Sd Laika | |
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Birth name | Peter Runge |
Origin | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | 2023 |
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Years active | 2011–2023 |
Labels | Tri Angle, Lost Codes |
Peter Runge (died 2023), known by his recording alias Sd Laika, was an electronic recording artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
He released his first work, the Unknown Vectors EP in 2012 via Lost Codes. This was the first release for the London-based label founded by grime producer Visionist. [1] [2]
He was later approached by Robin Carolan to release a full album through his UK/US label Tri Angle, which resulted in Runge gathering tracks mainly created during 2011 to 2012 to form his 2014 debut album That's Harakiri. This release gained him a wider audience including reviews from Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, and The Quietus. This album covered many different genres, but was described variously as experimental grime and bass music. [3] [4] [5] [6] Dummy magazine named it their album of the week. [7] In a rare interview later that year, highly influential electronic producer Aphex Twin named Sd Laika as one of the newer artists he listened to most. [8]
His work was sampled by Aphex Twin on his tour in 2017, [9] by Björk in her November 2017 mix for Mixmag , [10] and by Manchester producer Acre in his mix for Fact in January 2018. [11]
In July 2024 it was confirmed that Runge had died in 2023. No explanation for his death was given. [12]
...I Care Because You Do is the third studio album by the British electronic music artist and producer Richard D. James under the alias of Aphex Twin. It was released on 24 April 1995 through Warp Records and contains material recorded between 1990 and 1994. It marked James's return to a beat-driven sound following the mostly ambient album Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994), and combines abrasive rhythms with symphonic and ambient elements. The cover artwork is a self-portrait of James.
Michael Robert Paradinas, better known by his stage name μ-Ziq, is an English electronic musician from Wimbledon, London. He was associated with the electronic style intelligent dance music (IDM) during the 1990s, and recorded on Rephlex Records and Reflective Records. His critically acclaimed 1997 album, Lunatic Harness, helped define the drill 'n' bass subgenre and was also his most successful release, selling over 100,000 copies. Paradinas founded the record label Planet Mu, begun in 1995, where he has championed genres such as juke, IDM and footwork.
Selected Ambient Works Volume II is the second studio album by the British electronic music artist and producer Richard D. James under the alias of Aphex Twin. It was released on 7 March 1994 through Warp Records. Its title follows James's debut Selected Ambient Works 85–92. Unlike that record, most of the tracks are purely ambient music, without the earlier volume's ambient techno beats. James said the music was inspired through lucid dreaming, and likened it to "standing in a power station on acid."
Analogue Bubblebath, also released as Aphex Twin ep, is the first record by musician and producer Richard D. James. The EP was released under his alias The Aphex Twin through Mighty Force Records in September 1991. It was the inaugural release for the label, which at the time was a record shop in Exeter. The record was hugely influential on the development of electronic music, particularly techno and ambient techno. Its release has been described as a key event in the history of dance music. It is the first release in what became the Analogue Bubblebath series.
Andrew James Weatherall was an English musician, DJ, songwriter, producer and remixer. His career took him from being a DJ in the acid house movement of the late 1980s to being a remixer of tracks by Happy Mondays, New Order, Björk, the Orb, the Future Sound of London, My Bloody Valentine, Saint Etienne, Primal Scream, Moby and James.
Girl/Boy EP is an EP by the British electronic music producer and DJ Aphex Twin. It was released through the label Warp on 19 August 1996. It peaked at number 64 on the UK Singles Chart.
Rushup Edge is the second studio album by The Tuss. While credited to Karen Tregaskin, it was actually produced by British electronic music artist and producer Richard D. James. It was originally released on 25 June 2007 on CD and 3xLP through Rephlex, with it later being re-released with extra tracks on James' web store on 20 July 2017. It was James' last released project until the 2014 album Syro.
Richard David James, known professionally as Aphex Twin, is a British musician, composer and DJ active in electronic music since 1988. His idiosyncratic work has drawn on many styles, including techno, ambient, acid, and jungle, and he has been described as a pioneering figure in the intelligent dance music (IDM) genre. Journalists from publications including Mixmag, The New York Times, NME, Fact,Clash and The Guardian have called James one of the most influential and important artists in contemporary electronic music.
Selected Ambient Works 85–92 is the debut studio album by the British electronic music artist and producer Richard D. James under the alias of Aphex Twin. It was released on 9 November 1992 through Apollo Records, a subsidiary of the Belgian label R&S Records. The album consists of ambient techno James recorded on cassette as early as 1985, when he was 13–14 years old. It received widespread acclaim and entered the Dance Albums Chart at No. 6 in December 1992.
Maya Jane Coles is a British music producer, audio engineer and DJ, born in London. Under her real name, she mostly composes and plays house and techno music, while her alias Nocturnal Sunshine creates darker, more bass-driven productions with a heavy hip-hop and dub influence. She was previously part of an electronic dub duo called She Is Danger with Lena Cullen.
An algorave is an event where people dance to music generated from algorithms, often using live coding techniques. Alex McLean of Slub and Nick Collins coined the word "algorave" in 2011, and the first event under such a name was organised in London, England. It has since become a movement, with algoraves taking place around the world.
Patten is the pseudonym of London-based electronic experimental musician and audiovisual artist Damien Roach.
Kwadwo Quentin Kankam, better known by his stage name Novelist, is a British grime MC and record producer from Lewisham in South London. He was a founding member of the Square crew and was nominated for Best Grime Act at the 2014 MOBO Awards. He has been called the "new face of grime" and was described as "the poster child for the first generation of real grime kids" by DJ Logan Sama.
Leon Vynehall is a British artist and producer. He released his second album Rare, Forever on 30 April 2021 via Ninja Tune.
Renick Bell is an American musician, programmer, and teacher based in Tokyo, notable as a pioneer of live coded music performance including at algoraves, and for his algorithmic music releases. Bell creates his music using his self-built live coding system Conductive.
Miles Ian Mitchell, better known as Mr. Mitch, is a British grime record producer from London. He was a founding member of Boxed, a club night and label formed in 2012 with Oil Gang, Logos and Slackk.
That's Harakiri is the only studio album by American electronic music producer Sd Laika, released on the label Tri Angle in 2014. The album cover comes from the Shūji Terayama short “The Cage”
"Blackbox Life Recorder 21f" is a track by the British electronic music artist and producer Aphex Twin. It was first released as the lead single in promotion of the EP Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In a Room7 F760, his first new music under the Aphex Twin alias in five years since 2018's Collapse EP. The EP also contains an alternate "Parallax mix" as the final track on the record.
London 19.08.2023 is an extended play by the electronic music artist and producer Richard D. James, released under the alias of Aphex Twin. It was released on 19 August 2023 through Warp, to coincide with James' performance at the Field Day 2023 festival. The EP was released only as a vinyl record. Both songs on side A were previously released on James' Bleep store, under the name "Korg Trax+Tunings for falling asleep", which was credited to the alias AFX.