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There are at least two artists with the name Phace: (1) Phace is the alias used by Florian Harres, an electronic music producer (electro, bass, drum & bass, dubstep, glitch etc.) and label owner from Hamburg, Germany. His sound can be described as atmospheric and powerful, imbued with deep cinematic flourishes, explosive energy, and human analog touch. He is known for his rhythmical experimentation, accompanied with deep twisted bass sounds, high contrasting ambience, and smooth flowing pad synthesisers. He has released music on Vision, Shogun Audio, Invisible, Virus Recordings, Lifted Music, Subtitles Music, Renegade Hardware, Neosignal, mau5trap and OWSLA (both...

Side project of Christopher Bleckmann and Hannes Wenner (Misc., Clubsessel, Van Delta) which focuses on very tech-oriented drum 'n bass : though in Cinemascope the sonic landscapes are more reminiscent of Bukem, there and in the duo's second album, Random Factor, the tracks feel like Force Tracks' microhouse with fractured rhythms that sound like drum 'n bass. After those two albums, the pair focused on their Misc project. .

Interphace is just one person: Kristofer Högardh. He was born in Borås, Sweden on January 11 1979. Music has always been his main interest; at the age of ten he started taking piano-lessons and two years later he started playing the drums. He studied music at a local high school and there he realized that music was more than just a hobby. In 1999, he moved up country and attended classes in computer-aided music production, where he learned to produce music by using synthesizers connected to computers. He focused on making progressive/melodic trance. His ability to combine strong harmonies with...

Stonephace is veteran jazz dissident Larry Stabbins’s collaboration with enigmatic sonic alchemist Krzysztof Oktalski – a mind-bending mix of hip hop and externalist semantics. Featuring Portishead’s Adrian Utley on guitar and Jim Barr on bass, plus a guest appearance from virtuoso trumpeter Guy Barker as you’ve never heard him before, Stonephace creates a unique universe where electronics, free jazz and Afro-tinged beats collide. Imagine a mix of Sun Ra, Fela Kuti, Pharaoh Sanders and early Soft Machine produced by Jay Dee and you might be getting close. Larry Stabbins is a contemporary of jazz pianist Keith Tippett and played in...

Jake B aka Phear Phace, Born in Leamington Spa has been producing since November 2006, Phear Phace currently has 2 EPs out, his first ever EP called Dead On Arrival which was released mid-2010. His most current EP titled 'The Casimir Effect' which was released in May 2011, Also having a release on Chronos Records 'Farmville EP'. Having only recently turned the age of 19, has been putting out productions at a quick- fire rate over the years he has been producing. Utilising his skills with guitar and huge production knowledge for a person of his age, he has developed...