Decomposed Subsonic is the alter-ego of musician Hartmut Wessling. He performs minimal house

Microhouse

Microhouse, buftech or sometimes just minimal, is a subgenre of house and glitch music.-History:Microhouse has its roots in the minimal techno, glitch , and house genres of music. Its first echoes appeared in a glitch album by German experimental artist Oval, in 1993...

 that uses static

White noise

White noise is a random signal with a flat power spectral density. In other words, the signal contains equal power within a fixed bandwidth at any center frequency...

, and found noises to create a variety of different sounds. While some tracks are very ambient soundscapes with little to no percussion, a number of them are very dance-floor oriented, with vocals, acid

Roland TB-303

The Roland TB-303 Bass Line is a bass synthesizer with built-in sequencer manufactured by the Roland corporation from late 1981 to 1984 that had a defining role in the development of contemporary electronic music.-History:...

 basslines and hard, innovative rhythms.

The first album, Blaue Löwen (German for "blue lions", released in 2000), represents a more ambient, sampled

Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...

sound, while the second LP, Gradients (2002), is more accessible, with more vocals, more hooks and less experimentation.

Discography

• Blaue Löwen (LP)
• Gradients (LP)
• I Never Say (EP)
• Atlantic View (Single)
• Wild Nights (EP)