Wisp (musician)
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Wisp is the alias of electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 artist Reid Dunn who hails from Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
The Niagara Falls, located on the Niagara River draining Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, is the collective name for the Horseshoe Falls and the adjacent American Falls along with the comparatively small Bridal Veil Falls, which combined form the highest flow rate of any waterfalls in the world and has...

, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. Wisp began making music on his computer in 1999 and originally released his music for free as mp3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...

s on Netlabel
Netlabel
A netlabel is a record label that distributes its music through digital audio formats over the Internet...

s before being signed to Sublight Records
Sublight Records
Sublight Records was a Canadian record label started in 2004 by Aaron Rintoul and ran until June 2007. Based out of Winnipeg, Canada. It was named among the top 25 indie record labels of 2006 by XLR8R magazine - "Sublight has gone from spewing out splattered beats fresh from bedrooms where the sun...

. In December 2007 he was signed to Benn Jordan
Benn Jordan
Benn Lee Jordan is an American modern jazz and electronica musician operating under many pseudonyms. Since 1999 his most widely distributed and eclectic music has been released under the name of The Flashbulb...

's Alphabasic label. In March 2008 it announced that he had been signed to Rephlex Records
Rephlex Records
Rephlex Records is a record label started in 1991 by electronic musician Richard D. James and Grant Wilson-Claridge. Rephlex coined the term braindance to describe the otherwise uncategorisable output of Aphex Twin and Rephlex Records...

.

Discography

Hardcopy Releases
  • The Shimmering Hour
    The Shimmering Hour
    The Shimmering Hour is an album from New York IDM artist Wisp.-Track listing:Side A#"Teddy Oggie" - 3:20#"Picatrix" - 5:31#"Keeper Of The Hills" - 6:00#"Flat Rock" - 3:47#"Seaway Trail" - 5:38#"Hexenringe" - 6:29#"Cultus Klatawa" - 6:32...

     
    (2009) Released on Rephlex Records
    Rephlex Records
    Rephlex Records is a record label started in 1991 by electronic musician Richard D. James and Grant Wilson-Claridge. Rephlex coined the term braindance to describe the otherwise uncategorisable output of Aphex Twin and Rephlex Records...

  • Katabatic
    Katabatic (album)
    Katabatic is an album from New York IDM artist Wisp.-Track listing:Side One#"Henenringe"#"Cultus Klatawa"Side Two#"Katabatic"#"Summoner's Hollow"...

     
    (2008) Released on Rephlex Records
    Rephlex Records
    Rephlex Records is a record label started in 1991 by electronic musician Richard D. James and Grant Wilson-Claridge. Rephlex coined the term braindance to describe the otherwise uncategorisable output of Aphex Twin and Rephlex Records...

  • Building Dragons
    Building Dragons
    Building Dragons is an album from New York IDM artist Wisp.-Track listing:#"Hall Of Kings" – 4:27#"Stoorworm" – 5:41#"The Bard" – 5:12#"Roads Up Over" – 4:20#"Esquire!" – 5:17#"Among The Pines" – 5:51...

     
    (2006) Released on Terminal Dusk Records
  • Honor Beats (2006) Released on Sublight Records
    Sublight Records
    Sublight Records was a Canadian record label started in 2004 by Aaron Rintoul and ran until June 2007. Based out of Winnipeg, Canada. It was named among the top 25 indie record labels of 2006 by XLR8R magazine - "Sublight has gone from spewing out splattered beats fresh from bedrooms where the sun...

  • NRTHNDR (2005) Released on Sublight Records
    Sublight Records
    Sublight Records was a Canadian record label started in 2004 by Aaron Rintoul and ran until June 2007. Based out of Winnipeg, Canada. It was named among the top 25 indie record labels of 2006 by XLR8R magazine - "Sublight has gone from spewing out splattered beats fresh from bedrooms where the sun...



Mp3 Releases
  • We Miss You  (2009) Released on Rephlex Records
    Rephlex Records
    Rephlex Records is a record label started in 1991 by electronic musician Richard D. James and Grant Wilson-Claridge. Rephlex coined the term braindance to describe the otherwise uncategorisable output of Aphex Twin and Rephlex Records...

  • A Thousand Tomorrows (2004) Released on TavCOM Records
  • About Things That Never Were  (2003) Released on TavCOM Records
  • Cultivar (album) (2004) Released on Music is For Assholes as Havaer
  • Frozen Days  (2003) Released on TavCOM Records
  • Fungus FLAP  (2004) Released on Earstroke
  • HumpelndenBEATS (2004) Released on Electrotards Records
  • In a Blue Face (2005) Released on Earstroke
  • Let Me See Your Shapes  (2004)
  • Lost in a Walk (2004) Released on Project 168
  • Nine Acid (2004) Released on Opaque Channel as Skønflap
  • Pleeper  (2003) Released on Binkcrsh
  • Quest for Excalipur  (2003) Released as a split with Denizen (musician)
  • SAW2 Reworked  (2004) Released on TavCOM Records
  • Xmas87  (2004)

External links

  • Official site..
  • Wisp at Discogs
    Discogs
    Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...

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  • Sublight Records.
  • Wisp at Terminal Dusk Records.
  • The Wisp Archive - All of Wisp's freely available music, archived and ready for download.
  • Cuemix-Magazine Interview.
  • Wisp's Site - (hasn't been updated since 2006). Mirror
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