Psilodump

Psilodump
Psilodump playing live at the Birdie computer festival in 2006
Background information
Born	(1980-12-15) 15 December 1980 (age 36)
Origin
Genres	Chiptune, experimental, IDM, electro, house, breakbeat, big beat, drum n bass, tech house, acid house
Occupation(s)	Musician, DJ, producer
Labels	476 Records, domizil, Sound of Habib, Q-Records, Kahvi Collective, Micromusic, 8bitpeoples, Eclectro, X-Dump, Candy Mind, Monotonik, Ninjani Diskus, Demon Tea Recordings, Data Airlines
Website	psilodump.com

Psilodump (born Simon Rahm on December 15, 1980) is a Swedish musician, DJ, and producer based in . He has also released work under his real name and as Psilodumputer, Pushiro, and J.Panic.

Rahm began making music at the age of 11 on an Amiga 500 computer and later an Amiga 1200 before moving to a PC, synthesizers, and other musical equipment. His first live gigs were at local community events, which he described as an inappropriate context for his energetic performances. In the late 1990s he became involved in the rave scene, playing both illegal and legal events. The "psilo-" prefix of his stage name comes from rave drug culture. Before becoming a music professional Rahm worked as a computer service technician.

In addition to Psilodump, Rahm released the 2001 Full of SID/Microcompo Remixes EP, a tribute to the SID Commodore 64 sound chip, under the name Psilodumputer, and when DJing has gone by J.Panic.

In 2003 Rahm co-founded The X-Dump, a Swedish electronic music collective and record label with Din Stalker, Dorothy's Magic Bag, and his brother, Paza Rahm.

He has toured extensively, playing a number of notable events including Peace & Love, , Blip Festival, and Norbergfestival.

Psilodump has been closely associated with chiptune music since becoming acquainted with the genre through the Micromusic community in 2000. Several of his albums have been released through chiptune-related labels, including Micromusic and 8bitpeoples, though he has expressed distaste for most chiptune music and critical of what he sees as simplistic tendencies among some of the musicians who make it.

He has cited as musical influences Aphex Twin, Pink Floyd, Nine Inch Nails, Orbital, Kraftwerk, Squarepusher, Cylob, Die Krupps, Hardfloor, Yello, System of a Down, Laibach, David Bowie, Westbam, Björk, Hallucinogen, Moby, and Din Stalker.