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Jan Robbe

January 01, 1970

Jan Robbe (born 14 June 1980 in Ghent, Belgium), otherwise known by his music project aliases Atomhead, Erratic, UndaCova and Diagnostic, is an electronic music artist. He founded the experimental netlabel Entity in 2003 with friend Nico de Gols (aka Kaebin Yield). Jan Robbe is known for expressing various musical styles under different pseudonyms. Atomhead and UndaCova, his two most prominent projects, focus on fractured industrial beats and densely textured DSP sound design techniques, whereas Erratic is a vehicle for pursuing more minimal long-form ambiental directions.[1] The most recent (2018) Diagnostic project explores experimental sound design, glitch and noise structures, combining digital and modular synthesis. Robbe has released music on distinguished labels such as Dyslexic Response and Hangars Liquides, and collaborated with artists who operate in similar aesthetic domains, including La Peste, Neurocore, Subskan and Xanopticon.

Jan Robbe
Jan Robbe performing as Atomhead at the 2008 "Only the Hard Survive" festival in Waregem, Belgium.
Background information
Birth nameJan Robbe
Also known asAtomhead, Erratic, UndaCova, Diagnostic
Born (1980-06-14) 14 June 1980 (age 43)
Ghent, Belgium
OriginGhent, Belgium
GenresElectronic music
Occupation(s)Musician, record label runner, remixer, sound engineer, graphic designer, game designer
Instrument(s)Synthesizer, electronics, laptop, computer, sampler
Years active1999–present
LabelsEntity, Hive Records, Hangars Liquides, Dyslexic Response, Mystery Sea, Mirakel Musik, Enough Records, Autoplate

Besides his activities as music producer, Robbe is also known for creating generative (mostly fractal) graphic design as FRAMEofMIND[2] and as an indie game developer responsible for creating Hyperspace Invaders,[3] a bullet hell shmup with audiovisual and generative gameplay characteristics.

Projects edit

UndaCova edit

In 1999 Jan Robbe adopted the name "UndaCova" to release IDM experiments using FL Studio, which remains one of his favourite programs.[4] These include S-T-U-C-K (2001) on the Arghprkl netlabel, and a series of meditative brainwave synchronizers released on Theta. An illbient split with Affective Disorder entitled Study of a Ladybug on a Rope was later released on Autoplate. Robbe's influences at this time included the post-rock and trip hop genres, as well as old video game music, which inspired the Metamood Katalyst 12" released on Pleemobil. Say Vegin of Freestyle Magazine drew comparisons in the album's sound to 8-bit, calling it a collection of "hard-tek cut-ups, textured polygons and hypnotizing synths".[5] By the end of 2002, Robbe had founded the xE Phalanx project, a joint collaboration with artists from around the world. UndaCova would go on to participate in two xE Phalanx albums; 5E Phalanx's Pragmatic Impulse and 7E Phalanx's Pulse, both released on the Entity netlabel.

A dramatic shift in sound occurred in 2003 with the self-released power noise EP Human Nature. This period was marked by dark soundscaping and assaulting beat constructions,[6] culminating in 2006 with the release of Intrusion on Isolate Records. The music of Intrusion is noted for its hyper-intensity, sonic density and high production values.[7] It contains remixes by Polish cybercore artist Neurocore and Belgian musician Imminent. Luca Maini of Igloo Magazine summarized the album's sound as "Somatic Responses mangled and speeded up to create a teeth-grinding industrial monster, ultra processed and with thousands of razor sharp beats packed together. .... This is the perfect music if you like Richard Devine but you think he should stick to the smashing stuff he performs live, or maybe you think Venetian Snares is a genius but he's gone too melodic."[8] UndaCova has remixed tracks by Danny Kreutzfeldt, White Nois Stasis and Diagram of Suburban Chaos, and is also featured on the Mirex Carbon compilation, Thinner's Recore remix album, Somia's Miad, and the Polymorphik Piece series released on PuZZling Rec. The project went undercover in 2007.

Atomhead edit

Atomhead was founded in 2004 as a means to evolve the sounds already explored with the UndaCova moniker. Often compared with the cyberdelic flashcore experiments of La Peste,[9] Atomhead released Spiral Field Velocity 2.0 in 2005 on La Peste's Hangars Liquides label, the main stable behind flashcore and experimental speedcore. Atomhead has also been likened to 60's-era Iannis Xenakis and power electronics.[10] Atomhead appeared on numerous compilations throughout 2007 and 2008, including Vortex on Entity, Delayed Reaction on Peace Off, and We Are The Music Breakerz on Reconfiguration Records. Atomhead has remixed tracks by Sedarka, Ronny Ragtroll, Xanopticon, and Prometheus Burning, among others.

Erratic edit

2003 saw the inception of Erratic, a side-project for abstract, "highly immersive soundscapes"[11] and psycho-/electro-acoustic sound art. The aim of Erratic is to "unify sound with thoughts and imaginary visual landscapes".[12] For most of Erratic's output, Robbe eschews computer-generated beats and rhythms in favour of "exotic instruments" and contact microphone-derived sounds, which are subsequently manipulated using various audio editors. The results often sound organic in nature, with comparisons drawn to mediterranean and oceanic settings, as well as the drone and microsound genres.[13] In 2004 Erratic and ambient artist Hackeronte joined to form Pandemia. On the day of the transit of Venus in 2004, they released the self-described "spacetexture journey" Venus Urania on Entity, in an attempt to capture a fitting sonic environment for the event. The same year, Erratic released Presence on Mirakel Musik; a 50-minute composition of "richly textured" field recordings intended to accompany the listener to sleep.[14][15] Erratic has also collaborated with music artists Andrey Kiritchenko and fellow Belgian Lina, visual artists Jesper Bentzen and the Farbrausch demogroup[citation needed], and has released Activation Fields on Entity (2004), The Invisible Landscape on Mystery Sea (2006), and contributed to compilations on Con-v, AntmanuvMicro and Soulseek Records.

Duncan Avoid edit

Duncan Avoid was a collaboration between Entity-founders Jan Robbe and Nico de Gols. The project's goal was to defy musical genre as well as technical limitations.[16] Their first album Cybernetics was released in 2003 on Enough Records; a concept album concerned with transhumanism and emerging technologies. The album is unique among other releases on the Enough imprint for its extensive use of microtonality and unresolved atmospherics,[17] described by one journalist as "a spacious, complex, and arguably psychoactive menagerie of integrated electronic soundscapes. .... a purely abstruse composition of sonic nomogenetics, synthetic coils and unfurling digital helices, producing from the ether intangible imagery of high technology newly conjoined with anthropomorphic sentience".[17] Cybernetics was followed by appearances on Kirdec's Stadskantoor Zero and d.compose's Analysis EP, for which Duncan Avoid imparted a Cybernetics-esque remix of d.compose's "Thresn 54-231001". Duncan Avoid was also performing throughout Europe at this time, including two shows at the Cabaret Voltaire with Shitmat and Chevron, the 2003 Fuckparade in Berlin, and the 2004 Polymorphik Festival in Liège, Belgium.[18][19]

In 2004 the duo released their magnum opus Metaphysics on Hive Records. Many have found the album's fusing and traversing of disparate styles difficult to categorize,[20][21] with one reviewer calling it "so innovative it sounds almost entirely novel, almost totally devoid of obvious influences, to the point of being a new form without a ready frame of reference."[22] Similar sentiments were expressed by others, with descriptions ranging from "punchy breakcore freneticism coiled tightly around endlessly twisted ambience and hectic experimental sound sculpture",[23] to "a gaseous contrail of solar noise and ice particles where ambient breaths of watery melodies get heat-flashed into steam, and software-driven drum programming is savaged by extended processor cycles."[24] Prolific polystylist C-drik and Ukrainian noise artist Kotra provided remixes of "Auditory Arms" and "Parallel Grounds", respectively. Duncan Avoid also lent tracks to Enough Records' Retork compilation and the limited edition FUCK compilation released on Hive. The project has since been put on an indefinite hiatus.

References edit

  1. ^ "MYSTERY SEA 31 | erratic | the invisible landscape", Scarlet.be, 2006. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  2. ^ "FRAMEofMIND". FRAMEofMIND. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Save 90% on Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Personals", Entity.be. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  5. ^ Vegin, Say. "Freestyle review: UndaCova". Freestyle Magazine, 2002. Retrieved on 29 December 2008.
  6. ^ "UndaCova", isolaterecords.com
  7. ^ Downton, Chris. "UndaCova: Intrusion 15 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine". Grooves Magazine, 2006. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  8. ^ Maini, Luca. "Undacova :: Intrusion (Dyslexic Response / Isolate, CD)". Igloo Magazine, 2006. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  9. ^ Weinel, Jon. "Flashcore: Earth, Atomizer, Let's Go!". Spannered.org, 2007. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  10. ^ Words and Tears Mix[permanent dead link], Decibel Breach Podcast. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  11. ^ Maqqi, Euqenio. "Erratic", Chain D.L.K., 2007. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  12. ^ "About Erratic", Entity.be, Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  13. ^ Fischer, Tobias. "CD Feature/ Erratic: "The Invisible Landscape"", Tokafi, 2006. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  14. ^ "Erratic – Presence Archived 22 June 2006 at archive.today", mirakelmusik.se. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  15. ^ Johnson, Larry. "Mirakelmusik Archived 19 July 2007 at archive.today", Earlabs.org, 2006. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  16. ^ "Artists – Puzzling", Timeless Network, 2006. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  17. ^ a b McGuire, Erik. "Duncan Avoid – Cybernetics. Hypothemic Magazine, 2003-03-08. Retrieved on 29 December 2008.
  18. ^ "Aural Addiction vs Chaosphere, Cabaret Voltaire", webflyers.co.uk, 2004. Retrieved on 24 October 2008.
  19. ^ "Polymorphik Festival", Timeless Network, 2004. Retrieved on 24 October 2008.
  20. ^ Sodergren, Stephen. "Review:: Duncan Avoid – Metaphysics", ReGen magazine, 2004. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  21. ^ Eklund, Anders. "Duncan Avoid "Metaphysics"", Moving Hands Music Magazine, 2004. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  22. ^ "DUNCAN AVOID – METAPHYSICS", Aural Pressure, 2005. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  23. ^ "Duncan Avoid – Metaphysics Review 11 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine", Storming the Base, 2004. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.
  24. ^ Propek, Mat. "Duncan Avoid :: Metaphysics (Hive, CD) 16 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine", Igloo Magazine, 2005. Retrieved on 17 October 2008.

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Some of this article s listed sources may not be reliable Please help improve this article by looking for better more reliable sources Unreliable citations may be challenged and removed February 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Jan Robbe born 14 June 1980 in Ghent Belgium otherwise known by his music project aliases Atomhead Erratic UndaCova and Diagnostic is an electronic music artist He founded the experimental netlabel Entity in 2003 with friend Nico de Gols aka Kaebin Yield Jan Robbe is known for expressing various musical styles under different pseudonyms Atomhead and UndaCova his two most prominent projects focus on fractured industrial beats and densely textured DSP sound design techniques whereas Erratic is a vehicle for pursuing more minimal long form ambiental directions 1 The most recent 2018 Diagnostic project explores experimental sound design glitch and noise structures combining digital and modular synthesis Robbe has released music on distinguished labels such as Dyslexic Response and Hangars Liquides and collaborated with artists who operate in similar aesthetic domains including La Peste Neurocore Subskan and Xanopticon Jan RobbeJan Robbe performing as Atomhead at the 2008 Only the Hard Survive festival in Waregem Belgium Background informationBirth nameJan RobbeAlso known asAtomhead Erratic UndaCova DiagnosticBorn 1980 06 14 14 June 1980 age 43 Ghent BelgiumOriginGhent BelgiumGenresElectronic musicOccupation s Musician record label runner remixer sound engineer graphic designer game designerInstrument s Synthesizer electronics laptop computer samplerYears active1999 presentLabelsEntity Hive Records Hangars Liquides Dyslexic Response Mystery Sea Mirakel Musik Enough Records Autoplate Besides his activities as music producer Robbe is also known for creating generative mostly fractal graphic design as FRAMEofMIND 2 and as an indie game developer responsible for creating Hyperspace Invaders 3 a bullet hell shmup with audiovisual and generative gameplay characteristics Contents 1 Projects 1 1 UndaCova 1 2 Atomhead 1 3 Erratic 1 4 Duncan Avoid 2 References 3 External linksProjects editUndaCova edit In 1999 Jan Robbe adopted the name UndaCova to release IDM experiments using FL Studio which remains one of his favourite programs 4 These include S T U C K 2001 on the Arghprkl netlabel and a series of meditative brainwave synchronizers released on Theta An illbient split with Affective Disorder entitled Study of a Ladybug on a Rope was later released on Autoplate Robbe s influences at this time included the post rock and trip hop genres as well as old video game music which inspired the Metamood Katalyst 12 released on Pleemobil Say Vegin of Freestyle Magazine drew comparisons in the album s sound to 8 bit calling it a collection of hard tek cut ups textured polygons and hypnotizing synths 5 By the end of 2002 Robbe had founded the xE Phalanx project a joint collaboration with artists from around the world UndaCova would go on to participate in two xE Phalanx albums 5E Phalanx s Pragmatic Impulse and 7E Phalanx s Pulse both released on the Entity netlabel A dramatic shift in sound occurred in 2003 with the self released power noise EP Human Nature This period was marked by dark soundscaping and assaulting beat constructions 6 culminating in 2006 with the release of Intrusion on Isolate Records The music of Intrusion is noted for its hyper intensity sonic density and high production values 7 It contains remixes by Polish cybercore artist Neurocore and Belgian musician Imminent Luca Maini of Igloo Magazine summarized the album s sound as Somatic Responses mangled and speeded up to create a teeth grinding industrial monster ultra processed and with thousands of razor sharp beats packed together This is the perfect music if you like Richard Devine but you think he should stick to the smashing stuff he performs live or maybe you think Venetian Snares is a genius but he s gone too melodic 8 UndaCova has remixed tracks by Danny Kreutzfeldt White Nois Stasis and Diagram of Suburban Chaos and is also featured on the Mirex Carbon compilation Thinner s Recore remix album Somia s Miad and the Polymorphik Piece series released on PuZZling Rec The project went undercover in 2007 Atomhead edit Atomhead was founded in 2004 as a means to evolve the sounds already explored with the UndaCova moniker Often compared with the cyberdelic flashcore experiments of La Peste 9 Atomhead released Spiral Field Velocity 2 0 in 2005 on La Peste s Hangars Liquides label the main stable behind flashcore and experimental speedcore Atomhead has also been likened to 60 s era Iannis Xenakis and power electronics 10 Atomhead appeared on numerous compilations throughout 2007 and 2008 including Vortex on Entity Delayed Reaction on Peace Off and We Are The Music Breakerz on Reconfiguration Records Atomhead has remixed tracks by Sedarka Ronny Ragtroll Xanopticon and Prometheus Burning among others Erratic edit 2003 saw the inception of Erratic a side project for abstract highly immersive soundscapes 11 and psycho electro acoustic sound art The aim of Erratic is to unify sound with thoughts and imaginary visual landscapes 12 For most of Erratic s output Robbe eschews computer generated beats and rhythms in favour of exotic instruments and contact microphone derived sounds which are subsequently manipulated using various audio editors The results often sound organic in nature with comparisons drawn to mediterranean and oceanic settings as well as the drone and microsound genres 13 In 2004 Erratic and ambient artist Hackeronte joined to form Pandemia On the day of the transit of Venus in 2004 they released the self described spacetexture journey Venus Urania on Entity in an attempt to capture a fitting sonic environment for the event The same year Erratic released Presence on Mirakel Musik a 50 minute composition of richly textured field recordings intended to accompany the listener to sleep 14 15 Erratic has also collaborated with music artists Andrey Kiritchenko and fellow Belgian Lina visual artists Jesper Bentzen and the Farbrausch demogroup citation needed and has released Activation Fields on Entity 2004 The Invisible Landscape on Mystery Sea 2006 and contributed to compilations on Con v AntmanuvMicro and Soulseek Records Duncan Avoid edit Duncan Avoid was a collaboration between Entity founders Jan Robbe and Nico de Gols The project s goal was to defy musical genre as well as technical limitations 16 Their first album Cybernetics was released in 2003 on Enough Records a concept album concerned with transhumanism and emerging technologies The album is unique among other releases on the Enough imprint for its extensive use of microtonality and unresolved atmospherics 17 described by one journalist as a spacious complex and arguably psychoactive menagerie of integrated electronic soundscapes a purely abstruse composition of sonic nomogenetics synthetic coils and unfurling digital helices producing from the ether intangible imagery of high technology newly conjoined with anthropomorphic sentience 17 Cybernetics was followed by appearances on Kirdec s Stadskantoor Zero and d compose s Analysis EP for which Duncan Avoid imparted a Cybernetics esque remix of d compose s Thresn 54 231001 Duncan Avoid was also performing throughout Europe at this time including two shows at the Cabaret Voltaire with Shitmat and Chevron the 2003 Fuckparade in Berlin and the 2004 Polymorphik Festival in Liege Belgium 18 19 In 2004 the duo released their magnum opus Metaphysics on Hive Records Many have found the album s fusing and traversing of disparate styles difficult to categorize 20 21 with one reviewer calling it so innovative it sounds almost entirely novel almost totally devoid of obvious influences to the point of being a new form without a ready frame of reference 22 Similar sentiments were expressed by others with descriptions ranging from punchy breakcore freneticism coiled tightly around endlessly twisted ambience and hectic experimental sound sculpture 23 to a gaseous contrail of solar noise and ice particles where ambient breaths of watery melodies get heat flashed into steam and software driven drum programming is savaged by extended processor cycles 24 Prolific polystylist C drik and Ukrainian noise artist Kotra provided remixes of Auditory Arms and Parallel Grounds respectively Duncan Avoid also lent tracks to Enough Records Retork compilation and the limited edition FUCK compilation released on Hive The project has since been put on an indefinite hiatus References edit MYSTERY SEA 31 erratic the invisible landscape Scarlet be 2006 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 FRAMEofMIND FRAMEofMIND Retrieved 27 November 2018 Save 90 on Hyperspace Invaders II Pixel Edition on Steam store steampowered com Retrieved 27 November 2018 Personals Entity be Retrieved on 17 October 2008 Vegin Say Freestyle review UndaCova Freestyle Magazine 2002 Retrieved on 29 December 2008 UndaCova isolaterecords com Downton Chris UndaCova Intrusion Archived 15 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine Grooves Magazine 2006 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 Maini Luca Undacova Intrusion Dyslexic Response Isolate CD Igloo Magazine 2006 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 Weinel Jon Flashcore Earth Atomizer Let s Go Spannered org 2007 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 Words and Tears Mix permanent dead link Decibel Breach Podcast Retrieved on 17 October 2008 Maqqi Euqenio Erratic Chain D L K 2007 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 About Erratic Entity be Retrieved on 17 October 2008 Fischer Tobias CD Feature Erratic The Invisible Landscape Tokafi 2006 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 Erratic Presence Archived 22 June 2006 at archive today mirakelmusik se Retrieved on 17 October 2008 Johnson Larry Mirakelmusik Archived 19 July 2007 at archive today Earlabs org 2006 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 Artists Puzzling Timeless Network 2006 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 a b McGuire Erik Duncan Avoid Cybernetics Hypothemic Magazine 2003 03 08 Retrieved on 29 December 2008 Aural Addiction vs Chaosphere Cabaret Voltaire webflyers co uk 2004 Retrieved on 24 October 2008 Polymorphik Festival Timeless Network 2004 Retrieved on 24 October 2008 Sodergren Stephen Review Duncan Avoid Metaphysics ReGen magazine 2004 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 Eklund Anders Duncan Avoid Metaphysics Moving Hands Music Magazine 2004 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 DUNCAN AVOID METAPHYSICS Aural Pressure 2005 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 Duncan Avoid Metaphysics Review Archived 11 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine Storming the Base 2004 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 Propek Mat Duncan Avoid Metaphysics Hive CD Archived 16 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine Igloo Magazine 2005 Retrieved on 17 October 2008 External links editJan Robbe s official site Archived 5 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Duncan Avoid s official site Jan Robbe s discography FRAMEofMIND official site https store 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