Artist description Switching deftly between psychedelic trance, ambient dub and then on to hard acid techno, Maelcumis the unpredictable creative force between several thousand songs in eight years ofwork. Combining an ear for the details with a drive to innovate, he continually breaks the rules in a quest for the ultimate groove.

Music Style techno and electronica

Musical Influences the Orb, U2, Johnny Cash, Timbaland, Bill Laswell

Similar Artists Orbital, Banco de Gaia, Eat Static

Artist History Founded the Kosmic Free Music Foundation in 1992. In 1994 formed the band FTZ with Riku Nuottajarvi and created one of the first albums made using the Net. Founded Area 51 Records in 1994.

Instruments all-digital PC based studio utilizing FT 2.08, Rebirth, Sound Forge etc.

Albums low grey cloud, the future is history

Press Reviews Music and Computers Magazine (April 98), RAW42.com (http://www.raw42.com/reviews/maelcum.html )"this is another case (and there are many) when music should be at the top of the mp3.com or whatever other music charts are out there for independent artists. with the sheer number of artists online, it's especially hard to find the good stuff.... and maelcum has the good stuff. do yourselves a favour and download the tunage."

Location Union, NJ - USA

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