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Fanu
Drum & Bass / Down-tempo / Breakbeat

BREAKBEATS KICK ASS!




Finland

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Member Since6/15/2006
Band Websitewww.fanumusic.com
Band Members
(^click on "album view", then expand the views by clicking on the ">>" symbols to reveal the songs so they can be listened to and bought)


(click on picture to buy vinyl or click HERE to buy the digital version!)
[art by Lonekink)


^ A clip of an animated short film, "Animatrix", with music by Fanu.
CREDITS:
Original Video: Animatrix
Music: Fanu
Post Production: Timothy Duncan


..
^ Fanu - "Toshiro" (Darkestral Ice Recs.) [video by Formwandler].


^ Fanu - "The Face of The Man Who Killed You" (Warm Communications) [video by Formwandler].









Influencesme
you
Seba
DJing
jungle
Photek
Dillinja
Paradox
Dj Krush
sampling
Dj Shadow
Metalheadz
Amon Tobin
Blu Mar Ten
Tenacious D
Source Direct
summer nights
mid-nineties dnb
Good Looking Records
The Future Sound of London

Sounds LikeSomething not heard before.
Green grass, small clouds.
Wet dew in the morning.
David Lynch's dream.
Demons from hell.
Twin Peaks.
Your mind.
Night.
Day.
!!!
Record LabelSeveral (runs Lightless Recordings)
Type of LabelIndie


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   About Fanu


Emotion, imagination, and rich, thought-provoking atmospheres: that's what you hear in the music of Fanu.
But there's the fourth, almost the most important component missing from that list: THE BREAKBEAT. The wild, syncopated beats of the drum that make drum and bass and breakbeat music what they are are the central element in the music of Fanu.

This music comes from the cold North, which, with its winter climate, has shaped its creator's twisted fancy for eerie soundscapes and "the otherness", which he's expressing in his music: Fanu represents drum and bass, downtempo and also something in between.
Fanu's drum and bass is the child of the mid-nineties, which brought to the world the dark breakbeat-o-ramas of Metalheadz, Source Direct, Photek, Paradox, Danny Breaks, and Good Looking Records, all of which fanu claims to be his main influences. Many have said that Fanu's music definitely sounds like that of his influences, and that comment is - like his fans know it - very very spot-on.

It was in the mid-nineties that Fanu fell in love with the aforementioned artists and labels and started finding out more about the music they called jungle and drum and bass. Soon after that, he started making his first electronic music experiments with his home computer, and he's been on an ever-continuing mission ever since. His first vinyl release worth mentioning, a track called Defunct Drums' Depression Decade, came out in 2003 on the NYC-based Offshore Recordings.

"I still consider that release somewhat seminal to me as it's definitely a track that won't age with time," Fanu admits. To make music that will stand the test of time is one of Fanu's goals. "In today's drum and bass, there's still quite a lot of short-life material that's just boring and it has no content. Quantity is outweighing quality to quite an extent, and hype often overpowers substance," he dares to claim. "But hey, there's still a lot of good stuff out there as well, and there's definitely something for everybody," he says with a smirk.

Fanu's music with its breaks and soundscapes has definitely found fans from around the world. So far, Fanu has released music on Subtitles, Commercial Suicide, Offshore, Breakin', Warm Communications, Subtle Audio, Thermal, Forestry, LoCuts, Soothsayer, 13 Music, Darkestral, OHM Resistance, Cyberset and today, he is mainly writing music for his own record label, Lightless Recordings.

"I like to do varying stuff: it can be light, it can be heavy, but I wanna keep it musical - and actually, I'm not even meaning melodic here. I'm keeping it varied. Whether it be drum and bass or downtempo, I'm trying to put equal amounts of breaks action and musical soundscapes into my tunes: that's what I grew up listening to. I never repeat myself too much in my music, so every tune I finish offers something new. Sometimes I love to do a little break science, but sometimes I love to highlight some other elements instead." Sounds like a successful recipe, doesn't it?

Fanu also DJs, representing the breaky dnb and fat dnb in general. Fanu's been called to play the breaks in so far, he’s been called – to do some breakbeat reformation work – in England (Bristol, Exeter), USA (Chicago, Washington DC, Saint Louis, Seattle, Portland, San Fransisco, Jacksonville, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, New Orleans), Canada (Toronto), Hungary (Budapest, Pecs), Germany (Berlin, Leipzig), Holland (Amsterdam, Groningen, Utrecht, Hague), Poland (Warsaw, Rybnik, Katowice), Czech (Pardubice), Belgium (Antwerp), Lithuania (Klaipeda), Latvia (Riga), Estonia (Tallinn), Sweden (Stockholm), Austria (Wien, Graz), Russia (Moscow, Gornyi Altai [Wetluck 2007], Tyumen), Ukraine (Kiev), Bulgaria (Sofia), Italy (Codroipo), Slovakia (Bratislava), as well as his homeland, Finland (Helsinki, Tampere, Rovaniemi, Joensuu).

"DJing is the best thing ever. Everytime I rock the decks, I do it with a burning passion. I like to keep my sets varied - you need to keep it interesting to keep the crowd interested, of course. I've never wanted to put myself into any mould as a DJ: I play new dubs and old dusty grooves. But most importantly: you gotta make it fat, hot and groovy, baby! No beard-stroking sets from me, trust!"
As if keeping busy on every possible front wasn't enough, Fanu's running a record label of his own to represent his visions to the fullest and to contribute to the world of music as much as he can. Lightless Recordings kicked off in late July 2006 and has so far released four 12"s as well as the Fanu album, "DAYLIGHTLESS", a 2CD/3*12". The label concentrates on representing the dark, eerie, deep, breaky side of things, whether it be drum and bass or downtempo. Some of the music is deeper, some more for the dancefloor - but the quality control is high as usual so there will be no fillers! Check info on the label, the past and future releases as well as some soundclips at Lightless Recordings' Myspace page as well as the Lightless page on the official Fanu site.

Check the official Fanu website at
www.fanumusic.com for a comprehensive audio section, free downloads, mixes, a news'n'blog section, discography, discussion forum, etc!


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Booking: bookings@fanumusic.com
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Nov 5 2009 3:31 PM



just a video

2+2kisses
Puzzle

Puzzle



Nov 4 2009 9:17 PM

sain vihdoinki Homefreen osteltua.
Fimbiom

Fimbiom



Nov 4 2009 5:46 PM

....pleased 2 meet U....
Dynamic Stab

Dynamic Stab



Nov 4 2009 10:02 AM

Two fresh tracks ! ! !

"White leaves"

"Other Dreams"

Please listen on my page!

Thanks...)
Puzzle

Puzzle



Nov 3 2009 6:14 PM

parasta suomalaista dnbtä, big up :)
Jinny

Jinny Coles



Nov 3 2009 6:14 PM

It's my honour to meet you.
Schwerbelastungskörper

Schwerbelastungskörper



Nov 1 2009 4:42 PM

Terve,

tehtiinpä sitten musiikkivideo, käyhän kato! Yritin soitella eilen, kun Haapaveellä ajelin, että mahtasitko olla kotona käymässä, ois voinu käyä vaikka kahvilla!



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Impuls

Impuls



Oct 28 2009 9:44 PM

hey!!

what an awesome new album you layed down..
fuckin great :D

greetings from germany (hope you come there soon ;-) )

impuls
ESPE

ESPE



Oct 20 2009 8:33 PM





























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Dak

Dak



Oct 20 2009 8:03 PM

jou! mites löntöön keikka män? kelasin sellasta et oisko jäbällä tietoo kovista raidipitosista breikeistä (muista ku tighten up), tarttisin :D kyselin jo otolta ja sainki jotain mut ei löytyny ihan mitä haluaisin just nyt... jäbäl ois saleen jotain ässii hihas. uutta proggista pukkaa
NumberJack

NumberJack



Oct 14 2009 9:35 AM

Some Kool Tunes Brother...

Here's to everything Dark
silent.wolf

silent.wolf



Oct 12 2009 4:50 PM

almost forgot about the purple and orange remix!
damn, that shit is dope
Dak

Dak



Oct 11 2009 3:09 PM

jumalauta mitkä bileet! johonki puol viiteen saakka tuli heiluttua mestoilla ja tuli tanssittua saleen enemmän ku koskaan aikasemmin. kaikki dj:t soitti hyvää settiä. oli kyllä itelle just sellaset bileet mistä on joskus tullu känistyy että vittu ku näitä ei oo :D
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Oct 7 2009 2:26 PM

Hey Janne,

thanx for adding me. Sorry to hear about the album sales!

Bought every single Fanu release so far - so keep it up!

Cheers, Bernd.
Dan C.

Dan C.



Oct 3 2009 10:09 PM

just picked up homefree !  thanks !
Paul

Paul



Oct 3 2009 10:09 PM

whats up !
DJ Nihilist

DJ Nihilist



Oct 3 2009 12:05 PM

Me doing my Thang(:
duras

duras



Sep 28 2009 10:35 PM

Great work Mr Fanu

Dak

Dak



Sep 28 2009 6:08 PM

Juu hyvät sessiot oli! Ens kerralla sit jäbäki messiin. FB saa viel odottaa ;) kattoo ny.. Pari viime päivää ollu aika väsynyttä. Överöin eilen kahvia niin paljon et rupes oikein kunnolla ahdistaa ni pidän nyt ainaki viikon tauon. Koulua pitäis jaksaa mutta arvaappa vaan paljonko kiinnostaa :D
Kladni Figures

Kladni Figures



Sep 27 2009 8:38 PM

Big tings! Hope that ankle heals up quick!

~SJ


SOLK

SOLK



Sep 26 2009 10:14 AM

You see, it's sometimes better to lag these things for a while :$. If you keep you BMI steady from now on, you've got a hoody for alive time! Beeing a lot more active on your board, or skipped the sugar in the coffee? Sweating on your fine breaks can be a sport on itself too... Keeps me fit!
SOLK

SOLK



Sep 26 2009 6:53 AM

Ez break wizzard! Much respect for your latest releases. Steady in the case! And we still owe you a black xl one... Incomming.
Juan M

Juan M



Sep 25 2009 7:38 PM

Homefree is amazing!!!
Bless!!
Bisweed

Bisweed



Sep 25 2009 3:19 AM

bigups finnish samurai! love the tunes you do very much! respect from estonia ;)
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