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Aerial Service Area is an on-again-off-again collaboration involving ambient/electronic composers Victor Sol and Niko Heyduck The pair have released two full-length albums through Pete Namlook’s Fax label under the name, both of which number among the finest of the already impressive (to say nothing of extensive) Frankfurt-based imprint’s titles
Afro-Mystik’s sound is as eclectic as its group members Hailing from the Bay Area, this collection of musicians blends hip-hop, jungle, jazz, and samba rhythms to produce a down-tempo, soothing blend of mixed beats and lyrics
Afronaught is the primary alias of Orin Walters, a chief instigator of West London’s broken beat scene Not only is Walters one of the best producers in the field of broken beat — a loose tag for a brand of heavily rhythmic breakbeat fusion that features chopped up beats — but he’s also been behind the formation of the Bugz in the Attic collective, in addition to having released plenty of the scene’s recorded output through labels he has set up and helped run, like Mousetrap, Suckers Need Bass and Bitasweet
Working under many labels and twice as many pseudonyms, Thomas P Heckmann has kept true to traditional techno methods and resources Heckmann was one of the first in his native land of Germany to explore a style of techno that is comparable with early Underground Resistance and Plus 8 Recordings
Drum’n’bass producer Agent Alvin (real name: Warren Field) developed an appreciation for various forms of music that is not atypical, transitioning from classical into jazz and rock before digging into funk and hip-hop
A key player in the West London-based development called broken beat, multi-instrumentalist and producer Kaidi Tatham has had a hand in a number of recording projects since the early ’90s, in addition to releasing material of his own under his birth name and as Agent K
Consisting of Edinburgh native Martin Cole and the Leeds-born Steven Halliday, the electronica duo Agent Sumo took its name from two words put together from suggestions by friends
Having discovered dance music and DJing at the tail end of the original disco era in 1979, Detroit producer/DJ Agent X submerged himself in the early-’80s post-disco era and continued developing his DJing skills throughout the ’80s and ’90s and into the early 2000s as one of the Motor City’s most respected and talented DJs under his born name, Mike Clark
Chris Agnelli and Robbie Nelson made names for themselves as two of Ireland’s top DJs but soon found themselves elevated to superstar status after their first single as a production team, “El Niño,” became one of summer 1998’s top Ibiza anthems
Folk-rock duo Agnelli & Rave were both veterans of the new wave scene by the time they teamed up in the early ’90s, bringing a strong melodic pop feel to their recordings together