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Artist: Remabeatz
Formerly know as dj remadee on various pirate radio staions back in 98. Now a producer/engineer specialising in uk grime, 2 step garage and rnb, Known now as Remabeatz. [+] Read More
Artist: 13 Engines
Toronto's 13 Engines released two albums on a Detroit indie label in 1987 and 1989; their major-label debut (A Blur to Me Now) appeared in 1991 on SBK. In early 1994, Atlantic issued Perpetual Motion Machine, a melodic post-punk album with feedback. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist/organist John Critchley, drummer Grant Ethier, bassist... [+] Read More
Artist: Whale
Although they formed back in 1987 (originally as the Southern Whale Cult), the Swedish outfit Whale didn't hit the big time until 1995, with the MTV-hit "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" (directed by Mark Pellington). Consisting of members Cia Soro (vocals), Henrik Schyffert (guitar), and Gordon Cyrus (bass), the band released several albums back home... [+] Read More
Artist: Flood
Enigmatic yet ubiquitous, Flood was among the most acclaimed British producers of the post-punk era, his extensive output including albums by U2, Depeche Mode, and the Smashing Pumpkins. Born Mark Ellis (he reportedly acquired the name Flood due to his efforts to keep everyone in the studio awake by constantly brewing tea), his music career... [+] Read More
Artist: Under Midnight
Frankie and dB Allen, two longtime producers and engineers, met through studio connections and formed Under Midnight in the early '90s. With no demos recorded and only a simple concept for a guitar-based industrial band, they were signed by the popular CCM label Word in 1992. Under Midnight has released two albums, Cybervision and Void. Allen... [+] Read More
Artist: Himadri
Himadri, the son of two genetic engineers, is also related to classical Indian musicians. Born in Toronto in the early '70s, he studied the sitar for six years, and has composed music for a National Ballet of Canada performance. Though he's a lover of hip-hop (he even opened for Public Enemy once), Himadri's main band is the techno/terrorist... [+] Read More
Artist: Chuck Johnson
The concept of an ensemble consisting entirely of musicians named Charles Johnson naturally extends to a recording session in which this engineer -- or maybe two different guys with the same name -- twirl the dials. There may be actually only one recording dude named Charles Johnson, since the life span of people in this end of the music... [+] Read More
Artist: Billy Sherwood
Born William Wyman Sherwood in 1965, Billy Sherwood took to music early and naturally as he came from a very musical family. His father was a big bandleader, his mother a drummer. Sherwood formed his first band, Lodgic, with his brother in their native Las Vegas. The group relocated to Los Angeles in 1980. It was there where they recorded and... [+] Read More
Artist: Patrick Prins
Patrick Prins studied piano and sound engineering at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music for two years before exciting the European techno community when his hardbag anthem "La Luna" surfaced in 1992 on the Ethics EP. Though the EP was released on the See Saw label, Prins began releasing singles on his own imprint (Movin' Melodies) under various... [+] Read More
Artist: R.Nix
"Pop/Rock Songs For All Of Humanity"All Tracks composed,performed,produced,and engineered by none other than Robert Nix himself.Save the Earth!-2 sites worth checking out:www.greenpeace.org and www.peta.org [+] Read More
Artist: Maggi Payne
Studied at Northwestern University, University of Illinois, Mills College. Several grants and awards. Music for two of dancer Carolyn Brown's works Synergy II and House Party. Recording engineer and instructor-in-music, and co-Director at Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College. Her multi-media performances often involve the use of video,... [+] Read More
Artist: Tom Trefethen
In the mid-'70s, engineer, songwriter, and musician Tom Trefethen began a lengthy association with soft rock band Ambrosia, engineering their first three albums. The origins of this partnership can be traced to the early '60s when Trefethen and future Ambrosia bassist Joe Puerta struck up a friendship, learning guitar and writing songs together.... [+] Read More
Artist: Lava Lava
Benny Staples and Mike Nielsen were born and raised in New Zealand, but they moved to England in 1984. Staples joined the Woodentops as a drummer, while Nielsen mixed and engineered for Bjork, Simply Red, Naughty by Nature and Underworld. The two teamed up in the mid-'90s to record minimalist techno with club-shaking house beats. Debut EP... [+] Read More
Artist: Koushik
Koushik Ghosh, a first-generation Canadian born to two genetic engineers and brother of Himadri Ghosh from the techno group Teste, goes by just his first name as a producer and singer on Peanut Butter Wolf's Stones Throw label. DJing since 14, Koushik grew up outside of Hamilton, Ontario, going to Indian classical singing lessons with his mother... [+] Read More
Artist: Honey Tongue
Sort of a one-off project, but then again sort of not, Honey Tongue was a duo consisting of two skilled musicians often overshadowed by their collaborators in other bands -- singer/guitarist/cellist Josephine Wiggs (Perfect Disaster, the Breeders) and drummer Jon Mattock (Spacemen 3, Spiritualized). Wiggs first met Mattock during the latter days... [+] Read More
Artist: Obscured By Daylight
Ignition, the debut release by composer team Dave Pelman and Gavin Lurssen, seamlessly integrates the cool surface textures of ambient music with cinematic soundscapes. The music is a mix of electric and acoustic guitar-driven pieces with soulful melodies and rhythms, rich electric bass lines, choice samples and expert programming.Atmospheric... [+] Read More
Artist: Optical
Matt Quinn's recordings as Optical skirt the atmospheric side of neuro-funk drum'n'bass, the paranoid musings of a handful of industrial-strength British producers like Ed Rush, Source Direct and Quinn's brother Jamie, who records as Matrix. Jamie and Matt began releasing singles on their own Metro Records from a West London base, with Matrix's... [+] Read More
Artist: Nina Nastasia
New York City Singer-Songwriter Nina Nastasia creates intimate, spectral music that evokes some lost, skewed take on Americana and that is often laced with haunting strains of viola, cello and bowed saw. She counts among her admirers the notoriously picky, celebrated producer Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies), who engineered her first two albums... [+] Read More
Artist: Scott Dibble
Scott Dibble is an artist with a myriad of talents and even a couple pseudonyms to his credit. During his many years in the music business, he has earned the title of songwriter, singer, guitarist, and even engineer and producer. As the latter two he has worked with popular groups from his Canadian homeland, like Barenaked Ladies. Dibble has... [+] Read More
Artist: Atd Convention
A duo that originated in Toronto, Canada, ATD Convention set out to master the electronic potentials of music and computers. ATD Convention, short for "Analog to Digital Convention," consists of Sheldon and Hal Vx2, who met in Toronto over the Internet, swapped cassettes, and found they posted to the same newsgroups. With a common basis... [+] Read More
Artist: Desert Hearts
Desert Hearts, a trio from Belfast, Ireland, play a brand of indie rock that is just as prone to bursts of guitar-generated noise as it is soft, quiet, melodic pop. Traces of just about any band of worth have been identified in their songs (to name a handful: Television, Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine) but when all is said and done, they... [+] Read More
Artist: Esthero
Vocalist Esthero was born Jen-Bea Englishman on December 23, 1978, in Ontario, Canada. She moved to Toronto in 1996, and quickly became a fixture at the city's open mikes. There she met Doc (real name: Martin McKinney), an engineer and producer, and the two began working on a demo featuring his programming and her vocals. Sony eventually took... [+] Read More
Artist: Master McCarthy
master mccarthy...two harmonies, two guitars, two songwriters realizing well-written lyrics, modernized simon & garfunkel-esque harmonies, and edgy acoustic slant. in production on 2independently produced CDs with engineer/producer, niko bolas (neil young, melissa etheridge, fiona apple) and featuring guest musicians charley drayton (drums),... [+] Read More
Artist: Duraluxe
Duraluxe was formed when former Hoi Polloi member Troy Daugherty joined forces in 1997 with Chris Colbert, a Los Angeles native who had experience working as an engineer and producer. The two men began co-writing with the aid of a digital recorder and a drum machine that was more than three decades old. Daugherty and Colbert soon put together a... [+] Read More
