Kid606
Encyclopedia
Kid606 is the stage name
of Miguel Trost De Pedro, an electronic music
ian who was born 1979 July in Caracas
, Venezuela
, raised in San Diego and later moved to San Francisco. He is most closely associated with the glitch
, IDM
, Hardcore techno
, and Breakcore
scenes.
Kid606's music is similar to the work of his friend and colleague Lesser
, as well as hardcore and IDM acts such as Atari Teenage Riot
, Autechre
, Mr. Oizo
, and Matmos
. He is primarily inspired not by his electronic contemporaries, but by his love of the Industrial music
, Death metal
, and Industrial metal
of the 1980s and 90s, particularly bands like Godflesh
and Napalm Death
. His music is known for its high tempo breakbeat
s and liberal use of noise
and sampling
, as well as its punk aesthetic, uninhibited genre-mixing, and irreverent sense of humor. However, he is equally adept at creating more serious tracks that often reside in the realm of ambient and glitch ("Parenthood" from Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You
and the entirety of P.S. I Love You being good examples).
Notable releases by Kid606 include Don't Sweat the Technics
(VC140: 1998), Down with the Scene
(IPC-7:2000), P.S. I Love You (MP93: 2000), and Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You (IPC-46:2003). He collaborated or participated in the groups Flossin, Spacewurm, Ariel and Disc
.
In 2005 he put together a band with a drummer and guitarist called Kid606 and friends.
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
of Miguel Trost De Pedro, 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...
ian who was born 1979 July in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, raised in San Diego and later moved to San Francisco. He is most closely associated with the glitch
Glitch (music)
Glitch is a term used to describe a genre of electronic music that emerged in the mid to late 1990s. The glitch aesthetic is characterized by a deliberate use of glitch based sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted disturbances reducing the overall sound quality and are thus...
, IDM
Intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music such as Detroit Techno...
, Hardcore techno
Hardcore techno
Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples...
, and Breakcore
Breakcore
Breakcore is a style of electronic music largely influenced by hardcore techno, drum and bass and Intelligent dance music. Its sound is largely characterized by a high-tempo, well-timed mingling of distorted kick drums , break beats arranged from samples of the Amen break, and audio samples from a...
scenes.
Kid606's music is similar to the work of his friend and colleague Lesser
J Lesser
J Lesser is the stage name for Jason Doerck , a musician known for his unrepentant approach to sound creation. Doerck was a member of the defunct laptop group Sagan, alongside Blevin Blectum, Wobbly, and video artist Ryan Junell....
, as well as hardcore and IDM acts such as Atari Teenage Riot
Atari Teenage Riot
'Atari Teenage Riot' is a German digital hardcore group formed in Berlin in 1992. The name was taken from a Portuguese Joe song 'Teenage Riot' from the 'Teen-age Riot' album, with the word 'Atari' added as an Atari ST computer was used to create compositions...
, Autechre
Autechre
Autechre are an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are one of the most prominent acts signed to Warp Records, a label known for its pioneering electronic music and through which all Autechre albums...
, Mr. Oizo
Mr. Oizo
Mr. Oizo is the stage name of French electronic musician and film director Quentin Dupieux. His pseudonym is a corruption of the French , meaning "bird". He is currently signed to French electro record label, Ed Banger Records.-Beginning:...
, and Matmos
Matmos
Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo originally from San Francisco but now residing in Baltimore signed to the Matador Records label. M. C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel are the core members, but they frequently include other artists on their records and in their performances, including...
. He is primarily inspired not by his electronic contemporaries, but by his love of the Industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
, Death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
, and Industrial metal
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
of the 1980s and 90s, particularly bands like Godflesh
Godflesh
Godflesh are an English industrial metal band from Birmingham, England. Originally known as Fall of Because, they formed in 1988 by Justin K. Broadrick and G.C. Green and disbanded in 2002. Godflesh's innovative music is widely regarded as a foundational influence on industrial metal and post-metal...
and Napalm Death
Napalm Death
Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
. His music is known for its high tempo breakbeat
Breakbeat
In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...
s and liberal use of noise
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
and sampling
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...
, as well as its punk aesthetic, uninhibited genre-mixing, and irreverent sense of humor. However, he is equally adept at creating more serious tracks that often reside in the realm of ambient and glitch ("Parenthood" from Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You
Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You
Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You is an album by Electronic music artist Kid 606. It was released on vinyl by Tigerbeat6 and on compact disc on Ipecac.-Track listing:# "The Illness [Album Mix]" – 5:19# "Who Wah Kill Sound? " – 6:29...
and the entirety of P.S. I Love You being good examples).
Notable releases by Kid606 include Don't Sweat the Technics
Don't Sweat the Technics
Don't Sweat the Technics is the debut album by the electronic music artist Kid 606.-Track listing:# "" – 2:22# "Dropkick-Tomgirl's Gonna Stick With It" – 2:22# "I Want to Join a Gang " – 2:56...
(VC140: 1998), Down with the Scene
Down with the Scene
Down With the Scene is the second album by the Electronic music artist Kid 606 and the first full-length album for Ipecac Recordings.In typical Kid 606 style the album song titles have many musical references including one to Luke Vibert and a parody of the Public Enemy album It Takes a Nation of...
(IPC-7:2000), P.S. I Love You (MP93: 2000), and Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You (IPC-46:2003). He collaborated or participated in the groups Flossin, Spacewurm, Ariel and Disc
Disc (band)
Disc is an experimental group formed by Miguel Depedro , Jason Doerck , M. C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel . The group was most active between 1997 and 1999....
.
In 2005 he put together a band with a drummer and guitarist called Kid606 and friends.
Studio Albums
- Don't Sweat the TechnicsDon't Sweat the TechnicsDon't Sweat the Technics is the debut album by the electronic music artist Kid 606.-Track listing:# "" – 2:22# "Dropkick-Tomgirl's Gonna Stick With It" – 2:22# "I Want to Join a Gang " – 2:56...
(Vinyl Communications, 1998) - Down with the SceneDown with the SceneDown With the Scene is the second album by the Electronic music artist Kid 606 and the first full-length album for Ipecac Recordings.In typical Kid 606 style the album song titles have many musical references including one to Luke Vibert and a parody of the Public Enemy album It Takes a Nation of...
(555 Recordings, 2000) - GQ on the EQ++GQ on the EQ++GQ on the EQ++ is an album of songs by Electronic music artist Kid 606. It is an expanded edition of his EP GQ on the EQ.-Track listing:# "Dodgy" – 7:33# "My Kitten Went to London" – 2:41# "Ginza" – 2:32...
(Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6 is a San Francisco and Berlin based independent and electronic record label run by Kid606. The name reflects Kid606's obsession with cats, which also comes to light in the catalogue numbers, all of which start with MEOW, and is also a loose reference to the top-selling teen magazine,...
, 2000) - PS I Love You (album) (Mille PlateauxMille PlateauxMille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...
, 2000) - PS You Love MePS You Love MePS You Love Me is a remix album of songs by Kid 606 based primarily on material from his previous full-length album PS I Love You. PS You Love Me is Kid 606's second full-length album on Mille Plateaux...
(Mille PlateauxMille PlateauxMille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...
, 2001) - The Action Packed Mentallist Brings You the Fucking JamsThe Action Packed Mentallist Brings You the Fucking JamsThe Action Packed Mentallist Brings You the Fucking Jams is an album of songs by Electronic music artist Kid 606. It is a mash up album, made by splicing songs together which Kid 606 has downloaded from p2p devices...
(Violent Turd, 2002) - Kill Sound Before Sound Kills YouKill Sound Before Sound Kills YouKill Sound Before Sound Kills You is an album by Electronic music artist Kid 606. It was released on vinyl by Tigerbeat6 and on compact disc on Ipecac.-Track listing:# "The Illness [Album Mix]" – 5:19# "Who Wah Kill Sound? " – 6:29...
(Ipecac RecordingsIpecac RecordingsIpecac Recordings is an independent record label based in California. It was founded on April 1, 1999 by Greg Werckman and Mike Patton Ipecac Recordings is an independent record label based in California. It was founded on April 1, 1999 by Greg Werckman (ex-label manager of Alternative Tentacles,...
, 2003) - Who Still Kill Sound?Who Still Kill Sound?Who Still Kill Sound? is an album of songs by Electronic music artist Kid 606. It was released on Tigerbeat6.The first track samples dialogue from the film Boogie Nights and lifts the break from Acen's Trip II The Moon .-Track listing:...
(Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6 is a San Francisco and Berlin based independent and electronic record label run by Kid606. The name reflects Kid606's obsession with cats, which also comes to light in the catalogue numbers, all of which start with MEOW, and is also a loose reference to the top-selling teen magazine,...
, 2004) - Resilience (Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6 is a San Francisco and Berlin based independent and electronic record label run by Kid606. The name reflects Kid606's obsession with cats, which also comes to light in the catalogue numbers, all of which start with MEOW, and is also a loose reference to the top-selling teen magazine,...
, 2005) - Pretty Girls Make RavesPretty Girls Make RavesPretty Girls Make Raves is an album of songs by Electronic music artist Kid 606. It was released on Tigerbeat6. The album title is a parody of both a song by The Smiths and the indie band Pretty Girls Make Graves.-Track listing:...
(Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6 is a San Francisco and Berlin based independent and electronic record label run by Kid606. The name reflects Kid606's obsession with cats, which also comes to light in the catalogue numbers, all of which start with MEOW, and is also a loose reference to the top-selling teen magazine,...
, 2006) - Shout At The DönerShout At The DönerShout at the Döner is a 2009 studio album by American electronic musician Kid606. The cover art of Shout At The Döner is based on the cover art of Shout at the Devil by Mötley Crüe. The album is separated into four movements. Remixes of the songs "Be Monophobic With Me", "Samhain California", and...
(Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6 is a San Francisco and Berlin based independent and electronic record label run by Kid606. The name reflects Kid606's obsession with cats, which also comes to light in the catalogue numbers, all of which start with MEOW, and is also a loose reference to the top-selling teen magazine,...
, 2009) - Songs About Fucking Steve AlbiniSongs About Fucking Steve AlbiniSongs About Fucking Steve Albini is an album by Electronic music artist Kid606. It was released on compact disc by Important Records. All of the samples used on the album are from analog sources, according to the Important Records press release...
(Important Records, March 2010)
EPs
- Dubplatestyle EP remixes (Vinyl Communications, 1999)
- GQ on the EQ EP (555 Recordings, 2000)
- The SoccergirlThe SoccergirlThe Soccergirl is an EP of songs by Electronic music artist Kid 606. It is the second release in Carpark's "sports-FAN" series following Jake Mandell's The Placekick.-Track listing:# "Start" – 3:15# "Defective Boy" – 2:32# "Call Me" – 0:50...
EP (Carpark, 2000) - Why I Love Life EP (Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6 is a San Francisco and Berlin based independent and electronic record label run by Kid606. The name reflects Kid606's obsession with cats, which also comes to light in the catalogue numbers, all of which start with MEOW, and is also a loose reference to the top-selling teen magazine,...
, 2002) - The Illness (Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6 is a San Francisco and Berlin based independent and electronic record label run by Kid606. The name reflects Kid606's obsession with cats, which also comes to light in the catalogue numbers, all of which start with MEOW, and is also a loose reference to the top-selling teen magazine,...
, 2003) - Die Soundboy Die (Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6 is a San Francisco and Berlin based independent and electronic record label run by Kid606. The name reflects Kid606's obsession with cats, which also comes to light in the catalogue numbers, all of which start with MEOW, and is also a loose reference to the top-selling teen magazine,...
, 2008) - Dance With The ChorizoDance with the ChorizoDance With The Chorizo is an EP by Kid 606. It consists of remixes of songs from his album Shout At The Döner.-Track listing:# "Samhain Atlanta" – 4:16# "Another One Bites The Dubstep" – 4:56# "Lowlife Highrolling" – 3:25# "Samhain California Dance With The Chorizo is an EP by Kid 606. It consists...
EP (Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6 is a San Francisco and Berlin based independent and electronic record label run by Kid606. The name reflects Kid606's obsession with cats, which also comes to light in the catalogue numbers, all of which start with MEOW, and is also a loose reference to the top-selling teen magazine,...
, 2009)
Splits
- Split Compact Disc with LesserJ LesserJ Lesser is the stage name for Jason Doerck , a musician known for his unrepentant approach to sound creation. Doerck was a member of the defunct laptop group Sagan, alongside Blevin Blectum, Wobbly, and video artist Ryan Junell....
(1998) - Unamerican Activity EP with Omni Bot (1998)
- Disc with MatmosMatmosMatmos is an experimental electronic music duo originally from San Francisco but now residing in Baltimore signed to the Matador Records label. M. C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel are the core members, but they frequently include other artists on their records and in their performances, including...
and Jay Lesser (Vinyl Communications, 1999) - Kid606 and Friends, Vol. 1 (Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6 is a San Francisco and Berlin based independent and electronic record label run by Kid606. The name reflects Kid606's obsession with cats, which also comes to light in the catalogue numbers, all of which start with MEOW, and is also a loose reference to the top-selling teen magazine,...
, 2001)
Remixes
- PeachesPeaches (musician)Merrill Beth Nisker , better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian electronic musician and performance artist who lives in Berlin, Germany. Her songs are noted for disregarding traditional gender norms and their use of sexually explicit lyrics...
- "Fuck the Pain AwayFuck the Pain Away"Fuck the Pain Away" is an electroclash song by Peaches. It is considered her breakthrough song, and because of its widespread licensing in films as well as numerous official and unofficial cover versions is held by many of her fans to be responsible for her increasing popularity...
(Kid606 Going Back To Bali Remix)"
Collaboration
- In Love With The Underground A Kid 606 mix of The RaptureThe Rapture (band)The Rapture is an Indie rock band based in New York City. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk, acid house, disco, electronica and rock, pioneering the post-punk revival genre...
song.
External links
- Tigerbeat6 Records
- Tigerbeat6 on SoundCloudSoundCloudSoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform which allows collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio recordings.-History:SoundCloud was originally started in Stockholm, Sweden, but was established in Berlin, Germany in August, 2007 by sound designer Alex Ljung and artist Eric Wahlforss...
- Interview with Miguel De Pedro (2003)
- Video Soundtrack for Pleix (2003)