Biography

Born Esa Juhani Ruoho, October 26, 1978, in Helsinki, Finland, started producing music at the age of 15 - back in 1994. Has spent 21 years of his life in Kontula, Eastern Helsinki, Finland - but also traveling in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and Dublin, Ireland for 6 months and 20 months. Starting with trackers, Esa has kept the up-down vibe and also branched out to left-right transmutations when it comes to step sequencers - preferring a mix of vertical trackers and horizontal sequencers, and jamming on top of that with other forms of note-stepping, a mixture that is both static and out of control. Releasing his stuff on netlabels, real life record labels and digital download labels has led to a decade of compilation tracks, remixes, singular trax and ep’s and records. And then there’s the live performances.
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1999 - CDR#2 (Monotonik, cdr)
2000 - Container (foc350cd/lp - deFocus, cd/lp)
2001 - Spaces (ucover005cd, u-cover, cd)
2002 - Wrapping (foc369cd/lp - deFocus, cd/lp)
2003 - Showcase (merck015cd - Merck Records, cd)
2004 - Remixselection_one (psy012 - Psychonavigation Records, cd)
2005 - Slice (ucover024cd - U-Cover, cd)
2005 - What you want isn’t what you need (nspk008cd - New Speak Records. cd)
2007 - Repulsine EP (SLSKEP002CD - SLSK Records,cd )
2008 - Places (grundruck, cdr)
2009 - Aeration (2Circles007 - TwoCircles, net)
2009 - Cold Trail EP (Acroplane Records, net)
2009 - Proof of Concept EP (YukiYaki016, net)
2009 - Flows EP (Part2Records, net)
2009 - Portal EP (Cornwarning, net)
2009 - Scattered Harvest EP (Format-Noise, net)
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Also known as:
Can’O’Lard
Distance
DJ Cowbell
Esa Ruoho
XLLV