Artist description \'a_:rt-*st\ n 1: one who practices an art; esp : one who creates objects of beauty 2: a skilled public performer

Music Style Electro / Breaks

Musical Influences Plumps, early Chems, early Prodigy, Stabilizer, Rennie Pilgrem, Adam Freeland, Databass, Kraymon, Hybrid, Kraftwerk and other old and nu-skool breaks and electro

Artist History In 1973 a team of jive-talking robot-homos was conceived through sexual intercourse, for crimes they did not commit. These robots promptly escaped from thier maximum security mommas into the muzak underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as jivers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help -- and if you can find them -- maybe you can hire ... Big... Square ... Sound.

Group Members Mark Walters, Geoff Winkless, Chris Reece, James Carter, Jimmy Harris

Instruments Acorn RPC600, Korg Z1, P4 PC, GigaStudio 160 v2.5, Logic Audio Platinum, Cool Edit Pro 2, Terratec EWS 88MT, Spirit Folio F1, Mackie CR1604, Drawmer LX20, DBX 266XL, Lexicon MPX 100, Seck ProKit, Novation Super Bass Station, Martin Semi-Acoustic, Shure SM58 and other bits...

Albums Cush Drive, Dawn Raid EP

Press Reviews Comments about SKY002: A1 'Number One' - Cheeky vocals, evil b-line and funky scratches - "My Fave, Cheeky, Funky... let's me take my set in various directions" (Justin Owen, Freakaboom) - "Hectic NuSkool Breaks - A real cool party tune" (DJ Weisel from www.morphclub.org, Baumberg Germany) A2 'El Sid' - classic break twists, funked up b-line - "Good Groove... love the name - wipped up the crowd nicely!" (DJ O.Bee, Cutting Edge Beats, played on Ministry of Sound radio + club plays) B1 'Get It Right' - Electro/Breaks crossover: - "This is the one for me.. .BASS!" (Phil Klein - Bass Junkie) - "I managed to spin "Get It Right" to a jammed dancefloor! Worked really well too. I must admit that this is the favourite of the 12" for me... Top Stuff!" (Decky - Hedrock Valley Beats) - "...we like that electro bass! This one rocked!" (Adrien, OhmSessions, Galaxie 95.3FM, France and Belgium) B2 'Get Up' - Rolling breaks, sweet vocals - "Good Stuff" (Justin Owen, Freakaboom) - "I'm playing this on Saturday night with Atomic Hooligan ... an Excellent EP" (Decky - Hedrock Valley Beats) - "Best tune on the EP - Cool party vibe" (DJ Weisel, www.morphclub.org, Baumberg Germany) - "I really like the feel of this track... A Real Mover!" (DJ O.Bee, Cutting Edge Beats, Ministry Of Sound Radio)

Additional Info Running label SkyDive recordings and onto our second EP release (SKY002) electro influenced breakz

Location Maidenhead, Berkshire - United Kingdom

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