I started dealing with music when I was very young. At the age of 7, I went to Primary Music School for the piano, which I finished 6 years later. From the very beginning I was interested mostly in composing, so that my first song was composed already at the age of 10. During the 80's I was playing with a few rock bands, performing all over the... [+] Read More

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Alex Tiuniaev is a composer, producer, and performer from Moscow, Russia. Having released the highly-acclaimed album “I Knew Her” on the famous UK label Cold Spring Records at the ripe old age of 22, he is currently working on several different projects.
Alex works in various genres including (but not limited to): classical, minimalist,... [+] Read More

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Biosphere's Geir Jenssen hails from Tromso, Norway, a city 500 miles above the Arctic Circle. A founding member of quasi-new age Norwegian trio Bel Canto, Jenssen recorded a pair of albums with that group for the Belgian Crammed label before departing to record solo, first as Bleep, then as Biosphere. He released a number of Bleep singles... [+] Read More

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As a physics major in college, Stark found himself spending more time in the dormitory lounge playing piano than doing his homework. Inspired by Keith Jarrett's extended improvisations, the self-taught musician abandoned his scientific studies and just barely managed to get accepted into the music department of California State University at the... [+] Read More

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The most important and consistently underrated space-rock unit of the '70s, Cluster (originally Kluster) was formed by Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conrad Schnitzler as an improv group that used everything from synthesizers to alarm clocks and kitchen utensils in their performaces. Continuing on as a duo, Moebius and Roedelius... [+] Read More

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David Moufang, along with figures such as Pete Namlook, Victor Sol, and Uwe Schmidt, is one of the more active members of the German experimental techno scene. His Source label has released single- and LP-length works from Vulva, Deep Space Network, Yoni, View to View, Move D, Reagenz, Spacetime Continuum, and Multiple Void Enjoyment. His own... [+] Read More

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Trumpeter Jon Hassell was the originator and unrivalled master of the musical aesthetic he dubbed Fourth World -- in his own words, "a unified primitive/futuristic sound combining features of world ethnic styles with advanced electronic techniques." Born March 22, 1937 in Memphis, TN, he attended Rochester, NY's Eastman School of Music and... [+] Read More

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Upon the 1991 dissolution of the British trance-rock quartet Loop, bassist Neil McKay and John Wills formed the Hair and Skin Trading Company, leaving guitarists Robert Hampson and Scott Dawson to found the highly-experimental Main, a project combining the aesthetics of ambient music with layered tapestries of droning electric guitar textures... [+] Read More

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From ambient sound crafter MONTAUK. Rising from deep below the underground music scene, MONTAUK brings dark, emotional, beautiful film score-esque sounds to the ears. For the likes of Stars Of The Lid, Sigur Ros, Harold Budd, etc.

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Composer/keyboardist Mychael Danna was born in Winnepeg, Manitoba, and showed musical talent early in life. Singing and piano lessons defined his childhood and early adolescence, but a hand injury at age 14 ended his piano career.

Danna switched over to synthesizer instead and concentrated on his composing skills. After earning a... [+] Read More

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With the exception of a handful of common threads -- chief among them the plaintive vocals and haunting lyrics of frontman Mark Hollis -- there is little to suggest that the five studio LPs which make up the Talk Talk oeuvre are indeed the work of the same band throughout. After beginning their career with records which virtually epitomize the... [+] Read More

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Ken Myers has been recording electronic music since 1990, and is visible in many online indie music circles. His music is an aural tapestry of exotic soundscapes, designed for relaxation and stress reduction. His use of electronic sound textures mixed with acoustic orchestral instruments has been defined as both refreshing and bold.

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Though he also recorded for Windham Hill at one time, this Ohio-based keyboardist is not related to Liz Story. His intimate style thrives on cavernous spaces, an element that eventually caught the attention of Hearts of Space Records, which released what is in many ways his best album, 1991's Beguiled. Other than some early guitar lessons, Tim... [+] Read More

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Best known for his lush, Oscar-winning score to the 1981 film Chariots of Fire, Vangelis was among the most successful and admired electronic composers of his era. Born Evangelos Odyssey Papathanassiou in Volos, Greece, on March 29, 1943, his nascent musical talent was recognized at an early age, but he refused to take piano lessons, instead... [+] Read More

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VictorGabriel musical discourse appeals to dreams and remembrances of the deja vu in order to penetrate the profound materials of desire an time experiences. His songs are inhabited, further beyond nostalgia, by the recreation of a temporal space in wich reality and desire fuse in an oniric sensation of fulfilment, an absolute presence of... [+] Read More

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