Edgey
Encyclopedia
Edgey is an experimental music
, industrial
and breakcore
musical project from New York City
. Stephen James Knight is the production mind behind the creations, also denoting a side project, for this moniker. Working in the past veins of Industrial
, Hardcore
, Broken beats, Techno
, Noise
, IDM
and Ambience
, this genre-bending experience has proved to be most-valuable in his creation to push the realm of Drum n bass to its varying extremes.
Edgey also maintains an active participant in the Darkstep
community, maintaining darkstep.org, a community dedicated to the promotion and discussion of hard, aggressive Drum n bass.
Formed in the mid 1990s, Thoughtbludgeon Recordings was formed by edgey.
, often achieving, and maintain #1 ranking on the mp3.com
music genre charts. Earning a worldwide audience by utilizing promotional avenues on the internet, Edgey has taken his act from coast to coast in the United States, and in recent years, abroad, most prominently performing at both the Maschinenfest
and Forms of Hands festivals in Germany.
Edgey has been credited with the coining of both the terms "Wreckstep", and "Rivetstep".
Rog Hardcore Productions, Soul Martyr (Sole Martyr)
:
Deep Fried Clams, Dawndeath Incinerator, Dysfunctional Sound Alliance, Carved Insane, Christ Cage
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
, industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
and breakcore
Breakcore
Breakcore is a style of electronic music largely influenced by hardcore techno, drum and bass and Intelligent dance music. Its sound is largely characterized by a high-tempo, well-timed mingling of distorted kick drums , break beats arranged from samples of the Amen break, and audio samples from a...
musical project from New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Stephen James Knight is the production mind behind the creations, also denoting a side project, for this moniker. Working in the past veins of Industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
, Hardcore
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
, Broken beats, Techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, Noise
Noise
In common use, the word noise means any unwanted sound. In both analog and digital electronics, noise is random unwanted perturbation to a wanted signal; it is called noise as a generalisation of the acoustic noise heard when listening to a weak radio transmission with significant electrical noise...
, IDM
Intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music such as Detroit Techno...
and Ambience
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
, this genre-bending experience has proved to be most-valuable in his creation to push the realm of Drum n bass to its varying extremes.
Edgey also maintains an active participant in the Darkstep
Darkstep
Darkstep is a subgenre of drum and bass that fuses elements of darkcore with uptempo breakbeats and ambient noises . Darkstep music is typically composed in a chromatic scale...
community, maintaining darkstep.org, a community dedicated to the promotion and discussion of hard, aggressive Drum n bass.
Formed in the mid 1990s, Thoughtbludgeon Recordings was formed by edgey.
History
Edgey was a prominent artist in the now defunct mp3.comMP3.com
MP3.com is a web site operated by CNET Networks providing information about digital music and artists, songs, services, community, and technologies. It is probably better known for its original incarnation, as a legal, free music-sharing service, popular with independent musicians for promoting...
, often achieving, and maintain #1 ranking on the mp3.com
MP3.com
MP3.com is a web site operated by CNET Networks providing information about digital music and artists, songs, services, community, and technologies. It is probably better known for its original incarnation, as a legal, free music-sharing service, popular with independent musicians for promoting...
music genre charts. Earning a worldwide audience by utilizing promotional avenues on the internet, Edgey has taken his act from coast to coast in the United States, and in recent years, abroad, most prominently performing at both the Maschinenfest
Maschinenfest
Maschinenfest is a yearly, three-day underground music festival featuring industrial, power electronics, noise and other alternative electronic performers. There are both independent and signed bands who are booked to play, as well as many vendors for music and related paraphernalia...
and Forms of Hands festivals in Germany.
Edgey has been credited with the coining of both the terms "Wreckstep", and "Rivetstep".
Side Projects
Aside from the 2 main identities; Edgey / Stephen James Knight; several other side projects, and monikers have been used, with releases dating back to the mid 1990s:Rog Hardcore Productions, Soul Martyr (Sole Martyr)
Project Involvement
Edgey has performed with the following bandsBand (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
:
Deep Fried Clams, Dawndeath Incinerator, Dysfunctional Sound Alliance, Carved Insane, Christ Cage
Releases
- Mass Target (12") Thoughtbludgeon, New Vision America 2002
- Reduced Phat 2% (CD, Album) Reduced Phat 2004
- Square Form Annihilations (CD, Album) Hands ProductionsHands ProductionsHands Productions is a contemporary independent industrial music record label, founded in the early 1990s, based in Germany. Hands Productions is known for its CD packaging, using cardboard and paper rather than typical plastic jewel cases, and typically elusive and minimalist designs...
2005 - Target Acquired (12") Black Monolith Records 2005
- The Abuse Technique (CD, Album, Mixed) Hive RecordsHive RecordsHive Records is an American independent record label that mainly focuses on powernoise, trip hop, ambient, IDM and sub-genres of industrial music...
2006 - Flawed (CD, Album, Sma) Hands ProductionsHands ProductionsHands Productions is a contemporary independent industrial music record label, founded in the early 1990s, based in Germany. Hands Productions is known for its CD packaging, using cardboard and paper rather than typical plastic jewel cases, and typically elusive and minimalist designs...
2007 - Misfire (CD, Album, Sma) Hands ProductionsHands ProductionsHands Productions is a contemporary independent industrial music record label, founded in the early 1990s, based in Germany. Hands Productions is known for its CD packaging, using cardboard and paper rather than typical plastic jewel cases, and typically elusive and minimalist designs...
2010
Remixes
- Reworks (CDr, Ltd) Ausland (Edgey Remix) (TerrorfaktTerrorfaktTERRORFAKT is an industrial-power noise musical project from New York City, and created in response to the events of September 11, 2001. They are currently signed to Metropolis Records....
) Not On Label 2004 - 8 Rooms (CD, Album) No Time To Bleed (Angina P) Notochord Recordings 2006
- Reworks2: Friendly Fire (CDr, Ltd) The Unknown (TerrorfaktTerrorfaktTERRORFAKT is an industrial-power noise musical project from New York City, and created in response to the events of September 11, 2001. They are currently signed to Metropolis Records....
) (Edgey Remix) Not On Label 2007 - Technical Flowers (CDr, Mixed, Ltd) Tokyo 6PM (NYC 12AM Mix) (Angina P) zen .v. phi 2007
- The Fine Art Of Killing Yourself (2xCD, Album) The Unknown (TerrorfaktTerrorfaktTERRORFAKT is an industrial-power noise musical project from New York City, and created in response to the events of September 11, 2001. They are currently signed to Metropolis Records....
) (Edgey Remix) Vail Records 2007 - nBoyde raRepi (CD, Album) Squelch [Edgey Remix] (Prometheus Burning) Hive RecordsHive RecordsHive Records is an American independent record label that mainly focuses on powernoise, trip hop, ambient, IDM and sub-genres of industrial music...
2007 - DSL 5.0 (File, MP3, 320) Faction (Candiria Remix) (CandiriaCandiriaCandiria are an American band from Brooklyn, New York. They blend various styles of music, including heavy metal, hardcore, jazz, hip hop and ambient. Candiria have often dubbed their sound "urban fusion".- History :...
) darkstep.org 2008 - Threat: Music That Inspired The Movie (CD, Comp) World Ablaze (Killswitch EngageKillswitch EngageKillswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbandment of Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Howard Jones, bassist Mike D'Antonio, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, and drummer...
) Halo 8 2006 - Threat: Music That Inspired The Movie (CD, Comp) Tear Down the Walls (Youth of TodayYouth of TodayYouth of Today is an American hardcore punk straight edge band, formed in 1985 and still in activity. The band played a major role in establishing the Youth Crew subculture of hardcore, both espousing and evolving the philosophies of the straight edge and vegetarian lifestyles.-History:Youth Of...
) Halo 8 2006 - Ever Since We Were Children (CD) Uncertainty (Black Dots of Death) Sony Music 2011
Appears On
- Threat: Music That Inspired The Movie (CD, Comp) World Ablaze Threat Halo 8HALO 8 EntertainmentHALO-8 Entertainment is a transmedia entertainment company specializing in cinema, genre graphic novels, midnight movies, music-driven lifestyle videos, and animation...
2006 - X (25xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) darkstep.org 2009
Tracks Appear On
- DSL 1.0 (CD, Ltd) Plastique darkstep.org 2001
- Don't F**k With Us (Comp) (2 versions) E-Chair, Amtrack, Enib Digital Hardcore RecordingsDigital Hardcore RecordingsDigital Hardcore Recordings is a record label set up in 1994 by Alec Empire, Joel Amaretto and Pete Lawton. Most of the music is recorded in Berlin, though the label is based in London where the records are mastered and manufactured...
(DHR) 2002 - Don't F**k With Us (3xCD, Comp, Dig) E-Chair, Amtrack, Enib Digital Hardcore RecordingsDigital Hardcore RecordingsDigital Hardcore Recordings is a record label set up in 1994 by Alec Empire, Joel Amaretto and Pete Lawton. Most of the music is recorded in Berlin, though the label is based in London where the records are mastered and manufactured...
(DHR) 2002 - Don't F**k With Us (3xCD, Comp, RE) E-Chair, Amtrack, Enib Digital Hardcore RecordingsDigital Hardcore RecordingsDigital Hardcore Recordings is a record label set up in 1994 by Alec Empire, Joel Amaretto and Pete Lawton. Most of the music is recorded in Berlin, though the label is based in London where the records are mastered and manufactured...
(DHR) - Sleeper Cell (DVDr) At Terminal Torture Canadian Speedcore Resistance 2003
- Bruchstellen Rec. Vol.02 (Comp) (2 versions) Dead In 73 Bruchstellen Records 2004
- Bruchstellen Rec. Vol.02 (12", Comp) Dead In 73 Bruchstellen Records 2004
- Bsr 02 (12", Promo) Dead In 73 Bruchstellen Records 2004
- Sidetracked (2xLP) 1min Terror Mode Of Proof 2004
- 2005 Hands (Comp) (2 versions) Fear, Leech, Collapse Hands ProductionsHands ProductionsHands Productions is a contemporary independent industrial music record label, founded in the early 1990s, based in Germany. Hands Productions is known for its CD packaging, using cardboard and paper rather than typical plastic jewel cases, and typically elusive and minimalist designs...
2005 - 2005 Hands (2xCD, Comp, Sma) Fear, Leech, Collapse Hands ProductionsHands ProductionsHands Productions is a contemporary independent industrial music record label, founded in the early 1990s, based in Germany. Hands Productions is known for its CD packaging, using cardboard and paper rather than typical plastic jewel cases, and typically elusive and minimalist designs...
2005 - 2005 Hands (5x12", Ltd) Fear, Leech, Collapse Hands ProductionsHands ProductionsHands Productions is a contemporary independent industrial music record label, founded in the early 1990s, based in Germany. Hands Productions is known for its CD packaging, using cardboard and paper rather than typical plastic jewel cases, and typically elusive and minimalist designs...
2005 - DSL 2.0 (File, MP3, 128) Residual Burn darkstep.org 2005
- Everyone Is Beautiful To Someone (CD, Album, P/Mixed) Soil Mechanics, For You Thoughtbludgeon, Reduced Phat 2005
- Maschinenfest 2005 (Comp) (2 versions) Seqs Pflichtkauf 2005
- Maschinenfest 2005 (2xCD, Comp) Seqs Pflichtkauf 2005
- Maschinenfest 2005 (2xCD, Ltd, Fes) Seqs Pflichtkauf 2005
- Forms Of Hands 06 (CD, Ltd, Sma) Flower Of Pain Hands ProductionsHands ProductionsHands Productions is a contemporary independent industrial music record label, founded in the early 1990s, based in Germany. Hands Productions is known for its CD packaging, using cardboard and paper rather than typical plastic jewel cases, and typically elusive and minimalist designs...
2006 - DSL 1.0 (File, MP3, 192) Plastique darkstep.org 2007
- DSL 3.0 (File, MP3, Mixed, 320) Clicker darkstep.org 2007
- DSL 4.0 (File, MP3, 320) Before The Storm darkstep.org 2007
- Forms Of Hands 07 (CD, Comp, Ltd, Sma) Blood Groove Hands ProductionsHands ProductionsHands Productions is a contemporary independent industrial music record label, founded in the early 1990s, based in Germany. Hands Productions is known for its CD packaging, using cardboard and paper rather than typical plastic jewel cases, and typically elusive and minimalist designs...
2007 - Technical Flowers (CDr, Mixed, Ltd) Indigna, This Is Jungl zen .v. phi 2007
- You Are Here: A Compilation Of New York Electronics (File, MP3, Comp) I Become Connexion Bizarre 2008
- Forms Of Hands 09 (CD, Comp, Ltd, Sma) Hate Tank Stumblecore Hands ProductionsHands ProductionsHands Productions is a contemporary independent industrial music record label, founded in the early 1990s, based in Germany. Hands Productions is known for its CD packaging, using cardboard and paper rather than typical plastic jewel cases, and typically elusive and minimalist designs...
2009 - X (25xFile, MP3, Comp, 320) Back To '99 darkstep.org 2009