Artist description Dark (but not evil), electronic, rhythmic (and hopefully danceable)landscapes organically constructed from the recesses of my subconscious mind.

Music Style Techno / Dark Epic Trance / Dark Drum N' Bass. Dark (but not evil) rhythmic (and hopefully danceable) landscapes organically constructed from the recesses of my subconscious mind.

Musical Influences Richie Hawtin, Information Society, Skinny Puppy, Juno Reactor, Bad Religion, Engine Kid

Artist History I started my first “Rock Band” when I was 8 with me on piano, one friend on guitar, and another on 5-gallon bucket. I’ve been making music nonstop ever since. There were years when I became so frustrated (writers block) that I tried to put music aside. Each time I have stopped making music I have found myself disillusioned with life, distant and remote. When I start making music again the color seams to come back into my life. For me making music is therapy, a way to express the subconscious unease that I just can’t express any other way. This is probably why the music that I construct tends to be dark. I have learned that dark does not necessarily equate to evil. In fact I feel there can be great beauty and compassion in dark. By the way… “this” refers to the construct in the C++ programming language (I’m a software engineer). Why did I choose this name for my project? In C++ the “this” is an object's pointer to self. All public member functions of an object can be accessed using “this” and “this” can be passed to other objects so that they can use the public member functions. I liken the complex object interactions within a C++ application to complex interpersonal relationships we all must experience. If you equate an object in C++ to a person then I am a C++ object and music is the way I share my “this” with you.

Group Members Dan Dailey

Instruments Reason, FruityLoops, various other freware soft synths (I sample them and use them in Reason)..

Location Seattle, WA - USA

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