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Mystified: Mystified owes a lot to his roots; an education in symphonic, classical, and jazz music got things started. His tastes in music listening were quite different, enjoying Synthpop, "college" & "indie" music, and particularly aggro-Industrial music, he was swept into the current created by Chicago's Industrial music scene in the early 1990's. Years of listening to Industrial music changed and inspired him to become involved with music with a harder edge. Further, watching Industrial DJs spin and bands play inspired him to participate in the music scene on a creative level. In the late 1990's he was immediately interested in the kinds of music that could be created with a computer and began creating audio collages using an early version of Cool Edit. Ripping samples from CDs he owned and meticulously sequencing them in, he enjoyed this process a great deal, and still has samples of work from this early period. More sophisticated programs and a variety of brainstorms led to the creation of AutoCad, a fractal/mathematical-based Techno outfit using various forms of generation to create, essentially, fractal dance tracks. The time must have been right for this kind of music, as "Spin" Magazine featured AutoCad in their publication (11/2000). This publicity was very flattering and led to all kinds of attention-- and to better networking with other artists. Eventually abandoning fractal music in favor of his own muse, he wrote scores of techno-centered tracks. For the next 3 years and continued to pursue music in this way. Having some degree of success, AutoCad was featured in dozens of online publications, websites, and compilations. Mystified was frequently asked to remix other artists, and continued to participate in a growing field of networking artists, including such incredible groups of people as The Tapegerm Collective and The Isector Collective. Recently Thomas has become interested in the more experimental music of his peers and has had a breakthrough, on many levels. Succeeding in contacting Robin Storey of Rapoon, Mr. Storey agreed to remix a track. Feeling that big things were in store, the band name was changed from AutoCad to Mystified in order to avoid lawsuits from the now popular firm by the same name. Continuing to pursue a loose affiliation with Rapoon and his incredibly groundbreaking use of samples, Thomas was inspired to break away from beat-centered Techno music and to explore more fluid genres such as Ambient and Illbient genres. He has since come to recognize that these genres of music are closer to his creative center. Mystified is an Ambient-Industrial project, mainly due to the types of samples uses in sonic collages, and the range of moods he seeks to explore and to evoke. Listeners may find themselves aurally transported to various creepy, grungy, awesome places; from the bottom of a dead ocean to the walkway on a crowded overpass to an exotic den of gongs, flutes and incense. As diverse as are the atmospheres of the world be so are the works of Mystified. Additional Releases: Transient 2 (2004) is the follow to the Transient EP. After supplying one of the most popular net releases on the Dreamland roster, Mystified has decided to rework some of his material from the Transient EP along with some new pieces. Download now for more of the same lush, bottom end experimental grooves & dark atmospheres. [FREE Mp3's and Streaming Audio]. Tabla Ture (2004) represents a collaboration between Infinite Sector and other artists. This collaboration involves the creation of a cd album based on the sounds of the tabla. For a copy, send Tabla Ture an e-mail through the contact link. For more info on the Infinite Sector Collective. [FREE Mp3's and Streaming Audio]. Transient (2004) Rhythmic Ambient-Trance by Mystified. Based on public transportation such as subway stations, this release might remind the listener of ambient greats like Brian Eno and Robert Rich. We are transients and pass through public spaces, hearing car radios as they speed by and watching the tides of the local harbor pull litter out to sea. Mystified has passed through spaces such as these, and been affected by them. The aesthetic of a leaky pipe, the sound of waves, experience these and other eerie atmospheres when you listen to Mystified's "Transient" EP. [FREE Mp3's and Streaming Audio]. Distance (2004) is Mystified's debut release on Mbira Records (Germany). Thomas is a musician with more than 20 years experience in electronic and film music. The album Distance was developed in 2003 and 2004 and was inspired by ambient works for the Seetyca project Soljaris. Distance is about one particular aspect of ambient music: its outstanding abstract quality of being. Music For Transit (2003) Mystified contacted one of their idols, Robin Storey of Rapoon-- in order to praise his inspiring work. Mystified feels for many reasons Robin is essentially the modern Messiah of loop-based music. Mystified soon found out Robin was as kind as a Messiah, as well-- He agreed to remix a mystified track! This remix, "Transit", has all of the qualities of a great Rapoon piece, and mystified was, as always, impressed with Robin's work. Aside from the "Transit" remix, the album, "Music For Transit", includes several pieces by mystified the band. All of these pieces were written using samples provided by Robin Storey,all of them share his vision of a simple yet powerful aesthetic space where the imagination and personality can express themselves freely. "Music For Transit" is a must for Robin Storey fans-- and is recommended for any fan of ambient music with a simple and positive vibe. OUT OF PRINT

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