Ten Walls

Birth name| Marijus Adomaitis
Born|  (1983-01-19) 19 January 1983 (age 41)
Vilnius, Lithuania
Genres|

* Progressive House, Deep House, Tech House

Occupations|

* Record producer
* DJ
* Composer

Years active| 2009–present
Labels| Runemark Records

Musical artist

Marijus Adomaitis (born 19 January 1983), better known by his stage names Ten Walls or Mario Basanov,[1][2] is a Lithuanian producer who is best known for his 2014 single "Walking with Elephants", which peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.

In June 2015, Ten Walls was dropped from several festivals and by his booking agency after making controversial comments comparing gay people to pedophiles in a Facebook post, and referring to the LGBT community as a "different breed".[3]

## Career

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### 2009–12: Mario Basanov

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In 2012 under the name Mario Basanov Adomaitis won Best Electronic Act at Lithuanian M.A.M.A. music awards.

### 2013–15: Breakthrough

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On 10 May 2013 Ten Walls released his debut EP Gotham.[4] On 9 December 2013 he released his debut single "Requiem".[5] On 7 September 2014 he released the single "Walking with Elephants". On 10 September 2014 the song was at number 3 on The Official Chart Update in the UK.[6] On 14 September 2014 the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 6.[7] The song also peaked at number 3 on the UK Dance Chart and number 8 on the Scottish Singles Chart.

## Homophobia controversy

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In June 2015, Ten Walls posted a rant on his Facebook pages condemning homosexuality and comparing it to pedophilia.[8] As a result of his comments, he was dropped from several festival line-ups. His booking agency, Coda Music Agency, announced that they no longer represented him. Fort Romeau pulled his support for him at London club venue Koko.[9] Ten Walls' posts were later deleted after a backlash, and he put out an apology claiming that he cancelled the festival dates himself.[9][10][11] Organizers of Dutch festival Pitch, Belgian festival Pukkelpop, the German festival Dockville, British festival Creamfields,[12] and Spanish festival Sónar publicly confirmed that they cancelled Ten Walls performances due to his homophobic statements.[9][13] Ten Walls also received criticism from Lithuanian LGBT activists.[14]

Three months after his post, in September 2015, Ten Walls issued a formal apology for the incident, calling it "completely out of character".[15]

## Discography

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### Studio albums

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Title  | Album details

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Queen[16] |

* Release: 27 March 2017[17]
* Labels: Runemark
* Formats: Digital download

### Extended plays

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Title  | Album details

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Gotham |

* Release: 10 May 2013[4]
* Labels: Innervisions
* Formats: Digital download

### Singles

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Year  | Title  | Peak chart positions  | Album

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[18] | UK Dance
[19] | SCO
[20] | BEL (Vl)
[21] | FR
[22]
2013  | "Requiem"[5] | — | — | — | 60[A] | —  | Non-albums singles
2014  | "Walking with Elephants"  | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 130
2015  | "Sparta"  | — | — | — | 72[A] | —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

## Awards

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On 30 January 2015 at M.A.M.A. awards Ten Walls won awards for best electronic act and best music video ("Walking with Elephants").[23]

## References

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1. ^ "Ten Walls – Walking With Elephants (2014, Boso)". dauggarsoirsviesu.lt.
2. ^ "Mario Basanov Is Ten Walls!". Data Transmission. 29 November 2013.
3. ^ "Festivals Drops Ten Walls Over Homophobic Comments". BBC Newsbeat. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
4. ^ a b iTunes - Music - Gotham EP by Ten Walls
5. ^ a b "iTunes - Music - Requiem - Single by Ten Walls". iTunes.
6. ^ "Calvin Harris on track for fifth Number 1 single". Official Charts Company.
7. ^ "Calvin Harris scores fifth Number 1!". Official Charts Company.
8. ^ "Walking with Elephants star says gays are another 'breed', like pedophiles". Gay Star News. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
9. ^ a b c "Festivals cancel Ten Walls appearances". Resident Advisor. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
10. ^ "Ten Walls apologises for online posts comparing homosexuals to paedophiles". The Guardian. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
11. ^ "Ten Walls dropped from festival bills over homophobic outburst". Fact. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
12. ^ "Festivals drop Ten Walls over homophobic comments". Newsbeat. BBC News. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
13. ^ "Dockville streicht Show von Musiker nach homophobem Post" [Dockville cancels musician's show after homophobic post]. Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 8 June 2015.
14. ^ Paraščiakas, Eiviltas (8 June 2015). "M. Basanovo karjera byra į šipulius: gerbėjai tyčiojasi, festivalių organizatoriai atšaukia jo pasirodymus". Delfi (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 10 June 2015.
15. ^ Eede, Christian. "Ten Walls Issues Apology". The Quietus. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
16. ^ "Ten Walls - Queen".
17. ^ "Queen from Runemark Records on Beatport".
18. ^ "Ten Walls > UK Charts". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.
19. ^ Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:
* For "Walking with Elephants": "Chart Archive > 20th September 2014". Official Charts Company.
20. ^ Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
* For "Walking with Elephants": "Chart Archive > 20th September 2014". Official Charts Company.
21. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Ten Walls". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
22. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Ten Walls". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
23. ^ "Kaune iškilmingai išdalintos M.A.M.A 2014 statulėlės". DELFI. 30 January 2015.

### Notes

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A ^ Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. Added 50 position to actual Ultratip position.

## External links

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* Ten Walls on SoundCloud

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

Artists|

* MusicBrainz