Publicist is longtime musician/producer/performer Sebastian Thomson. He is mainly known as a founding member of post rock innovators Trans Am, though he now also plays in the progressive metal band Baroness and in the past was a member of Ian Svenonius’ psychedelic punk outfit Weird War. Publicist, however, is Sebastian’s electronic music project. Because he…
What King Britt has done in the past could be considered very important. His curiosity has paved the way for the artist he is now. From creating house tunes for the legendary Strictly Rhythm, djing for Sector 6 comrades Digable Planets, starting Ovum Recordings with techno wunderkind, Josh Wink, being tapped to underscore Michael Mannʼs…
Martin Buttrich is famously as fluent behind a mixing console as in front of a virtual drum kit. That technical prowess, combined with a fascination for music of every shape, has resulted in outstanding releases on influential labels such as Planet E, Four:Twenty, Cocoon, Poker Flat, Nervous and Desolat. He’s also put his sonic thumbprint…
Derrick May If one name crops up again and again in discussions of techno, it is that of Derrick “Mayday” May. Alongside Atkins, Juan, Craig, Carl and Saunderson, Kevin, May is regarded as one of the kings of the Detroit sound. Inspired by Yello and Kraftwerk, he began to make electronic music with Atkins and…
2009 is proving to be a landmark year for Psycatron aka Paul Hamill & Dave Lievense as they take things to the next level with a string of high profile productions being released on some of the world’s most respected labels, receiving props from some of the biggest names in the business and the sales…
One of the most respected DJ/Producers in the world, Kirk Degiorgio began his DJ career aged 15 in his adopted hometown of Ipswich, Suffolk in the UK. Raised on a musical diet of disco, funk and electro – Kirk would spin sets on borrowed 1200’s for the local B-Boys at break-dance contests before moving on to…
Reference consists of the Detroit-based artists Luke Hess & Brian Kage. The group was created for the expression of underground music and dance culture. Luke Hess is a name synonymous with a new wave of ‘Detroit techno’ producers, but his roots go deeper than that. His continued hard work as a musician and his…
Reade Truth’s 2009 release for Planet E, “Crimen Excepta EP,” reveals the New York native’s latest wonder-beast classic, churned, chiseled, and set free from the Vienna-based studio; a fantastic hybrid of bottomless grooves, maniacal rhythms, and moody Detroit-esque vibes from and for the underground. With influences from Skinny Puppy to Derrick May, Reade Truth has…
Sebastien San grew up to the sounds of Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, Stevie Wonder, Prince and Serge Gainsbourg. In the early 80’s he got heavily into the New Wave and Industrial scene much inspired by Depeche Mode, Cabaret Voltaire, Fad Gadget, Human League, Front 242 and Severed Heads amongst many others. “It was the most amazing…
Boogie sirens meander the narrow streets of Milan, the same air on which traveled the feral melodies of Jackson’s Bad, second-hand wailing from the table top of Diego Montinaro. Inspired by Quincy Jones, Italian-born Montinaro found himself propelled towards jazz, funk, boogie, disco and soul. The earliest beats began with an Akai S950 sampler and…
