DJJD (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)

"Living in Atlanta was a whole new experience, '...hard snare with a touch of light cymbals was my new recipe for music, when all I saw all day was buildings, streets, crackheads, and the occasional transplanted tree.'"

Ketsa / Untying the Knots (West London, UK)

"Dominic Giam aka Ketsa is a london based producer making downtempo beats and hip-hop instrumentals. He started his musical career producing techno, owning his own label Hydrophonic recordings, and being signed to Primate recordings."

Experimental Learning Series (Charleston, SC, USA)

"Experimental Learning Series (ELS), typically consists of 20 half-hour sessions of listening to specially modulated music over a 10- to 20-day period. ELS has been reported to be beneficial in several conditions, including AD/HD, autism, dyslexia, and hypersensitive hearing at certain frequencies."

The Mad Crazy (The Planet Rupert)

"As the Ambassadors of Planet Rupert, Sir Gobblington and Captain Impossible have traveled back in time to your Earth, and we plan on saving you BEFORE the children of today build the Robots that will one day slaughter us all..."

Legion of Beats (Toronto, Canada)

"Enter into the musically manic, hiphopcritical, endlessly stylistical world of a few dope producers...the Sequel, Freakz, da Nex, and the ruthless SecondString Bomberz..."

25ThC (South Coast, UK)

"25ThC is a South Coast producer. His music is a mix of organic soundscapes, warped samples and manipulated beats."

Killakengaroo/Handy Cat (Oslo, Norway)

"HandyCat is an 18 year old norwegian lady producer. Her productions have a hip-hop/down-tempo style with just a hint of elektronika... based on samples that evoke a mellow, melodic and chilled feeling."

The Subliminator (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)

Some say he doesn't exist -- he's a myth -- an urban legend -- an artistic Yeti. But spacerockers and aficionados of the avant-garde nationwide know better. The Subliminator appears courtesy of Scared Records and Stickfigure Records.

http://thesubliminator.com

Nowhere Squares (B'ham, Alabama, USA)

"A business man who's lost his mind, realizing he's actually some kid who's still trapped in highschool... Paul: voice, keyboard Justin: guitar, keyboard, voice Spin: drums Shea: bass, voice."

http://nowheresquares.info

Yakuza Dance Mob (B'ham, Alabama, USA)

"It's like seeing a Tom Waits opera come to life"

http://yakuzadancemob.com

Mosquito Death Squadron (Washington D.C., USA)

"Mosquito Death Squadron is an animated and quirky instrumental ensemble from the Washington, DC area. Because the group draws its influences from all across the musical landscape, Mosquito’s sound can range from crusty-math-surf-metal to freeform-thrash-jazz to anything in between."

Fred & Daily (Out of this world...)

Q: "Where are Peter and Paul?"

A: "We don't know. We're Fred and Daily!"

Audio Orange (Tempe, Arizona, USA)

"With a wide range of influences comes a wide range of style. More on the sides of experimental and hiphop its hard to tell what style we are best suited for so we pretty much put out whatever the vibe in our head is." Look for our album 'Someday Some Say' to drop in early July.

Parallel Worlds (Athens, Greece)

"Parallel Worlds is a combination of dreamy/atmospheric textures with pure analog electronic rhythms and sequences, combining the feel of 70's electronic music with modern electronica and ambient music. Parallel Worlds are the brainchild of Bakis Sirros (with some occassional collaborators)."

gip (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

"It is important that I articulate as many dissimilar agents of expression as possible to enrich my own language when linking different musical identities. I enjoy the creative experience/process by matching the validation and the rupture of the classical rules usually used in rhythmic-harmonic compositions."

Egon Superbus Von Underduk (Paris, France)

"Grainy photographs, teared notes, distant laughs, contre-jours, melting memories, city nights, neighbours sounds, waves crashing, Before/After pictures, Family films, lonesome houses from outside, empty appartments from inside, broken windows, stained floor, old walls, etc..."

Prodigal / Trip Hop Collective (Lafayette, LA, USA)

Prodigal & Natureboy present an ever-changing, ever-evolving ensemble of trip-hop, and down-tempo blends.

A.C.M.E. (Verona, Italy)

Original, intense and inspiring; it makes the mind travel.

the tape (Berlin, Germany)

"An old mixtape was the initial source of inspiration for this musical project. Punk, Jazz, Hip Hop and Electronica have all been dubbed on to this tape, only to be recorded over again with an entirely different music genre. RQM (vocals) robot koch (production)."

afewdayslate... (Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, UK)

"I was pleased that I could get my own essence through, and that's when 'afewdayslate...' was born."

Milwaukie (Birmingham, Midlands, UK)

"Milwaukie set up the influential UK label CCT Records. It's grown into one of electronica's new front-runners championed by the likes of XFM and Radio 1 in the UK. CCT is puting the attitude back into electronica and pushing the music forward..."

http://cct-records.com

Vic Spanner (Tenterden, Kent, UK)

"Winter '07 sees Vic Spanner in his fifth year as a so-called ‘musician’ and he proudly admits that he still can’t play an instrument properly."

Vic Spanner has just released Sympathy for the Hermit.

Mikronesia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

"Composer, musician, DJ and producer. Has worked as a multi-instrumentalist with dozens of bands including his main project Gemini Wolf. His solo work ranges from delicate ambient to glitched-out down-tempo to dense walls of noise."

http://mikronesia.com

Lance of the Social (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

"An electicsm which moves with absolute freedom: from minimal techno to electronic improvisation; chaos, noise, deconstructive rock, sonic terrorism, orchestral delirium, imaginary soundtracks, sonorous corruption, etc..."

MAIS (Lucca, Italy)

"Avant-POP, hack-rock, proto-noise, indie rock band from Italy. MAIS e' una indie rock band & un gruppo di ragozzotti dediti al media hacktivismo."

Saga79 (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)

Full time DJ, producer, designer, industrial artist. Currently working with turntablist & producer DJJD to develop the new ensemble ModernDayMarvels feat. Darius and Philm. Progenitor of Urban_D RADIO's Basement Blends.

Marphthebrowndwarf (Netherlands)

"This young brown dwarf called Marph came from the woods with his backpack strapped on tight; a little dwarf with a little skill, tryin' to survive the stompin' feet of the giants roaming the planet."

DIMDOUMDO (France)

"Since 2004, DIMDOUMDO have developed a hybrid artistic project for music events and video & art festivals. Their work experiments with different creative elements: graphism, sound design, animation and music. Enthusiasts of mixing composition and savage improvisation, concrete sounds and electronic instruments combined with visuals."

locum76 (UK)

"...started fiddling with music on pc's in the late 90's... been bleeping, crunching and glitching with his toys ever since... prefers to write donwtempo stuff with a bit of melody and crunchy percussion."

Boy In Sleep (Asheville, North Carolina, USA)

Using sampler/drum machines, organs, guitars, synthesizers, vinyls, effect controllers, and percusive instruments to make sound. The Undressing Eyes EP is now avaiable.

Halo Radio (Miami, Florida, USA)

More sounds from Boy In Sleep...

bit|bin (London, UK)

Something of a recluse, bit|bin combines deep, layered textures of intelligent sounds to create an entirely fresh and creative vibe. His music explores sound, delving into abstraction, whilst glitching through electronica, ambient, and IDM. bit|bin lends himself to diversity both strange and beautiful and his first release, the Alias EP, is now available on Herb Recordings.

Infinite Soul (Sheffield, UK)

Infinite Soul is a producer/DJ based in Sheffield, UK and part of the Jackal Productions umbrella. He fuses samples, live sounds and scratches to make thought provoking instrumental beats often described as 'deep hop'. He is currently working to put enough material together for a commercial release.

dj inzi (Houston, Arizona, USA)

Started DJing in 1998 and began to make his own tracks around 2002. Just finished the 11 track Skate Park EP. The 1st four tracks are free to download at djinzi.com. The 2nd part of the EP can be previewed & purchased online here.

Cooper Black (Bone Rattle, Nevada, USA)

"We are Rocky and Ginja. No, we're not married. No, we aren't brother and sister. No, to the third thing you were thinking. We make really bad music. I'm not sure if they're "songs" but it's definitely something close to that. We have a kit and a guitar and bass but we also do alot of sampling so we literally just sing or rhyme over reel to reels."

Fresh Meat (France)

"...a series of bedroom recordings done from May 2003 until May 2004. In these works he puts into play a sort of dogma which bends to his will to develop a strong identity; far from the clinical perfection of Electro which he utilizes, yet near the efficiency of Rock, so much that he refuses to work in groups. Fresh Meat is a project made in perfect autonomy, in accordance to the dogma, the intuitive and brute energy which he aspires and defines him. Enjoy the selection..."

INT_routine (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)

"A combination of microsound, drone and circuit bending, sound artist INT_routine creates soundscapes which fuse lush ambience with warm static tones and random noises.

"Inspired by Elizabeth Martin's work with y-condition translations and the work of architect Santiago Calatrava, INT_routine translates The Quadracci Pavilion in Milwaukee from form into sound. The Pavilion EP examines the building and the surrounding environment at various times of day, through different weather conditions, and explores the artists own personal experiences in and around the building."

bath aide (Minnesota, USA)

Sonorous electronic nostalgia. Frantic percussion with a melodious tint. bath aide has just released the force of an object divided by the depth.

Radio Scotvoid (Salem, Massachusetts, USA)

"Radio Scot Void has developed his own unique musical style ranging from atmospheric soundbytes with quirky percussive madness to cut 'n' paste lo-fi improv which combines his love for JAZZ FUSION, ELECTRONICA, AMBIENT MOODS and BIG RAW FUNKY PUNKY BEATS."

mr hay (London, UK)

"mr hay plays with and makes noises. These are sometimes, but not always, called music. mr hay will work for cash or food or free flights to sunny places and smile gladly, oh, and usually for free too, life permitting. mr hay wants to work more with animation and video. mr hay is bamboozled and stumbling through the cosmos trying to make sense of it all and hopefully making some beautiful & interesting things along the way."

Johnny Longmind (Hollywood, California, USA)

"Johnny Longmind is a musical outlet for Paul Stanek, an artist/musician/animator currently prospering in Hollyweird. Influences include deep space silent explosions, zillions of tiny little creatures, and dreams about a past life as a whale."

cyriak (Brighton, UK)

"Hello, I am Cyriak from 100 years into the future, where I have been exhumed and sent backwards in time via cyberspace in order to welcome you to the unabridged contents of my brain-damaged imagination."

Soundfreak (Gothenburg, Sweden)

"Soundfreak has been making music since 2001. Ambient, electronica and chill. His style is a style all his own. He says that he wants to express what he feels inside with his music. This is his life and he loves it. So open your mind, close your eyes and dream away."

Jash (Avebury, Wiltshire, UK)

"Feelings develop into sound...which develop into feelings which develop into sound... The album conversations with id is available on CCT Records. Electronic, ambient, down-tempo..."

Slouch (D.C. / Brooklyn, NY, USA)

"Subtle, down-tempo beats... Debut LP 'Viva' available now; 10 lush and layered explorations, 45 minutes. Slouch appears courtesy of CozyMusic. Look for the follow-up EP 'Varistor' for more melancholy mischief and collaborative concoctions, available soon..."

http://djslouch.net

old apartment songs (Nashville, Tenn., USA)

Madison Stubblefield, sometimes with the help of Rob Collier... Clock like... Turtle like... Beautiful...

Brandon Logic (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

"Making music for as long as he can remember, from playing the drums in a punk band to producing electronic music. Constantly working on new projects."

Andino (Layfette, Louisiana, USA)

"Andino, born Andrés Proaño Paz Sóldan. Andino = Native of the Andes. Always had a love for music. Started making beats in 2000. Produced almost a whole album... Mustafa Yodas' Cuento de chicos para grandes in Argentina."

Kujan (Bristol, UK)

"Kujan, a 25-year-old manchild who has been making music for nine years. Uses samples/drum machines, plays guitars, keyboards. Mixes/produces. Break beat style whilst retaining some elements of rock music."

http://kujan.co.uk

Kingbastard (Hampshire, UK)

"...a composer/producer with a diverse range of musical styles and tastes. Born under the sign of the Bastard he is rarely seen, choosing to hide away in his bastard-cave delving into the realms of Experimental Electronic music, lo-fi and infectious IDM, surfacing once every few days to create alternative acoustic tracks and gather essential supplies."

Kingbastard has just released [ B a s t a r d i z e ].
A 6 track EP available now on CD, Digital release 25th Feb '07

Century of Aeroplanes (Louisville, Kentucky, USA)

"The Century of Aeroplanes is music by Rob Collier. Aeroplane is wooden. Aeroplane is single engine. Aeroplane looks bigger from far away."

advanced synthesizer instrumentals (California, USA)

"The last of a kind. Composing using synthesizers. His grandfather ran a radio station in San Jose, Costa Rica where he was born. Later exposed to the flute and cello. moved to the United States during the winter of '83 and discovered the synthesizer in '85. Has released seven records and established (a.s.i.) in 1996."

PANAKRONIC (Vancouver, Canada)

"Vancouver based music producer, turntablist. Owner and operator of Phonologic Laboratory. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, moved to North America at the age of ten. Handicapped by the language barrier, music became one of the tools for him to communicate with his peers."

http://panakronic.com
http://spacetone-records.com

zigzagzoo (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

"He's the singer, the beat creator, the band. Most of the time he's drawing stuff."

Dlay / Untying the Knots (London, UK)

"Dom Ahtuam aka Dlay. An individual obsessed with sound textures, funk and deep bass frequencies. One half of Untying the Knots along with Ketsa."

Francpony (Indonesia)

"Francpony, a young man delving into electronic music. Initially using software and samplers he sought to create a new blend of music which was not bound by genre or style but purely by beats and emotion."

4our5ive6ix (Wirral / Liverpool, Merseyside, UK)

Soaring, boundless melodies backed by unyielding percussion. Colorful palette, dark palor; experimental electronic music at its best.

http://fastersound.co.uk

Rise of the Speedmen (San Diego, California, USA)

"Rise of the Speedmen a.k.a. Gene Padigos is the one man band behind the lush melodies, sequenced guitars, and the cut up drum beats."

http://riseofthespeedmen.com

solipsism (Glasgow, Scotland, UK)

solipsism is Craig Murphy & Ed Drury.

"Craig and Ed have worked together for almost 4 years now, their early collaborations centred around experimentations in the fusion of electro-acoustic experimental ambient & world music. After growing tired of the area they were working in, they changed direction to focus on ambient and downtempo music and in February 2005 they started work on the No Pressure album which was finally completed in January 2006 (released in March 2006). This was followed up in August 2006 with the release of the Organicism EP . Their new album Electricity Flows In Squares is scheduled for release in Springtime 2007 on Herb Recordings and this will be their last purely electronic work for a while as the duo now venture into the murky fusion of ambient and folk music."

Herb Recordings is a new label based in the UK releasing progressive, organic & refreshing contemporary ambient & downtempo music. Herb explores many avenues of these styles and hopes you enjoy exploring them also.

http://herbrecordings.com

Skytree (Marine on the Saint Croix, Minnesota, USA )

"I send you my love whenever you need it."
"I make music during every free moment of lucidity."
"I wake up every morning and do a backflip in appreciation."

RunChicoRun (Victoria, Canada)

"There was this explosion, "kapooshh!". Well actually that sounds more like a splash, so i guess it must have been more "krakow!". Yup that was it. And there we were."

http://runchicorun.com>

Fred (Manchester, Northwest UK)

"Fred is a 23 year old musician/producer working on material after a degree at Salford in Music, Acoustics and Recording. Currently on his lonesome he hopes to develop a band with which to perform his music - until then he will remain using his own name."

The Weathermen (Sacramento, Calif. / Brussels, Belgium)

"The Weathermen have been around since the mid-80's and have enjoyed cult status since dropping underground hits like Poison and Berlin. Their music is a strange mixture of electronics and funny socio-unlogical politic comments. Like a Tom Waits playing with drum machines."

http://theweathermen.net

Matilda (Izcalli, Edo. Mex. Mexico)

"A guitar blooming like the moon up in the mountains, the path of insanity that leads to a magical world, a world that can be rotten sometimes, words and chords with faces vanishing. Screaming of muses that even loud just whisper the secrets of life love and universe..."

Black Moth Super Rainbow (Pittsburg, Penn., USA)

"Fighting the war against digital and analog music..."

Check out the split record with The Octopus Project.

http://blackmothsuperrainbow.com

Jankenpopp (Marseille, France)

"IF YOU WANT ME TO ROCK THE FUCK UP IN YOUR CITY, IN YOUR COUNTRY OR IN SOMEON ELSE'S, JUST CONTACT JANKENPOPP !!!!!"

http://jankenpopp.com

Ira (Germany)

"I studied piano as a major subject at the akademie of music in my hometown. I have been singing in different bands and for a variety of studio projects. Since my graduation I am producing my own music and in 2006 I finished my first and yet unreleased album 'Results'."

http://musicbyira.de

Peter Project (Canada)

"Peter's habit of combining kitchy old school organ cheese, swingin' low-fi drum breaks, and the coveted Value Village Vinyl cuts, has created his signature brand of Hanna-Barberra Hip-hop. Live shows have been known to involve life size fighting monsters, home made lighting experiments, go-go girls and mad dance-a-delick boogie downs!"

Bardacid (Florence, Italy)

"Italian micro-musician. Plays and records music using different instruments: - Arp Solina - Casio SK1 - Siel Cruise - Acetone Beat Box - Gullbransen Teeny Bopper - Commodore 64 - Casio RapMan - Casio CT-510 - Red Poland Lap Steel Guitar - Casio Vl1 Tone - Gibson, Fender & Rickenbacker Electric Guitars - Stomp boxes and devices, etc..."

thomas function (Huntsville, Alabama, USA)

"Stellar-active sounds from the southern states"

j.macero t.thompson z.jeffries p.do-gee

THRANGH (Rome, Italy)

"Cultural delirium crushing many different styles & puking them in a metamorphic amalgam of sounds: its a fuckin' cut-up of musical circumstances arising out of improvised sessions, re-organized into the fluctuating transcription of a dreamy experience."

http://thrangh.it

Loren P. Nikkel (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

"Raised on a diet of old country music, 60s pop, 70s rock and 80s new wave, Loren P. Nikkel's brand of original compositions reflect early influences and many other obscure artists from various genres."

Zoogoo (Clearwater, Florida, USA)

"As we go through phases of searching for new technology or just making music and presets, we do it obsessively. But some thing's don't change...I AM STILL BI-POLAR as fuck."

The Dirty Lungs (Bham, Alabama, USA)

"We found a time machine and traveled back to the year 1965. There we saw The Kinks play a hell of a set at the Royal Albert; too bad when we met their drunk asses after the show, they told us to 'Bugger off, you bloody wankers.' We decided to avenge this wrong doing by traveling back to the future (or present as it may be) and starting our own band."

skypilot (Brooklyn, New York, USA)

music // design // motion

Unseen Force (Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK)

Member of Jackal Productions; a collective of DJ's, musicians and producers based in Sheffield in the UK. The Unseen Force makes music with a multitude of influences garnished with a rich, hip-hop flavored sauce. Currently in the lab with Infinite Soul working on a forthcoming collaborative project.

Rubens (Glasgow, Scotland, UK)

"Having a passion for electronic music since the early 90s with an active involvement in sound design and music production since around 2001, the duo have just released their debut full length album Carnivalesque on local label Herb Recordings."

Spore Cloud from Planet M-67 .... ...... ... ... . .. .. .... ... (Floating Elusively, North American Continent)

"Highly charged entity composed of millions of reproductive haploidic unicellualr bodies. These interstellar spores are ejected from intergalactic, superbly intelligent "puffballs" which inhabit M-67. Their life cycle: Ejection, Cumulation, Ascension. Versatile enough in form and intelligence to travel through the vacuum of space-time. Requires a steady supply of Human gray matter in order to sustain flight, however the science of said phenomena is unclear. The sound these innumerable organisms excrete while eating has been called 'music' but is nothing more than the audiological byproduct of digestion."

The Octopus Project (Austin, Texas, USA)

"Toto, Josh, and Yvonne have been at this for a while now, accompanied lately by Brandon Durham in the guitarist's seat. In the two years between records they've taken the barely controlled chaos of their live show (often augmented with masks, balloons and bizarre party favors) from coast to coast, playing many hundreds of shows..."

Check out the split record with Black Moth Super Rainbow.

http://theoctopusproject.com

The Badical (UK)

"The Badical combines horrible horrible square bass sounds with stupid noises in a desperate attempt to crush all opposition."

http://myspace.com/thebadical

Austech (UK)

Industry, Nature, Biology, Chemistry...

 

Mad Monkeys Making Music (Netherlands)

Ear friendly electro-pop.

t.E.C.K. (DC, Maryland, USA)

"t.E.C.K! the man behind the boards of Educated Consumers, ResiNation and Old School Vendetta. Bangin' out beats on an Akai MPC 2000 (recently updated to the XL version), a Yahmaha Motif rack mount and a Roland VS-880EX."

Spoonbill (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

"...an elegant and quirky symphony of honey-scented grooves, jovial humour and joyous beat trickery, melding an ever-evolving array of styles into a distinctive ozzie blend. Call it quirk-funk or downbeat with bite, Spoonbill takes the listener firmly by the scruff of the ear and leads them into a shady forest of rhodes, horns, and deep double bass, then back out into an eccentric wonderland of glitched-out grooves infused with talkback radio and rowdy bush cobbers."

http://spoonbill.net.au

Kentsoundz (South Florida, USA)

"Kentsoundz is a Florida-based producer on a mission to put his town back on the musical map of the world. Having worked with singers and MCs from genres as diverse as Folk, Rock and Hip Hop, he creates custom-tailored soundscapes for any and all up-and-coming artists. His music is created using a blend of yesterday, today and tomorrow - fusing crackling vinyl samples with modern synth sounds, drum machines and vocals. Kentsoundz productions are the sounds of the moonlit Miami skyline, tossed in a blender and served chilled for your eardrums."