Me, myself and I and of course my computers and synths.
Influences
2nd Gen, Adult., Laurie Anderson, Autechre, Cabaret Voltaire, Chris & Cosey, Clock DVA, Coil, DAF, Defunkt, Depeche Mode, Duet Emmo, Eletronicat, Brian Eno, Fad Gadget / Frank Tovey, Fläskkvartetten, John Foxx, Holger Hiller, The Human League, The Insult that made a Man out of a Mac, Japan, Laibach, Lamb, Lard, Liasons Dangereuses, Lustmord, Meat Beat Manifesto, Merzbow, Monolake, Muslimgauze, Nitzer Ebb, Gary Numan, Op;l Bastards, Out Hud, Ovro, Pan Sonic, Carlos Peron, Pigface, Plaid, Portishead, Radian, Renaldo & the Loaf, Residents, Rose Royce, Anthony Rother, Nico Scorpio, Severed Heads, Skinny Puppy, SPK, Squarepusher, Jimi Tenor, Throbbing Gristle, T. Raumschmiere, Tuxedomoon, James White & the Blacks, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Yello, Young Gods.
Sounds Like
I try sound like nothing else but I seldom succeed...
Since bacterium officially named Escherichia coli (kolibakteeri in finnish) was first mentioned in school, the name stuck with me because of my very similar surname.
The bad reputation of E.coli is because of E. coli strain O157:H7. However, E. coli K-12 is actually a friendly bacterium as it can produce vitamins that we require, namely vitamin K.
K-12 is also a film rating in Finland meaning under 12 are not allowed to see these films. K-12 rating is just too lame but, on the other hand, my music is not that harsh noise that it would require K-18 rating thus I settled for a compromise: K-15. So you've been warned...
The method:
No samples, no loops, no sequences, and no overdubs: just single, self designed, chaotic synthesizer implemented with Native Instruments Reaktor. All tracks are recorded in one take. Only postprocessing is the normal mastering effects: compressors, equalizers, reverbs etc.
"CNMRG" - research group (St. Petersburg, Russia) "Theremin - Center" for electroacoustic music (Moscow, Russia) "TMA" - Trans Media Akademie Hellerau (Dresden, Germany)
MediaLab workshops and performances by:
Frieder Weiss (Germany) Yuri Didevich (Russia) Daniel Ploeger (Germany) Dmitry Dubov (Russia) Thomas Dumke (Germany) Dmitry Letohovskiy (Russia) Mathias Harting (Germany) Patrick K.-H. (Russia) Micah Silver (Usa), Dmitry Subochev (Russia) Andrei Smirnov (Russia)
Double CD in Digifile sleeve - limited to 1000 copies
Between drone and power electronics, Neon Rain is carrying all the sufferings of working-class meat slaves on the first part of this release. From defiance to resistance, through synth-pop to post-industrial martial anthems, the second part is dedicated to all the people around the world who lead our societies to more chaos and destruction. A no man's land, the ultimate step to peace.
