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Ciph Barker is a Dutch hip-hop artist from Zoetermeer, Netherlands. As an emcee, Ciph spits in both English and Dutch with equal devotion to his craft. After his initial introduction to the “scene” with his Lingwistikz crew (with Joe Banz and Beat Butcha). Ciph joined the SuperCharger Records ranks, dropping a couple tracks on the critically aclaimed “Campaign” project. He payed his dues in the lab working his ass off and doing shows throughout Europe with MOD the Black Marvel and the SuperCharger family for a couple of years before dropping his Zoominati guerilla album in 2006. The last couple...

Kevin Barker is an American guitarist and sometime member of Vetiver. His only solo album to date is You & Me, released in 2010. For years, Barker has been juggling careers - as a musician and as a filmmaker. He spent some years recording, touring, and collaborating with Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Vashti Bunyan, Vetiver, Antony and the Johnsons, and Espers, to name just a few. Essentially acting as everyone's favorite sideman, Barker has influenced and helped create a sound with which some of this generation is happily familiar. Simultaneously, Barker attended film school at Columbia University, during which he...

The pairing of Andreas Baumecker (nd_baumecker) and Sam Barker (Voltek) seemed almost destined to result in some outstanding music. The fruits of a friendship and production partnership closely founded upon their love for more experimental dance sounds, the 'Candyflip' EP introduces the pair's debut output. Straddling the boundaries between emotional, classically inspired techno and heavy broken beat electronics, 'Candyflip' comes across as a wonderfully analogue sounding tribute to well many spent years on the underground. Echoes of the past resound proudly throughout this touching, moody epic while stark, futuristic elements urge it forwards still. Stepping into 'The Hole', a darker...