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Mancunian Dylan Nathan is one of a new generation of artists to begin producing electronic music inspired by U.K. artists such as Orbital and Aphex Twin, but without having much interest in or contact with the UK acid house explosion from which those artists originally issued.

Recording under the name Jega for a growing number of labels, Nathan’s well-composed hybrids of new wave, electro, ambient, and, more recently, drum’n’bass are widely lauded in the international experimental electronic underground; his releases for noted Manchester-based, Autechre-affiliated label Skam are among the label’s best.

Nathan got his start after close friend Mike Paradinas (aka u-Ziq, who also owns the Planet Mu label) urged him to get a few pieces of gear and begin making tracks. The results of that initial push were released by Skam in 1996 as the Jega EP, which was followed in mid-1997 by an additional self-titled 12-inch (sometimes referred to as the “Card Hore” EP).

Nathan has also released tracks through Skam/Musik Aus Strom co-project, Mask, and provided a remix for MAS co-owner Michael Fakesch’s “Demon 2” EP. The full-length release Spectrum appeared on Paradinas’ Planet Mu in 1998, followed by an American contract with Matador. Two years later, Nathan returned with Geometry.

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thepunkabbestia wrote:
yesterday morning

maial

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rodanside wrote:
November 2009

Variance is like a fever dream. Some of it's boring, some of it's thrilling, and it's really, really long. I can't say I don't like it.

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nateconq wrote:
November 2009

i listened to your music on last.fm for Xbox360, and went straight to amazon to buy Phlax. Great music man.

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MeglaW wrote:
November 2009

def. music to take drugs to make more music to take drugs to.

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Hypmoden wrote:
October 2009

love me some Jega

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lakretino wrote:
October 2009

"Norton Midgate"!!

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steev-o wrote:
October 2009

Loving Variance! So good to hear Jega music again!!

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SymphoneticFlat wrote:
September 2009

Jega really has some awesome variety of idm and dnb. I really need to listen to more! D:

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Profilus wrote:
September 2009

Man has nuff styles! His cranium must feel overcrowded...

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shbadr wrote:
August 2009

really enjoying variance -- unclassifiable, and all the more brilliant for it.

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Joedouken wrote:
August 2009

yeah, the new album rulez hard.

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TheShadowstorm wrote:
August 2009

Variance is pretty nice so far!

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enriqueiglesias wrote:
August 2009

spectrum and type xer0 > variance, best track ever: d.m.c. live version on the Planet Mu's "Mealtime" compilation.

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J-east wrote:
August 2009

new album is awesome! _0_

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crono333 wrote:
July 2009

picked up Variance after being interested in some samples... this is the first I've heard Jega's music and it's pretty cool!

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p76j108 wrote:
July 2009

New album`s great.

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empty_bones wrote:
July 2009

Leaked version is much better exept few tracks from the new one

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scioninja wrote:
July 2009

Liking Zenith

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InKursion wrote:
July 2009

The new double-LP really really really surprised me. For years, I thought Jega was dead- a flare-up in the oldschool IDM history, a blip on the radar that upped and quit. Variance is fucking great, I love it, and really welcome the return of Jega's unique sound to my eardrums. Get some live dates up, I definitely have to catch this :]

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Edska wrote:
July 2009

the new album is quite edgy, really digging it!

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