Lolly Pop is an on-stage persona of Brooke R. Calder, produced by the triad talents of Ricardo Autobahn, Monte Moir and Doctor Fink.

Biography

Raised between the United States and Zimbabwe, Africa, Calder moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota to work as a dancer for Prince in 1994. Shortly after being cast in the Prince and NPG "Get Wild" video, she suffered a debilitating back injury, so instead studied studio engineering with NPG keyboardist Morris Hayes [1] and acquired an office internship with Twin/Tone Records.

Circa 2002, Calder adopted the moniker Lolly Pop and formed Electro-Kitsch act TELEPHONE!. In 2006, Pop emerged as a solo artist produced by Fink, Moir as well as Autobahn. The following year, Pop was featured on RockAmerica,[2] the soundtrack of the film Loveless in Los Angeles,[3] appeared at Winter Music Conference in Miami, and in the Paul Moering short film Climbing Trees.[4]

Separately, Calder was recruited as the female vocalist for the Ricardo Autobahn project POP INC. She also contributed vocals to and/or produced American acts A*O*A and glean (with Rick McCollum of The Afghan Whigs); British outfits The Cuban Boys and The Rude Awakening; Ireland's Aidan Casserly as well as Norway's Frode Holm. With Phil Solem of The Rembrandts, she co-wrote the theme song for the Launch TV comedy Graham Crackers. In 2019, she had a cameo appearance in Jellybean Johnson's Put Some Jelly On It[5] and formed dark wave duo The Red Hour with ENDIF. Calder most recently collaborated with BBC award-winning director Martin Gooch for the song and video "Everybody Loves Dancing",[6] runs the Philadelphia-based electronic imprint Manual Control Records[7] and is working on her tenth release.

Charitable efforts

During the 2020 COVID pandemic, Calder donated her royalties to help VA nurses risking their lives. In 2017, A*O*A donated sales profits to the NODAPL Legal Fund and continue to provide a $1 royalty to RAICES for each maxi-single sold.

Discography

• 1999: BURNING SHAKESPEARE - No Juliet EP - Self Released
• 2000: THOUSAND VOID CRUSH f. BURNING SHAKESPEARE - "Radio Free" - Sursumcorda Records
• 2001: BROWN RAINBOW - Underground Soundtracks (Various tracks) - Self Released
• 2002: TELEPHONE! - Love... EP - Self Released
• 2003: TELEPHONE! - *69 EP - Self Released
• 2003: CHUCK LOVE - Continuous (Song: "Perfect") - Om Records
• 2004: TC ELECTROPUNK VOLUME 1 (Song: "Life on Hold")
• 2004: DORY/1DJ - 8Bits (song: "Encore") - Self Released
• 2005: TC ELECTROPUNK VOLUME 2 (Song: "Elevator Operator")
• 2005: SUNNY SMACK - Mezzanine Girls (Song: "Mezzanine") - Self Released
• 2006: THE CUBAN BOYS - Satellite Junkyard (Song: "Claudine Is Blue") - Banoffeesound
• 2006: THE CUBAN BOYS - BBC Radio [live] (Song: "Walking In The Air") - Banoffeesound
• 2007: LOLLY POP - Elevator Operator (Danny Morris remix video) - Rockamerica
• 2007: LOLLY POP - Elevator Operator (Digital maxi single) - Modo Disco (UK)
• 2007: LOLLY POP (Self-titled debut and remixes) - Modo Disco (UK)
• 2008: THE PLASTIC CONSTELLATIONS - We Appreciate You (Songs: "Stay That Way", "So Many Friends") - Longtime Listener
• 2009: POP INC. - "Looking 4 The KLF" (Video - original edit and download card/maxi single) - Modo Disco (UK) / Rockamerica
• 2009: TC ELECTROPUNK VOLUME 5 (Song: POP INC. - "Disenchanted")
• 2010: ANDRA - "Love Is 4 Suckaz" Mixtape (Song: Models & Bottles) - Krucial Noize/Kerry Brothers Jr
• 2010: POP INC. vs. SYMPHONO - "Looking 4 The KLF" (Single) - Ninthwave Records
• 2011: POP INC. - "BLVD (Boulevard of Broken Dreams)" (Video/DVD, digital maxi single)
• 2012: TC ELECTROPUNK VOLUME 6 (Song: POP INC. - "Hollywood Kills")
• 2014: glean - Echoes & Waves (EP)
• 2014: GRAHAM CRACKERS THEME SONG - "Steady On (True Blue)" featuring Phil Solem
• 2015: glean - Shadows & Sand (EP)
• 2016: A*O*A - "I'm Afraid of Americans" (Digital single)
• 2017: AIDAN CASSERLY - Spoken (Song: "April 21st")
• 2017: THE RUDE AWAKENING - "Pride" - Electro London
• 2017: LOLLY POP - LINGERIE: Lost Remixes & Bonus Tracks - Banoffeesound Records
• 2018: A*O*A - "I'm Afraid of Americans" (Remixes)
• 2019: FRODE HOLM - Third (Engineer, Vocal Producer, Backing Vocals)
• 2021: THE RED HOUR - "Cracks" - Manual Control Records
• 2022: BROOKE R. CALDER - "Everybody Loves Dancing" (Video and Digital Single) - Manual Control Records
• 2022: BURNING SHAKESPEARE - RADIO-FREE EP (Digital Reissue)- Manual Control Records
• 2022: BROOKE R. CALDER - "Everybody Loves Dancing" (Remixes) - Manual Control Records
• 2023: POP INC. - Best Of - Manual Control Records - In Production

References

Additional sources:

• City Pages Magazine, February 14, 2007
• Rift Magazine, February 2007
• Star Tribune, February 9, 2007
• St. Paul Pioneer Press July 27, 2006
• Rift Magazine, November 2005
• Star Tribune, March 18, 2005
• City Pages, May 25, 2005
• Stone Roller Magazine, May 2004

External links

• - Official Site 01
• - Official Site 02
• - Official Site 03
• - Official Site 04