Felix Laband is an electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 artist born in 1977 in Pietermaritzburg

Pietermaritzburg

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, South Africa

South Africa

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He creates light, emotional, minimalist soundscape

Soundscape

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s by combining several styles, and samples from classical, jazz and old television recordings overlaid with instrumental performances by himself and other guest artists. His music has been described by his record label as 'indietronica' and is similar in some ways to Boards of Canada

Boards of Canada

Boards of Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin...

 and Iceland's múm

Múm

múm are an experimental Icelandic musical group whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments.- History :...

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Discography

• Thin Shoes in June (on CD
  Compact Disc
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  ) (2001)
• 4/4 Down the Stairs (on CD
  Compact Disc
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  ) (2002)
• Dark Days Exit (on CD
  Compact Disc
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   and LP
  Gramophone record
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  ) (2005)
• Whistling In Tongues (12") (2006)

Record labels

Felix's first two albums were released by African Dope Records. In 2005 he switched to Open Record, and Compost Records

Compost Records

Compost Records is a German record label established by Michael Reinboth in 1994.Gilles Peterson called Compost "the most consistent and forward thinking record label of continental Europe."-The label:...

 internationally with the release of Dark Days Exit.

External links

• Official Artist Page (Compost Records)
• Official Artist Page (Open Records)
• Last.FM Artist Page (A social music profiling service)
• Interview from 2002
• Amuzine page