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Artist: Sunkings
The forward-thinking electronic outfit Sunkings has moved from recording intelligent techno for GPR to psychedelic trance for Blue Room Released, a leap made by few in either scenes. The group began in 1990, as the trio of Jay Paine, Paul Davies and Michael Bluemink. After the release of several singles on a self-financed label gained the... [+] Read More
Artist: Nev
Raised in Rochester, NY, Tim Prezzano (aka Nev) listened to classical music as a child, oblivious to the dance genre in which he would later work. He studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and minored in Philosophy and American Study Art at NYU, but returned to Rochester and met Mark Gage of Vapourspace. In 1992, Prezzano... [+] Read More
Artist: Roupe
Roupe is Rupert Brewer, a London-based producer whose fusions of techno, jazz, funk, electro, ambient, and electronic experimentation have earned him comparisons to such innovators of "intelligent techno" as the Black Dog, Tony Thorpe, Richard H. Kirk, and Beaumont Hannant. Brewer released two full-lengths -- one, Strom, on GPR sublabel Neuron... [+] Read More
Artist: Beaumont Hannant
A wildly eclectic producer who released four LPs during 1993-94 but then all but retired his solo work for a place in the trip-hop duo Outcast, Beaumont Hannant began DJing in 1986 after attending several hip-hop mixing competitions. During the late '80s he was heavily into electro, techno and hip-hop as well as indie-rock (he even managed... [+] Read More
Artist: George Robert
One of the finest jazz musicians born in Switzerland, altoist George Robert has long considered his main influences to be Charlie Parker and Phil Woods. He started on piano when he was eight, and clarinet at ten, playing with a family band that included his four brothers. Robert switched permanently to alto as a teenager. In 1980, he moved to... [+] Read More
Artist: Stefan Robbers
Stefan Robbers is one of the most known and respected non-U.K.-based European techno producers, and (along with Speedy J) one of the only Dutch techno artists to reach a wide audience outside of Holland. Recording as Terrace, Florence, and under his own name, Robbers has been responsible for some of the most memorable moments in experimental... [+] Read More
Artist: Terrace
Stefan Robbers is one of the most known and respected non-U.K. based European techno producers, and (along with Speedy J) one of the only Dutch techno artists to reach a wide audience outside of Holland. Recording as Terrace, Florence, and under his own name, Robbers has been responsible for some of the most memorable moments in experimental... [+] Read More
Artist: Mark Broom
After a long stint as one of Britain's formost intelligent techno DJs, Mark Broom began working on production as well, recording an LP with Black Dog's Ed Handley and Andy Turner as Repeat. He founded several crucial labels -- Pure Plastic, Rewired, Unexplored Beats and 3 Zone, plus Ifach with Peter "Baby" Ford -- and began recording as a solo... [+] Read More
Artist: Luke Slater
Often grouped with similarly influential names such as Cristian Vogel and former labelmates the Black Dog, Luke Slater is generally credited with helping to create a U.K. techno tradition with a strong Detroit foundation. Slater's work is probably the more straightahead of the three (although he's released works ranging from tough, banging... [+] Read More
Artist: Spooky
Not to be confused with the New York DJ/producer of the same name, London-based duo Spooky consists of Duncan Forbes and Charlie May, who began recording for William Orbit's Guerilla label in the early '90s after Orbit discovered the pair in a record shop. Best known for providing one of the first big blasts in the London progressive house... [+] Read More
Artist: Germ
British techno outfit Germ are one of the most influential, under-recognized forces of innovation in the European experimental electronic music scene. Formative figures on the early U.K. techno map, Germ (along with the General Production Recordings label, through which they've released the entirety of their catalog) were defining the vocabulary... [+] Read More
Artist: PHYRE
Born in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1981, until the age of two then moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Lived between Cleveland and New York from that point. In that time young Phyre (soon to be known as Mr. $wift) was just going back and forth between houses and schools. These frequent changes of scenery helped young Phyre develop a diverse view of people and... [+] Read More
