Genre: Electronic-Dance
Danish downbeat Chillout producer Ganga describes himself as a musical chamelion. The classically trained musician and producer entrered the electronic world of music with his first album - 'I Dream About Trees', released on Music For Dreams. It was an album inspired - amongst other things - by trees, which he has a general love for. The album... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 70s, 80s, 00s
Evolving from the late-'60s art-rock movement, Roxy Music had a fascination with fashion, glamour, cinema, pop art, and the avant-garde, which separated the band from their contemporaries. Dressed in bizarre, stylish costumes, the group played a defiantly experimental variation of art rock which vacillated between avant-rock and sleek pop hooks.... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Soulwire is a fusion of a cinematic style of acoustic new age with mellow downtempo electronic grooves. From the strength of finding our calling in life to the lonesome echoes of a broken heart, each song carries a unique story.
It is a musical journal, written from experiences, symbolisms and concepts, reflected in...
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Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
One of the most popular proponents of German trance techno during the early to mid-'90s through both his recordings, epic-length DJ sets and his ownership of the Harthouse family of labels, Sven Väth reserved his mid-'90s full-length albums for epic-length concepts that did nothing to bolster his standing in the sometimes consciously unartistic... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Originally, Tricky was a member of the Wild Bunch, a Bristol-based rap troupe that eventually metamorphosed into Massive Attack during the early '90s. Tricky provided pivotal raps on Massive Attack's groundbreaking 1992 album, Blue Lines. The following year, he released his debut single, "Aftermath." Before he recorded "Aftermath," he met a... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
A pioneer of the acid house sound, 808 State formed in Manchester, England in 1988 when Martin Price, the owner of the city's legendary record store Eastern Bloc and the founder of the independent label Creed, first joined forces with local musician and producer Graham Massey. After teaming with collaborator Gerald Simpson, 808 State recorded... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
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
Genre: Electronic-Dance
The man of a million sounds, sounds the same after ten years. So here it is the newest and best version of himself. ASTRO RAPH. The pinnacle of Yacobinisms to the Walrus degree of maximum Raphael divided by Jacob Shier = the Astro Raph of today. An irreversible phenomenon of Do Not Hop, AKA Hit Stop. A genre of algebra calculations designed to... [+] Read More
Genre: Alternative/Indie
Bitter Fit is currently working on an album to be released early in 2009. Already we've had songs licensed by Seven For All Mankind, Nautica, Kipling and Way so it seems the world may be ready for a bitter dose of manic hissy fits.
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
The cliché about David Bowie says he's a musical chameleon, adapting himself according to fashion and trends. While such a criticism is too glib, there's no denying that Bowie demonstrated remarkable skill for perceiving musical trends at his peak in the '70s. After spending several years in the late '60s as a mod and as an all-around music-hall... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Loved Techno from when first ever hearing it and started creating on anything and everything
Genre: Electronic-Dance
I was born in Concepcion, Chile in 1973, living in Cuenca, Ecuador and compose electronic music blends with instruments, sounds and samples. My most important influences are: The Chemical Brothers, Prodigy Fat Boy Slim, Daft Punk, Underworld, Keoki, David Guetta, New Age.
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
The production team which brought house music back from the brink of commercial mediocrity, Leftfield made it safe for artistic producers to begin working in a new vein termed progressive house. Paul Daley (a former member of A Man Called Adam and the Brand New Heavies) and programmer Neil Barnes combined the classic soul of early Chicago and... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
A tortured soul that uses music as a way to free himself of his suffering.
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
His style formed by a fusion of the barest acid house and straitjacket-tight Detroit techno, Richie Hawtin became one of the most influential artists in the world of techno during the 1990s, even while sticking to out-of-date synth dinosaurs like the Roland TB-303 and TR-808. Hawtin combined lean percussion and equally spare acid lines into... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s
Portishead may not have invented trip-hop, but they were among the first to popularize it, particularly in America. Taking their cue from the slow, elastic beats that dominated Massive Attack's Blue Lines and adding elements of cool jazz, acid house, and soundtrack music, Portishead created an atmospheric, alluringly dark sound. The group wasn't... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Italian dream-house DJ Robert Miles rose from relative obscurity to score one of the biggest and most unlikely hits of 1996 with his monster single "Children." Born Roberto Concina in 1969 to a military family stationed in Switzerland, he did not return to Italian soil until the age of ten, settling in the town of Fagagna. Raised primarily on... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Roofus started constructing music in 1999 and has released 4 albums to date, including what he claims to be his final release Journey to The City of Shadows. Roofus has been involved in various projects including being a member of the duo band Booger and engineering and live sound for various other artists. Once upon a time Roofus was called... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
The 60Hz Cartridge was born on July 1, 2006. Band members comprise of Prince Prasad and Rex Razis. In due truth, the band revolves around the production of electronica music. Nonetheless, The 60Hz Cartridge has made great attempts in producing fusion style music, (e.g Electro-Klezmer, Oscilator Generated Carnatic Music). The band is all about... [+] Read More
Genre: Electronic-Dance
Decades Active: 90s
Andrew Weatherall's Sabres of Paradise were one of the U.K.'s most celebrated experimental techno groups. A combined effort of Weatherall and collaborators Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns, the group released a flood of singles and EPs, many of which were collected on compilations released by Warp and Weatherall's other main focus: the Sabrettes... [+] Read More