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Although the bulk of their releases fall within the IDM genre, Posthuman have been known to widely experiment, their 2002 self-titled EP combined hip hop and Heavy Metal with electronica, and their 2006 album The People's Republic was heavily influenced by post-rock. Intelligent dance music (commonly IDM) is a genre of electronic music derived from dance music of the 1980s and early 1990s which puts an emphasis on novel processing and sequencing. ... See also: 2002 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2002 Record labels established in 2002 other events of 2002 list of years in music 2000s in music // 2002 was marked by significant trends in Rock Music. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Electronica is a term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... See also: 2006 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2006 Record labels established in 2006 other events of 2006 list of years in music 2000s in music January – James Nicholl, drummer of Pay*Ola became ill and was admitted to hospital. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ...

Band biography

Richard and Joshu are cousins, and claim to have first written music together as teenagers. In 1999, after sending a demo CD to Skam Records with a note inside stating "will gig for Vodka". They were offered a live slot supporting Altern8 and a release on the upcoming 'SMAK' 12" series. Apparently they are still awaiting the vodka. Skam Records, based in Manchester, is an Electronic/IDM record label founded by Andy Maddocks around 1990. ... Altern-8 is an early 1990s rave group. ...

The pair have stated their method for writing music involves renting an isolated house or cottage and locking themselves away for several weeks with no telephone, television, or internet.

In 2000, the duo moved to London and began running a series of electronic music clubnights called 'Seed'. These nights increased in size and soon relocated to Aldwych tube station, a disused underground train station. A number of these events took place between 2001 and 2005, and amongst the artists who appeared were Aphex Twin, Alison Goldfrapp, Richard X, Plaid, Luke Vibert, and Funkstörung. The last of these events were to be held on the 13th and 14th of November 2005, however, one of the DJ's set to play, John Peel died less than a fortnight before the event. The following week, the night was cancelled due to London Underground pulling the venue, and on the night of the event, John Balance of Coil (who were also on the bill to play) also passed away. Aldwych tube station is a disused station formerly on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground, and now part of Kings College London. ... Aphex Twin (born Richard David James on August 18, 1971 in Limerick, Ireland) is an electronic music artist, credited with pushing forward the genres of techno, ambient, acid, and drum and bass. ... Photo of Goldfrapp in concert in London, June 26, 2006. ... Richard X Richard X, real name Richard Philips, started out as a pioneer of the bootleg craze, releasing limited edition singles under the artist name of Girls On Top between 2001 and 2002. ... Plaid is a British electronic music duo featuring Andy Turner & Ed Handley, taking their name from the different interweaving threads of plaid cloth. ... Luke Vibert is a Cornish recording artist and producer known for his work in many subgenres of electronica. ... Michael Fakesch and Christian de Luca 2004 in Munich Image © 2004 Marek Vogel Funkstörung (German for transmission interference, sometimes also spelt Funkstorung or, more rarely, Funkstoerung) is Christian de Luca and Michael Fakesch, a duo of IDM producers hailing from Rosenheim, Germany. ... “Peel Sessions” redirects here. ... John Balance (first name also spelled Jhon and Jhonn; born Geff Rushton/Geoffrey Laurence Burton; February 16, 1962 – November 13, 2004). ... Coil was an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as Jhonn Balance—and his lover Peter Christopherson, aka Sleazy.[1] The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be inspired by...

On the back of this series of events, the pair set up their own record label Seed Records, as an outlet for their own material, and music by other artists who had appeared at the 'Seed' events. In October 2006, Joshu left the label to work for B12 Records. Richard continues to run Seed Records alongside longtime friend Bruce McClure. Seed Records was a record label started by Paul Clark in 1972. ...

Discography

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External links

• posthumanmusic.com - official website
• Posthuman (band) at Discogs
• seedrecords.co.uk - Seed Records website
• Posthuman (band) at MySpace

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