Genre: Rock/Pop
Nine year old Nicholas followed in Big Brother's footsteps by taking piano lessons but wouldn't appreciate the compulsion to practice for years to come. Taking up the violin at 12, he joined several orchestras and began absorbing the classical and baroque music he was playing. But he wanted more. He started writing and took up the guitar at the... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
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Cogent is highly experimental, but very cohesive and intuitive project. Despite the unique sonic nature of the music, it retains the most integral elements of music, being that of conventional structure and harmony, but when placed it within this abnormal context, it...
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Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Cristian Vogel is one of the foremost names in dance-based experimental techno, releasing a flood of consistently challenging and unconventional techno solo and in collaboration with such noted artists as Dave Clarke, Neil Landstrumm, and Russ Gabriel. Chilean born, Vogel fled with his family to the U.K. in the early '80s to escape the... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Made up soley of me , Steve, the Fault Society is currently a one man operation...
Formerly part of electronic duo Abor Essence(who used to be on the old mp3.com many moons ago before it all changed hands), we disbanded about 5 years ago due to some kind of strange happenings and missing band members.
No real direction with this...
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Genre: Electronic-Dance
Description is available in Russian only for now. Translation is coming soon.
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Shelter
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
...in the mid-80 was born a man, who had a dream about human...
...and he couldn't understand why the world around, has to look like most people get used to see it...
...his name was Jacob Birge...
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Lyua Dust is a electronic/experimental project (sometimes labelled has IDM) started by Joao Bernardo in 2006. Based in Portugal (Lisbon) Lyua Dust has been releasing since then original tracks and some remix tracks. Mostly influenced by artists as Bjork, Matthew Herbert, Bola, Dani Siciliano, Matmos and many more, music by Lyua Dust presents an... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s
While many a Sheffield native occupies an important place in the history of European experimental techno -- the city produced Robert Gordon, LFO, Richard H. Kirk, and 808 State, among others -- none have mixed professional extremes more than producers Jonathan Quarmby and Kevin Bacon. Known in the world of ambient and experimental techno as... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s
Mike Dred (aka Chimera, Judge Dred, and the Kosmik Kommando) makes acid-tinged experimental techno geared both for the dancefloor and for home listening. A member of the U.K.'s extended West Country experimental techno family (which also includes Reload, the Aphex Twin, and Matt Herbert), Dred drew early inspiration from European synth-pop... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s
Mike Ink is one of Europe's leading producers of minimalist pure house and techno, released primarily under his own name and as Love Inc., M:I:5, and Gas. After kick-starting the German acid scene during 1991-92 and releasing some of the style's more popular tracks, Ink reoriented his focus on the essentials of a distinctively German brand of... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Although Oval are perhaps more well-known for how they make their music than for the music they actually make, the German experimental electronic trio have provided an intriguing update of some elements of avant-garde composition in combination with techniques of digital sound design, resulting in some of the most original, if somewhat... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Our band combines many different genres of music. These include things like Glitch, Hip-Hop, Trip-Hop, Drum and Bass, Ambience, Electronica. We are a band consisting of three members, who are just finishing up our first EP. We are hoping to get signed, or just viewed and promoted primarily as we are an upcoming band. Currently, we have four... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Jochem Paap, aka Speedy J, is a Rotterdam-based techno musician whose polished blend of melodious electro-pop with a harder, more Detroit-fueled edge has been among the most highly-praised of post-rave European techno. The Dutch rep in Richie "Plastikman" Hawtin's Plus 8 label, Paap was equally well-known as a club DJ (his nom de record is in... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
The Orb virtually invented the electronic genre known as ambient house, resurrecting slower, more soulful rhythms and providing a soundtrack for early-morning ravers once the clubs closed their doors. The group popularized the genre as well, by appearing on the British chart show Top of the Pops and hitting number one in the U.K. with the 1992... [+] Read More
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