Mike Not
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Mike Not is a creator of techno music from Tampere
, Finland
, though he has also produced industrial music
(influenced by Skinny Puppy
, Front Line Assembly
, Nine Inch Nails
, Marilyn Manson
et al.), hip-hop
, breakbeat
, acid house
, experimental music
and so on. Mike Not has created music and worked as a DJ from 1987. Mike Not borrowed his alias from Spanish DJ Mike Platinas, performing initially as Mike "Not" Platinas, but eventually the name was shortened to Mike Not. Mike Not is mainly known for his Noise Production
project, but Mike has also worked as a sound engineer and producer for many other acts, such as Finnish hip-hop
acts Petri Nygård
and Nuera, Tampere's gothic rock
band Suruaika and some others. Mike Not is also a member of Tampere's electro music act Kompleksi
.
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, though he has also produced 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...
(influenced by Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....
, Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining...
, Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
, Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson (band)
Marilyn Manson is an American metal band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Formed in 1989 by Brian Warner and Scott Putesky, the group was originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids with their uniquely theatrical performances gathering a local cult following in the early '90s. This attention...
et al.), hip-hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, 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,...
, acid house
Acid house
Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed around the mid-1980s, particularly by DJs from Chicago who experimented with...
, experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
and so on. Mike Not has created music and worked as a DJ from 1987. Mike Not borrowed his alias from Spanish DJ Mike Platinas, performing initially as Mike "Not" Platinas, but eventually the name was shortened to Mike Not. Mike Not is mainly known for his Noise Production
Noise Production
Noise Production is a techno music project of Mike Not from Tampere, Finland. Also Jani Ojala used to be a member of Noise Production but left around 1992, from which time Noise Production has worked as a solo project of Mike Not...
project, but Mike has also worked as a sound engineer and producer for many other acts, such as Finnish hip-hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
acts Petri Nygård
Petri Nygård
Petri Jukka Mikael Laurila better known by his stage name Petri Nygård is a Finnish rap-artist. He is also known under alias Dream and as Travis Bicle.-Early life:...
and Nuera, Tampere's gothic rock
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
band Suruaika and some others. Mike Not is also a member of Tampere's electro music act Kompleksi
Kompleksi
Kompleksi is an electro act from Tampere, Finland. It was formed in 2002, consisting of Mike Not and pHinn...
.