Jesper Skaaning

Jesper Skaaning
Also known as	Acustic Altra Skaaning
Origin	Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres	Electronic music, ambient, IDM
Occupations	electronic musician producer
Years active	1980x - present
Labels	April Records Hobby Industries Rump Recordings
Associated acts	Future 3 People Press Play

Jesper Skaaning (aka Acustic) is a Danish electronic musician,^[1] producer and film composer. He started his career as a guitarist in various experimental punk bands in the early 1980s and was inspired by European electropop and early electronic Music, especially by Kraftwerk. At that time he formed a band, Acustisk Ungdom, from which he later took his name.

He formed the Future 3 electronic trio together with Anders Remmer (aka Dub Tractor) and Thomas Knak (aka Opiate) in 1994. He is also a member of People Press Play (which is Future 3 plus Sara Savery) and has a duo project with Remmer, Jesper & Anders aka Recycler 202.

With his sense of harmony, and his consciously minimalist approach, Skaaning constructs a sound which is forthcoming without trying too hard to please.

At the moment Jesper is working together with guitar and bassplayer Djon on the sideproject Spring, which is a return to more guitar oriented material with discrete use of vocals.

Discography

• Tease (12”) - (Flex Records, 1995)
• No 1 (CD, Album) - (April Records, 1996)
• No 2 (12”) - (April Records, 1997)
• Star Quality (CD) - (April Records, 1998)
• Split (12") (with Goodiepal) - (Hobby Industries, 2000)
• Split (12”) (with RJ Valeo) - (Hobby Industries, 2002)
• Welcome (CD)- (Rump Recordings, 2005)

References

1. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir (2001-05-24). All music guide to electronica: the definitive guide to electronic music. Backbeat Books. pp. 217–. ISBN 9780879306281. http://books.google.com/books?id=GJNXLSBlL7IC&pg=PT217. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 

External links

• Jesper Skaaning at the Internet Movie Database
• Jesper Skaaning at Discogs
• Welcome album review
• Acustic at MySpace

References

1. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir (2001-05-24). All music guide to electronica: the definitive guide to electronic music. Backbeat Books. pp. 217–. ISBN 9780879306281. http://books.google.com/books?id=GJNXLSBlL7IC&pg=PT217. Retrieved 22 September 2011. 

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