Felix Johny Paul Laband is an

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

artist born in 1977 in

Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg (; ) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa after Durban. It was named in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. The town was named in Zulu after King ...

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. He creates light, emotional,

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s by combining several styles, and samples from classical, jazz and old television recordings overlaid with instrumental performances by himself and other guest artists. His music has been described by his record label as 'indietronica' and is similar in some mysterious ways to

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and Iceland's

múm Múm (stylized in lowercase) () is an Icelandic indietronica band whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments. History The band was formed in ...

Discography

* ''Thin Shoes in June'' (on CD) (2001) * ''4/4 Down the Stairs'' (on CD) (2002) * ''Dark Days Exit'' (on CD and LP) (2005) * ''Whistling In Tongues'' (12") (2006) * ''Deaf Safari'' (on CD) (2015) * ''The Soft White Hand'' (2022)

Record labels

Felix's first two albums were released by African Dope Records. In 2005 he switched to Open Record, and

Compost Records Compost Records is a German record label based in Munich and established by Michael Reinboth in 1993. The label is known for progressive downbeat dance and nu jazz releases incorporating influences of bossa nova, techno, and drum and bass. Th ...

internationally with the release of ''Dark Days Exit''.

References

External links

Official Artist Page
(Open Records)
Last.FM Artist Page
(A social music profiling service)
Interview from 2002

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laband, Felix 1977 births Living people Trip hop musicians South African dance musicians South African electronic musicians Compost Records artists Musicians from Pietermaritzburg