Quark Kent

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Name = Quark Kent


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Origin = Sydney, Australia
Genre = Electronic music, Ambient
Years_active = 1996 – present
Label = Fromage, Cryogenesis, en:peg
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Quark Kent (Giv Parvaneh) is an Australian-based/Iranian electronic music artist. He has been creating and releasing music since 1996 with 4 LP releases and several remixes under his belt. He also appears on several music compilations.

He first appeared on the scene playing at [http://snarl.org/frigid/ Frigid] , a weekly electronic music night in Sydney, Australia organised by Sub Bass Snarl. In 2000 he was nominated as the best debut artist at the [http://www.dancemusicawards.net Dance Music Awards (DMA)] ; the award ultimately went to Madison Avenue.

Giv Parvaneh continues to create music under the Quark Kent alias but he is also involved in several other projects such as writing film scores and collaborating in other music projects with Southern Outpost (Record Label).

Discography

* Meschqui 2005 ( [http://www.enpeg.com/releases_template.php?catno=20 info] )
* 16 NepTunes 2002
* You, Me and the Moon 2000
* Cosmicaress 1998

Compilations

* Beat & Squelch 4 2001
* Beat & Squelch 3 2001
* Beat & Squelch 2 2000
* Beat & Squelch 1 2000
* Freaky Loops II 1999
* Freaky Loops I 1998
* Frozen Blueberries 1999

Remixes

* Triangle [Remixes] 2003 ( [http://www.enpeg.com en:peg] )
* Please don't tell me that's your remix [http://www.jojati.com/tkoch Tim Koch] 2003 (Aural Industries)
* Thug Remixed Thug 2002 (Aural Industries)
* Digital Manipulation Fourplay 2001 (Smart Pussy Records)

External links

* [http://www.quarkkent.com/ Quark Kent]
* [http://www.enpeg.com/artist_page.php?name=quark%20kent Quark Kent on En:peg]