Artist description Music for deep space; the ambience of controlled menace, wonder and the unknown. Light-synth fuel.

Music Style Electronic, dark ambient, down-tempo

Musical Influences Wire, Richard D. James, Brian Eno, Gary Numan, Trent Reznor, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Bruce Gilbert, Robert Grey (aka Robert Gotobed), He Said, Loop, Main, Scorn, Orb, FSOL, Photek, and the films of David Cronenberg.

Similar Artists Scorn, Aphex Twin, Download, Photek, Autechre

Artist History Formed in October of 1999 by James Kracht, a digital artist living and working in Austin, Texas.

Group Members James Kracht

Instruments Roland MC-909 Groovebox (plus MC-303, MC-505), Boss SP-202 (Dr. Sample), various non-musical electronic gear

Albums Tetrapod Injustice, Electrophonic, High Resolution, The Cycle of Rain (Discontinued DAM-CDs: music to sleep to, Overdrive EP, Hybrid)

Press Reviews "...anybody that names each track just one single word that sums up the piece every time - that's saying a lot." - Integrated Arts V: In-depth Music Reviews. "DTJ's tracks have the same cold sterility of abandoned metropolis streets at 4:00 am. Sparse, prickly rhythms scuttle across gray pads as eerie melodies rise and fall almost imperceptibly." -listen.com, reviewed by Marc K., (11/2000). "This is one of the coolest ambient down tempo CDs that I have listened to in a while." -Jeff Harris, MP3.com listener (1/7/2000). "...your music is awesome... keep up the GREAT work! ...And you're right -- your stuff is fantastic when using Geiss!" -Ray/\Xylox - see MP3.com link below (1/11/2000).

Additional Info Developer of ambient- and ambient dub-style soundtracks ideally suited for use with audio-reactive light synthesizers (i.e., Virtual Light Machine [VLM and VLM-2], Siren, Baby Universe [Playstation], Geiss, etc). While most audio-reactive imaging technology works well with most music, a very common phenomenon is an overwhelming

Location Austin, TX - USA

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