Edgey

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Name = Edgey


Img_capt = Edgey performing live at Maschinenfest, Germany, 2005
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Origin = United States
Genre = Industrial, Breakcore, Drum N Bass, IDM
Years_active = 1998 – present
Label = Hands Productions
Hive Records
Thoughtbludgeon
Black Monolith Records
Reduced Phat
Digital Hardcore Recordings
Notochord Recordings
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Edgey is an experimental music, industrial and breakcore musical project from New York City. Stephen James Knight is the production mind behind the creations, also denoting a side project, for this moniker. Working in the past veins of Industrial, Hardcore, Broken beats, Techno, Noise, IDM and Ambience, this genre-bending experience has proved to be most-valuable in his creation to push the realm of Drum n bass to its varying extremes.

Edgey also maintains an active participant in the Darkstep community, maintaining [http://www.darkstep.org darkstep.org] , a community dedicated to the promotion and discussion of hard, aggressive Drum n bass.

Formed in the mid 1990s, Thoughtbludgeon Recordings was formed by edgey.

History

Edgey was a prominent artist in the now defunct mp3.com, often achieving, and maintain #1 ranking on the mp3.com music genre charts. Earning a worldwide audience by utilizing promotional avenues on the internet, Edgey has taken his act from coast to coast in the United States, and in recent years, abroad, most prominently performing at both the Maschinenfest and Forms of Hands festivals in Germany.Edgey has been credited with the coining of both the terms "Wreckstep", and "Rivetstep".

Side Projects

Aside from the 2 main identities; Edgey / Stephen James Knight; several other side projects, and monikers have been used, with releases dating back to the mid 1990s:Rog Hardcore Productions, Soul Martyr (Sole Martyr)

Project Involvement

Edgey has performed with the following bands:Deep Fried Clams, Dawndeath Incinerator, Dysfunctional Sound Alliance, Carved Insane, Christ Cage

Discography

Regular Releases

*"Mass Target" (12") Thoughtbludgeon, New Vision America (2002)
*"Reduced Phat 2%" (CD) Reduced Phat (2004)
*"Everyone Is Beautiful To Someone" (CD) Thoughtbludgeon, Reduced Phat (2005)
*"Square Form Annihilations" (CD) Hands Productions (2005)
*"Target Acquired" (12") Black Monolith Records (2005)
*"The Abuse Technique" (CD, Album) Hive Records (2006)
*"Flawed" (CD, Album) Hands Productions (2007)

Other Releases

*"Don't F**k With Us" (3xCD) E-Chair, Amtrack, Enib... Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) (2002)
*"Sleeper Cell" (DVD) At Terminal Torture Canadian Speedcore Resistance (2003)
*"Bsr 02" (12") Dead In 73 Bruchstellen Records (2004)
*"Sidetracked" (2xLP) 1min Terror Mode Of Proof (2004)
*"2005 Hands" (2xCD) Fear, Leech, Collapse ... Hands Productions (2005)
*"2005 Hands" (5x12") Fear, Leech, Collapse ... Hands Productions (2005)
*"Maschinenfest 2005" (2xCD) Seqs Pflichtkauf (2005)
*"Forms Of Hands 06" (CD) Flower Of Pain Hands Productions (2006)

Remixes

Edgey has remixed other artists songs (at their request) that have been released elsewhere. Some of these remixes include:

Angina P 8 Rooms (CD, Album) No Time To Bleed Notochord Recordings (2006)
Killswitch Engage "" (CD) World Ablaze Halo 8 (2006)
Enduser 2% (CD, Album) Death Vest Reduced Phat (2004)
Subsektor 2% (CD, Album) Cedex Reduced Phat (2004)
Terrorfakt REworks2: Friendly Fire (CDr, Album) The Unknown (2007)

References

*http://www.discogs.com/artist/Edgey
*http://www.edgey.net
*http://www.thoughtbludgeon.com
*http://www.darkstep.org

External links

* [http://www.Edgey.net Edgey Online]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/edgey Edgey at Discogs]
* [http://www.myspace.com/Edgey Edgey on myspace]