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Frédérick Landier is Rubin Steiner, a French man with a German pseudonym (because it sounded 'exotic'). Rubin's passion for mixing music from unexpected genres earnt him a show with his local station, Radio Béton. Next up was the Lo-Fi Nu Jazz series, a wonderful mix of jazzy "small scale experiments that sounded like masterpieces" (you could say it was lo-fi nu jazz). His Wunderbar Drei album was released in 2002. An eclectic combination of bossa/jazz/rock/hip-hop, Wunderbar Drei brought on remixes by many of Ninja Tunes finest and a stage show complete with live bass, trombone and VJ. Rubin only gets...

Frank Steiner, Jr. was born in Freiburg, Germany in 1966. There he studied classical piano, trumpet and music theory. After experimenting on numerous musical projects and playing with a wide variety of groups, Steiner founded his own jazz-rock group. He now focuses primarily on composing. In 1990 Steiner met Ulrich Gitschier, a producer and studio owner in South Germany, with whom he became friend and collaborator. From Gitschier he learned the backgrounds of Far Eastern religions, cultural roots and music. Steiner was fascinated with his newfound knowledge, especially Indian and Chinese music, and began to compose works with these ethnic...