"San Francisco's Joshua Kit Clayton is a producer and DJ of electronic music which drifts from minimal and moody techno-house to abstract sound sculpture. He has been releasing music since '96 on various labels including Seventh City, Mille Plateaux, Parallel, Plug Research, Delay, and Organised Noise. These releases have met with excellent reviews in magazines such as XLR8R, Urb, Muzik, Wax, Mixmag, and The Wire. With his partners DJ Jasper and Tang, Clayton currently operates Cytrax Records, a minimal techno label with a worldwide reputation for residing on the cutting edge. He has also started a project, The Mimic and the Model, a series in which he pairs electronic music with visual art. Clayton's most recent project is Orthlorng Musork, a label he founded with cohort Sue Costabile. Orthlorng showcases the experimental electronic music of groups like Blectum from Blechdom, Timeblind, and Fullswing.
"M-shape" and "settler rework" are featured on Repetition And Nonsense, his first project for Drop Beat. The album uses dubby atmospheres and layers of sonic disruptions that place it firmly in league with the outputs of labels like Chain Reaction and i220. The remaining four tracks come from the Latke EP, Clayton's first effort for the aforementioned Orthlorng Musork. This more abstract record would sound at home nestled in among albums from Microstoria or Christian Fennesz. While comparisons to so-called "glitch" artists may be inevitable, one of Clayton's most unique qualities is his knack for making beats that ably straddle the worlds of techno and experimental. This is especially true on "M-shape" and "Impetigo," tracks that are sure to make your head bob while keeping your brain engaged." from www.epitonic.com/artists/kitclayton.html
Kit also works as a programmer for Cycling '74, the company responsible for Max MSP.
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Releases:
The Angular Adventures Of Kit Clayton In The Land Of Sound And Shape (12") Parallel Recordings, Ltd.
The Mimic and the Model #1 (12") Not On Label
The Negative Powers E.P. (12") Cytrax
Unreliable Networks (12") Cytrax
$x=$moles*$avocadoes; (12") Background
Live On Shortwave Radio (CD) Phthalo
Nek Purpalet (12") ~scape
Nek Sanalet (CD) ~scape
Nek Sanalet (2x12") ~scape
Repetition & Nonsense (LP) Drop Beat Records
Repetition & Nonsense (CD) Drop Beat Records
Lateral Forces (12") Vertical Form
Material Problem (12") Cytrax
Lateral Forces (Surface Fault) (CD) Vertical Form
Latke (12") Orthlorng Musork
When Cedars Fall (12") Soul Jazz
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Remixes:
The Cooler (12") Time Out (Kit Clayton ... Caipirinha Productions
Delay 1 (12") Untitled (Deconstructe... Delay
Delay 2 (12") Untitled (Deconstructe... Delay
Rubber Stamp (12") Rubber Stamp (Kit Clay... context
Danelectro (CD5") Danelectro 3 Matador
Danelectro (12") Danelectro 3 Matador
Deadpan Escapement: Reconstructed (2x12") Cygnus (Kit Clayton Re... context
Deadpan Escapement: Reconstructed (CD) Cugnus (Kit Clayton Re... context
La Vie À Noir Transposed (2x12") La Vie À Noir Transpos... Mille Plateaux
RE EP (12") I Feel... (REinterpret... Parallel Recordings, Ltd.
AfrikaAware (CD) Delay 01 AfrikaAware
R (CD) Raum 1 Variation (Kit ... ~scape
R (2x12") Raum 1 Variation (Kit ... ~scape
Most Eye, The Rastabomba Remixes (CD5") The Rastabomba (Figga ... Orthlorng Musork
Death Vol. 1 (12") Information (Faster Th... Tigerbeat6
Heroin + Remixes (2xCD) Behind The Scenes (Kit... Orthlorng Musork
Heroin + Remixes (2x12") Behind The Scenes (Kit... Orthlorng Musork
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Appears On:
Rand~ / Phasor~ (12") Phasor~ Progressive Form
Leiwand / Null Null.Null Eins (CD) Phasor~ Progressive Form
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Tracks Appear On:
Compilation 1 (CD) Slarnex Organised Noise
Idiosyncratic Expressions (CD) Box Section, W-Shape (... Parallel Recordings, Ltd.
Octet (2x12") Slarnex Organised Noise
Too Many Clowns [Not Enough Jokers] (12") Belt Frictional Problem Throw
Yesworld (12") AT Creation Rebel
Wrap It Up (12") Rope Cytrax
New Horizons (12") Nothing But Nothing 7th City
The State of e:motion Vol. 7 (2xCD) Purpacana E:Motion
Voices In My Lunchbox Volume 1 (12") Casting Nets Plug Research
American Breakbeat: Electronic Music From USA And Canada (2xCD) Impetigo Klangkrieg
Clicks + Cuts (2xCD) Loads Early Like Normal Mille Plateaux
Clicks_+_Cuts (3x12") Loads Early Like Normal Mille Plateaux
El Formato Is The Challenge (CDr) Essay Alku
Futuristic Experiments Chapter II (12") (Re) Translation Of Si... Background
Hmm (CD) Bryn Calfaria Sprawl Imprint
Missile Launches 2 (2x12") Come To An End Missile Records
Sonar 2000 (4xCD) Surba So Dens
Staedtizism (CD) Reins ~scape
Staedtizism (12") Reins ~scape
Voices In My Lunchbox (CD) Casting Nets Plug Research
Clicks & Cuts 2 (3xCD) Material Petroleum Mille Plateaux
Clicks & Cuts 2 (4x12") Material Problem Mille Plateaux
Cocoon Compilation B (CD) Talc Cocoon Recordings
Cocoon Compilation B - Gefährliche Liebschaften (6x12") Talc Cocoon Recordings
Edits (CD) ~ (edit) Orthlorng Musork
Edits (10") ~ Orthlorng Musork
Juan Atkins Legends : Volume 1 (3x12") Belt Frictional Drive OM Records
Legends: Volume 1 (CD) Belt Frictional Problem OM Records
Staedtizism 2 (2x12") Painting Between Numbers ~scape
Staedtizism 2 (CD) Painting Between Numbers ~scape
Thredes And Vaynes (12") Homonym Cask context
Trax Cafe: The Compilation LP (2x12") Driving Off The Spleen Solid Trax
[komfort.labor] Presents ~scape (CD) The Mimic And The Mode... WMF Records
DJ Mix 1/2 [Mixed.Sound.Space] (2xCD) Duplicateadress Dream Machine
Into The Night (CD) Landau Malec
Live Sets At Ego 1998-2000 (2xCD) Untitled EFA
Staedtizism 3: Instrumentals (CD) Etymon, No! ~scape
Staedtizism 3: Instrumentals (2x12") Etymon, No! ~scape
Electrik Pants (12") Dyslexic Pants Proptronix
Unravelled Vol. 1 (12") Kit Clayton vs Murcof context
~scape Showcase (CD) Etymon, No!
Wire Magazine
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What do you say on this guy?????? This is the one of my favourite producers on earth, i love his experimental,glitchy,duby sound......
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Recommended releases :
Nek Sanalet (2x12") ~scape
Nek Purpalet (12") ~scape
Lateral Forces (12") Vertical Form
