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Artist description
Multi-instrumentalist Juan Cacti combines real-time acoustics with electronica. Both programmed and live grooves are a backdrop to an atmospheric layer of digital tone,splintered speech and samples. |
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Music Style
breakbeat blues electronica |
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Musical Influences
autechre luke vibert kraftwerk bessie smith pierre schaeffer stereolab lessons around us goran brekovic harry partch pan sonic |
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Similar Artists
beck luke vibert kraftwerk coil david holmes |
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Artist History
en-eye has played multi-media events at a number of venues in England and overseas and recently completed a remix track, audio noodles, for The Sonic Catering Band appearing on their latest CD ‘Artificial Additives’ with other contributors including Clearspot, Nurse With Wound and Clare Conners (Banalescu quartet). 'Alien Tramp' is a remix produced by en-eye and is now available from Weird City Records on their release ‘Parliament’ by Sir Lordy Self Righteousness (see link). en-eye's 'bark' appears on a compilation album released in 1999. A further commission is currently underway to produce a soundtrack to accompany a forthcoming short film starring Kid Congo and Taylor Mead, due for completion in 2001. |
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Group Members
juan cacti |
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Instruments
vocal, guitar, bass, harmonica, decks, samples, drums, stylophone |
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Albums
aleph |
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Press Reviews
'heavy programmed beats..,textures and soundscapes from sampler and decks all combined to hypnotic effect...subtle, intriguing and no shortage of bass' - making music- live at 333 Old St 'big shuffling back beats..a fearless bit of freestylin'. Large.' - baddazine |
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Location
bristol, avon - United Kingdom |
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