Artist description hipnotic is the one-man electronic project of Stephen Mercer, also known as the keyboard player and co-songwriter for live drumnbass band keiretsu as well as a world/funk fusion outfit. Under the hipnotic alias, he sculpts electronic works drawing on a wide range of influences, using the strictly studio-based nature of the project to go places that he cannot with his bands.

Music Style Emotional electronic music ranging from ambient to drumnbass via triphop, classical and jazz.

Musical Influences Claude Debussy, Herbie Hancock, LTJ Bukem, Orbital, Radiohead, Sugar Hill Records, DJ Food, Average White Band, Spiritualized...

Similar Artists DJ Food, Aphex Twin, Massive Attack

Artist History hipnotic began in 1999 when SpaceChild introduced Stephen to Impulse Tracker. This mighty piece of software allowed him, for the first time, to create music with his computer that sounded reasonable, without having to spend thousands of pounds on hardware. Things moved fast at the start as Computer Music magazine featured the third ever hipnotic composition. Since then, hipnotic has gained expanded in both equipment and (more importantly) experience, culminating in the recent release of the debut EP, 'music to fall asleep to'.

Group Members Stephen Mercer

Instruments Korg i3, Roland E86, Buzz

Location Durham, County Durham - United Kingdom

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