Luke McMillan, a.k.a The DJ Producer has been a name synonymous with the U.K. underground rave/techno scene for the last 14 years. His passion for high powered, super precise, rapid beat mixing stems from his early passions of electro and hip hop. He got his first turntables in 1988, and by the time he started strode college in 1989 he was already starting to realize that the music was changing.
Born in Munich, raised in West Berlin and finalized in Hamburg in the late '80s, Istari Lasterfahrer started his high grade digital music career with low end '80s computer hardware. Using hard disk recordings in early the '90s when everybody was using still using midi equipment, he eventually got pissed and switched to soundtracker files. He threw some jungle parties in Hamburg around the years '94 and '95, and started dropping his tunes into BBS systems and the early internet, gaining respect worldwide in the early internet community, joining one of the first high-profiled web labels, Commie.
There are at least five groups with the name of Drone. 1) German thrash metal band
2) Welsh IDM producer
3) electronica producer from Frankfurt
4) US altrock band
5) A psytrance act 1) Founded 2004 in Celle (Germany), the metal band "Drone" released a 6-track-EP entitled "Octane" in January 2006. Greatest efforts so far include:
- Winning the international final of "metal battle" contest, which was held in August 2006 at the Wacken Open Air (see www.metal-battle.com)
- Reaching the West-German final of Emergenza contest 2006
DJ Rainbow Ejaculation is an alias of Australian experimental producer/cut-n-paste artist/trickster Guy Sterling, also responsible for such projects as Rank Sinatra and 777?. His DJ Rainbow Ejaculation persona focuses on the cutting and mangling of hardcore mainstays into the best gay pride anthems around.
There is one Hansel. Hansel originates from BOSTON. HANSEL
Lorentzian Lineshaper
Label: D-Trash Records
"This was a tough CD to review, and even a tougher one to listen to, which is probably why I liked it so much." Hansel is Alan Fux (vocals, samples, arrangements, orchestrations) and M.X. Lopex (samples, sequences, programming).
Hansel is also a clash of genres and a study of the thermodynamics of disparate sounds traversing against the grain. Pranksters and poets, Hansel is what Suicide would be today if modern computer technology was available.
SIMON is an up and coming j-urban artist. Half Bolivian and half Japanese, so far he's released 2 albums, STREET KNOWLEDGE, and SIMON SAYS.
The Detroit Grand Pubahs are Dr. Toefinger (Andy Toth) and Paris the Black Fu (Mack Goudy, Jr.). Both are from detroit, Michigan, United States. They combine electro, hip hop, and booty-bass with a good dose of humour to create a unique sound. Both of the Pubahs started in music at an early age, with Andy starting to play drums in various local bands at 16. Vocalist Mack began Djing at a similar age having been influenced by Jeff Mills’ legendary radio mix shows.
Lynn Standafer from Cincinnati, Ohio, United States is more commonly known as Enduser. Taking influences from KRS-One, Skinny Puppy, and Photek, and raised on a steady diet of hip-hop and early jungle records, Enduser creates d'n'b and hip-hop flavored breakcore. Discography:
-Enduser vs Soundmurderer - 2003
-Junglist! Mix CD - 2003
-Sonic Terror Tour - 2003
-Bollywood Breaks - 2004
-From Zero - 2004
-Appropriate And Deface - 2005
-Calling the Vulture - 2005
-The End - 2005
-Comparing Paths - 2005
Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia the crew consists of Knick, Gigantor and The Enemy. Apart from being a production outfit, Evol Intent also owns and operates their own label, which functions as an outlet for their own work as well as like-minded artists. After building an underground following with their first 3 releases, Evol Intent signed a deal with Alpha Magic to handle their distribution for Evol Intent Recordings.