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A producer that functions within a world where glitch and ambient pop overlap, Odense, Denmark’s Jonas Munk applies his understanding of piano, bass, and acoustic guitar — devices he began taking part in in his early teenagers — to soundscapes of programmed beats and crackles and creakings. Beneath the name …

Roy Montgomery can be an experimental guitarist located in Christchurch, New Zealand. Dynamic because the 1980s, his atmospheric, mainly instrumental electric guitar excursions have already been a significant impact on many post-rock, space rock and roll, and avant-rock music artists. He provides released numerous single and collaborative recordings on brands …

Early proponents of what just later on became the 4AD sound, Dif Juz concentrated about just that, missing a vocalist about almost all their recordings aside from a guest spot or two from the Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser. Originally created because the punk music group London Satisfaction by brothers Dave …

The principle sound architect of Cocteau Twins and Violet Indiana, Robin Guthrie and his reverb-drenched guitar textures experienced a significant effect on alternative music because the early ’80s. Many acts have got emulated his design, and many others — including Was feeling, the Gun Membership, the Veldt, Ian McCulloch, Lush, …

Alongside contemporaries like Justin Broadrick and Mick Harris, James Plotkin initial increased to prominence within the early-’90s grindcore scene connected with Earache Files before venturing into more ambitious ambient dub territory. Plotkin’s documenting career began using the grindcore music group Aged (Aged Lady Motorists). The band’s debut recording, Aged Lady …

Sonic wizard Robin Guthrie (ex-Cocteau Twins) and vocalist Siobhan de Mare (ex-Mono) composed the hazy dream pop of Violet Indiana. Soon after de Mare was relieved of her Mono responsibilities, she received a telephone call from Guthrie, requesting her if she’d prefer to use him. Not really acquainted with Guthrie’s …

An organization whose distinctly ethereal and gossamer audio virtually defined the enigmatic picture of the record label 4AD, Cocteau Twins were founded in Grangemouth, Scotland, in 1979. Acquiring their name from an obscure tune from fellow Scots Basic Thoughts, the Cocteaus had been originally produced by guitarist Robin Guthrie and …

Focusing on alternative pop/rock and roll, post-punk, and art rock and roll, the experimental Uk duo Eyeless in Gaza possess enjoyed a keen cult following because the early 1980s. The music of Eyeless in Gaza offers tended to become moody, quirky and atmospheric, sketching on influences which have ranged from …

Most widely known for his hauntingly atmospheric use filmmaker David Lynch, composer Angelo Badalamenti was created in Brooklyn, NY, in 1938; a classically qualified performer, he spent the first many years of his profession playing the Catskills vacation resort area, later composing and organizing for performers including Shirley Bassey and …

Most referred to as the Cocteau Twins’ bassist from 1984 until their break up, Simon Raymonde, the son of noted pop songwriter and arranger Ivor Raymonde, in fact lower his teeth in Drowning Craze, a short-lived post-punk group in Situation Two that released a trio of singles just before disbanding. …