# Factor Chandelier

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Factor Chandelier Also known as Factor, DJ Factor, Factor G, Gram Born Graham Murawsky (1982-03-28) March 28, 1982 (age 44)[1] Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Genres Alternative hip hop Instrumental hip hop Underground hip hop Occupation Producer Years active 1998–present Labels Fake Four Inc. Side Road Records Off Beat Production Website www.factorchandelier.com

Musical artist

**Graham Murawsky** (born March 28, 1982), better known by his [stage name](/source/Stage_name) **Factor Chandelier** (formerly **Factor**), is a Canadian [underground hip hop](/source/Underground_hip_hop) [producer](/source/Hip_hop_production) from [Saskatoon](/source/Saskatoon), [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan). He is a founder of Off Beat Production and Side Road Records.[2]

## History

In 2009, Factor produced [Freestyle Fellowship](/source/Freestyle_Fellowship) member [Myka 9](/source/Myka_9)'s solo album *[1969](/source/1969_(Myka_9_album))*. It features guest appearances from [Aceyalone](/source/Aceyalone), [Busdriver](/source/Busdriver), Awol One and Gel Roc. In promotion of the album, Factor toured across the United States with Myka 9, [Sole](/source/Sole_(artist)), and Ceschi Ramos.[3]

In 2010, Factor released the solo album *[Lawson Graham](/source/Lawson_Graham)*[4] and *The Great Depression*, a collaborative album with Gregory Pepper as [Common Grackle](/source/Common_Grackle_(band)),[5] both on [Fake Four Inc.](/source/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](/source/Fake_Four_Inc.), 2008) - *[13 Stories (A Prelude)](/source/13_Stories_(A_Prelude))* (Side Road, 2010) - *[Lawson Graham](/source/Lawson_Graham)* (Fake Four, 2010) - *[Woke Up Alone](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Kirby_Dominant) (as [Paranoid Castle](/source/Paranoid_Castle))** - *One Way Ticket* (Side Road, 2004) - *[Champagne Nightmares](/source/Champagne_Nightmares)* (Fake Four, 2011) - *[Welcome to Success](/source/Welcome_to_Success)* (Fake Four, 2014)

- **with [Awol One](/source/Awol_One)** - *[Only Death Can Kill You](/source/Only_Death_Can_Kill_You)* (Cornerstone R.A.S., 2007) - *[Owl Hours](/source/Owl_Hours)* (Fake Four, 2009) - *[The Landmark](/source/The_Landmark_(album))* (Fake Four, 2011)

- **with [Myka 9](/source/Myka_9)** - *[1969](/source/1969_(Myka_9_album))* (Fake Four, 2009) - *[Sovereign Soul](/source/Sovereign_Soul)* (Fake Four, 2012) - *Famous Future Time Travel* ([Urbnet](/source/Urbnet), 2015)

- **with Ben.e Elim** - *Salvation* (Side Road, 2004) - *With Pain Comes Pleasure* (Side Road, 2006) (as Ben.e.Factor)

- **with [Def3](/source/Def3)** - *Drumbo* (Side Road, 2009) - *Wildlif3* ([Urbnet](/source/Urbnet), 2014)

- **with [Gregory Pepper](/source/Gregory_Pepper) (as Common Grackle)** - *[The Great Depression](/source/The_Great_Depression_(Common_Grackle_album))* (Fake Four, 2010) - *Old Dog New Tricks Who This* (Fake Four, 2021)

- **with [Ceschi](/source/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](/source/The_Shape_Shifters)) - *No Phukkin Clu* (Medici State, 2006) (with NoBS Allowed) - *Metropolis Now* (Side Road, 2006) (with [Def3](/source/Def3), Forgetful Jones & [Kay the Aquanaut](/source/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](/source/Saffron_(album))* (Fake Four, 2010) (with [Ron Contour](/source/Ron_Contour)) - *Party Til Your Body Stops* (Side Road, 2010) (with Cam the Wizzard & [Giovanni Marks](/source/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](/source/Kay_the_Aquanaut), as Laika) - *Crossroads EP* (Fake Four Inc., 2015) (with [Awol One](/source/Awol_One)) - *Tinted Skyscraper* (2017) (with Evil Ebenezer) - *Who the Crown Fits* (2018) (with Matre) - *Kill Factory* (2020) (with [Dope KNife](/source/Dope_KNife)) - *Voyager* (2020) (with LOGS) - *People Into Making Progress* (2020) (with [Myka 9](/source/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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Gaff&action=edit&redlink=1)) - *The Chandelier EP* [promo] (Ooohh! That's Heavy, 2008) - *Old Souls Vol. 1* (Side Road, 2009) - *Old Souls Vol. 2* (Side Road, 2010) - *Old Souls Vol. 3* (Side Road, 2012) - *Singles Series Jan-Apr* [EP] (Side Road, 2014) - *Singles Series* (Side Road, 2015) - *Years (2009-2019)* (Side Road, 2019) (with [Myka 9](/source/Myka_9))

### Production credits

- - [Kirby Dominant](/source/Kirby_Dominant) - "The Intermission Factor" from *Starr: The Contemplations of a Dominator* (2006) - [Awol One](/source/Awol_One) - "Speakers To The Sneakers" & "Happy Hour" from *Afterbirth* (2007) - Def3 & [Moka Only](/source/Moka_Only) - "What Now!" from *Dog River* (2007) - Epic - "The City (Factor Mix)" from *Aging Is What Friends Do Together* (2008) - [Mestizo](/source/Mestizo_(rapper)) - "Duke Ellington" from *U May Not Heard This* (2008) - [Noah23](/source/Noah23) - "True Romance" from *[Rock Paper Scissors](/source/Rock_Paper_Scissors_(album))* (2008) - Epic - "Out of the Loop" from *Scarf Face* (2009) - [Kay the Aquanaut](/source/Kay_the_Aquanaut) - "Who Needs Enemies?", "Roll Call", "1869", "The Circus Is Coming", "Action", "Next Stop, Jupiter!", "Nickel and Dime", "Paris of the Prairies" & "First and Fifteen" from *Nickelodeon Ethics* (2009) - Ira Lee - "I Love My Mom" from *My Favorite Songs by Me* (2010) - Kay the Aquanaut - "Kill You" & "Glass Slipper" from *Waterloo* (2011) - Noah23 - "Bed Bugs" from *[Fry Cook on Venus](/source/Fry_Cook_on_Venus)* (2011) - Noah23 - "Electric Furs of a Lynx" & "Sacrifice" from *Pirate Utopias (77 Lost Scrolls)* (2011) - VA - "J-A-P-A-N" & "No Easy Way To Grow" from *J-A-P-A-N: A Fake Four Inc. Japan Relief Benefit EP* (2011) - Noah23 - "Bed Bugs" & "Sacrifice" from *Noah23 for Dummies* (2012) - [RationaL](/source/RationaL) - "Maybe Tomorrow" from *The BirthWrite LP* (2012) - [Sole](/source/Sole_(artist)) - "Young Sole" from *[A Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing](/source/A_Ruthless_Criticism_of_Everything_Existing)* (2012) - [Time](/source/Time_(rapper)) - "Black and Gold" from *[Newstalgia](/source/Newstalgia)* (2013) - Noah23 - "High" from *Rare Gems* (2014) - Cquel - "Walk" from "Never Enough" (2016) - Cquel - "Death Of Me" from "Never Enough" (2016)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** @FactorMusic (24 March 2010). ["Birthday week... Your boy is 28 on the 28th of this month... Poppin always!"](https://twitter.com/FactorMusic/status/10999273218) ([Tweet](/source/Tweet_(social_media))) – via [Twitter](/source/Twitter).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Jon B (January 3, 2011). ["Factor"](http://ugsmag.com/2011/01/factor/). UGSMAG.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Myka 9 – 1969"](http://ugsmag.com/2008/12/myka-9-1969/). UGSMAG. December 10, 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Faraone, Chris (June 1, 2010). ["Factor - Lawson Graham"](http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/102987-lawson-graham-2010/). The Phoenix.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Plomin, Alicia (August 5, 2010). ["Indie pop and hip hop collide on Common Grackle's The Great Depression"](http://alarm-magazine.com/2010/indie-pop-and-hip-hop-meet-on-common-grackles-the-great-depression/). ALARM Magazine.

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.factorchandelier.com/)

- [Factor Chandelier](https://web.archive.org/web/20120624060439/http://www.fakefourinc.com/artist/factor) at [Fake Four Inc.](/source/Fake_Four_Inc.)

- [Factor Chandelier](https://web.archive.org/web/20110810200509/http://www.sideroadrecords.com/tag/factor/) at Side Road Records

v t e Factor Chandelier Studio albums 13 Stories (A Prelude) (2010) Lawson Graham (2010) Woke Up Alone (2013) with Paranoid Castle Champagne Nightmares (2011) Welcome to Success (2014) with Awol One Only Death Can Kill You (2007) Owl Hours (2009) The Landmark (2011) with Myka 9 1969 (2009) Sovereign Soul (2012)

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