Artists
Here is a list of musicians who have appeared on our label
Captain Funk (Tokyo, Japan)
Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) called Captain Funk’s 1999 big beat record, Bustin’ Loose, “Fucking insane!” Simple as that. Tokyo-based DJ/producer Tatsuya Oe, the guy behind the good captain for just over a decade now, is one of this city’s favourite DJs, he’s a really nice guy, and he’s previously unfurled his music through respected Japanese label, Sublime – they also released Co-Fusion, Tanzmusik, Susumu Yokota and Ken Ishii. Tatsuya has also released more experimental albums in his own name, as well as under the moniker of ONJQ+OE, with Yoshihide Otomo, and now operates a web-based label, called Model Electronic.
Zen Paradox (Melbourne, Australia)
Zen Paradox was established in 1991 by Steve Law as a solo outlet for his more techno oriented electronic music work. Steve has previously been a member of the groups Foil and Guild of Fire, and is a current member of Black Cab and High Pass Filter. His other solo projects include Mutagenic Mind, Mr. Suspicious and Solitary Soul. Steve has been producing avant garde and electro-acoustic music since 1984, and in 1996 was awarded the ABC Classic FM Computer Music Award for his composition "Urbania". Some of his live collaborators include Monolake, Andy Vaz, Atom Heart, Tetsu Inoue, Riou Tomita, Ai Yamamoto and The Terminal Quartet.
Dale Baldwin (Canberra, Australia)
Dale from Canberra, started his first residencies with the Psy crew at Red Gekko in Canberra's centre, he moved on to house sets - latin tinged, progressive funk inspired, tech edged... It linked, but abstractly. Dale is the product of an enthusiastic trial by fire, but is all the better for it. A producer and performer cast in a different mould, yet one that, interestingly enough, is deceptively familiar.
Little Nobody (Tokyo, Japan)
Andrez Bergen, better known as Little Nobody, is an expatriate Australian journalist, some-time musician, photographer, DJ, occasional illustrative pencil-pusher, one-time filmmaker, writer, wayward graphic designer, and an ad hoc beer connoisseur, formerly from Melbourne, who's been entrenched in Tokyo, Japan, for almost 7 years now.
Si Begg (London, UK)
Si is the British geezer who helms irreverent labels Noodles and Noodles Discotheque over in the UK, as well as Mosquito Records (with Cristian Vogel). He’s been recording for 14 years, under aliases like Buckfunk 3000, S.I. Futures, Cabbage Boy, Lenny Logan and Zygmunt Janowski, on labels like those above, as well as Hydrogen Jukebox, NovaMute, Tresor, IF?, Cheap and Planet Mu.
Tobias Schmidt (Scotland)
Scottish knob-twiddler Toby Smith is better known in electronic music circles under the Teutonic nom-de-plume of Tobias Schmidt. He also cuts tunes as Le Chimp Atomique, and as one half of Sugar Experiment Station (with Neil Landstrumm), with The Manimals (with Cristian Vogel & Dave Tarrida), and as a member of The Verticals. His new-fangled techno/electro music has repeatedly surfaced on labels like Tresor, Sativae, IF?, Scandinavia Records, Disko B, Nest and Feinwerk.
Toshiyuki Yasuda (Tokyo, Japan)
A former member of esteemed Japanese electro/funk outfit Fantastic Plastic Machine, Toshiyuki has released exceptional records under his own moniker and on his own flagship label, Megadolly – which has featured contributions from Towa Tei, Si Begg and Morgan Fisher. His third album, With Robo*Brazileira, proudly declared itself as “Duets of a Brazilian-singing-robot and human”.
Deep Night (Sydney, Australia)
This is a new project by DJ Hi-Shock. Usually he produces deep, hard techno and dark trance, but under Deep Night the plan is to release more of the funky-breaky hardhouse stuff, tech house and some techno fusion. Deep Night is responsible for Hypnotic Room's first ever release Perfect Stranger EP.
Ein Kleiner Schelm (Füchse, Germany)
Harking from the small hamlet of Füchse in Germany, the anonymous creator behind Ein Kleiner Schelm moved to Tokyo, Japan in 2002, where he promptly made a name for himself with a rash of tech-house tracks and scintillating live sets, before retiring from music completely in 2004 and moving back to Germany. The man came out of retirement this year when we asked him to remix Dale Baldwin's "Sun of the Morning".
Steve Cobby - FILA BRAZILLIA (Hull, UK)
17 years ago, Yorkshire duo Steve Cobby and Dave McSherry began recording tunes together; their hallmark quirk? The treatment of all sounds as objet trouvé. You can look that one up in a dictionary. Since then, they unleashed stuff first on Pork Recordings, and then via their own label 23 Records. They’ve worked with Harold Budd and Bill Nelson, and done at least 60 remixes – including ones for The Orb, Radiohead, Lamb, DJ Food and Busta Rhymes. Steve, who’s turned out to be a surprisingly approachable, down-to-earth fella, himself also cuts yummy tunes under the alias of Solid Doctor.
Ginza Spy (Tokyo, Japan)
Released several trax under a different project name in Tokyo. The music is mainly influenced by those legendary sounds of Harthouse Frankfurt especially from the 1993-95 years. Also produces deep hypnotic breaks and intelligent progressive tekkno.
Ginza Spy's Bad Cave EP has been the most popular release on Hypnotic Room so far.
Jason Leach - SUBHEAD (London, UK)
Subhead comprised British pair Jason Leach and Phil Wells, and for over a decade they released their peculiarly glorious brand of electro/techno through outlets like Sativae, Tresor, Neue Heimat, and their own label, Subhead. Jason is quite the musical iconoclast himself, with a dissident ethic that tickles my fancy, and his solo jaunts have appeared on fellow labels Death To Vinyl, Tresor and Mercurochrome.
TR-Storm (Melbourne, Australia)
Comprising of musicians Dan Woodman and Derek Shiel. Melbourne-based producers who were one of the first live acts to play at Global Village as the new sounds were emerging. Together, Dan and Derek could been found tweaking and peaking playing live alongside such names as Voiteck, Zen Paradox, Sven Vath, Juan Atkins, Reflex Allstars, Baby Ford, DJ T1000, and Stacey Pullen. Both boys continue to make music and DJ at outdoor festivals like Rainbow Serpent.
Masaya Sasaki (Tokyo, Japan)
23-year-old Masaya frequently releases music through Sinergy Networks and net label –N, and has worked with DJ Shalma. “From the fragments of the faded daily life, from the 'broken pieces, we try to play backwards the daily life to the starting point, but the result is always monstrously distorted and unstable,” he espouses. “I'm always thinking of visionary sounds, sounds of some imaginary creatures, or simply new sounds. They still haven't come to me yet.” He was just 12 when Little Nobody first released Nobody's Driving - the track we asked Masaya to remix for us in 2008.
DJ Slab (Sydney, Australia)
Seb Bayne is a former editor of Sydney’s 3D World mag and for several years thereafter he ran the notorious Club VOGUE in Beijing in China! He’s played supporting the likes of Laurent Garnier, Ken Ishii and Derrick May, and is also about to release his sounds through Audio Factory. Seb has now settled back into his hometown in order to pursue his own production work.
Tal (Paris, France)
Seven years ago, Paris-based musician Hadad Tal released the absolutely brilliant cut-up/electro album, An Evening With Charlie, on Belgian label Sub Rosa (they also have released Scanner, David Shea, Bill Laswell, and Marcel Duchamp). He’s since remixed Little Nobody and Peaches, appeared on labels like Quatermass, Pagan and IF?, does installation art shows around the world, and is seriously contemplating a move to Beijing. Way cool.
Naotoxin (Tokyo, Japan)
Real name Naoto Yamazaki, Japan’s Naotoxin began DJing and making muzak at age 17, lived in Seattle for a bit, and is a regular at the infamous Tokyo Laptop Battles. He also appeared on recent Fourthcity compilations. “I’m living like Ninja,” he likes to say. “Nobody can see me.” Indeed.
Devin Wine (Tokyo, Japan)
An astute expat American who’s lived in Tokyo these past few years, Devin plays downright funky bass guitar on his beloved Rickenbacker for various local funk and jazz ensembles; he also dabbles with tunes on his MacBook Pro under the alias of Tylendal, doubles as one half of Atomic Autocrac vs. Admiral Anderision (he’s the officer), recently remixed Severed Heads - and he studies music production at Berklee.
Isnod (Melbourne, Australia)
A resident IF? artist for over a decade, Damian Stephens continues to goad the perimeters of Melbourne’s fringe underground electronic scene - these days often collaborating with vocalist Max. He’s released several albums, appeared on IF? Records’ Reaction Hero remix compilation in 2001, played live support to Squarepusher and Mike Patton, and is a suitably subversive, ad hoc member of the LN Elektronische Ensemble.
Pat Stormont (Melbourne, Australia)
The current enfant terrible of Melbourne’s continually thriving live electronic music circuit, Pat has been a veteran performer at somewhat notorious parties like More Bass, Glitch and Deep Chord, and he DJs (with James Steer) under the alias of Midget Fidget. He put together a remix for us about a year ago, in the midst of barnstorming across the globe. Respect.
Alice Yung (Seoul, South Korea)
Mysterious producer who met Hypnotic Room on the internet. Nobody knows who she is. Produces very underground moody trance and dark techno, she has also released some harder techno on Elektrax Recordings.
DJ Hi-Shock (Sydney, Australia)
Inspired by the early electronic music of Detroit, Chicago, early German techno and underground sounds of Belgian New Beat, he began his versatile professional DJ career in 1988. Dj Hi-Shock has been producing quality techno and deep trance since 1994. His sound is full of pounding drums and hypnotizing rhythms. Always striving to perfect his skills, he is constantly taking his music to a higher level. Hi-Shock has performed alongside top DJs and producers such as Sven Vath, Kevin Saunderson, Oliver Lieb, Roughage, Thomas P. Heckmann, Commander Tom, Lenny Dee, Mijk van Dijk and Jammin' Unit and many others.