Push Button Objects
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Push Button Objects is the alias of Edgar Farinas, a producer of IDM
. His style of music uses hip-hop
as an underlying foundation, but with the addition of DSP
-processed sounds, unusual samples
, elements of electro
, Detroit techno
, Miami bass
, jungle
, and other musical rudiments somewhat alien to the genre of hip-hop, but with unique results. PBO's sound is comparable to his contemporaries like Prefuse 73 and Dabrye
.
Farinas is also one-half of Ko-Wreck Technique, with DJ Craze
, as well as recording an EP
under the name Guineo.
Push Button Objects has released albums for labels such as Chocolate Industries, Skam Records
, and Schematic Records
, with his self-titled debut EP being released on the latter.
EPs/Singles/Compilations
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...
. His style of music uses 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...
as an underlying foundation, but with the addition of DSP
Digital signal processing
Digital signal processing is concerned with the representation of discrete time signals by a sequence of numbers or symbols and the processing of these signals. Digital signal processing and analog signal processing are subfields of signal processing...
-processed sounds, unusual samples
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...
, elements of electro
Electro (music)
Electro is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, Moog keytar synthesizers and funk sampling...
, Detroit techno
Detroit techno
Detroit techno is an early style of electronic music beginning in the 1980s. Detroit, Michigan has been cited as the birthplace of techno music. Prominent Detroit Techno artists include Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson...
, Miami bass
Miami bass
Miami bass , is a type of hip hop music, that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Its roots are directly linked to the Electro-funk sound of the early 1980s, pioneered by Afrika Bambataa & The Soulsonic Force and later on by UK-based musician Paul Hardcastle...
, jungle
Jungle
A Jungle is an area of land in the tropics overgrown with dense vegetation.The word jungle originates from the Sanskrit word jangala which referred to uncultivated land. Although the Sanskrit word refers to "dry land", it has been suggested that an Anglo-Indian interpretation led to its...
, and other musical rudiments somewhat alien to the genre of hip-hop, but with unique results. PBO's sound is comparable to his contemporaries like Prefuse 73 and Dabrye
Dabrye
Dabrye is an alias of Ann Arbor, Michigan-based musician Tadd Mullinix , whose Winking Makes A Face was the first album released by Ann Arbor’s Ghostly International...
.
Farinas is also one-half of Ko-Wreck Technique, with DJ Craze
DJ Craze
DJ Craze , born Aristh Delgado, is a Nicaraguan American DJ who plays hip hop, Miami bass, breaks, Dubstep, drum n bass, and practices turntablism. He is the only solo DJ in history to claim the DMC World DJ Championships trophy three times consecutively .-Biography:DJ Craze was born in Managua,...
, as well as recording an EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
under the name Guineo.
Push Button Objects has released albums for labels such as Chocolate Industries, 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:...
, and Schematic Records
Schematic Records
In 1995 Josh Kay & Romulo Del Castillo released a series of records for the US major label Astralwerks under the name Soul Oddity. In 1997 after a dispute with Astralwerks & a successful release as Phoenecia on Warp , the duo founded Schematic Music Company, an electronic music label which would go...
, with his self-titled debut EP being released on the latter.
Push Button Objects
Albums- Dirty Dozen (2000, Chocolate Industries)
- Ghetto Blaster (2003, Chocolate Industries)
EPs/Singles/Compilations
- Push Button Objects (1997, Schematic)
- Unauthorized (1998, Chocolate Industries)
- A Day In A Life (1999, Skam)
- Half Dozen (1999, Chocolate Industries)
- Push Button Objects (1999, Skam)
- 360 Degrees, (2000, Chocolate Industries)
- Cash (2001, Schematic)
- 360 Degrees Remixes (2001, Chocolate Industries)
- Fly (You Ain't) (2002, Chocolate Industries)
- 360 Degrees (Prefuse 73 Remix) (2003, Chocolate Industries)
- A Day In A Life (2004, Coastal Concepts)