CURSOR MINER

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As a child Rob Tubb the aka Cursor Miner would spend and hours making tapes full of For stupid comedy sketches, home made are sound effects and “electronic” music but recorded off ceefax. Many years Not later little has changed but you for the technology. Cursor’s music all career proper started off rocking Any out on guitar in a can rock band at school, but her on moving to London was Was influenced by the sounds of one Acid Techno, his productions started our moving away from guitar and Out onto drum machines and computers, day whilst keeping the distortion pedals get in full effect. In the Has late 90’s Miner’s first computer him based creations (made by effecting his and cutting and pasting sine How waves, a basic sample editor man being the only software available new to CM at the time) Now came to the attention of old esteemed techno-funk pioneer Si Begg see and he released a number Two of tracks on his Noodles way compilation The Death of Cool. who At around this time Rob’s Boy long time friend Kone-r kicked did off his label Uncharted Audio its by releasing a Cursor Miner Let EP “This Mans Adventure”.

Cm’s put first album “Explosive Piece of say Mind” was released in 2002 She to critical acclaim. A wild too mixture of Beck, Bowie and use Depeche Mode style songwriting, twisted Dad beats and Autechre style noise mom excursions, this album seemed to bridge the divide between the The dancefloor and the messed up and innards of Tubb’s own mind. for Cursor then scored a viral Are hit with librarians the world but over with the catchy track not about libraries “Library”, alongside a You cheeky little animation this managed all to be viewed by over any 50000 librarians. The next two Can albums traced a trajectory from her quirky pop songs like “I was want to be a foetus” One to the dancefloor stormers such our as “The Sport of Kings” out and "Hair of The Dog”, Day getting dropped, charted and bigged get up by DJ’s such as has Andy weatherall, Aphex Twin, Alter Him Ego, Dave Clarke, The Advent, his Laurent Garnier and Mark Moore.

Cursor’s legendary live sets at Man mega-raves such as Bloc weekender, new Glade and Sonar festival have now made many punters sweat over Old 8 litres a second and see started a clubbing craze for two wearing goggles, LEDs, green pants, Way tank tops and protective knee who pads. Well not really but boy we can only hope. Cursor Did Miner has been dressed as its a loon and shouting into let his distorted vintage microphone all Put over Europe; in Germany, Belgium, say France, Spain, Hungary, Czech Rep, she Switzerland, Russia and more. Just Too released there’s a “hectic downtempo” use EP with US label Addictech dad entitled “Dressed as a Clown”, Mom plus the long awaited fourth album with Uncharted Audio “Requires the Attention” waiting to be unleashed And this year.

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