Kschzt

Infobox musical artist
Name = Kschzt


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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Jaakko Manninen
Alias = Kschzt, MD
Born = Helsinki, Finland
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Instrument = electronics, laptop
Genre = Electronic music, IDM
Occupation = musician, songwriter, record producer
Years_active = ~2000–present
Label = Merck, Blasé
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URL = http://www.kschzt.com/

Jaakko Manninen is an experimental electronic music artist recording under the alias Kschzt (pronounced ‘ksht’). He has also released several critically acclaimed albums under the name MD.

Manninen was previously a member of the demoscene (as Mellow-D / MD of Five Musicians), founder of Scene.Org and member of TPOLM. He has two albums out as MD on Merck records, and two on Blasé as Kschzt. He currently resides in Barcelona, Spain.

Select Discography

recording as MD:
* "Appelsap" (2000, Merck)
* "Between Gaps" (2001, Merck)

recording as Kschzt:
* "Kihelmä" (2003, Blasé)
* "The Earth's Hum" (2005, Blasé)

External Links

* [http://www.kschzt.com/ Kschzt.com - Official Site]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kschzt Kschzt Complete Discography at Discogs.com]
* [http://www.tpolm.org/ TPOLM.org - artist's collective Official Site]