Varied vs. Various

By Jaxson

  • Various

    Various, or Various Production, is an English dubstep/electronic music duo formed in 2002. The group blends samples, acoustic and electronic instrumentation, and singing from a revolving cast of vocalists. Its members, Adam and Ian, purposefully give very little information about the group or themselves, and tend to do little in the way of self-promotion. Nevertheless, the group began winning critical acclaim with its single releases in 2005 and 2006, with singers Rachel Thomas Davies and Nicola Kearey. Their full-length for XL, The World is Gone, arrived in July 2006. They have released a large number of vinyl EPs and 7″ records, as well as digital exclusives for Rough Trade, iTunes, and Boomkat. They have released remixes of a large variety of artists (sometimes uncredited) such as Thom Yorke, Adele, Virus Syndicate, Dave Cloud, Cat Power, Emma Pollock and Ian Brown and participated with one track on the Vexille Movie Soundtrack.

    In 2002, the group started their own record label, called Various Records or Various Production, where they began releasing their own material, usually on 7″ or 12″ vinyl, or later as mp3 releases. In 2009 the duo started another label, called “Misc”, this time for selling artworks and other products.

    The duo signed a publishing deal with the newly formed Fire Songs in November 2007, a division of eclectic London-based record label Fire Records. In early 2009 they released a new LP, an experimental collaboration with poet Gerry Mitchell called The Invisible Lodger and signed the first act to release on the Various Production label, Gold Panda.

Wikipedia
  • Varied (verb)

    simple past tense and past participle of vary

  • Varied (adjective)

    diverse or miscellaneous

  • Varied (adjective)

    having been changed or modified

  • Varied (adjective)

    variegated

  • Various (determiner)

    More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).

    “Various books have been taken.”

    “There are various ways to fix the problem.”

    “You have broken various of the rules.”

  • Various (adjective)

    Having a broad range (of different elements).

    “The reasons are various.”

  • Various (adjective)

    That varies or differs from others; variant; different.

    “a various reading of a Biblical text”

Wiktionary
  • Varied (adjective)

    incorporating a number of different types or elements; showing variation or variety

    “a long and varied career”

    “the phenomena were very varied”

  • Various (adjective)

    different from one another; of different kinds or sorts

    “dresses of various colours”

    “his grievances were many and various”

  • Various (adjective)

    having or showing different properties or qualities

    “their environments are locally various”

  • Various (determiner)

    more than one; individual and separate

    “various of her friends had called”

    “various people arrived late”

  • Various (pronoun)

    more than one; individual and separate

    “various of her friends had called”

    “various people arrived late”

Oxford Dictionary

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