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Ambient dub-techno duo Sounds from the bottom first found prominence through the mid-’90s using the landmark productions “Triangle” (1994) and “Collect” (1995). After launching these two effective singles, the duo — London, England-based manufacturers Elliot Jones and Nick Woolfson — crafted their debut long-player, Kin (1996). The singles, along with …

Name-checking a diverse solid of progenitors including Varése, Xenakis, and Robert Moog, in addition to Can and Stereolab, Add N to X are electro-historians of the sort, enthusiasts of vintage synthesizer technology, and brutal propagators from the man-machine visual (the cover of the second recording features member Ann Shenton for …

The techno-pop trio Arkarna was led by vocalist and programmer Ollie Jacobs, whose musical career began when he was an adolescent working at his father’s London recording studio, Rollover, where he handled engineering and production duties on projects for Dreadzone, Deep Forest, Leftfield among others. Jacobs shaped Arkarna with guitarist …

Emigrés through the Uk underground hip-hop picture, Wiseguys Contacté and Regal made a few of the most intense productions in the wonderful world of upfront big-beat techno. Launching their materials on Wall structure of Sound Information (also house to Propellerheads and Les Rythmes Digitales), the duo documented a set of …

South London big defeat trio Headrillaz make caustic, bombastic up-tempo trip-hop within the Chemical substance Brothers/Monkey Mafia mildew, fusing rock-based examples and attitude with components of home, techno, and club-bound hip-hop. Shaped in 1995 as an offshoot of Ninja Melody acid-jazz/trip-hop group Gradually, Headrillaz may be the sibling/stepbrother group of …

Although producer David Morley continues to be involved in a variety of recording tasks, encompassing trance and techno along with the even more ambient and “smart” offshoots thereof, his work continues to be marked by way of a constant experimentalism, earning him a reputation being a compositional innovator among producers, …

The epitome of the quieter, coffee-table side of singer/songwriter electronica and trip-hop, Olive was formed by producers Tim Kellett and Robin Taylor-Firth (former members of, respectively, Simply Red and Nightmares on Wax) with vocalist Ruth-Ann Boyle. Kellett linked to Boyle while playing keyboards to get a live incarnation from the …

A little more independent when compared to a full-fledged Bandulu part project, Sons from the Subway includes Bandulu’s Lucien Thompson and longtime friend Dave Pitts. The duo’s undertake techno is simply as aggro as Bandulu — both in ethic and execution — but appears more to days gone by, not …

Menswear signed an archive agreement before they played a lot more than five gigs. That by itself tells you all you need to know in regards to the music group. Menswear had been an outgrowth from the post-Blur pop picture in London, Britain, several charming, handsome teenagers that wished to …

Because of the penchant for androgynous dress/make-up and uncooked, punky acoustic guitar riffs, Placebo have already been described by some like a glam version of Nirvana. The multinational music group was shaped by vocalist/guitarist Brian Molko (component Scottish and American descent, but elevated in Britain) and Swedish bassist Stefan Olsdal. …