Tag Archives: Downtempo

Tapage may be the single task of Tijs Ham, a prolific Dutch electronic musician who all weaves organic, distorted electronic rhythms with dark, drifting, ethereal melodies. Motivated with the harder, even more glitch-heavy end of IDM (Autechre, Somatic Replies) aswell as post-rock groupings such as Perform Make Say Believe, Ham …

London, Britain native Jamie Woon, the son of background vocalist Mae McKenna, debuted in 2006 having a startling folk-soul a cappella upgrade of “The Wayfaring Stranger.” In the beginning issued like a one-sided 12″ solitary, the song premiered again the next February with a genuine, “Gravity,” and a set of …

Frequently seen dressed up in a Hawaiian shirt and sporting an enormous, glowing grin, veteran DJ/producer Soichi Terada is among electronic music’s most charming individuals. The Tokyo-born musician is similarly known for his early ’90s deep home monitors and his many gaming soundtracks, but he’s also ventured into various other …

Combining components of jam rings and digital dance rock and roll, Lotus was shaped by brothers Jesse Miller (bass/sampler) and Luke Miller (guitar/keyboards), Steve Clemens (drums), Chuck Morris (percussion), and Mike Rempel (guitar) while these were participating in Goshen University in Indiana in 1999. They documented their debut record, Vibes, …

Launched from the illustriously monikered Rob Da Loan company in 1995 at South London’s Tearooms des Artistes, Sunday Perfect demonstrated a pioneer of what later on became referred to as club culture, with an emphasis less about dance than a calm accompaniment to plank game titles, chitchat, and sleepy weekend …

Among the main touchstone groupings in the first advancement of ambient-house, Space was formed by Orb mainman Dr. Alex Paterson as well as the KLF’s Jimi Cauty. Soon after Paterson and Cauty documented and released the Orb one “AN ENORMOUS Ever Developing Pulsating Human brain That Rules in the Centre …

Hatchback may be the nom du disque of Samuel Milton Grawe, a lifelong music enthusiast and inventor of expansive, evocative, easygoing electronic epics. Created in 1976, he spent his years as a child between Maclean, VA, and New Delhi, India, and beyond; journeying the world along with his Globe Bank-employed …

Alien Epidermis is normally George Pappas — formerly of basic ’80s Aussie fresh wavers TRUE TO LIFE — inside a one-man single task. The music quite definitely mines the territory of switch of the hundred years TRUE TO LIFE — mix of synth pop and darkwave, just using the focus …

At the same time when the Spanish indie pop picture will favor either vintage power pop or Belle & Sebastian-style tweeness, Barcelona-based duo the Pinker Tones go after their own uniquely satisfying path. Their mainly electronic sound mixes simple bubblegum hooks, dance rhythms, and a magpie-like attitude to all or …

Focusing on trance with a natural twist, York provides became among the standout works for the burgeoning German dance scene. The task is a cooperation between two brothers, Jörg and Torsten Stenzel, who are completed performers in their very own right. Torsten was taken by traditional music, but shifted into …