Ryan Gobbe
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Ryan Gobbe is an Australia
n electronic musician who records under the names Mieli and Twotone. Ryan Gobbe studied Music Production at the Southern Cross University
and graduated in 2000.
quality, and features traditional synthesis mixed with "clicks and cuts" -type sounds. Texturally, the music is varied, with both sparse ambient-type songs, and other more complex and gradual musical layering. Further characteristics are throbbing bass and crackle of [songs such as] "Fly-over" and shuffling gentle house tones of "Eighty-hour Sequence". Further description of the music has been made as fluttering and beautifully intricate, shimmering minimal electronics with a deep dub pulse that will delight fans of the likes of Pole
, Vladislav Delay
and Mille Plateaux
.
Mieli's debut album Version was released in 2004 by Australian independent record label Feral Media. It received generally favourable reviews and relatively significant attention with coverage on national radio stations such as Triple J
.
conventions, such as a regular kick drum and snare beat, but these sounds are augmented by irregular rhythmic placements and supplemental click and cut
sounds. Traditional synthesis methods and sounds are often employed, often repeating a simple chord pattern. Other featured sounds are vocal snippets and occasional industrial
samples.
Twotone's debut album Cinecity was released in 2004 by the Australian independent record label Bug Records. It received favourable reviews, with some praise describing it as an "impeccably produced collection". Other comments made on the music have been less positive, with comments such as the "while ‘Cinecity’ does not really re-invent the minimal-techno wheel, that’s less important here than the sense of warmth and widescreen atmosphere that permeates through all of the tracks".
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n electronic musician who records under the names Mieli and Twotone. Ryan Gobbe studied Music Production at the Southern Cross University
Southern Cross University
Southern Cross University is a university based on the North and Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is a regional University with more than 14,000 students. The University's primary campus is in Lismore, with other campuses located at Coffs Harbour and Tweed Heads.The University is...
and graduated in 2000.
Mieli
Mieli's music has a downtempoDowntempo
Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...
quality, and features traditional synthesis mixed with "clicks and cuts" -type sounds. Texturally, the music is varied, with both sparse ambient-type songs, and other more complex and gradual musical layering. Further characteristics are throbbing bass and crackle of [songs such as] "Fly-over" and shuffling gentle house tones of "Eighty-hour Sequence". Further description of the music has been made as fluttering and beautifully intricate, shimmering minimal electronics with a deep dub pulse that will delight fans of the likes of Pole
Pole (musician)
Pole is the artistic name of Stefan Betke, a German electronic music artist commonly associated with the glitch genre as well as dubtronica.-History:Pole took his name from a Waldorf 4-Pole filter which he accidentally dropped and broke in 1996...
, Vladislav Delay
Vladislav Delay
Vladislav Delay is one of the pseudonyms of Sasu Ripatti , a Finnish electronic musician. He has also recorded as Luomo, Sistol, Uusitalo and Conoco.-Background:...
and Mille Plateaux
Mille Plateaux
Mille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...
.
Mieli's debut album Version was released in 2004 by Australian independent record label Feral Media. It received generally favourable reviews and relatively significant attention with coverage on national radio stations such as Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
.
Twotone
The music of Twotone features regular technoTechno
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...
conventions, such as a regular kick drum and snare beat, but these sounds are augmented by irregular rhythmic placements and supplemental click and cut
Glitch (music)
Glitch is a term used to describe a genre of electronic music that emerged in the mid to late 1990s. The glitch aesthetic is characterized by a deliberate use of glitch based sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted disturbances reducing the overall sound quality and are thus...
sounds. Traditional synthesis methods and sounds are often employed, often repeating a simple chord pattern. Other featured sounds are vocal snippets and occasional 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...
samples.
Twotone's debut album Cinecity was released in 2004 by the Australian independent record label Bug Records. It received favourable reviews, with some praise describing it as an "impeccably produced collection". Other comments made on the music have been less positive, with comments such as the "while ‘Cinecity’ does not really re-invent the minimal-techno wheel, that’s less important here than the sense of warmth and widescreen atmosphere that permeates through all of the tracks".
External links
- http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=3820Artist profile at Australian Music OnlineAustralian Music OnlineAustralian Music Online is a website that indexes information related to Australian music. Launched in March 2003 as an Australian Federal Government initiative, and originally proposed in 1998, the website was actively updated until 31 March 2007, at which point its role transferred to that of an...
] - Record Label profile page
- Artist profile at last.fm