Bassnectar on his history, posted via bassnectar.net A quick run down of my musical life:
When I was in junior high I began discovering music that struck me, as opposed to music that felt familiar (like my parent’s music). This was mostly Metallica (the first song I heard of theirs was “Enter Sandman”, so this was after they had already become “mainstream” and blown up), NWA (which I memorized completely verbatim)...
www.incagoldmusic.com Inca Gold are a London based 4-piece. Self-recorded, mixed and produced - their sound is defined by experimentation in the studio. Like Flying Saucer Attack and Deerhunter before them, they offer a bold and unique take on dream-like psychedelia. Merging the tribal grooves of Gang Gang Dance, the guitar noise of The Jesus and Mary Chain and the clinical electronics of Portishead, all filtered through the bands strong pop aesthetic.
Emika was born in the UK, of Czech heritage. As a young woman she studied classical piano and composition. She waitressed to save up for her first Apple Mac and copy of Logic. She was living in Bristol as the city transitioned from d&b to dubstep and she went to the first parties organised by Pinch. “I continue to be a part of this culture which has spread worldwide now.” She now lives in Berlin, where she works as a sound designer for Native Instruments.
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Funky Monkey are a British duo comprising of Gerard Johnson (of The Syn and collaborator with Saint Etienne) and Mark Bown. They mostly perform electronic, sampled, 1970s-influenced, instrumental pop. Their most successful track is 'Tomorrow's Girl', a 10 minute epic with Sarah Cracknell on guest vocals.
DK (aka Darren Knott) and DJ Food (aka Strictly Kev for the last few years) are both on the ninja tune roster and have been making music together for years, playing together at clubs like Solid Steel and releasing mix albums. Their first album together was Now, Listen!, released in 2001. Their latest album is Now, Listen Again!, released April 2007.
Tracey Thorn (born September 26, 1962, in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire) is an English pop singer and songwriter. She is best known as being one half of the duo Everything But the Girl. She grew up in Hatfield, Hertfordshire and studied English at the University of Hull, where she graduated in 1984 with First Class Honours. She lives with her EBTG partner Ben Watt in North London. The couple have twin daughters born in 1998, and a son born in 2001.
SARU (Shadow Records/Bastard Jazz)
Los Angeles Producer / Volunteer Monkey Ranger SARU spends one month each year trekking through the mountains searching for rare herbs. Are they in between a baboon's brow, under a long forgotten trading card, or possibly in the folds of a sequined prayer robe? Who knows? He seeks these rare and mystical plants for a magic elixir that will one day wash away the woes of the world. Someday he'll find the elusive ingredients. In the meantime he settles for brewing his own special tincture of throat-soothing beats.
Read more about Saru on Last.fm.
1. Dov is the person behind many of the past decades most dynamic underground labels incuding his own imprint: Muti Music, which has itself help define a whole new sound of the west coast.
Dov's music / DJ sets, ranges from urban bass driven breakbeats, mid-tempo, chill or crunky dancefloor bits to chunky four to the floor tracks that often still manage to sound a little broken with a somewhat 'garage' feel to them.
Seaming, sometimes credited as simply Seaming To, is an British-born Chinese singer-songwriter, keyboardist and clarinettist based in Manchester. She is a member of the Homelife and Toolshed collectives, the Lotus Pedals and the duo Mayming (with cellist Semay Wu) and has been a guest vocalist for The Herbaliser (“PlaySomething Wicked”), Mr. Scruff (“PlayBeyond” and “PlayValley of the Sausages”), Leila (“The Exotics”), Funckarma (“Kinnex” and “Ketayseam”) Robert Wyatt ("Stay Tuned") and, in live performances, Matthew Bourne.