I-F

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I-F
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Ferenc van der Sluijs (2011)
Background information
Also known asInterr-Ference
Origin The Hague, Netherlands
Genres Electronic, electro, electroclash, pop, Italo disco, chiptune
Years active1996-present
LabelsDisko B
EFA
Viewlexx

I-f (also Interr-Ference) is the stage name of Ferenc E. van der Sluijs, a Dutch producer and DJ based in The Hague. He is a former member of the Dutch techno-pioneers Unit Moebius.

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Overview

In 1997 he produced the track "Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass", [2] which became a huge underground dance hit and is often cited as an early example of electroclash. [1] It introduced "old-fashioned verse-chorus dynamics to burbling electro in a vocodered homage to Atari-era hi-jinks" and is the "record widely credited with catalysing" the electroclash movement. [1]

The album Fucking Consumer was released in 1998 on the Disko B label, followed by The Man From Pack the next year. In 1999 he also made the mixed album Mixed Up In the Hague Vol. 1, [3] [4] which has been cited by many, including Morgan Geist, as being the catalyst that brought renewed interest in Italo disco. [5]

I-f was featured on the seminal 2002 Ghostly International compilation Disco Nouveau . He has also recorded as The Parallax Corporation with Intergalactic Gary. I-f currently runs a record label called Viewlexx. [6] He also ran the internet radio station Cybernetic Broadcasting System (CBS). [7] It was closed down in 2008 but is now one of four channels on Intergalactic FM, which is also operated by I-f.

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 D. Lynskey (22 March 2002), "Out with the old, in with the older", Guardian.co.uk, archived from the original on 15 October 2014
  2. ↑ "I-f – Fucking Consumer (Promo)". Discogs . Zinc Media, Inc. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Let Me Be Your Radio: The Bizarro Universe of Italo Disco". Pitchfork. Retrieved Feb 10, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Dit zijn de 50 meest invloedrijke Nederlandse dj's". 3voor12. Retrieved Mar 2, 2021.
  5. ↑ Juzwiak, Richard (November 22, 2004). Unclassics: An Interview With Morgan Geist Archived 2007-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Stylus Magazine
  6. ↑ Sicko, Dan (1999). Techno rebels: the renegades of electronic funk. Billboard Books, ISBN   978-0-8230-8428-9
  7. ↑ Resident Adviser (14 August 2008). "Portrait of a live man: I-f".
  8. ↑ "I-f – Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass". Discogs . Retrieved 25 July 2012.
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