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In the late 90's and early 00’s, Cursor Miner's first computer based creations (made by effecting and cutting and pasting sine waves - a basic sample editor being the only software available to him at the time) came to the attention of esteemed techno funk pioneer Si Begg and released a number of tracks on his Noodles compilation The Death of Cool, followed swiftly by releases on Uncharted Audio, Unbearable Recordings, and Seed Records. Cm's first album Explosive Piece of Mind was released in 2002 to critical acclaim. A wild mixture of Beck, Bowie and Depeche Mode style songs, twisted beats and Autechre-esque noise excursions, this album seemed to bridge the divide between the dancefloor and the messed up innards of Tubb's own mind. Cursor then scored a viral hit with librarians the world over with the catchy track about libraries Library, alongside a cheeky little animation this managed to be viewed by over 50,000 librarians. The next two albums traced a trajectory from the quirky pop songs like "I want to be a Foetus" to the dancefloor stormers such as The Sport of Kings and Hair of The Dog, the latter two getting dropped, charted and bigged up by DJ's such as Andy Weatherall, Alter Ego, Dave Clarke, The Advent, Laurent Garnier, and Mark Moore. Cursor's legendary live sets at mega-raves such as BLOC weekender and Sonar have made many punters sweat over 8 litres per second, and started a clubbing craze for wearing goggles, LEDs, green pants, tank tops and protective knee and elbow pads. Well, not really, but we can only hope … Read More about Cursor Miner |
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