He is native to Scotland but spent several year's living in New York during the late 1990s were he became a producer of of the "wonky techno" school, accomplished hip-hop beats producer, latterly involved with more bassy elements of dubstep and ragga influenced sounds. Starting his professional career in 1994 Neil has released music on several international electronic labels.Neil's productions have crafted a distinct sound that's influence has been felt the world over with releases for Germany's mighty Tresor label and the classic albums 'Bedrooms and Cities' and 'Pro-Audio'. Neil now runs the experimental Scandinavia label that also produces music and animation for TV. However he can still be found pumping out his trademark dirty-bass techno at the world's biggest techno clubs and has built his reputation on uncompromising live performances world wide with shows most recently at Unit-Tokyo, Rex-Paris, Tresor-Berlin and Electrowerkz-London.
Bass-Tech beats, Grime, Electro-Techno, Broken-Beat, Miami bass, beat throw downs or dirty swing style-lets stop the pigeons with their holes and get on with the real deal… Landstrumm creates his classic stomach pumping bass,metallic and melodic clangs and odd funky percussive swing lines live and in full effect.
It's best said in his own words:" Having done darkness quite satisfactorily in the past, I've moved onto more melancholy atmospheres, maybe side effects from my extended stay in the Brooklyn slide. Less abstracted, more melodic......but still with the signature wierdness. Crunchy tight drums and thick synth slabs, harking back to a revamped late-1970s synth-funk era....space film sets, strong primary colours and violent pinks, and all manner of painting chemicals."
To date Landstrumm has released many Experimental Electronic albums, an Art-Rock-Blues-Beat album, lots and lots of 12” singles and remixes on labels ranging from Planet Mu, Tresor, Peacefrog, Sonic Groove, Mosquito, to his own imprint, Scandinavia. Neil has collaborated with Cristian Vogel, Si Begg, Mike Fellows, Bill Youngman and Tobias Schmidt the best know of which is Sugar Experiment Station.
.
This isn’t some laptop-noodle performance. It’s live electronics at it’s very best
http://www.scandinavianyc.com
http://www.myspace.com/neillandstrumm
What makes you tick?
bio-yoghurt,apple computers, petrol and electronic machines
How would other people describe you?
a bald chewbacca
What you working on now?
new music with Tobias Schmidt, new sound completely. Various tracks for Music Man with Oliver Chesler, Bill Youngman etc...keeping the Scandinavia flame alive in a never-ending ocean of boring techno beats. Re-release of the "$40 million beatnik" project i did in new York-It isn't a techno project but will come out on Cristian Vogels new "Rise Robots Rise" label.
Been working on our website and shop.Creating a whole new skate clothes label for Scandinavia- relates to the motion graphics and design side of what i do.
What's the future sound of Neil Landstrumm?
dont know.Havent come up with it yet. Wont be putting out stuff till i am happy and have weeded it out. Might put a few of you off but may gain a few also...Quite into downtempo these days but
like to rock a floor also.
Who has inspired you in the past and who inspires you now?
Various UK, US and Euro acid,bleep,electro and techno pioneers to many to name. I like lots of hip hop and wierd guitar music also....inspiration now is being sought in sucking MP3s through my broadband pipe at a frightning rate.....A lot of new techno im not that into though....I like fusion
mixes of styles now.....Si Beggs new album is really cool and is Disko Bs-Electronicat and DFA records-LCD soundsystem are a few..
Aside from music what else inspires you creatively?
Motion graphics, good graphic design, travelling, Cities, other mad music that you hear
Who would you most like to work with?
Dr Dre, Nike, Sony, Birmingham City Council
What are your feelings about commercial trance and hardhouse ripping off Techno's sound?
go for it....all sounds pretty crappy generic to me. have you heard how shit radio 1s dance music shows now are..? Peel is obviously their saving grace though as he is still on top of his music
Top 3 all time albums?
too hard to say
