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Without an element of cruelty at the root of all spectacle, music is no longer possible. In our present state of degeneration it is through the skin that metaphysics must be made to enter our minds. .

1 : Omicron a Greek techno producer from the 1990's. A catchy, instrumental melding of Industrial Dance, Techno, and big beat. Rousing vocal snippets and rock-influenced riffs punctuate funky, mid-tempo breaks. Old school synth riffs lead into upbeat 4/4 rhythms. 2: Omicron, an EDM producer from the UK from 2012 onwards. Blending modern styles of EDM and Dance Music such as Progressive and Electro House with traditional catchy melodies and hooks. .

The Micronauts are a Paris-based dance music act. They formed when Christophe Monier met Canada-born George Issakidis whilst working at the Parisian music fanzine eDEN. The first release was a 12 inch called "The Jazz." They continued to work throughout the 1990s, developing an acid techno style of their own. This attracted the attention of high-profile artists, such as The Chemical Brothers and Underworld. Indeed, their remix of Block Rockin' Beats appears on The Chemical Brother's DJ mix album Brother's Gonna Work It Out and their remix of Underworld's Bruce Lee was also widely distributed. At the end of the...

Real Name: David Donohoe Aliases: Alo_Nost, David Donohoe, Nost David Donohoe's Micronost project serves up a four-course platter of digitally modified R&B, clearly owing a great deal to the cut-ups of Soundhack, Secondo, and even .snd's Tender Love. There's a liberal smattering of sliced-n-diced vocals, which the label itself describes as "awkwardly placed and vacuous". Way to sell a record guys. Still, it's actually pretty impressively well-realised stuff, even if the whole 'clickhop' Missy Elliott-meets-Mille Plateaux thing has long since been de-comissioned. .