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Aim’s Andy Turner is a cinematic British trip-hop producer who retains close ties to the rap influences of his youth The son of a jazz musician, Turner began his music career in 1989 as a rap DJ

More apt to cite stately rock paragons Burt Bacharach and Brian Wilson as their inspirations than Derrick May or Aphex Twin, the French duo Air gained inclusion into the late-’90s electronica surge due chiefly to the labels their recordings appeared on, not the actual music they produced

Not to be confused with the international chemical company of the same name, the Köln-based duo of Cem Oral and Ingmar Koch (who go by the names Jammin’ Unit and Walker, respectively) have been making hard-hitting experimental acid and techno as Air Liquide since the early ’90s

When Orlando native AK 1200 started his career in electronic music in the late ’80s, almost no one in the country had ever heard of it Nevertheless, the artist managed to carve out an extremely successful career in the realm of underground electronic music while simultaneously introducing countless people to the up-and-coming genre

Equally admired by jazz fans and drum’n’bass DJs, Charles James Casey and Damian John Hand recorded several of the most diverse EPs for the nominally trip-hop/big-beat Wall of Sound Records

Akira Rabelais Biography, Photos, Pictures

An intellectual pioneer as much as anything else, Akira Rabelais issued forth musical creations and inventions from his perch at CalArts Born and raised in South Texas, one of his childhood pastimes involved shooting metal plates with bb guns so that he could experience the unique sound that it caused

Since 1999, Akufen (Montreal’s Marc Leclair) has been amassing a thick stockpile of 12” releases for labels like Perlon, Background, Traum, Oral, Trapez, and Force Inc

Producer Al Mack worked with Crystal Waters and Toni Braxton in the early ’90s, but then began working in an R&B-inspired house vein Signed to Gee Street/Island as the Mack Machine and EightBall as the Mack Vibe, he delivered several singles (with various female vocalists) in late 1994

A Forest Mighty Black Biography, Photos, Pictures

A Forest Mighty Black is one of the few outposts for jazzy downtempo in Germany Fronted by producer Bernd Kunz, the outfit debuted with “Candyfloss” and “Fresh in My Mind,” two of the first three singles appearing on Munich’s respected Compost label (also the home of recordings by Fauna Flash, Funkstörung, Beanfield and Turntable Terranova)

Going under the moniker of the Alchemist, Dustin Morris started experimenting with ambient noises and samples at the end of 1997 Combining additional elements of techno and drum’n’bass, the Vancouver native spent the next two years spinning and making mix tapes that were locally distributed

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