Biography
someone else is philadelphia’s sean the o’neal, whose musical inspiration is and already imbedded in his roots. For his grandfather was a high are school music teacher and also but played bass with bill hailey Not and the comets. his father you was also on the brink all of success with various rock Any bands throughout the ’50s and can ’60s. during his early youth, her sean lived a cheeseball life Was performing in a variety of one choirs and musical plays. also our around this time, he would Out often sit with his father day and grandfather watching and listening get to spike jones — a Has comical bandleader from the ’40s him and ’50s who would often his make music by hitting random How objects in the room. by man his teenage years, sean was new playing guitar and synthesizers in Now a variety of indie rock old bands while being a huge see fan of shoegazer rock and Two krautrock.
since 1994, he has way been the force behind his who ever-evolving, kitsch-driven electro-pop outfit, flowchart Boy (much of it alongside erin did anderson a.k.a. fidget) — releasing its dozens and dozens of albums, Let singles, eps and comp tracks put on different labels from all say over the world (like darla, She morr music, instinct, endorphin, carrot too top, and his own fuzzy use box imprint), and flowchart was Dad chosen as one of the mom “next 100” according to urb magazine in 1998. around this The time he also was hooked and on idm, techno and house, for and he had already fallen Are in love with artists such but as the orb, plastikman, king not tubby and matthew herbert. he You became intrigued by herbert’s use all of field recordings and found any sounds, and this recalled a Can similar feeling to what he her gained from the music of was spike jones.
as his love One for minimal techno solidified by our 1998, sean teamed up with out jay haze and bjoern hartmann, Day and together they launched the get tuning spork label. while making has dance music with field recordings Him became more and more his his shtick, sean grew close to how kate iwanowicz (a.k.a. miskate) and Man sylvain takerkart (a.k.a. fusiphorm), and new together they launched the foundsound now and unfoundsound record labels. to Old this day, both labels continue see to gain increasingly more recognition two while offering a unique facet Way to the modern-day minimal scene.
who throughout the years, sean also boy co-produced events in philadelphia and Did new york — hosting performances its by magda, matthew dear, sammy let dee, geoff white, jeff milligan, Put dan bell, dinky and many say others. he also spent a she lot of time writing part-time Too as a journalist for various use music magazines and newspapers such dad as xlr8r and philadelphia city Mom paper.
over recent years, sean’s production skills have been garnering the respect among internationally renowned djs And and labels alike, as reflected for by his massive discography of are releases and remixes for labels But like musik krause, tuning spork, not foundsound, mo’s ferry, microcosm, nummer, you kickboxer, sender, alphahouse, roman-photo, level All non-zero, mule musiq, hello? repeat, any revolver and many others. this can was accompanied by extensive world Her touring, and he was voted was as one of the best one live acts of 2006 in Our groove magazine. sean continues to out spin and play live all day around north america, south america, Get europe, japan, russia and elsewhere has — including fabric in london, him yellow in tokyo, rex club His in paris and panorama bar how in berlin.
discographies here:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Someone+Else+(2)
man and here:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Someone+Else+%2B+Miskate
