Genre: Radio/Books/Spoken
Amateur Aural Experimenter that has as of yet failed to do anything meaningful. Long may this rich vein of form continue.
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Like Aphex Twin, Autechre are about as close to being techno superstars as the tenets of the genre and the limitations of its audience will allow. Through a series of full-length works and a smattering of EPs on Warp, Clear, and their own Skam label, the group have consistently garnered the praise of press and public alike. Unlike many of their... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Boards of Canada are the duo of Michael Sandison (born July 14, 1971) and Marcus Eoin (born May 27, 1973). Based on the northern coast of Scotland, the group got its start on acclaimed experimental electronica label Skam in 1996 after recording an obscene number of tracks and pressing the best of them up as a miniscule-run 12", Twoism, an... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Everyone has a soul…
Just as everyone has an individual vision...
Dreams…
We close our eyes, and wonder…
What is reality?
Why are we here?
What is our purpose?
On our journey through life, we associate ourselves though emotional states of mind…
We want to feel…
And we...
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Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Munich's Funkstörung have been described as the German Autechre, a description which probably has less to do with their sound than the interest the group has attracted to their Musik Aus Strom label. Similar to Autechre's Skam label, Musik Aus Strom (German, roughly, for "synthesizer music") has become one of the more collectible, obsessed-over... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Inspired by hardcore techno, indie-punk, noise-rock, and a liberal dose of heavy metal, the recordings of Kid 606 are a highlight of the growing American indie electronica scene. His lack of seriousness regarding "intelligent techno" (conspicuous in his attitude as well as his recordings) and fondness for breakbeat thrash places him in line with... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Long Distance Runner is the solo musical endeavor of drummer/producer Kyle Briggs. The Fire of Cumulative Hours is Kyle’s debut effort under the LDR moniker and was released September 5th, 2006 on his own Existential Sounds label. For more info visit www.Long-Distance-Runner.com
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
German post-techno duo Mouse on Mars is among a growing number of electronic music groups dabbling in complex, heavily hybridized forms that include everything from ambient, techno, and dub to rock, jazz, and jungle. The combined efforts of Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner (of Köln and Düsseldorf, respectively), Mouse on Mars formed in 1993,... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Although Plaid pre-existed the association, the duo's Ed Handley and Andy Turner spent most of their early recording years with Ken Downie as the dancefloor-confounding Black Dog Productions. Meshing well with Downie's vision of heavily hybridized post-techno and obscurantist thematics, the pair brought several nascent Plaid tracks to the Black... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Richard Devine is one of the most talented (if not prolific) of the producers organized around the Miami neo-electro haven of Schematic Records. Based in Atlanta, Devine's productions have the rigid breakbeat swing of prime electro recordings, but also a high degree of DSP (digital signal processing) magic in keeping with Schematic's... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Formed in September 2006, The Phosphorus Procedure is a one-man electronica and hip hop outfit based in New Jersey.
Genre: Electronic-Dance
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Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
After dissolving his Sabres of Paradise project and label, UK dance-don Andrew Weatherall set up the tripartite Emissions label group and launched his latest, perhaps most prodigious musical venture, Two Lone Swordsmen. A collaboration with Emissions engineer Keith Tenniswood, 2LS was formed in early 1996. The group speaks the same language of... [+] Read More
