Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second-largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A., it is rated an alpha world city having an estimated 2007 population of 4.0 million. Additionally, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan area is home to nearly 13 million people who hail from all over the globe and speak more than a hundred different languages. L.A. has played a major role as a centre of hip hop culture since the 90s, and besides giving rise to superstar bands like Guns 'N Roses and The Red Hot Chilly Peppers, L.A. boast a sizeable scene for electronic music, from Latin-influenced house to experimental electronica.
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California based John Tejada is easily one of the most productive DJ/producers in modern dance music. While most of his colleagues work on establishing a signature sound within one specific genre, John Tejada works in all genres simultaneously. Whether...
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Ican Productions is a collaboration effort of Galaxy 2 Galaxy and Los Hermanos keyboarder Estaban Adame and Underground Resistance DJ Santiago Salazar. The duo have started out releasing for Carl Craig's renowned Planet E label and have recently founded...
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Great nephew of Alice Coltrane, Flying Lotus started out recording for seminal LA label Plug Research, where his debut '1983' appeared in 2006. Recording abstract electronic hip hop in the style of Madlib, Jay Dilla or Plug Research labelmates Headset...
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The project of Plug research founder Allen Avanessian (a.k.a. Mannequin Lung) and The Postal Service's Jimmy Tamborello, Headset releases abstract electronic hip hop aided by well-known contributers like Anti Pop Consortium's Beans, Thomas Fehlmann or Ninja Tune artist Daedalus.
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Bryan Hollon a.k.a. Boom Bip started out in Cincinnati's hip hop scene, teaming up with rapper Dose One for his debut album 'Circle' in 1998. following the phenomenal reception of 'Circle', Boom Bip was signed to Warp Records' sub-label Lex, for which he records to this day. His musical scope has much expanded from his hip hop...
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Famously styling himself as a Victorian dandy, Alfred Darlington sees himself more as a 'gentleman inventor' than a regular producer, as a convinced generalist tinkering with his scientific toys. His elaborate beat constructions however betray his...
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Recording different styles of music under a variety of names, Kenneth James Gibson is easily one of the United States' most prolific electronic music producers. His [a]pendics.shuffle project is dedicated to the exploration of straight and upfront minimal...
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Simon James is the 35-year-old Scottish born musician and singer behind the alias Woolfy. In 1999 he met Dan Hastie in a run down bar in downtown LA and together the two started to make music under the name of Projections, influenced by dirty disco, funk, psychedelic rock and house music. Their first single on Chicago's Guidance...
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Also known under his DJ S2 moniker, L.A.-native Santiago Salazar started DJing in the early 90s, inspired by mix tapes his brother brought back from the gay underground house scene. Salazar eventually moved to Detroit, where he soon connected with Mike...
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With stand-out releases for the Sandwell District label and his own Historia y Violencia imprint (co-run with Santiago Salazar), Juan Mendez a.k.a. Silent Servant has been one of the most talked-about techno artists of 2009. The Minnesota-born resident of...
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One of the brightest young talents in L.A.'s booming experimental hip-hop scene, Jennifer Lee a.k.a. Tokimonsta creates her beats using a variety of live instruments, percussion, digital manipulation, and dusty vinyl. Her stumbling dub-step inspired downbeat breaks have attracted the attention of Flying Lotus and his Brainfeeder...
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A pioneer of West Coast hip-hop, Greg Broussard a.k.a. The Egyptian Lover started out as a DJ in Los Angeles with Uncle Jamm's Army, alongside people like Ice-T and Chris 'The Glove' Taylor. His first single, 'Egypt, Egypt' became a hit 1984 and is still...
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Los Angeles based duo Rainbow Arabia marry electro-acoustic dance sounds and world music with the youthful energy of punk using an array of Lebanese synthesizers and drum machines, serpentine guitar lines, live percussion, and Siouxsie-esque vocals that are at times war calls while beautifully spectral at others.
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