Sci-Fi Industries is Luis van Seixas, an electronic project, non supported by any kind of PC or Mac technology, here only hardware machines are involved in the process.
The musical influences laid on electro-industrial and Goth rock from the 80s.
The sound could be defined as dark ambient, cutting edge drum programming and some blend from Portugal cultural heritage. Professionally Luis van Seixas works on conservation and restoration of ancient sculpture and gilded wood objects.
In the past Luis van Seixas join some solid rock bands in Almada since 1988 and collected weird retro stomp boxes for their guitar.
Created Thisco..s studio, named Pod, in 1997 were produced and mastered some of most important CDs from Thisco and other artists: Samuel Jeronimo, Mecanosphere, The Ultimate Architects, L..Ego, Mikroben Krieg, Slow Soldier, Flat Opak, Badlobster, Spartak!.
Luis van Seixas join Fernando Cerqueira (SPH, Ras.Al.Ghul, Rasal.Asad) and started Thisco back in 2000 to support national projects and bands, giving them a chance to archive notoriety worldwide.
SOME QUOTES ABOUT SFI:
"one of the best Portuguese bands of the moment! Simply amazing." Side-Line Magazine - Belgium
"Modern electronic music produced with methods of old, resonating yesterdays ambiences and tendencies (...) Van Seixas in a leading position in the Portuguese scene". Ventrilocution - Portugal
"all is conceived, arranged, superimposed and mixed with an exacerbated engagement and musical quality which catch the listener and do not release it any more." Octopus - France
"talent of textures and synthetic melodies which are interlaced on a sometimes shifted rhythmic groundwork" Coda Magazine - France
"Air Cutter e (...) um dos melhores da cena da musica electronica em Portugal dos ultimos anos. (8/10)" Mondo Bizarre - Portugal
"This is one of the best pure electronic CDs I have heard in the last two years. This is truly unique and innovative. (9/10)" Gothtronic - Holland
"Sci Fi Industries uncannily lives up to its name, delivering carefully crafted, futuristic electro of impressive caliber... Connexion Bizarre - Portugal
"the result is delicious: rhythmic electronica with heart-striking melodies. .. Electronic lover from the old school will love this for sure." in Chain DLK - Italy
"Music full contrasts and nevertheless this way one sounded. It is an impressive cd, which stocks certainly on high volume as a loving bomb. Industrial genot for everyone! " in Subjectvisten - Holland
" Pura electronica cuntica hecha con el corazon." in Decadance - Spain
"Each title offers a rich person pallets sounds, the melodies light, sometimes hypnotic, hopping and are impressed (already!) of a great maturity... To discover." in Heimdallr - Switzerland
"Sci Fi Industries uncannily lives up to its name, delivering carefully
crafted, futuristic electro of impressive caliber. ENJOY IT cause its WORTH!!!
. Industrial.ru - Russia
"musica electronica ambiental de calidad" - Transmission - Spain
Erik Davis, Boyd Rice, Antero Alli, Orryelle, Aesthetic Meat Front, Carl Abrahamsson, Chad Hensley, Vadge Moore, Vincent Alexzànder, Stefan Szczelkun. Andrew Mckenzie, Brian Dean, Magus Coyotel Leyba, Center for Tactical Magic, Critical Art Ensemble.
ANTIBOTHIS Cd Compilation: O Yuki Conjugate, Controlled Bleeding, MILF (ex: bourbonese qualk), Enkidada ( former member of Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia/Exquisite Corpse), Cotton Ferox, Aesthetic Meat Front, Orryelle, Strings of Consciousness, Hybrids.
"Electronic Thisturbance" Cd Compilation offer: Along with the book/cd volume 2, the spokenword/oral cut up cd compilation "Electronic Thisturbance" will be offered, featuring, Jarboe, Francisco Lopez, Terre Thaemlitz, Gx Juppiter Larsen, Von Magnet, Rasalasad+Sci fi Industries, Telepherique, Wild Shores.
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