Dino Felipe
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Dino Felipe is a Miami-based recording artist of Cuban descent. Deemed a "sound wizard" by Pitchfork, he is known primarily for the varying textures of his music, which can simultaneously resemble experimental noise, post-punk
y cold wave, lo-fi pop, digital bebop and danceable rhythms. He has also recorded with FKTRN, Finesse & Runway, Hair & Nails, Old Bombs, and several other collaborative projects. He generally makes music using home recording
techniques and electronic drums, guitar
s, bass guitar, a Korg
SH-202, FX Processors, Vocals, and various computer software.
, and CDs on Public Eyesore with FKTRN, Hair & Nails and Fantasy Roxx.
His cassettes were discovered by Schematic Records
in 2001 which eventually led to his first official release, Dino Felipe : As Flim Toby, on Schematic, prompting Dusted Magazine to refer to him as the "enfant terrible of the Atlanta-Miami bass glitch axis". After four releases and compilation appearances on Schematic, he began to work with other labels such as Rolax, No Fun Productions, Soft Abuse, Recession Recordings, and Bananas Eat Girl.
Notoriously prolific, Felipe has released and made appearances on 49 albums as of 2010, only half of which are catalogued at his Discogs page. Since 1999, he has collaborated and released with a number of musicians including Otto Von Schirach
, Nick Forté (as Felipe and Forté), Carlos Giffoni (as Old Bombs), and Wolf Eyes. In 2010, musician R. Stevie Moore
recorded a cover of Dino Felipe's "Been Waiting" on his 2010 album, Space Bar.
In 2003, Felipe performed at the Sonic Lights Festival in Amsterdam along with Maryanne Amacher
and at the Transmediale
music festival in Berlin
. In 2005, Finesse & Runway performed at the cultures Electroni[k
Also a visual artist, Felipe works with a variety of media and creates most of his own album art. In 2010, his installation Desert Animals was showcased as part of the the end/SPRING BREAK project in Miami. In 2008, he was commissioned, along with Miami-based artist Federico Nessi and as part of art collective Psychic Youth, Inc to create a mural for local record store Sweat Records. In 2007, three pages of his work were published in Penny-Ante Book #2. As part of his work in the visual arts, he designs tee-shirts by hand and alters jeans under a homegrown clothing line, Shirts & Schtuff Inc., all of which he sells from home.
As part of painter Francesco LoCastro's "love letter to Miami," he photographed and painted Dino Felipe for an exhibit at Butter Gallery.
In December 2010, the Miami New Times voted his album My Vomit Is A Crystal Ball a "big winner" for their top Miami albums of 2010.
As of 2010, Felipe has worked as a producer, mastering music for artists such as Haunted House and Animals of the Arctic. He does not tour often due to his lack of a booking agent and his inability to drive.
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
y cold wave, lo-fi pop, digital bebop and danceable rhythms. He has also recorded with FKTRN, Finesse & Runway, Hair & Nails, Old Bombs, and several other collaborative projects. He generally makes music using home recording
Home recording
Home recording is the practice of recording in a private home, rather than in a professional recording studio. A studio set up for home recording is called a "project studio" or "home studio". Home recording is practiced by indie bands, singer-songwriters, hobbyists, podcasters, documentarians,...
techniques and electronic drums, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, bass guitar, a Korg
Korg
is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...
SH-202, FX Processors, Vocals, and various computer software.
Biography
Felipe began recording music at the age of six and continued into his teenage years, releasing his first cassettes on noise labels such as Spite, White Tapes, Freedom FromFreedom From
Freedom From is a Minneapolis, Minnesota based record label which primarily focuses on the international noise underground genre. The label was founded in 1996 with its first official release by a San Francisco three-piece named Job. Up until early 1998, the labels focus was singularly cassettes,...
, and CDs on Public Eyesore with FKTRN, Hair & Nails and Fantasy Roxx.
His cassettes were discovered by Schematic Records
Schematic Records
In 1995 Josh Kay & Romulo Del Castillo released a series of records for the US major label Astralwerks under the name Soul Oddity. In 1997 after a dispute with Astralwerks & a successful release as Phoenecia on Warp , the duo founded Schematic Music Company, an electronic music label which would go...
in 2001 which eventually led to his first official release, Dino Felipe : As Flim Toby, on Schematic, prompting Dusted Magazine to refer to him as the "enfant terrible of the Atlanta-Miami bass glitch axis". After four releases and compilation appearances on Schematic, he began to work with other labels such as Rolax, No Fun Productions, Soft Abuse, Recession Recordings, and Bananas Eat Girl.
Notoriously prolific, Felipe has released and made appearances on 49 albums as of 2010, only half of which are catalogued at his Discogs page. Since 1999, he has collaborated and released with a number of musicians including Otto Von Schirach
Otto von Schirach
Otto von Schirach is an IDM and breakcore artist from Miami, Florida. He is of Cuban/German descent.He has released most of his work on the Schematic and Beta Bodega labels, and was featured in the 2002 documentary Electro-Dziska....
, Nick Forté (as Felipe and Forté), Carlos Giffoni (as Old Bombs), and Wolf Eyes. In 2010, musician R. Stevie Moore
R. Stevie Moore
Robert Steven Moore is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. In addition to having numerous albums released on labels around the world, the prolific Moore has self-released over 400 cassette and CD-R albums since 1968, as well as dozens of home videos, mostly through the R. Stevie Moore...
recorded a cover of Dino Felipe's "Been Waiting" on his 2010 album, Space Bar.
In 2003, Felipe performed at the Sonic Lights Festival in Amsterdam along with Maryanne Amacher
Maryanne Amacher
Maryanne Amacher was an American composer and installation artist.-Biography:Amacher was born in Kane, Pennsylvania, to an American nurse and a Swiss freight train worker. As the only child, she grew up playing the piano. Amacher left Kane to attend the University of Pennsylvania on a full...
and at the Transmediale
Transmediale
transmediale is an annual festival for media art and digital culture taking place for one week in February in Berlin, Germany. The festival engages in reflective, aesthetic and speculative positions in between art, technology and culture...
music festival in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. In 2005, Finesse & Runway performed at the cultures Electroni[k
Also a visual artist, Felipe works with a variety of media and creates most of his own album art. In 2010, his installation Desert Animals was showcased as part of the the end/SPRING BREAK project in Miami. In 2008, he was commissioned, along with Miami-based artist Federico Nessi and as part of art collective Psychic Youth, Inc to create a mural for local record store Sweat Records. In 2007, three pages of his work were published in Penny-Ante Book #2. As part of his work in the visual arts, he designs tee-shirts by hand and alters jeans under a homegrown clothing line, Shirts & Schtuff Inc., all of which he sells from home.
As part of painter Francesco LoCastro's "love letter to Miami," he photographed and painted Dino Felipe for an exhibit at Butter Gallery.
In December 2010, the Miami New Times voted his album My Vomit Is A Crystal Ball a "big winner" for their top Miami albums of 2010.
As of 2010, Felipe has worked as a producer, mastering music for artists such as Haunted House and Animals of the Arctic. He does not tour often due to his lack of a booking agent and his inability to drive.
Albums
- Presents All Year Cass. (1998)
- FKTRN Cass. (1999)
- Old Bombs Cass. (1999)
- Hair and Nails III (2001)
- Fukktron & Hair and Nails (2001)
- Old Bombs 3 / Wolf Eyes Split (2001)
- As:Flim Toby (2002)
- Xanaconversex (2002)
- Spreadder / Sprigg 7" (2003)
- Old Bombs - Audios (2003)
- We're Always Here (2003)
- Onid + Isil (2003)
- I'm You (2004)
- Econo LP (2004)
- Finesse & Runway (2004)
- Onid & Isil (2005)
- Shaggy Black (2005)
- Kinks EP (2006)
- St.John (2006)
- Re-Mod Lodge (2006)
- Radico Syntape (2006)
- Eke Out (2006)
- Dinosaur Bones & Pyramids (2006)
- Album Titles Ideas (2006)
- Cinema CDR (2007)
- Is Sleeping (2007)
- Paint (2007)
- I Didn't Make This (2007)
- No Fun Demo (2008)
- Black T-Shirt (Dino Felipe / Ken Rei Split) (2008)
- Psychonautical (2009)
- Cinem-Ugh (2009)
- Le Manic Lenguaje (2009)
- Yellow Rythmik Sun (2009)
- FKTRN - Fabric (Anthology) (2010)
- Fantision (2010)
- XIII (2010)
- Sucks (2010)
- Presents All Year (cdr reissue) (2010)
- My Vomit is a Crystal Ball (2010)
- Musik Bucher Noten (Dino Felipe / FM control split (2011)
- Ohncet (2011)
- Desktop Dramas (2011)
- Sorta' Bleu (2011)
- The Covers Album (2011)
Compilation Appearances
- Phoenecia - Odd Jobs (2001)
- Schematic - House of Distraction (2001)
- Phoenecia - Odd Job Discrimination (2001)
- Otto Von Schirach - Armpit Buffet (2005)
- Fatale presents Do me More Electro (2006)
- Otto Von Schirach - Spine Serpents from Sperm Island (2006)
- Carlos Giffoni - Welcome Home (2007)
- Dino Felipe & About This Product - Ass Milk EP (2007)
- Trozoc - Digital decay (2008)
- Rolax Snax 1 (2008)
- A Pairing in Disorder 2xCS (2010)