here is the bio that todd sent me, i'm sure his discog is on the ele_mental
site someplace, or you can check at discogs.com
GM/Twine
warning very long.
pics: http://www.scalestudio.com/pics/18todd_sfca.jpg
http://www.scalestudio.com/pics/19todd_sfca2.jpg
the long bio...
Todd Sines was born on 17 July, 1973 near Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of 4
he imitated Ace Frehley from Kiss, danced to Chuck Berry, and was an avid
Star Wars addict. He determined at age 5 that he wanted to he an architect,
astronaut, or artist. Or some combination of all three.
His interest in music began with his affinity for hip hop in 1983. Artists
such as Whodini, Newcleus, and The Art of Noise served as the inspiration to
follow music more closely. In 1987 he started his own 'zine dedicated to
freestyle bmx, skateboarding, and music, through which he gained exposure to
artists such as Kraftwerk, Skinny Puppy, Cocteau Twins, Sonic Youth, Big
Black, Cabaret Voltaire, Wire, Einsturzende Neubauten, Can, and This Mortal
Coil. Exposure to the label 4AD and Nettwerk sparked his interest in design
+ cinema, and he began to follow his career in art + graphic design by 1988.
In 1990, he started a few bands with friends from high school and started to
make early recordings with limited domestic electronic equipment. A friend
turned him on the early Biorhythms compilations which featured Detroit
luminaries such as Juan Atkins, Jay Denham, Derrick May, and Carl Craig.
After seeing 808 State for the first time on MTV, and hearing these tracks
from Detroit, he decided that he wanted to produce electronic music, and
moved to Columbus, Ohio with his friend Mike Szewczyk from the Cleveland
area. Through his 'zine, he made his first connection with Detroit's Mad
Mike + Jeff Mills in his interview + reviews for Visual Razorblade.
In the fall of 1991 he and Mike started a project called Body; highly
influenced by the danceable, yet raw sounds of LFO + Meat Beat Manifesto. In
Columbus he ran into Titonton Duvante at a record store [who was purchasing
the new 808 State + LFO singles]; it was that day that the connection was
formed. Later that week, he ran into Charles Noel and the 4 agreed to start
producing music as Body Release. Todd sold his bass guitar for a used Roland
SH-101 and contributed to the production of b|re. Several gigs ensued over
the next two and a half years, ranging from Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Ft. Wayne, and Dayton.
After the group decided to call it quits in 1993, the individuals redirected
their efforts to their own productions and also harness their DJing skills.
Titonton started to write his own music [and released later on fellow Ohio
producer Dan Curtin's Metamorphic label]; Charles Noel started probably the
first Columbus techno label; 21/22 Corporation. A legendary meeting at a
rave in Cincinnati with Brian Gillespie + Jon Santos formed the crucial
Detroit connection for these producers. Soon thereafter they were trading DJ
slots between Detroit and Columbus; Paris Mack, Billeebob, Claude Young, and
Brian Gillespie would travel down for several successful parties through the
collaborative group of the three, plus Ed Luna, as ele_mental, in Columbus.
Todd Sines would DJ and have Charles + Todd play live as ARS at many of the
Poor Boy events.
Through this connection of Brian, Paris, and Jon, Todd met his favorite
Detroit producers' Carl Craig + Dan Bell and DJed at some of the same events
in Detroit. Both were interested in the different styles of Todd's music;
the stripped down minimal tech house funk as _.xtrak_ interested DBX for a
release on his newly recharged 7th City label. Carl was interested in the
more melodic sounds Todd was producing for the "elements of and experiments
with sound" compilation as _enhanced_. Through Dan, Todd's material was sent
over to Peacefrog Records, where his first solo release appeared in the
beginning of 1995. A series of releases on a handful of European and
domestic US labels turned attention to the musical output of Todd, Charles,
Titonton, and Columbus in general.
Since playing several DJ gigs + live PAs over the midwest from 1993-1996, he
put things on hiatus during his brief touch with marriage... and then
resurfaced in the music scene [after his separation] in late 1999 with his
"Hi8Us" LP release. It appeared on the newly formed label from fellow
producer Titonton and his partner Thomas James, Residual Recordings. Over
the last 2 years he has released new material on Germany's Background
Records, tracks on the 21/22 Corp's ele_ments of light CD, and composed
soundtracks for film intros, commercials, short independent films, and sound
design for web, video, film + CDROMs. He has forthcoming releases + remixes
on the highly mysterious [and respected] Miami label, Beta Bodega,
Background, and Residual. He is the director of his own design + effects
studio, SCALE, with other collaborators in the design, art, and music scenes
in Columbus and abroad. SCALE specializes in multidisciplinary solutions for
media production, a culmination of the convergence of art, design,
architecture, sound, and film. He also helps produce art + music events in
collaboration with Ed Luna + Thomas James at DFLY Annex in Columbus, Ohio.
Additionally, he is back in the music production mode for several new
projects for some prominent German labels, and is actively DJing across the
states and Europe.
for brevity... most of my background info is available here:
http://www.ele-mental.org/who/sines/
From: Yair Etziony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: [313] todd sines.
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 19:39:57 +0200
howdee.
last week i got to hear this guy play live and spin music @ WMF in berlin.
any one got some discography of his stuff?
kind regards/yair
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