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2562

(59,447 listeners)

dubstep, electronic, minimal, dub

2562 is Dave Huismans. This project is characterized by a post-garage skippiness, with rolling bass and hyper-edited snares learned from broken beat, a sense of space and echo learned from dub, and a devastating 4x4 anchorage and attention to detail from techno old and new.
Attila Csihar

(490 listeners)

drone metal, favourite vocalist, x2 seen live, experimental metal

Attilas "history": Attila Csihar (born March 29, 1971) is a Hungarian (black) metal vocalist, best known for his vocal work on the album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas by Mayhem.
Ben Frost

(49,404 listeners)

ambient, experimental, drone, noise

There are two artists who go by the name, “Ben Frost”: 1) Ben Frost (born 1980 in Melbourne, Australia, now based in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a musician, composer and producer, whose early work included the independently released ambient electronic EP Music for Sad Children (2000) and for his band School of Emotional Engineering.
Biosphere

(229,141 listeners)

ambient, electronic, experimental, chillout

Biosphere is the main recording name of Geir Jenssen (born 1962 in Tromsø, Norway), a musician who has released a notable catalog of ambient electronic music.
bshosa

(101 listeners)

house, detroit, minimal, tech house

Michal bshosa Brzozowski is resident DJ of Warsaw Club 55, and the co-founder of the detroitZDRoJ project, concentrating on ambitious activity in audio, video, photography and design work. For many years bshosa was a Berlin resident, where he had the opportunity to support some of the biggest names in club music.
Denis Kolokol

(34 listeners)

experimental, almaty, seen live

Denis Kolokol is a Ukrainian sound artist, composer and performer currently residing in Krakow, Poland. He used to be a key figure in the underground scene of Almaty, Kazakhstan, also run some really good zines. You can find out more about him at his MySpace profile.
Deuce (Marcel Dettmann & Shed)

(569 listeners)

techno, minimal, dub techno, detroit

Berghain masters Marcel Dettmann and Shed join forces to make really really really abrasive techno.
Eagle Twin

(7,829 listeners)

sludge, doom metal, drone, sludge metal

Eagle Twin is a two-man doom metal / sludge outfit from Salt Lake City, Utah, United States formed in 2007 featuring Gentry Densley (Ascend, Iceburn) on baritone guitar / vocals and Tyler Smith (Form of Rocket) on drums.
Eltron John

(447 listeners)

deep disco, space disco, soul, valium disco

Marek Stuczynski, better known as Eltron John, is a Krakow DJ. He’s been spinning records for a few years, and currently hosts the reguar “Ktos Cie Kocha” (Someone Loves You) night in Krakow’s Caryca club, as well as playing all over Poland.
Grouper

(120,553 listeners)

ambient, drone, experimental, shoegaze

Grouper is the solo project for ambient musician Liz Harris, of Portland, Oregon, United States. Harris' music is a mixture of softly-strummed guitar, Wurlitzer keys, and her delicate, dreamy vocals.
Ikonika

(67,702 listeners)

dubstep, hyperdub, electronic, wonky

Ikonika (real name Sara Abdel-Hamid) is a UK-based electronic musician, producer and DJ often associated with Hyperdub Records and the Dubstep genre.
Jacaszek

(31,636 listeners)

ambient, electronic, experimental, modern classical

Jacaszek (read: ya-tsa-sheck) (Michał Jacaszek), author and producer of electroacoustic music, combining electronically prepared sounds with acoustic instruments, born in 1972 in Gdańsk, Poland. Started his music adventure from illustrating poetry. In 1999 he released CDR with Waldemar Ślefarski's poems "Wiersze Zmieszane" and young Polish poets' works "Rocznik Dźwiękowy" .
Jacob Kirkegaard

(5,086 listeners)

ambient, experimental, field recording, drone

Jacob Kirkegaard (born 1975, Denmark - living in Berlin, Germany) is a sound artist with an interest in the scientific and aesthetic aspects of resonance, time and hearing. His performances, audio/visual installations and compositions deal with acoustic spaces and phenomena that usually remain inaccessible to sense perception.
James Blackshaw

(41,847 listeners)

folk, instrumental, acoustic, experimental

James Blackshaw is a London-based guitarist and pianist, born in 1981. Blackshaw primarily plays an acoustic 12 string guitar and has been compared to Bert Jansch, Robbie Basho, John Fahey, Jack Rose, and Leo Kottke. He has released albums on the labels Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, Static, Digitalis Industries, Important Records, and Tompkins Square and most recently signed with Young God Records.
Jóhann Jóhannsson

(125,213 listeners)

ambient, icelandic, contemporary classical, experimental

Jóhann Jóhannsson is an Iceland-born musician, composer and producer. Jóhann's stately, slow-building and hauntingly melodic music, which frequently combines electronics with classical orchestrations, has been quietly bewitching listeners since he released his first solo record Englabörn in 2002 on the well respected British label Touch.
Kadebostan

(4,816 listeners)

minimal, techno, idm, deep

Kadebostan’s productions are multi-influenced. From dirty infectious electronic rythms to classical oriental orchestration, he melts it into one new thing, a unique vision of music with astonishing power and beauty. To achieve what he is looking for, Kadebostan explores unexpected grounds and even records original musicians like a Minsk chamber orchestra, street musicians from Romania...
Kassian Troyer

(1,124 listeners)

experimental, ambient, electronic, train

Kassian Troyer was born in 1977. After having studied audio engineering and computer music at Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Wien, he has been working permanently as musician, sound engineer, sound artist. Now he lives in Berlin.
Kode9 & the Spaceape

(119,544 listeners)

dubstep, electronic, hyperdub, dub

Together, Kode9 and Spaceape produce post-everything low end electroid beats, with toasted vocals in the style of Linton Kwesi Johnson. Kode9 runs Hyperdub, a London based label specializing in dubstep.
Kwartludium

(19 listeners)

chamber music, improvisation, free improvisation, kwartludium
Last.fm DJ Team

(5 listeners)

lastfm, incubate 2009, incubate, incubate2009

The Last.fm DJ Team is made up from Last.fm’s growing ranks of designers, developers, translators, traffickers, moderators and, of course, the music team.
Marc Silver

(118 listeners)

now available on last-fm radio 08q1, under 2000 listeners, seen live
Marcel Dettmann

(27,715 listeners)

techno, minimal, minimal techno, berghain

Resident DJ at Berghain in Berlin. Nothing but the Club as a musical and cultural lifeworld forms and defines the life of Marcel Dettmann, who was born in the GDR in 1977 and raised with east-german youth culture.
Martyn

(69,442 listeners)

dubstep, electronic, techno, drum and bass

1) Martyn’s unique strand of bass defies easy categorisation - to his fans and admirers, it’s known simply as ‘Martyn Music.
Mikrokolektyw

(1,365 listeners)

jazz, experimental, polish, free improvisation

Polish duo Mikrokolektyw explore regions of warped impressionist Don Cherryesque melodies like cartographers from some distant future.
Moishe Moishe Moishele

(4 listeners)

acid, seen live

Moishe Moishe Moishele, the latest music project from Mehdi Shobo Hercberg, Odot Lamm and Vincent Tordjman.
Monolake

(133,994 listeners)

minimal, idm, electronic, ambient

Monolake was formed in 1995 as the duo of Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke, although on later albums the group consisted of Henke alone, with Behles focusing his time on running the Ableton software company. Their sound can generally be described as minimal techno filled with nice touch of fine tech dub, although the 1999 Gobi.
Next Life

(5,714 listeners)

digital hardcore, noise, grindcore, norwegian

Next Life is a Norwegian hardcore/metal/prog band using the C64 & other vintage computers in their music. Born in 1999. Hai Nguyen Dinh - Guitar Tormod Christensen - Keys Anders Hangård - Drums
Nico Muhly

(37,629 listeners)

contemporary classical, experimental, minimalism, instrumental

Born in Vermont in 1981 and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, New York–based composer Nico Muhly graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English Literature. In 2004, he received a Masters in Music from the Juilliard School, where he studied under Christopher Rouse and John Corigliano.
Omar-S

(12,920 listeners)

deep house, detroit, techno, house

Alex "Omar" Smith is a Detroit House & Techno producer. Similar to Theo Parrish, Moodymann, et al. One of the few real underground House producers at the moment. He runs the FXHE label and releases his own music as well as some collaborations through limited pressings. For more info visit: http://www.omarsdetroit.us
Pantha Du Prince

(146,339 listeners)

minimal, electronic, minimal techno, techno

Pantha du Prince, also known as Hendrik Weber, is a German minimal artist signed to Rough Trade Records.
Pavel Ambiont

(3,205 listeners)

dub, techno, ambient, electronic

name: pavel niakhayeu. born: 1978 @ Orša, Belarus. styles: minimal / liminal / deep / dub techno, techno dub, electro & ambient. web: pavel-ambiont.com, myspace.com/pavelambiont Other projects:
Philip Sherburne

(5,403 listeners)

techno, minimal, minimal techno artists, electronic

DJ, journalist, blogger ( http://www.philipsherburne.com/ ) and producer exploring house, techno, dubstep and other dance music mutations.
Pole

(93,862 listeners)

minimal, electronic, dub, idm

With plenty of musical history and an unfettered passion for contemporary club tracks Stefan Betke aka Pole is probably best known for his minimal dub sounds between the clicks and cuts of modern electronica.
Rational Diet

(618 listeners)

avant-garde, avant-prog, progressive rock, instrumental

Rational Diet, a modern chamber music ensemble from Brest, Belarus. Rational Diet (further RD) - is one of the most prominent progressive "modern chamber music" ensembles of the former USSR countries, with its members currently residing in Belarus.
Sam Amidon

(39,776 listeners)

folk, singer-songwriter, acoustic, americana

Sam Amidon (real name Samuel Tear) was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, on June 3, 1981. His parents are Peter Amidon and Mary Alice Amidon, both well established folk musicians.
Sebastian Meissner

(70 listeners)

electronic, seen live

Sebastian Meissner * 27/09/1969 Częstochowa (PL) Sebastian Meissner works as a media artist using sound, video and photography.
Shed

(33,545 listeners)

techno, minimal, dub techno, minimal techno

There are at least three bands/artists with the name Shed. (1) A German techno musician, (2) a lo-fi punk band from Redmond, Washington and (3) a straight edge death metal band from Lappeenranta. (1) Shed (Rene Pawlowitz), Germany:
Sinfonietta Cracovia

(88 listeners)

orchestral, symphony, violin, strings

The Sinfonietta Cracovia ranks among the leading Polish and European orchestras. The exceptional atmosphere of their concerts, the enthusiastic reception by the audiences, glowing reviews and, first of all, the quality of stage performances are to confirm the sustainable development of the still young ensemble.
Smirk

(491 listeners)

chiptune, drum and bass, tech-house, nightlife

A smirk occurs at the moment just before one side of the mouth catches up with the other. A smirk also refers to a fine piece of dust caught in the eye. Generally, however, a smirk is just looking for a good time.
Soap&Skin

(180,688 listeners)

experimental, piano, female vocalists, dark

Soap&Skin is the experimental musical project of Austrian artist Anja Plaschg (born 5 April 1990).
Solid State Transmitters

(37 listeners)

Sebastian Meissner + Kwartludium = Solid State Transmitters. Sebastian Meissner is a well-known producer of electronic music from Germany, acclaimed also for his work under the name Klimek. Kwartludium are one of Poland’s most innovative classic avant-garde quartets.
Spinoza

(218 listeners)

folk, screamo, urban folk, istanbul

Spinoza is Bryan Kasenic, known in NY and the electronic music world generally for curating the Brooklyn club event Bunker, which has become the premier techno weekly in North America. He is also known for playing adventurous DJ sets, launching an influential newsletter – Beyond NYC Events - and starting Beyond, his own booking agency.
Stars of the Lid

(250,552 listeners)

ambient, drone, post-rock, electronic

Stars of the Lid are a band specializing in drone-based ambient music. They list among their influences minimalist and electronic composers such as Arvo Pärt, Zbigniew Preisner, Gavin Bryars, and Henryk Górecki, as well as Talk Talk (both bands have tracks named "Taphead"), post-rock artists Labradford, and ambient innovator Brian Eno.
Sunn O)))

(132,492 listeners)

drone, doom metal, drone doom, dark ambient

Sunn O))) is an American drone metal/experimental band based in New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA and formed in 1998.
Sza/Za

(220 listeners)

polish, pawel szamburski, patryk zakrocki, experimental

Sza/Za is a duet made up of Paweł Szamburski and Patryk Zakrocki, members of bands such as Cukunft, Tupika, Meritum and Horny Trees.
The Mountain People

(3,311 listeners)

minimal, deep house, tech house, deephouse

These guys are called the Mountain People. And their label is called the Mountain People. And their tracks are mostly called ‘Mountain 001-005’. That's a lot of mountains.
The National Fanfare of Kadebostany

(1,472 listeners)

electronic, idm, folk, techno

A new project commissioned by Unsound and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, The National Fanfare of Kadebostany represents an exciting meeting point between East and West Europe, electronic and acoustic instruments. Kadebostan is Swiss-based producer with releases on Freude Am Tanzen and Fenou, and has performed at past Unsound events, as well as clubs such as Watergate.
The Phantom

(8,195 listeners)

rockabilly, surf rock, garage rock, uk funky

At least 3 artists go by The Phantom: 1. Jerry Lott a.k.a. The Phantom was born near Mobile, Alabama in 1938 and moved to Leaksville, Mississippi during infancy. He played country music until 1956 when Elvis Presley turned his head around. "Love me", recorded in Mobile in the summer of 1958, is one of those rare, lusty explosions which crackle with more energy than the national grid.
Untold

(62,451 listeners)

dubstep, minimal, electronic, dark

Untold is a pioneering UK Bass music producer working with Clone, R&S and Hessle Audio. As a remixer he has produced mixes for The XX, José James, Ke$ha, Boys Noize and Moderat.
Valgeir Sigurðsson

(33,385 listeners)

icelandic, ambient, experimental, electronic

Best known for his work as a collaborator and producer Valgeir has for the past decade provided a breeding ground for numerous local and international artists in his Greenhouse Recording Studios in Reykjavik, Iceland. He has released two albums on his label Bedroom Community: Ekvilíbríum and Draumalandið.