Plastikman is the main recording identity for Windsor, Ontario, Canada's Richie Hawtin (aka Plastikman, Fuse, Circuit Breaker, from within to name a few). since his debut as states of mind and fuse in 1990 to the launch of Plastikman in 1992, his sound has developed through early connotations of acidic techno and extreme levels of energy (1993's 'Spastik') to sonic experiments in futuristic-rhythms and off-world ambience (1998's 'Consumed' LP).
"He's got a golden future ahead of him" - IDJ. Every once in a while a new producer just smashes their way through into the bigtime. That's what's happening with Riva Starr's sneak-in-and-blow-the-place-up approach. An act whose influence comes from blogs, wild afterparties, music that works for the kids as well as the cool ubercoolische europeans, Riva seems to have sprung onto the scene fully formed - but in reality he's been working his arse off for years.
Marina Rosenfeld is an experimental noise artist. See www.marinarosenfeld.com for more. The new album 'joy of fear' was released on German Softl Music: www.softlmusic.com
Minilogue are a Swedish Progressive House/Tech-House/Minimal Techno music project of Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson. The name is a portmanteau of minimal (the musical style) and dialogue, which refers to music as a form of communication. Beside their music production as Minilogue, they are both involved in the projects Son Kite and Trimatic, and Sebastian has the soloprojects Kooler, Filur and Ooze. Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson came from opposing backgrounds.
aka Frank Heinrich. German producer with records on Cadenza, Below and Combi Int. Makes organic minimal techno with a deep feeling.
Klartraum is a co-operation of Helmut Ebritsch and Nadja Lind. Manifesto
we are here to bring you something from consciousness - dreamphase induced minimal grooves :) brain wave stimulation
deeper consciousness float
astral music revelations
reperfection of imperfection
stellar interconnection beats
parallel awareness streams
hypnotic groove yoga http://www.klartraum.name the new klartraum ep will be released on their own label lucidflow at the 27.7.2009
There are two different artists under the name Minamo: An electro-acoustic rock group and a Free Jazz/Classical Duo. 1. In 1999, the electro-acoustic group Minamo was formed by Keiichi Sugimoto and Tetsuro Yasunaga. In 2000, minamo's self-released CD-R "wakka" was reissued by the New York label Quakebasket. This release was selected by Matmos as one of best sounds in 2001 in The Wire magazine.
In 2001 two new members joined, Yuiichiro Iwashita (guitar) and Namiko Sasamoto (sax, organ), to make the band a quartet. In 2002, first CD album ".kgs" has released by the Tokyo label 360 records.
John Andersson and Johan Emmoth are the creative force behind Zoo Brazil. Also recording as Laid, Cuba Computers, Nars and Outcold, they have steadily carved out a reputation as a highly innovative and respected production and DJ team. The pair are prolific producers and DJs, having worked with some of the world's best known artists - for example Human League. With their remix work contributing to the catalogues of a host of admired underground dance acts, like Blaze (Slip N Slide) and Zoot Woman (Wall of Sound).
Khainz (Simon Schwendener) from Switzerland started listening to electronic music in the early 90's. In the young age of 14 he started spinning vinyls in his brothers room and just a few months later it was his biggest addiction. In the year 99 he decided to start with his own productions. He's continuing touring around the globe to such places as Japan , Mexico, Brazil, Australia , Portugal, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Austria, Thailand, Belgium and a lot more. There he has rocked dance floors with over 20000 party people ...
Tensnake is a Hamburg based producer and founder of the label Mirau Musik and Glossy. His music is deeply influenced by the early 80's Boogie and Italo Disco sound. Tensnake's music is available via www.beatport.com
For latest news take a look at http://www.myspace.com/tensnake.