Steve Stoll (musician)

Last updated

Steve Stoll (born 1967, as Stephen Stollmeyer) is an American techno musician and label owner.

Contents

Stoll also produces under monikers such as Acid Farm, Ausgang, The Blunted Boy Wonder, Cobalt, Critical Mass, Dark Man, Datacloud, Floating Point, Mr. Proper, The Operator, Storm, Systematic, Test Tones and Time Attack.

Life

Stoll was born in Staten Island, New York, and raised in Brooklyn, where he learned to play drums. [1] He had three siblings, a brother named Glen, and two sisters, Dorothy and Maria. In the late 1980s he became interested in electronic music while he was drumming for the independent label Wax Trax! Records. [1]

After high school he joined the US Army and served for five years, most notably in the Gulf War. After his release he played drums for Sister Machine Gun, studied Jazz music and later started to produce techno music.

He was signed by Richie Hawtin's label Probe in 1992, where his first solo release Datacloud was released in 1993. [2] Since the mid 1990s he produced a string of Minimal Techno and Acid Techno releases. He also collaborated with musicians such as Pete Namlook, Ken Ishii, Damon Wild and Patrick Codenys of Front 242. [3] Besides releases for novamute, Music Man and Djax-Up-Beats he also runs his own label Proper NYC. [3]

Steve left the public eye around 2017 with his final live performance. He does not maintain any social media and prefers to work in solitude producing under multiple aliases.

Selected discography

Related Research Articles

House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute as a re-emergence of 1970's disco. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture and evolved slowly in the early/mid 1980s, and as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat. By early 1988, House became mainstream and supplanted the typical 80s music beat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Uwe Schmidt</span> German composer, musician and producer

Uwe H. Schmidt, also known as Atom™, Atom Heart, or Señor Coconut, is a German composer, musician and producer of electronic music. He is often regarded as the father of electrolatino, electrogospel, and aciton music. In the nineties, Schmidt moved to Chile and developed part of his career there, adopting the alias Señor Coconut.

Pete Namlook was an ambient and electronic music producer and composer. In 1992, he founded the German record label FAX +49-69/450464, which he oversaw. He was inspired by the music of Eberhard Weber, Miles Davis, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chopin, Wendy Carlos, Tangerine Dream and Pink Floyd, and most importantly Klaus Schulze.

Luke Slater is an English electronic musician, DJ and record producer, who has concentrated on techno since the beginning of the 1990s. He achieved break through commercial success with his tracks "Love" (1997) and "All Exhale" (1999).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Speedy J</span> Dutch electronic music producer

Jochem George Paap, known by his stage name Speedy J, is a Dutch electronic music producer based in Rotterdam. His breakthrough came with the release in 1992 of the minimal techno track "Pullover". He released music as part of Warp Records' Artificial Intelligence series in the 1990s, including his debut LP Ginger (1993).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FAX +49-69/450464</span> German record label

FAX +49-69/450464 was a German record label founded in Frankfurt in 1992 by ambient musician Peter Kuhlmann. It was originally devoted to Namlook's collaborations with other German electronic artists, primarily in hard trance and hardcore styles, but soon expanded with the debut of the ambient Silence and Air projects; consequently, ambient and downtempo music became the predominant focus of the label.

Instinct Records is a New York City electronic-music record label that first gained prominence in 1989. It is best known for releasing much of Moby's early work. Moby produced a number of tracks under various monikers so that in the early days, the label would appear to have a larger roster of acts. The label has several sublabels, which include Evolver, Instinct Ambient, Kickin Records US, Liquid Music, Shadow Records, and Sonic Records. It has also released records from artists such as Cabaret Voltaire, Sarah Cracknell, Rasputina, and Drum Club.

<i>Psychonavigation</i> 1994 studio album by Pete Namlook, & Bill Laswell

Psychonavigation is a collaborative album by Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook, released on April 25, 1994, by FAX +49-69/450464.

<i>Cymatic Scan</i> 1994 studio album by Bill Laswell/Tetsu Inoue

Cymatic Scan is a collaborative album by Bill Laswell and Tetsu Inoue. It was released on July 11, 1994, by FAX +49-69/450464.

<i>Outer Dark</i> (album) 1994 studio album by Bill Laswell

Outer Dark is the third solo album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on December 4, 1994, by FAX +49-69/450464.

<i>Second Nature</i> (Atom Heart, Tetsu Inoue and Bill Laswell album) 1995 studio album by Atom Heart/Tetsu Inoue/Bill Laswell

Second Nature is a collaborative album by Atom Heart, Tetsu Inoue and Bill Laswell. It was released on August 14, 1995, by FAX +49-69/450464.

<i>Psychonavigation 2</i> 1995 studio album by Pete Namlook, & Bill Laswell

Psychonavigation 2 is a collaborative album by Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook, released on December 5, 1995, by FAX +49-69/450464.

<i>Outland 2</i> 1996 studio album by Pete Namlook & Bill Laswell

Outland 2 is a collaborative album by Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook, released on April 9, 1996, by FAX +49-69/450464.

<i>Psychonavigation 3</i> 1997 studio album by Pete Namlook, & Bill Laswell

Psychonavigation 3 is a collaborative album by Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook, released on February 17, 1997, by FAX +49-69/450464.

<i>Outland 3</i> 1998 studio album by Pete Namlook, & Bill Laswell

Outland 3 is a collaborative album by Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook, released on April 20, 1998, by FAX +49-69/450464.

<i>Psychonavigation 4</i> 1999 studio album by Pete Namlook, & Bill Laswell

Psychonavigation 4 is a studio album by the electronic artists Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook. It was released in 1999 through FAX +49-69/450464.

<i>Outland IV</i> 2000 studio album by Pete Namlook, & Bill Laswell

Outland IV is a collaborative album by Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook, released on February 5, 2000 by FAX +49-69/450464.

<i>Psychonavigation 5</i> 2002 studio album by Pete Namlook, & Bill Laswell

Psychonavigation 5 is a collaborative album by Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook, released on March 13, 2002 by FAX +49-69/450464.

<i>Outland 5</i> 2007 studio album by Pete Namlook, & Bill Laswell

Outland 5 is a collaborative album by Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook, released on March 21, 2007 by FAX +49-69/450464.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saskia Slegers</span> Dutch DJ and owner of music label

Saskia Slegers is a Dutch DJ and producer who has run the influential music label Djax since 1989. She deejays dance music as Miss Djax.

References

  1. 1 2 Q&A session with Steve Stoll Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine , elektraxmusic.com, retrieved 1 April 2014
  2. ↑ Steve Stoll Bio, audiobase.com, retrieved 1 April 2014
  3. 1 2 Steve Stoll: Return of the Locked-Groove Monster, ableton.com, retrieved 1 April 2014
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.