Artist description Orchard is a one man band consisting of Daniel Barnes and his many electronic instruments. He started off back in 1995 creating PC based music, real shitty early 90's computer sounding stuff. In his spare time he has added pieces of DJing tools to his overcluttered bedroom.

Music Style Recipie for 1xOrchard Track: A Nice Blend Of Breakbeats, Bizarre Overly Cheesey Samples, Ambient Analog Sounds and a Touch of Turntable Manipulation. The result is somewhere between Fatboy Slim and The DMC world turntable championships.

Musical Influences Apollo Four Forty, Atari Teenage Riot, Bassbin Twins, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Bomb the Bass, Cut Chemist, Cold Cut, DJ Punk-Roc, Fatboy Slim, Hardknox, Jungle Brothers, Lionrock, Lords of Acid, .Mod files, Prodigy, Propellerheads, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, The Future Sound of London, Junkie XL, Moby

Similar Artists Fatboy Slim,Prodigy,Chemical Brothers,Bentley Rhythm Ace,Cut Chemist,Crystal Method,Moby,Apollo Four Forty,Junkie XL,DJ Punk-Roc,Propellerheads,The Future Sound of London

Artist History Started in 1995 writing mod files, logging onto bbses and watching demos. As time passed the music improved and the samples started to pile up. The rest they say is History.

Group Members Daniel Barnes

Instruments Software: Acid, Fruity Loops, Goldwave, Rubber Duck, Reason, Lots of Direct X plug ins and a few Analog X apps. Hardware: Technics SL-1200 turntable, Roland Juno 106 analog synthesizer, A tacky casio keyboard, a crappy 2 channel mixer, a mic, an organ, and 2 lesbian cheerleaders for moral support.

Press Reviews Listen.com - A body-moving mix of chemical beats follows the tradition of the Prodigy and the Crystal Method. Deviant acid lines bust out of a screeching mass of destructive breaks.

Location Wellington, Wellington - New Zealand

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