alka
Alka (Bryan Michael) is quickly becoming one of the world's most respected IDM artists. In a sea of jittery rhythm and precise melody, his unique blend of modular synthesis accentuates even the most subtle details of analog sound. Many would argue that his technique in the genre is nothing short of elite.
Roger O'Donnell, the Cure's former long-term keyboardist/synthesist (who also performed and recorded with the Psychedelic Furs and the Thompson Twins), is an individual familiar with both music technology and amazing... More »
Auditory Canvas
Founder of Summer Rain Recordings, David grew up in the seventies, surrounded by music (at least until he took his mother’s record player apart at the age of 6 to see how it worked). His favourite toys were those that made or recorded sound. One of his most loved being the Stylaphone, which he was given at the age of 4.
David began Djing at the age of 18, playing local events and clubs whenever the opportunity arose, often for free, solely for the enjoyment and satisfaction it gave him. In the late 90s while attending university in Manchester... More »
cloudchair
The dynamic and imaginative soundscape of delicate and gentle guitar sounds, cloudchair is a solo project of a Japanese guitarist Jake. In his earlier career, Jake created unique sounds in "Guniw Tools" but now he’s discovered a new style which he describes as Six Strings Soundscapes.
Jake’s soundscapes offer a musical ambience with which each listener can create his or her own visual imagery. "Echoes And Whispers" was created initially using only guitar sounds, but then Jake rebuilt it using an electronica unit "liquid weeld"... More »
Futuro Primitivo
He called himself a "primitivist musician from the end of the world", the media called him "the dark side of Manu Chao". Futuro Primitivo's music style comes from a combination of post-rock, IDM, nu-jazz, and digital hardcore, all mixed with African syncopated rhythm, with a characteristic sound that emerges from using only virtual instruments, a music sequencer, and a mouse.
On stage, Futuro Primitivo employs visual elements to accompany performances.... More »
David McSherry
David is one half of Fila Brazillia which has released 10 artist albums on both the Pork Recordings and Twentythree labels, DJ mix albums for the Another Late Night and Another Fine Mess series, a retrospective album in 2006 and over 90 remixes for artists such as Black Uhuru, Busta Rhymes, UNKLE, A Certain Ratio, DJ Food, Simple Minds, Tosca, Fluke, Cal Tjader, Lamb, Moloko, Radiohead and The Orb.
Thomas L. Raukamp
"Ordinary things in life is where heaven likes to be", someone said. It's those ordinary things in life that Thomas L. Raukamp likes to explore. "I like to make everyday life stand still for a moment and reflect upon it", Raukamp says, "so that it's gems may come to shine, often overlooked in the rush of the days."
Taking his music to stage as often as he has the chance and performing it with cutting edge technology like the Tenori-on and the AudioCubes, Thomas L. Raukamp has gained the recognition of well-known names, like... More »
rktic
Producer, DJ, netlabel activitst, sound designer & designer, software & game developer... It's not easy to sum up what makes Ronny Pries (aka rktic) tick.
His netlabels .schleudertrauma & _rohformat became the first address for quality techno and influenced a generation of netlabel to come (i.e. Thinner as it is known). Ronny also worked as sound designer for a game developer, formed the demogroup Farbrausch, supplied demomixes for N.I.s Traktor DJ software and took part in developing AudioRealisms famous Bass Line VST synthesizer... More »
Samarah
Samarah spent her formative years learning classical piano, singing alto in choir, playing oboe, and getting her kicks from all that magical 80's music. One year there was a Yamaha VSS-30 synthesizer under the Christmas tree...
In high school Samarah played in a few rock bands started writing her own music inspired from influences like Radiohead, Michael Jackson, Aphex Twin, Pink Floyd, Jazz and the burgeoning dance culture. In the late 90's Samarah became immersed in the midwest EDM scene... More »
stretta
Matthew Davidson (stretta) is a composer and electronic musician living in Cambridge Massachusetts, USA. Matthew has released numerous music CDs, sample libraries, and contributed sound design and presets to several commercial instruments.
Matthew's music can be heard on nationally-syndicated shows like 'Echos' and 'Hearts of Space', National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and satellite radio. Professionally, Matthew is a user interface designer of professional audio products. Matthew created the graphical user... More »
Subterminal
Subterminal's principal musical focus explores the collision between soundscapes and poetry, using automatic writing expression - WORDSOUNDSCAPES. The automata is used on the construction of words/poems and sounds/music that jointly deliver messages to help society with one of the most important and forgotten concepts: REFLECTION.
Words and sounds have different meanings, depending on their listener, but only if s/he takes some time to delve into the complexity of his or her own stimuli.... More »
Tapage
For several years Tapage has been combining manipulated recordings and ethereal soundscapes with relentless rhythms and complex beat structures. When he started, the guitar still played an important role but the electronics soon took over, as his music evolved over time.
After a couple of releases on labels like Meta0 and Tympanik Audio, Tapage is beginning to study “sound design” to grow as a musician and expand the horizon of audio manipulation... More »
tricil
In 1993, John Jacobus picked up a guitar and learned Pantera and Nirvana riffs. From 1997-2001, he learned MIDI sequencing taking a Music Technology in class for an hour a day in high school (two and three hours in junior and senior years, respectively). From 1998-present, he has produced music under the name "tricil."
From 2004-2007, he was one half of the Atlanta electronic duo The Secret Life, sharing stages with acts as diverse as Genghis Tron, DJ Donna Summer, Diary of Dreams, Kill Hannah, and Mindless Self Indulgence... More »