
Peking Duk (Ft. Circa Waves)	Spend It	Co-Producer / Engineer	Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd./ RCA Records
Elton John & Dua Lipa	Cold Heart (Pnau remix)	Co-Writer / Producer	Virgin EMI / Mercury Records Limited
Pnau	Stranger Love feat. Budjerah	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pirra	Never Apart	Co-Writer / Producer	BLK&WHT RCRDS
Pnau	River feat. Ladyhawke	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Lucky feat. Vlossom	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	All Of Us	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Solid Gold	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Peking Duk (Ft. Al Wright)	UR EYEZ	Co-Producer / Engineer	Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd./RCA Records
Super Cruel	Me + You	Co-Writer / Producer / Engineer	Warner Music
Ajax (Dance Legend)	I'm Hot	Co-Writer / Producer / Engineer	Sweat It Out Music
Fluir	Feeling For You	Co-Writer / Producer / Engineer	Fluir Music
Peking Duk	Fire	Co-Producer / Engineer	Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd./RCA Records
Kayex	The Get Up	Co-Writer / Producer / Engineer	Kayex Life
Fluir	Change	Co-Writer / Producer / Engineer	Fluir Music
Peking Duk	Wasted	Co-Producer / Engineer	Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd./RCA Records
Timmy Trumpet & Savage	Deja-Vu	Co-Writer / Co-Producer	TMRW Music
Pnau	La Grenouille	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Control Your Body	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Nothing In The World	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Young Melody ft. Vera Blue	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Please Forgive Me	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Into The Sky	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	In My Head	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Changa	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Go Bang	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Chameleon	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Save Disco	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Peking Duk (Ft. AlunaGeorge)	Fake Magic	Co-Producer / Engineer	Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd./RCA Records
Jess Kent	Trolls	Co-Producer / Engineer	Capitol USA
Jess Kent	Bass So Low	Co-Producer / Engineer	Capitol USA
Generik	Late At Night	Co-Writer / Producer / Engineer	OneLove
Pnau ft. Petite Meller	Lil' Love (Pnau Mix)	Co-Writer / Producer	Universal Music
Paces ft. Jess Kent	1993 (No Chill)	Additional Production / Engineer	etcetc
Asta	Wild Emotions	Additional Production / Engineer	Warner Music
Mashd N Kutcher	My Sunshine	Co-Writer / Producer / Engineer	Warner Music
Yvng Jalapeño	In Control	Producer / Engineer	Sony Music
Jess Kent	Get Down	Additional Production / Engineer	Capitol USA
Peking Duk	Say My Name	Engineer	Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd./RCA Records
Asta (Ft. Allday)	Dynamite	Additional Production / Engineer	Warner Music
Jordan Burns	I'll Follow	Co-Writer / Producer / Engineer	Sony Music
Jordan Burns	Never to be Found	Co-Writer / Producer / Engineer	Sony Music
Jordan Burns	Starlighters	Co-Writer / Producer / Engineer	Sony Music
White Shadows	Sun	Co-Writer / Producer	Wicked Nature Music
White Shadows	Slip Away	Co-Writer / Producer	Wicked Nature Music
White Shadows	Give Up Give Out Give In	Co-Writer / Producer	Wicked Nature Music
White Shadows	Everyday	Co-Writer / Producer	Wicked Nature Music
White Shadows	Hate	Co-Writer / Producer	Wicked Nature Music
White Shadows	Mystery Goddess	Co-Writer / Producer	Wicked Nature Music
White Shadows	So It Goes	Co-Writer / Producer	Wicked Nature Music
White Shadows	I Belong to You	Co-Writer / Producer	Wicked Nature Music
White Shadows	Winter Dreaming	Co-Writer / Producer	Wicked Nature Music
Tonite Only	Experience	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Ministry of Sound Australia
Peking Duk	High ft. Nicole Millar	Co-Producer / Engineer	Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd./RCA Records
Tonite Only	Touch ft. Yeah Boy	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Ministry of Sound Australia
Parachute Youth	Runaway	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Sweat It Out
Pnau vs Faul & Wad Ad	Changes	Co-Writer / Producer	etcetc
Tonite Only	F..k Tomorrow	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Ministry of Sound Australia
Tonite Only	Go	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Ministry of Sound Australia
Parachute Youth	Can't Get Better Than This (EP)	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Sweat It Out
Tonite Only	Haters Gonna Hate	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Ministry of Sound Australia
Tonite Only	We Run The Nite	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Ministry of Sound Australia
Chris Sorbello	So Lonely	Producer / Engineer	Ministry of Sound Australia
Beni	My Love Sees You	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Kitsuné
The Potbelleez	Are You With Me?	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Vicious Vinyl
Pnau	Wild Strawberries	Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Shock To My System	Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Baby	Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Come Together	Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	We Have Tomorrow	Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Lover	Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	No More Violence	Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Embrace	Writer / Producer	etcetc
Pnau	Dancing On The Water	Writer / Producer	etcetc
The Potbelleez	Don't Hold Back	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Vicious Vinyl
Tonite Only	Where The Party's At	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Hussle Black
Tonite Only	DANGER (The Bomb)	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Hussle Black
Nelly Furtado	In God's Hands	Programmer	Interscope Records
Nelly Furtado	Somebody To Love	Programmer	Interscope Records
Nelly Furtado	Runaway	Programmer	Rick Nowels
Melinda Jackson	Fall In Love	Writer / Producer / Engineer	iSpy Records
Pnau ft. E.S.G.	Donnie Donnie Darko	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Underwater Records
Gwen Stefani	What You Waiting For?	Programmer	Interscope Records
Gwen Stefani	Just Fine	Programmer	Interscope Records
Gwen Stefani	Sparkle	Programmer	Interscope Records
Gwen Stefani	The Real Thing	Programmer	Interscope Records
Gwen Stefani	Don't Wait Too Long	Programmer	Interscope Records
Gwen Stefani	Danger Zone	Programmer	Interscope Records
Random House Project	Longing (Darren Emerson Remix)	Additional Production / Engineer	Underwater Records
Ladytron	Seventeen (Darren Emerson Remix)	Additional Production / Engineer	Telstar Records
P.Diddy Ft. Kelis	Let's Get Ill (Darren Emerson Remix)	Additional Production / Engineer	Bad Boy Records
GusGus	David (Darren Emerson Remix)	Additional Production / Engineer	Underwater Records
Pnau	Follow Me	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Warner Music
Foxtel	Network Theme	Writer / Producer / Engineer	Foxtel Television Network

Remixes

Artist Name	Title	Mix	Format	Label
Lizzo	2 Be Loved	Pnau Remix	Digital & 12”	Atlantic
Diana Ross, Tame Impala	Turn Up The Sunshine	Pnau Remix	Digital & 12”	Decca (Universal)
Elvis Presley	Don’t Fly Away	Pnau Remix	Digital & 12”	RCA
Fatboy Slim	The Rockafeller Skank	Sam La More Remix	Digital & 12"	BMG
Baby Raptors	I Am My Only Love	Pnau Remix	Digital	TBC
Rixton	Me and My Broken Heart	Pnau Remix	Digital	Interscope
Parachute Youth	Runaway	Sam La More Remix	Digital	Sweat It Out
D Cup	I'm Corrupt	Sam La More Remix	Digital	Chookie
Parachute Youth	Can't Get Better Than This	Sam La More Remix	Digital	Sweat It Out
Example	Stay Awake	Tonite Only Remix	Digital	Ministry of Sound
Pnau	The Truth	Sam La More Remixes	Digital	etcetc
Grafton Primary	The Eagle	Sam La More Remixes	CD, Digital	Sonic Constructions
Bag Raiders	Way Back Home	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	Modular
Miami Horror	Moon Theory	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	EMI
Empire of the Sun	We Are the People	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	EMI
Sneaky Sound System	Kansas City	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	Whack
HooknSling	The Best Thing	Tonite Only Remix	CD, Digital	Hussle / Cr2
Lovers Electric	Honey	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	Sony
Lovers Electric	Could This Be	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	Sony
Empire of the Sun	Walking on a Dream	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	EMI
Mark Brown Ft. Sarah Cracknell	The Journey Continues	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	Hussle
Pnau	Sambanova	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	etcetc
Pnau	Baby	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	etcetc
Pnau	Wild Strawberries	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	etcetc
Pnau	Embrace	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	etcetc
The Potbelleez	Don't Hold Back	Pot La More Remix	CD, 12"	Vicious
GusGus	Need In Me	Sam La More and Goodwill Remix	CD, 12"	Hussle
Kaskade	Be Still	Sam La More Remix	CD, 12"	Hussle
Freestylers	Electrified	Sam La More Remixes	CD, 12"	Shock
Arthur Baker and Princess Superstar	Return to New York	Sam La More Remix	Promo	-
Sadie Ama	Fallin	Sam La More Remix	CD, 12"	Ministry of Sound UK
Nick Jay Ft. Peter Millwood	Pour It On	Sam La More Remixes	CD, 12"	Hussle
Sneaky Sound System	Pictures	Tonite Only Remix	CD, 12"	Whack / MGM
Princess Superstar	Perfect	Tonite Only Remix	CD, 12"	Central Station Records
TV Rock	Bimbo	Tonite Only Remixes	CD, 12"	Sony Music
And If	Finest Dream	Sam La More Remixes	CD, 12"	Rebirth / NuFrequency
HooknSling vs Kid Kenobi	The Bump	Tonite Only Remix	CD, 12"	Hussle Black / Cr2
The Similou	All This Love	Tonite Only Remix	CD, 12"	Hussle Black
Pnau	Donnie Donnie Darko	Sam La More Remix	CD, Digital	Propaganda
Robbie Williams	Radio	Sam La More Remixes	CD, 12"	Chrysalis UK
Frank Kappa	Hear My Call	Sam La More Remix	12"	Sunflower Records UK
Cassidy Ft. Mashonda	Gets No Better	A.D.D. Remix	12"	J Records NYC
Slo Blow	If You Leave	Sam La More Remixes	12"	Direction Records UK
Mint Royale	I Don't Know	Sam La More Remix	12"	Faith & Hope Records
Percy Filth	Show Me Your Monkey	Sam La More Remixes	2x12"	Southern Fried Records
GusGus	Call Of The Wild	Sam La More Remix	CD, 2x12"	Underwater
The Doors	Riders On The Storm	Pnau Remix	CD	Warner Music
Danielle Spencer	Johnathan White	L'more Remix	CD, 12"	EMI
Paul Mac	Sound Of Breaking Up	L'more Remix	CD, 12"	Eleven / EMI
Comfortable Addiction	Swingers Club	Pnau Remix	CD	Sony Music
BJ White	Middle Of Downtown	Pnau Remix	CD	Festival Mushroom
Christine Anu	Jump To Love	Pnau Remix	CD	Festival Mushroom
Regurgitator	Are You Being Served?	Pnau Remix	12"	Warner Music

Releases

Artist Name	Title	Format	Label(s)
Sam La More	"Adrenaline" Ft. Gary Go	Digital	Ministry of Sound (AU)
Sam La More	Sessions 8	Mix CD	Ministry of Sound (AU)
Sam La More	"Paradise"	Digital	Ministry of Sound (AU)
Sam La More	In The Club 2010	Mix CD	Ministry of Sound (AU)
Sam La More	"I Wish it Could Last"	Digital	Ministry of Sound (AU), Cr2 (UK)
Sam La More	Clubbers' Guide to Spring 2009 (with Stafford Brothers)	Mix CD	Ministry of Sound (AU)
Sam La More	Clubbers' Guide to 2008	Mix CD	Ministry of Sound (AU)
Sam La More	Pacha	Mix CD	Central Station (AU) / Pacha Ibiza (SP)
Sam La More	"Takin' Hold"	CD, 12", MP3	Virgin / EMI (AU), Underwater Records, Submental Records, Motivo Productions (Italy), Subliminal, Mixmag, Base Ibiza, EVA Belgium, Trust The DJ, Azuli Records

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