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A proper player during jungle’s rise from the underground during 1995-96, Paul Saunders’ techno background hardly prepared listeners for the mellowed-out vibes and liquid tones of his work as Wax Doctor

Wax Tailor (JC Le Saoût) was a member and producer of French rap group La Formule in the early ’90s After the members went their separate ways, he formed the Wax Tailor project in 2002

Though more well-known for his work as Pluramon, German artist Markus Schmickler also released a solo album in 1997 as Wabi Sabi on A-Musik A member of the thriving Cologne experimental music scene associated with Mouse on Mars, Nonplace Urban Field, Air Liquide, Mike Ink, and the A-Music, Electro Bunker, and Karaoke Kalk labels, Schmickler is one of the more “composerly” contributors to that conglomerate’s growing renown

Way Out West Biography, Photos, Pictures

Conspicuous from the rest of Bristol’s electronica scene by the absence of trip-hop or jungle leanings in their productions, Way Out West have instead pursued straightahead house and trance with closer ties to progressive British dancefloors than American hip-hop

We are one of the more bizarre and eclectic outcroppings of New York City’s experimental ambient/dub/hip-hop scene, also the source of such artists as DJ Spooky, Sub Dub, Byzar, Liminal, and Brooklyn’s WordSound collective

Wechsel Garland Biography, Photos, Pictures

Jorg Follert’s melodic, electronic-leaning work as Wechsel Garland combines the organic and the synthetic for productions that employ elements like organ, accordion, acoustic guitar, melodica, and Fender Rhodes

Weekend Players Biography, Photos, Pictures

Jazz-pop chanteuse Rachel Foster was working with the vocal group Shod Collective in her native Nottingham, England, in the late ’90s when she befriended producer Andy Cato

Wendy Carlos Biography, Photos, Pictures

Composer Wendy Carlos spurred electronic music to new commercial heights during the late ’60s, popularizing the synthesizer with the enormously successful Switched-On Bach album

The leader of Germany’s house and techno scene since his beginning early in the 1980s, Westbam recorded several house/rave crossover hits during the late ’80s and early ’90s but is renowned for his founding of the Mayday Festival and the Love Parade, the latter of which routinely drew hundreds of thousands of club-goers into the streets of Berlin on an annual basis

Westside Chemical Biography, Photos, Pictures

Westside Chemical is a San Francisco based electronic music trio The group formed in 1997 and consists of Tom Moloney, Jamie Lemoine, and William Kehoe They combine influences from drum’n’bass, deep house, hip-hop, and down-tempo; all music communities that are strong in the Bay area