Prospero (band)
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Prospero is an industrial
/rhythmic noise solo project by Canadian musician Wade Anderson of Toronto. Anderson, a long time DJ in the greater Toronto area, started Prospero in early 2000.
In 2001, Anderson co-founded sub.session.records, and it was on this label that Prospero's first release, a limited edition CDr A Storm Is Coming was released.
Prospero's second release, a double CD entitled Spreading the Infection, was released in 2004 as a split release between sub.session media and France's brume records. Prospero has contributed tracks to a number of compilations, including Sub.Session and Duo.Tone released by sub.session.records; Saturation Bombing I and II and [tik]co:man:d[sic] by TIK Recordings. As Prospero, Anderson has remixed tracks for other notable [rhythmic noise] artists such as Empusae, s:cage and Converter.
In 2008 Prospero signed to Artoffact Records
to release his 3rd CD, Folie à Deux, which contained collaborations with Ayria
, Battery Cage
. It-clings, and Terrorfakt
.
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...
/rhythmic noise solo project by Canadian musician Wade Anderson of Toronto. Anderson, a long time DJ in the greater Toronto area, started Prospero in early 2000.
In 2001, Anderson co-founded sub.session.records, and it was on this label that Prospero's first release, a limited edition CDr A Storm Is Coming was released.
Prospero's second release, a double CD entitled Spreading the Infection, was released in 2004 as a split release between sub.session media and France's brume records. Prospero has contributed tracks to a number of compilations, including Sub.Session and Duo.Tone released by sub.session.records; Saturation Bombing I and II and [tik]co:man:d[sic] by TIK Recordings. As Prospero, Anderson has remixed tracks for other notable [rhythmic noise] artists such as Empusae, s:cage and Converter.
In 2008 Prospero signed to Artoffact Records
Artoffact Records
Artoffact Records is Canadian industrial, EBM and electronic music record label that was founded in 1999.- Artists on this label :*Blank*Cabaret*Headscan*Interlace*Kobold*Jesus on Extasy*Massiv in Mensch*Monster Movie*Netz*Psyche*Standeg*Steril...
to release his 3rd CD, Folie à Deux, which contained collaborations with Ayria
Ayria
Ayria, pronounced area, is a Canadian futurepop/synthpop musical project formed in early 2003 by Toronto's Jennifer Parkin following her departure from Epsilon Minus.-Biography:The first Ayria album, Debris, was released on Alfa Matrix in 2003....
, Battery Cage
Battery Cage (band)
Battery Cage is an American electronic music project led by Tyler Newman. The project has been active as a performance group since 1995, and is currently releasing CDs through the Philadelphia-based record label Metropolis Records...
. It-clings, and Terrorfakt
Terrorfakt
TERRORFAKT is an industrial-power noise musical project from New York City, and created in response to the events of September 11, 2001. They are currently signed to Metropolis Records....
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Notable Live Performances
- C.O.M.A. 3C.O.M.A.C.O.M.A. was a yearly weekend underground music festival held in Montreal, Canada, from 2004 to 2007 featuring industrial, power electronics, noise and other alternative electronic musicians and DJs. There were both independent and signed bands who were booked to play, as well as many vendors for...
Festival, Montreal, Canada (2006) - C.O.M.A. 2C.O.M.A.C.O.M.A. was a yearly weekend underground music festival held in Montreal, Canada, from 2004 to 2007 featuring industrial, power electronics, noise and other alternative electronic musicians and DJs. There were both independent and signed bands who were booked to play, as well as many vendors for...
Festival, Montreal, Canada (2005) - Saturation Bombing 2 Festival, Toronto, Canada (2004)
- Saturation Bombing Festival, Toronto, Canada (2003)
Discography
- A Storm Is Coming (CDr) (2003)
- Spreading the Infection (2004)
- Folie à Deux - The Elements & The Madness (2008)
- Turning Point (2011)