Artists

A small selection of some of our finest Renoise users. Contact us when you think you should be listed here too!

Paula Daunt

Paula Daunt wrote her first song at the age of 7. Her favourite pastime then, was hitting pots and pans while her grandma tried to sing and play the organ. It was quite obvious that Paula had a talent for punk, novelty, variety and anything that could catapult her wild mind into the next melody. Using guitars, a bass, pedals, MPC1000, a 707, her all-time favourite software, Renoise, well pimped with bit-crushing, seizure inducing VST plugins, samples, and her voice, Paula manages to present us with anything from melancholic drones and atmospheric ambient tunes overloaded with strings to Lo-fi booty and the good old breaks; most of it, pretty catchy.

She has taken part in several short-lived radio programs, composed soundtracks for documentaries, a play, sang with a swing band, played heavy techno in Sao Paulo in the early noughties, then jungle and drum n’ bass in the unfriendly south-east London, until she got fed up with the queue of MCs and all the rewinds in 2010, when she finally moved to her beloved chosen home, Berlin.

Now she remixes her mates' tunes, makes soundtracks for fashion film, and produces tracks for various compilations under the name of Paula Daunt and Agnosie. Her tracks are far too eclectic for a sane EP, and that’s why the underground appreciates this deranged girl so much.

http://soundcloud.com/pauladaunt
http://pauladaunt.com/

Cristian Vogel

Cristian Vogel is a composer and music producer, known for his experimental techno performances, compositions and productions. Born in Chile 1972 and raised in the UK, he now lives and works in Geneva. Over more than 18 years he has recorded a number of albums and released on eminent experimental techno labels such as Tresor Berlin, Novamute and Mille Plateaux.

Renoise interviews Cristian Vogel

http://www.no-future.com/vogel_microsite/

Venetian Snares

From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Funk is known for making electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures (mostly 7/4). He is an unusually prolific artist, having released records on the History of the Future, Isolate/DySLeXiC ResPonSe, Addict, Zod, Distort, Sublight, Low-Res, Planet Mu and Hymen record labels.

http://www.venetiansnares.com
http://www.myspace.com/venetiansnares
http://www.last.fm/music/Venetian+Snares

Daed

Daed is a producer from Houston, TX. whose affinity for hard, thrashing sounds emerged 15 years ago during a brief home-schooling stint that drove him to practice guitar daily. After 8 years in various black metal bands, a fellow band member introduced him to Renoise , thus opening him up to a new realm of heavy, intricate beats and sound design. His musical style could be described as a mutant bastard child of breakcore, acid, braindance, metal and drill n' bass.

http://www.aleph9.com/daed-raep-2011-aleph9
http://soundcloud.com/daed

Velvet Acid Christ

Velvet Acid Christ (VAC) is an electro-industrial band based in Denver, Colorado USA. The majority of the band's work is categorized among the genres of industrial, Gothic, electro-industrial, and EBM. The band's tone ranges between angry, upbeat, sad, and psychedelic. The band's lyrical content offers a varied focus, including such topics as love, hate, depression, misanthropy, drugs, and religion. Bryan Erickson is the group's main songwriter. The band was formed in 1990, gaining limited popularity in Europe's underground nightclub scene during the mid-1990s before expanding into other markets in the goth and industrial subcultures. The band's discography includes 12 albums.

http://www.velvetacidchrist.com
http://www.last.fm/music/Velvet+Acid+Christ
http://www.myspace.com/velvetacidchrist93

Richard Devine

Richard Devine is an American electronic musician and sound designer whose music, characterized by complex rhythms and heavy use of DSP, gained popularity among IDM fans after remixing Aphex Twin’s “Come To Daddy”.

http://www.richard-devine.com
http://www.myspace.com/richarddevine
http://www.last.fm/music/Richard+Devine

She

"She" is a multi-instrumentalist, chiptune artist and producer. Currently residing in Sweden, Lain was born in Poland where he learned to play piano at a very early age. In 1997 he began to take his melodymaking knowledge from the piano to the computer. He is also known for his unusual art designs, his use of music trackers and Nine Inch Nails Remixes.

http://www.shemusic.org
http://www.myspace.com/sheofficial
http://www.last.fm/music/she

I Am Robot and Proud

I Am Robot and Proud is a one-man electronic artist from Toronto, Ontario. He also played in the now-defunct band Sea Snakes. He has been releasing records under this name since 2001.

http://www.robotandproud.com/
http://www.myspace.com/iamrobotandproud
http://www.last.fm/music/I+Am+Robot+and+Proud

Vaccine

Having been involved with the promotions end of the industrial rock and IDM music scenes since she was a teenager, and running a drum and bass record label with her husband, ASC, whom she also manages, writing her own music - after she'd been promoting other people's for years - was a logical progression.

Drawing inspiration from synaesthesia and her melting pot of musical influences ranging from Portishead to Skinny Puppy, Vaccine's style has been recognized as being considerably more melodic and not necessarily as dancefloor-orientated as her male cohorts. XLR8R magazine noted her "subtle melodies and echoed vocals", as well as stating that "(Vaccine's) constructions aren't necessarily main floor rave fodder, but rather, comedown music for the 6 a.m. afterhours." She is also notable for being the first female producer signed to a label in dubstep, Hotflush Recrodings, within what was up until then a genre whose producers were almost, if not entirely, male. Her DJ mixes as well have attracted attention for their careful commitment to precise blends, mixing in key, and unexpected multigenre inclusions.

Never one to be confined by formulas or tempo, as evidenced by her DJ mix selection, Vaccine has recently been slinging her talents further afield partnering with elusive but lauded fashion designer Ernte on music for his runway shows, and garnering praise 30 bpm faster writing the melodic, IDM style of drum & bass popularized by Instra:mental and dBridge's Autonomic Podcast series. Additionally, Renoise, her sequencer weapon of choice in both the home studio and live PA setting, has been pushing her as the face of their site on their music player.

http://www.myspace.com/vaccinedub
http://www.last.fm/music/Christine+Vaccine

Datassette/Datashat

The Datassette project is a series of electronic music recordings by John M Davies, and as the name would suggest there is a heavy influence of the C64 SID Chip at work here. The Datashat Project is a pseudonym used for dodgy bastard pop remixes and DJ appearances.

Renoise interviews Datassette

http://www.datassette.net

Otto von Schirach

Otto von Schirach is an IDM and breakcore artist from Miami, Florida. He is of Cuban/German descent. Otto's live performances include outfits, masks and props, and he has toured with the band Skinny Puppy.

http://www.ottovonschirach.com
http://www.myspace.com/ottovonschirach
http://www.last.fm/music/Otto+von+Schirach

Med

Med is one of the most famous Frenchy music demosceners. He grew up in Villiers-le-bel in France. Now living in Taiwan.
Tracking since 22 years now, he was first involved with the French hip hop group Ärsenik and Hubert Colaud jazz batter.

Today his music is used in advertising, documentaries, games and other media. On Jamendo his album has totaled more than 300,000 listens. He is involved with the French Collective.

He uses Renoise since the 1st day.

http://misterelectricdemon.bandcamp.com
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/med

Bizzy B

Bizzy B's Brain Records was one of the most forward thinking labels in the early days when "hardcore rave" was becoming jungle. Many of the productions on the label are by Bizzy B himself, although this was also the place where artists like Slammin Vinyl's DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer (as DJ Red Alert & Pepsi), Technical Itch (as Plasmic Life), Peshay, Equinox (3) and TDK had their debut releases. Bizzy B released on other pionering labels as well; Slowjam & DarkIII on Whitehouse, Stamina and Raw Dogs Relik on Suburban Base, and many more. In 2002 he was producing 2-step and Breaks with his Undercover Agents label, drum'n'bass under the "Warped Science" moniker in 2003, and most recently he's dropping science on Planet-Mu. With almost two decades of underground breakbeat promotion and production under his belt, this man is simply a legend of the genre.

http://www.sampleoidz.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/bizzybbrainrecs
http://www.last.fm/music/Bizzy+B

Fabrice Tonnellier

Fabrice Tonnellier is a French composer of relaxing and ambient music. Born in 1978 he started composing since 1996 in the demoscene. Now he likes playing keyboards, the piano, and world instruments. His inspiration comes from Zen philosophy, nature and world music. He sometimes composes soundtracks for video games and multimedia products.

http://www.fabricetonnellier.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/FTmusique

cEvin Key

cEvin Key is a founding member of the industrial music band Skinny Puppy, along with Nivek Ogre. In addition to his work with Skinny Puppy, cEvin Key has had several side Projects; including Doubting Thomas, Cyberaktif, Hilt and Tear Garden. He was also at one point a drummer and song-writer for synthpop group, Images in Vogue.

http://www.skinnypuppy.com/
http://www.last.fm/music/cEvin+Key

Jakub Gaudasinski

Born in Poland behind the iron curtain in the early 80s, Jakub attended his first music lessons in classical cello. As part of a family of artists and cold war revolutionaries, Jakub's childhood was a colorful mixture of art, strong personalities and beautiful countryside summers by the river. This was a start to what was to be a turbulent and surreal journey into the world of music.

These days Jakub is a composer, producer and a multi-instrumentalist. His auditory palette was forged in the fires of computer programming and field recording. With the frequent use of all manner of human voice and esoteric instrumentation, he was able to create a truly unique and organic sound which, with the help of many television appointments, has now been heard in just about every corner of the world. Jakub is currently running Desa One project studio responsible for artistic endeavors such as Desa Systems and Final Configuration.

http://desasystems.com
http://finalconfiguration.com

Vivace

Vivace is Rotterdam-based Jordy Timmermans, the progressive dancemusic producer known for his dramatic classical compositions, intense bebop breakbeat manipulations and groundbreaking approach to digitally modulated hexadecimal synthesizing.

http://soundcloud.com/vivace
http://www.myspace.com/botb

Easily Embarrassed

The Dutch brothers Van der Schilden and Peter Spaargaren have been exploring musical emotions with deep, atmospheric layers since 2006, forming the electronic act 'Easily Embarrassed'. Combining various styles and flavors, from electro to ambient and from dub to psychedelic, they blend retro synthesizing with today's sound design.

Hailing from the EE Studio in Aalsmeer, Holland, they've already earned their marks releasing 2 free EP's "From Sunset Last Night to Sunrise This Morning" and "Darkened Emotion". Easily Embarrassed moved on from there, leaving the demo scene behind when they released their debut album "Idyllic Life" on Cardamar Music. The up- and downtempo flows of 'Easily Embarrassed' has developed strongly over the years, not afraid to venture into the unknown, but always staying true to their own, distinct sound.

http://www.embarrassed.nl/
http://www.myspace.com/easilyembarrassed

DJ Hidden

DJ Hidden is a Dutch DJ, producer and artist spinning and producing Drum 'n Bass and Hardcore Techno. Atmospheric, sometimes heavily distorted dark sounds characterize his music - which has been released on a wide range of record labels.

http://www.djhidden.com/
http://www.myspace.com/dj_hidden
http://www.last.fm/music/DJ+Hidden

Hunz

Hunz is one of the familiar names involved in the demoscene of the 1990s. He grew up in Brisbane, Australia and began working on tracker music in his early teens. He is noted for being one of the first trackers to make the unconventional move of adding vocals to the compositions.

Interview with Hunz in the Renoise forum

http://www.hunz.com.au/
http://www.myspace.com/hunz
http://www.last.fm/music/Hunz

Jonas the Plugexpert

Jonas' detailed descriptions of mangled digital soundscapes filled with filigree creatures and atmospheric sceneries can only be explained from serious head trauma in his youth ‘caused by an exploded commodore 64. Imagine a tracking shot through a world with swampy bass-lines, racing snares and drum-sets flying in helicopters overlooking sinus-wave-snakes hanging from infinite tree structures of hierarchical noise.

http://plugexpert.bandcamp.com

B-complex

From the stark, post-Communist landscape of Bratislava, Slovakia emerges one of Eastern Europe’s most talented producers - B-Complex. Matus began his first attempts at production in 1996, experimenting with hardcore and trance before discovering drum 'n bass - an ideal medium to capture the diversity of his style, which incorporates influences from classic rave to ethnic folk music. Both heartbreakingly melodic and relentlessly hard, B-Complex’s music will captivate your heart and slay your bassbins.

Interview in the Renoise forums

http://www.myspace.com/bcomplexdnb
http://www.last.fm/music/b-complex

Toxic Coma

Toxic Coma is a side project to Velvet Acid Christ. Psychophreak was written over the summer of 2004 using only Renoise with some VSTi plug-ins. Toxic Coma has always been about making normal people go crazy, and making insane people laugh and enjoy themselves. This music is for the hardcore freak and/or psychonaut. Toxic Coma use so many styles and genres in their music that they consider themselves the ultimate fusion of all electronic underground hardcore styles.

Toxic Coma talks about Renoise in the studio

http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/toxic-coma
http://www.last.fm/music/Toxic+Coma

Perquisite

Perquisite is a Hip Hop / Nu-Jazz and Trip Hop artist. Together with rapper Pete Philly he created the album Mind.state in 2005. Perquisite and Pete Philly are both from Amsterdam, Netherlands. Some say they developed a new kind of urban music which is very soulful and from the heart.

http://www.myspace.com/perquisite
http://www.last.fm/music/Perquisite

Hitori Tori

In 1998 Julian La Brooy’s four track recorder was tragically destroyed. A sound tracker completely changed everything and Hitori Tori was born. Agitated breaks became combined with tweaked arpeggiated synth lines, some cut up vocals, and a few lugubrious tones thrown into the background for good measure.

Early releases included tracks as part of the electronic duo Finch on the Sugarmonk/Interchill Om Complilation in 1999. Fasp, another musical incarnation, released an album on the net label NISHI in 2002. Contributing a track to Balanced Records’ Northern Faction 4 compilation, Hitori Tori continued with his meticulously detailed productions.

Hitori Tori Talks Renoise Live Tricks

http://hitoritori.tumblr.com
http://www.myspace.com/hitoritori
http://www.last.fm/music/Hitori+Tori

Lackluster

Lackluster, born Esa Juhani Ruoho, October 26, 1978, in Helsinki, Finland, started producing music at the age of 15. He has spent 20 years of his life in Kontula, Eastern Helsinki, Finland. He composes music with various stepsequencers, and has released music on quite a few netlabels such as Monotonik, Kahvi Collective, Acroplane, TwoCircles and Yuki Yaki.

http://www.lackluster.org/
http://www.myspace.com/lacklust3r
http://www.last.fm/music/lackluster

Anodyne

One of Ireland's unsung electronic heroes. Anodyne, known for his mind shredding live shows, leads the listener into experiments in dark electro, acid and ambient, blending with elements of old skool rave and breakbeat.

http://www.myspace.com/anodyneireland
http://psychonavigation.com/corrosion.html

Deemphasis

Deemphasis is an Electro producer from France. He started in the early 90's writing tracks with the original soundtracker on Amiga for the Demoscene. Always influenced by the old techno music from Germany, Belgium, Detroit, England..., he is now focused on dark electro mixing breakbeats, acid and vocoders? After releasing a 12 inch EP on NewFlesh Records, in 2011 he releases the "Mechanical Beats" album on his own label : Ukonx Recordings

http://www.facebook.com/deemphasis
http://deemphasis.bandcamp.com
http://ukonx.bandcamp.com
http://www.junodownload.com/artists/Deemphasis/releases/

Aria Rostami

Coming from San Francisco, Aria Rostami's music shares the same ebb and flow of his hilly and foggy city. With influences from ambient to IDM, classical to noise, and Persian traditional to Japanese contemporary, Rostami's work will either hit a note you like or an idea you'd want to explore.

http://www.last.fm/music/aria+rostami
http://soundcloud.com/ariarostami
http://www.ariarostami.com

Enduser

Enduser is the bastard son of KRS-One, Skinny Puppy, and Photek. Raised on a steady diet of hip-hop and early jungle records, Enduser smashes through genre walls with alternating punches of industrial strength drum and bass and hip-hop flavored breakcore.

http://sonicterror.net/enduser/
http://www.myspace.com/enduser
http://www.last.fm/music/Enduser

Next Life

Next Life is a Norwegian hardcore/metal/punk band using the C64 and other vintage computers in their music.

http://www.electricdungeon.org
http://www.myspace.com/next_life
http://www.last.fm/music/next+life

ASC

2009, and after establishing himself as one of the most versatile, forward thinking, cutting edge producers in drum and bass, ASC will now be working on a sound aimed firmly at breaking barriers between genres, and pushing only the best in quality electronic dance music.

http://www.myspace.com/ascintexsystems
http://www.last.fm/music/ASC

D Fast

D Fast is a music producer from Helsinki, Finland. He has been writing music since early 1990 starting with piano compositions and moving from digital piano workstation to computer based music. His music is deeply influenced by the Demoscene and funk music made in the 70’s and 80’s, yet he has a wide selection of favorite genres both listening and composing wise. He moved to using Renoise as his primary music software in 2005. He self-released his first record in 2007 called Get Caught, followed by Planet Boogie in 2008.

http://www.dfastmusic.net
http://www.myspace.com/dfast
http://www.last.fm/music/D%20Fast

Saine

Lost in the search for the perfect beat, the Finnish native Lauri Saine keeps shaping his sound signature forward. His first encounters with music production date back to 1995, the internet was about to bloom and there was no turning back. After the turn of the millennia, Saine released most of his hip-hop/jazz influenced tracks on the now-legendary Tokyo Dawn. Since then the 27-year-old musician has launched two solo albums on Helsinki-based Cymbidium Records, a self-released EP (free download here) and finally his third long player Long Time No See.

Saine! Long Time No See in the blog

http://www.sainemusic.com
http://soundcloud.com/saine
http://www.myspace.com/sainemusic
http://www.last.fm/music/sain

Xerxes

At the age of 14, Xerxes started producing music using an Amiga 500. He is a deeply respected ambient artist and has played alot of festivals the last years, both as a dj and with his band "Xerxes Live".

http://www.xerxes-music.com/
http://www.myspace.com/xerxesambient
http://www.last.fm/music/xerxes

Machinae Supremacy

Machinae Supremacy is a band from Luleå, Sweden that combines modern heavy metal and alternative rock with chiptunes. Self-defined as SID metal, many of their songs use a SidStation that features the SID chip of the Commodore 64. They have released a considerable number of songs for free download on their site, 32 original recordings, with approximately 100,000 downloads a month.

http://www.machinaesupremacy.com/
http://www.myspace.com/machinaesupremacy
http://www.last.fm/music/Machinae+Supremacy