As Codebase, techno producer Tom Butcher made the leap from the overcrowded underground scene to the international name-brand when he signed to Force Inc in 2003, following years of independent projects and laboring. Born in Houston and classically trained on the piano from the age of eight, by the age of twelve he was already recording his first compositions. Now based in Seattle, Butcher’s career was jump-started by a chance encounter with Swayzak, who went on to release two of his tracks on their 240 Volts label.
In 2003, Force Inc. Music Works released his debut album Style Encoding. Much of the music on Style Encoding bears the influence of a diverse roster of electronic mavens from the seventies, eighties, and nineties. From the synthetic pleasures of progenies like Brian Eno and Kraftwerk, through to the disaffected death disco of Giorgio Moroder, Nitzer Ebb, and New Order, through even further still to the pattern regenerations of Maurizio and Thomas Brinkmann, Butcher’s sound manages to incorporate and rework these earmarks into something quite inventive and invigorating. Force Inc. also released the first single from the album, “Seek and Destroy”, featuring remixes from dub-house pioneers Swayzak and minimal techno hero Stewart Walker.
Butcher’s work as a DJ extends as far back as 1993, when his presence in the USA’s underground rave and party scene established him as an eclectic and invigorating talent. From his Seattle base, Butcher still incorporates many different styles of music into his DJ sets, from minimal techno to Italo-disco, back to house and tech-house, and even some Detroit techno thrown in for good measure.
Codebase is equal parts techno, electro, house, and subversive pop sensibility. One of the strongest attributes of Butcher’s work is that it will leave you wondering where exactly to place it. Even in today’s culture of genre-bending and genre-delineation, Codebase stands out as a transition, an anomaly.
Yo! Misha is PLAYING Tonight! Come out... Misha Gets MADE from 10:30-Midnight. With the Sweatbox boys getting the party started at 9pm. Stay late a catch KYND and Justin Brynes drop filthy beats till 2am!
Huge night of OG Seattle Techno. and never a cover! Vito's 9th and Madison - Seattle
a humble invitation for you to pre-listen to my new album �HONIGPUMPE�. this honeysuckle-myspace-arrangement will last for a week. �HONIGPUMPE� will be released on the 29th of may by KOMPAKT. greetings from the HONIGFABRIK keep it sweet thomas
If you get a second, I've put a remix of our song skyline
on my page for everyone to listen to and comment if they want..
Our friends Oscar Aguilera and Nicolas de Angel remixed it for your listening pleasure...
We are working now in our upcoming second
e.p "everyone forever"
KRAKT NEED BITCHES.
LOOK FOR PRETTY BOY.
USE AS CHICK MAGNET.
KRAKT FIND CODEBASE.
CATCH WITH TRAIL OF MOISTURIZER AND HAIR GEL.
LOCK IN RE-BAR.
MAKE PLAY MUSIC.
MELT PANTIES.
BRAIN ZENTZ FINISH DANCEFLOOR.
WIPE PANTIES WITH RAGING TECHNO.
MAKE LADIES CRY.
KRAKT @ RE-BAR. SATURDAY. MARCH 10.
10 BUCKS. CHEAP BOOZE. PANTYLESS BITCHES.
BRIAN ZENTZ | CODEBASE (LIVE) | KRISTINA CHILDS
