Biography
I, Haplo, real name James Sumners, am a long time fan of electronic music. I started listening to, what was then known simply as "techno," electronic music when I was around 10 years old. Every Saturday, I would tune into Album 88 (WRAS 88.5) for the techno show. They would play stuff like Silicon Jesus, Racer X, Twilight Zone, etcetera.
A few years later, I was working at creating my own music on my computer. My "songs" of the time were mainly just mash-ups, and re-arrangements, of various samples using a wave editor. Nowadays I use a proper DAW (Ableton Live) to produce my music.
Influences
I listen to a rather varied collection of music. I also believe that all music that a musician listens to influences his own work in some way. Therefore, I think it is more insightful to list a small sample of some of my favorite artists:
- 2 Bad Mice
- AC/DC
- Aphex Twin
- Aphrodite
- Bad Boy Bill
- BT
- Butthole Surfers
- Daft Punk
- Daniel Lenz
- Danzig
- Depeche Mode
- Dieselboy
- Dj Dara
- Dj Icey
- Dune
- Eon
- Evol Intent
- Fluke
- Guns N' Roses
- Jimi Hendrix
- Johannes Brahms
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Josh Wink
- Led Zeppelin
- LTJ Bukem
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Megadeth
- Messiah
- Mickey Finn
- Morcheeba
- Omni Trio
- Orbital
- P'Taah
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Pink Floyd
- Propellerheads
- Psykosonik
- Ram Trilogy
- Richard Humpty Vission
- Rob Zombie
- Rollins Band
- Sade
- Suzanne Vega
- The Prodigy
- The Who
- Tool
- Van Morrison
