BiP_HOp
Paris-based Bip_HOp began as a fanzine and developed into a record label in late 2000 with the goal to champion "unconventional sound adventures and uncompromising and daring electronics." The label's Bip-hop Generation series has quickly become required listening for those interested in the best in abstract electronic music.
Bovine Life
Find out what happens when an award-winning filmmaker delves into the world of abstract electronic music. These songs evoke the feeling of standing around all day in a field eating grass and having your teats squeezed.
Bip-Hop Generation v.3
Social Electrics
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2001
Kohn
Bridging the gap between Azusa Plane and Electric Company, Köhn's noisy and abstract ambient sound structures will shatter any previously conceived
expectations you might have had for this genre.
Bip-Hop Generation v.2
Novel 23
Novel 23's fusion of electro, pop, and industrial sounds makes his love for Depeche Mode apparent. His instrumentals are like a pair of your favorite socks -- familiar and surprisingly comforting.
Bip-Hop Generation v.3
Phonem
Skittish and scattered, Phonem's harsh electronic music might make you feel
like you're being tickled by 10 people at once. This is not your typical
drill & bass fluff.
Bip-Hop Generation v.1
Spaceheads and Max Eastley
Step out of this world and into the cavernous space inhabited Spaceheads and Max Eastley. Trumpets, drums, a homemade instrument known as "the arc," and serious amounts of effects meld to make a psychedelic music unlike anything you've ever heard.
The Time of the Ancient Astronaut
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2001
Tennis
Tennis are part of a growing group of producers who've introduced dub to
the world of abstract electronic music. A must for fans of Pole or Monolake.
Europe On Horseback
Twine
Twine is the rare long-distance relationship that works, featuring a pair of audio engineers stationed in Boulder, CO and Cleveland, OH, who through the mail create an engaging brand of glitchy but warm electronic minimalism.
Bip-Hop Generation v.4
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2001
VS_Price
French techno producer VS_Price spikes his minimalist compositions with layers of jarring noise and ominous effects.
Bip-Hop Generation v.4
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2001
Warmdesk
Chicago-based Warmdesk uses the sounds of everyday life along with dense, noisy harmonics and bass tones to create rhythmic sound sculptures. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Warmdesk allows his rhythms to develop
intuitively, rather than changing the timbre and structure every measure.
Bip-Hop Generation v.2
