Artist description Some of the nicest experimental electronic soundscapes ever to grace MP3.com

Music Style idm/braindance/ambiant/experimental

Musical Influences phillip glass, (old classical influences such as bach, Bethoven), Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, NIN, aphex twin, squarepusher, autechre, Plaid, almost all of warp and rephlex.

Similar Artists phillip glass, Aphex Twin, Autechre, KID606 and Hrvatski come to mind

Artist History I started becoming obsessed with music when I was in 3rd or 4th grade. I was exposed to classical, which I loved dearly (beethovens music especially). I started to take violin lessons. Then, 8 years later, I was inspired. In the early 90s, my then new 486 with the brand new technology of the soundcard(at least to me) to create strange mixes (by means of soundedit16) of myself making strange noises. I reversed them, played with filters (then "echo" and "reverb" and "slow" was about all I had). I ended up buying a jp8000 analog keyboard and now 5 years later I am making pretty interesting stuff, at the age of 18. I am pretty proud of it, lets see what you think (dynamicell@aol.com)

Group Members Nick C. Raftis - on everything

Instruments computer, mpc2000, jp8000, tb303, cooledit, etc..

Albums Mandinka dink dink, Seeds of Insanity, Reductio Ad Absurdom

Press Reviews "He's good and free chip-tickling fun!" - the 8bitpeoples"Thats fxxkinx awesome!" - my girlfriend"Dude, nice show!" - lots of people at shows I play at.."You fuxxxng rock nick!" - my friend Huseyn

Additional Info http://www.8bitpeoples.com

Location bloomfield hills, michigan - USA

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