Jaime Brooks

Jaime Brooks (born May 2, 1984) is a Canadian-American electronic musician.

2009-2013: Elite Gymnastics

Elite Gymnastics, self-described as a "multimedia art project", was an electronic music duo from Minneapolis, Minnesota and later a solo project from Vancouver, British Columbia. Formed in Minneapolis in 2009 as the duo of James Brooks and Josh Clancy, Elite Gymnastics self-released several EPs and mixtapes before Clancy's departure in 2012.

As a duo, they released seven EPs for which Brooks can be credited with most of the songwriting and musical production and Clancy with most of the album artwork: Real Friends, Neu! '92, Gizzard Greens V.1, Gizzard Greens V.2, Ruin (and its B-side, Ruin 2), Ruin 3, and Ruin 4. Gizzard Greens is a digital double EP in the style of a remix album featuring a cover of Cheryl's "Parachute" and a mashup combining Sub Focus' remix of Rusko's "Hold On" (featuring Amber Coffman) with Blame's "Piano Takes You" on the first volume, and bootleg remixes of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" and Waka Flocka Flame's "Fuck the Club Up" (featuring Pastor Troy and Slim Dunkin) on the second.

The Ruin EP was well received by Pitchfork magazine and given a 7.8 album review rating, and was released to critical acclaim among a number of smaller publications which quickly attracted a cult following online. Ruin saw a physical release in vinyl format under the electronic label Acéphale, with the B-side (Ruin 2) being five remixed versions of five of the original tracks. Previous albums were self-released online in digital format for free through their Tumblr-based imprint Psychedelic Surf Club. Ruin and Ruin 2 were later self-released for free download as a digital double EP. Ruin 4 includes "Life/Trap" and "We Got Lost", two previously unreleased tracks which didn't make it onto the Ruin EP, and a rerecorded version of Ruin's "Little Things" as a hidden track.

The name Elite Gymnastics was taken from the lyrics of "Ruthless Babysitting" by power electronics group Whitehouse.

Josh Clancy's departure

Following a 2012 tour as a supporting act for Sleigh Bells, Elite Gymnastics became Brooks' solo project with Clancy parting ways after a reportedly tumultuous experience on the road. "Our personal relationship is kinda kaput for the time being," Brooks describes in a Tumblr post detailing some of the reasons for continuing the project solo. Brooks continued the project solo, relocating to Vancouver following a stint in New York City, releasing the single "Andreja 4-Ever" as part of the Adult Swim Singles Program the same year.

The solo form of Elite Gymnastics only saw the release of single "Andreja 4-Ever" and a couple of remixes (for Sky Ferreira and How to Dress Well) before Brooks decided to rename the project; first to Dead Girlfriends, then to Default Genders.

2013-2019: Default Genders

Dead Girlfriends & "On Fraternity" controversy

The release of single "On Fraternity" from the "Stop Pretending" debut EP, in association with the name change to "Dead Girlfriends", caused a substantial amount of controversy and prompted a series of articles by various publications and an online round table discussion by Spin magazine. Brooks rechristened the project "Default Genders" shortly thereafter.

2015-2019: Eponymity

During a four-year period following relocation to Los Angeles, California, Brooks released a series of demos and bootleg remixes on SoundCloud eponymously, but none have been made available for download.

2019: Default Genders

Main Pop Girl 2019

On February 4, 2019, Brooks released a new full length Default Genders album titled Main Pop Girl 2019, which includes a track featuring pop artist No Rome, updated versions of demos previously released eponymously, and an updated version of "Sophie" from Magical Pessimism 2014 featuring artist Beth Sawlts.

Elite Gymnastics

Extended plays

• Real Friends (2010)
• Gizzard Greens V.1 (2010)
• Gizzard Greens V.2 (2011)
• Neu! '92 (2011)
• Ruin (2011)
• Ruin 2 (2011)
• Ruin 3 (2012)
• Ruin 4 (2012)

Singles

• "Life/Trap" (2012)
• "Andreja 4-Ever" (2012)

Unreleased songs

• "Real Love (The Hedgehog's Dilemma)" (2010)
• "I Just Wasn't Paying Attention" (2011)
• "Walls" (2011)

Note: "I Just Wasn't Paying Attention" is an early version of "We Got Lost" from Ruin 4.

Remixes

• Florrie - "Come Back to Mine (Elite Gymnastics Remix)" (2010)
• How to Dress Well - "Suicide Dream 2 (Elite Gymnastics Baptism)" (2011)
• Mozart Parties - "Where Has Everybody Gone? (Elite Gymnastics Remix)" (2011)
• Korallreven - "Sa Sa Samoa (Elite Gymnastics Remix) [ft. Julianna Barwick]" (2012)
• Sky Ferreira - "Red Lips (Elite Gymnastics Remix)" (2013)
• How to Dress Well - "& It Was U (Elite Gymnastics Remix)" (2013)

Mixtapes

• Mix for VnFold Magazine (2010)
• Mix for Opening Ceremony (2011)
• All We Fucking Care About is Kpop Whitehouse and Our Cats (Mix for Forty Ounce Clothing, 2011)
• I Want a 38-Minute Truce in Which There is No Rape (Mix for DIS Magazine, 2011)

Default Genders

Studio albums

• Magical Pessimism 2014 (2014)
• Main Pop Girl 2019 (2019)

Extended plays

• Stop Pretending (2013)

Singles

• "On Fraternity" (2013)

Mixtapes

• Magical Pessimix #1 (2014)