Bytecon aka Opbrouck Stijn was born the fourth of August
1976 and grew up in a small village in Belgium. At a very young age he started
to create music as guitarist, bassist and singer in several local bands. After
a long time of playing in those bands he bought a small drumcomputer and composed
songs with it. As electronic instruments were getting better Bytecon was able
to produce more complete tracks and he decided to try out what it would be to
perform solo. At that time he discovered bands like Front 242, Nitzer ebb, Frontline
Assembly,... those bands already used electronic instruments and Bytecon found
a solution for his creations. By getting deeper into the knowledge of how to handle
electronic equipment, Bytecon created contacts in the Belgium electronic music
scene and he visited some parties with them. New influences were getting into
his music and he tried to combine everything together. His most typical elements
became dark fat synths, basses, guitars and samples mixed with arpeggios, vocoded
voices and robotic electrorythms. The result could be called "dark fat electro".
After a long time of experimenting with those elements Bytecon was able to do
some try outs. 0ne of those sessions was recorded and came to hands of a member
of Radar records. Shortly after that, they asked him to release some tracks of
it on Radar. The record was presented at Midem 2001 and there a worldwide distribution
came trough for it. Some time after the record came out there were different demands
to do gig's in Germany, France and Czech Republic. He had the chance to try out
different tracks and to feel what really worked. Then it took two years of experience
to build on the quality of the music because Bytecon is very critical about it
and always wants to reach higher levels. In 2003 he sent the so called "T-wrex
demo" to different electro labels and there was a huge response on it. The
best contract to sign was from Satamile records, a New York based electro label.
The record comes out around september 2003. As the response was good, Bytecon
decided to immediately send another demo called "Botworx" and again
he signed a contract, this time for Kone records, an electro label from Switzerland.
In 2005 Bytecon had his first American appearence at the anual Miami Music Conference.
In 2006 Bytecon will come out with the album "At the Robodock" on Satamile
records. More info like dates, releases, presskit, pictures... can be found on
: www.bytecon.be
Ground shattering 1st release on Doppelganger Records by Galaxian. 7 tracks of sublime electro inspiration. Dark atmospherics, menacing basslines and creeping grooves combine to make this a future classic.
"The Engines of God" will be part of the historic "Nu Electro Vol. 1" mix compilation on the legendary and recently resurrected label Street Sounds by Morgan Kahn.
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