Posthuman is primarily a duo of Richard Bevan and Joshu Doherty. Known mainly for multi-layered electronic music, with heavy emphasis on intricate drum programming. A signature to their sound is the extensive use of Roland 808

Roland TR-808

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 and 909

Roland TR-909

The Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer is a partially analog, partially sample-based drum machine built by the Japanese Roland Corporation in 1983. The brainchild of Tadao Kikumoto, the engineer behind the Roland TB-303, it features a 16-step step sequencer and a drum kit that aimed for realism and...

 drum machines.

Although the bulk of their early releases fall within the IDM

Intelligent dance music

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 genre, Posthuman have been known to widely experiment, their 2002

2002 in music

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 self-titled EP combined hip hop

Hip hop music

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 and Heavy Metal

Heavy metal music

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 with electronica

Electronica

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, and their 2006

2006 in music

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 album The People's Republic was heavily influenced by post-rock

Post-rock

Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...

. Nearly all of their output since 2007 has been techno

Techno

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, with the majority of it being released on vinyl.

Band biography

Richard and Joshu are cousins, and claim to have first written music together as teenagers. In 1999, they sent their first demo CD to Skam Records

Skam Records

Skam Records is an independent Electronic record label based in Manchester, England, founded by Andy Maddocks around 1990. Skam also runs a smaller sub-label called 33.-History:...

, resulting in a release on the first SMAK series.

In 2000, the duo moved to London and began running a series of electronic music clubnights called 'Seed'. These nights increased in size and soon relocated to Aldwych tube station

Aldwych tube station

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, a disused underground train station. A number of these events took place between 2001 and 2004, and amongst the artists who appeared were Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin

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, Alison Goldfrapp

Alison Goldfrapp

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, Richard X

Richard X

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, Plaid

Plaid (band)

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, Luke Vibert

Luke Vibert

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, and Funkstörung

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.

The last of these events were to be held on the 13th and 14 November 2004, however, one of the DJ's set to play, John Peel

John Peel

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 died around a fortnight before the event. The following week, the night was canceled due to London Underground pulling the venue, and on the night of the event, John Balance

John Balance

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 of Coil

Coil (band)

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 (who were also on the bill to play) also died.

On the back of this series of events, the pair set up their own record label Seed Records

Seed Records

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, as an outlet for their own material, and music by other artists who had appeared at the 'Seed' events. In October 2006, Joshu left the label to work for B12 Records, and in 2010 founded a new imprint Balkan Vinyl

Joshu also now runs the 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...

revivalist clubnight I Love Acid, and DJs under the name AGT Rave Cru.

Discography

Title	Format	Label	Catalog number	Formats	Year	Notes
Grey	Album	Seed Records	SEEDEX01	CD	2000	hand made sleeve, limited edition
Auberginetix Ping	Single	Skam Records	SMAK01	12" vinyl	2001	split EP with Tatamax, limited edition
The Uncertainty of the Monkey	Album	Seed Records	SEEDLP/CD01	CD, Double 12" vinyl	2001
Posthuman	EP	Seed Records	SEEDEP02	CD, 12" vinyl	2002
Lagrange Point	Album	Seed Records	SEED09	CD	2003
Split	Single	Smallfish Records	FISH1201	12" vinyl	2003	split EP with CFM (aka Cold Fusion Mafia), limited edition
The People's Republic	Album	Seed Records	SEEDCD12	CD	2006
Hilda Family	EP	Myuzyk	MZYKN08	Digital only	2008
Hilda Family Remixed	Album	Myuzyk	MZYKN08CD	CD	2008	remix album, hand made sleeve, limited edition
Monsters & Vortices	EP	B12 Records	B1221	12" vinyl	2009	Standard edition on black vinyl. Limited edition on coloured vinyl (Cat. no B1221X)
Lander	EP	Handsette Recordings	HANDSETTE003	10" vinyl	2009
Europa Sky	EP	Uncharted Audio	UNCHDUB03	10" vinyl	2010	Limited edition of 300 copies. Hand numbered.
Syn Emergence	Album	Balkan Vinyl	BV07	Double 12" vinyl & CD	2010	Two editions: double picturedisc & double heavyweight. Limited to 250 copies.
Lander Remixes	Compilation	Tsar Bomba	TB101	CD	2011	Featured remixes of 'Lander'. Limited to 100 copies.

External links

• seedrecords.co.uk - Seed Records website
• B12records.com - B12 Records website
• balkanvinyl.com - Balkan Vinyl website