Kenneth James Gibson | |
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Birth name | Kenneth James Gibson |
Born | October 8, 1973 |
Genres | Techno, dub, chamber pop, folk, noise pop, house, noise rock, electronica, IDM, neo-psychedelia, dancehall, experimental, ambient, avant-garde |
Occupation(s) | musician, composer, songwriter, record producer |
Instruments | synthesizer, guitar, bass guitar, piano, vocals, percussion |
Years active | 1993–present |
Labels | Kompakt, Adjunct Audio, Trapez, Planet Mu, Leftroom, Trance Syndicate, Mille Plateaux, Mo's Ferry Prod., City Slang, Tigerbeat 6, Lo Recordings, Get Physical Music, Warp records, Southern Records, Rocket Girl |
Associated acts | Bell Gardens, [a]pendics.shuffle, DubLoner, Furry Things, Eight Frozen Modules, Mr. C, Meat Beat Manifesto, Reverse Commuter, Hiss & Buzz, Douglas McCarthy, Electric Company |
Website | www |
Kenneth James Gibson (born October 8, 1973), is a musician who has been recording and releasing records since 1994. He founded the minimal techno record label Adjunct Audio in early 2005 with friend Konstantin Gabbro, through Kompakt records. He releases music under the aliases [a]pendics.shuffle, Eight Frozen Modules, dubLoner, The Premature Wig, Men in Slippers, Cascabel Gentz, KJ Gibbs, Reverse Commuter, Bal Cath, Electronic Music Composer, and Hiss & Buzz (with Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto). Gibson founded the 1990s noise pop band Furry Things, who released most of its material on King Coffey's (of the Butthole Surfers) Trance Syndicate / Touch and Go Records imprint.
Gibson along with Brian McBride of the drone-based ambient music duo Stars of the Lid, started the band Bell Gardens in 2009. Through the music of Bell Gardens, the two explore the many realms of chamber pop, folk, psychedelic pop, and Americana. He also recently collaborated with Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb on a track called Whispers In on his latest Reverse Commuter album titled Exposure. In April 2016, Gibson released his first full ambient album under his real name titled The Evening Falls on Kompakt Pop Ambient.