Future 3
Encyclopedia
Future 3 is a Danish
ambient music
trio, consisting of Anders Remmer
, Thomas Knak
and Jesper Skaaning
. Their music is, like many other Scandinavia
n ambient artists such as Biosphere, characterized by a cold and bright sound. Apart from their latest album, that was released in 2002 using the name 'System', all of their records has been released by the Danish record label April Records
.
All three members of Future 3, have released solo records under aliases such as Dub Tractor (Anders Remmer), Acustic (Jesper Skaaning) and Opiate
(Thomas Knak). In 1998, the single The boy from West Bronx, received some attention from international media such as MTV
.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
ambient music
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
trio, consisting of Anders Remmer
Anders Remmer
Anders Remmer is a Danish electronic musician, producer and film composer. He was born and raised in Denmark.Now he is one of the key figures in the electronic community of Copenhagen...
, Thomas Knak
Thomas Knak
Thomas Knak is a Danish electronic musician, producer, film composer and DJ. He lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jack of all trades, he makes music for commercial , for various radio and TV programmes, for theatre plays, for choreography and films.He started in 1999 under the name Opiate...
and Jesper Skaaning
Jesper Skaaning
Jesper Skaaning is a Danish electronic musician, producer and film composer.He started his career as a guitarist in various experimental punk bands in the early 1980s and was inspired by European electropop and early electronic Music, especially by Kraftwerk...
. Their music is, like many other Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n ambient artists such as Biosphere, characterized by a cold and bright sound. Apart from their latest album, that was released in 2002 using the name 'System', all of their records has been released by the Danish record label April Records
April Records
April Records is a Danish record label specialized on Scandinavian electronica music: from ambient to techno and trip hop....
.
All three members of Future 3, have released solo records under aliases such as Dub Tractor (Anders Remmer), Acustic (Jesper Skaaning) and Opiate
Thomas Knak
Thomas Knak is a Danish electronic musician, producer, film composer and DJ. He lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jack of all trades, he makes music for commercial , for various radio and TV programmes, for theatre plays, for choreography and films.He started in 1999 under the name Opiate...
(Thomas Knak). In 1998, the single The boy from West Bronx, received some attention from international media such as MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
.
Discography
- We Are the Future 3 - (April RecordsApril RecordsApril Records is a Danish record label specialized on Scandinavian electronica music: from ambient to techno and trip hop....
, 1995) - The boy from West Bronx EP - (April RecordsApril RecordsApril Records is a Danish record label specialized on Scandinavian electronica music: from ambient to techno and trip hop....
, 1998) - Stay with... - (April RecordsApril RecordsApril Records is a Danish record label specialized on Scandinavian electronica music: from ambient to techno and trip hop....
, 1998) - Reverberate EP - (April RecordsApril RecordsApril Records is a Danish record label specialized on Scandinavian electronica music: from ambient to techno and trip hop....
, 2001) - Like... - (April RecordsApril RecordsApril Records is a Danish record label specialized on Scandinavian electronica music: from ambient to techno and trip hop....
, 2001) - System (under System alias) - (~scape~scape~scape is a Berlin-based record label focusing on various subgenres of electronica and experimental music.Since the label was founded in 1999, label owners Stefan Betke and Barbara Preisinger have signed numerous artists, such as Jan Jelinek, Deadbeat, and John Tejada....
, 2002) - Tempo EP (under System alias) - (Rump Recordings, 2007)