Artist description The project SMM is a mixture of original samples, strange 90ies sounds and a variety of different musical styles, which are all connected by a unique kind of drum and bass groove, 70ies guitar and electronic sounds.

Music Style Drum and Bass/Electronic/Ambient

Musical Influences Lamb, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Sting, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Classical Music

Similar Artists Lamb, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Prodigy, Laika, Moby, Propellerheads, Sven Väth

Artist History After starting to play violin at the age of 5 Alexander Schraepler, the one and only member of the project SMM, started to play electric guitar at the age of 16. He soon started to play in several hardrock, metal, hardcore and crossover bands. But finally, he was also interested in all the other kinds of music and started playing in a jazz-pop band. But he also got interested in electronic music. The computer provided the ability to mix all these musical influences and combine them with samples done with a minidisc-recorder e.g. while travelling trough Namibia, in a factory in Heidelberg or simply in the neighbourhood.

Group Members Alexander Schraepler: Composing, Bass, Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals, Samples, Recording, Lyrics, Cover-Art... Alexander Schraepler teaches "Computers and Art" at the Friedrich-Alexander University, Nuernberg-Erlangen and works as a designer in his own company (www.ART-JANIK.com) in Nuernberg, Germany.

Instruments Bass, Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals, Samples...

Albums done, pro(do)mo, tight again

Location Nuernberg, Bayern - Germany

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