Jesper Skaaning (a.k.a. Acustic) is a Danish

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, producer and

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. He started his career as a guitarist in various experimental punk bands in the early 1980s and was inspired by European

electropop Electropop is a popular music fusion genre combining elements of the electronic and pop styles. It has been described as a variant of synth-pop with emphasis on a hard electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a rev ...

and early

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, especially

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. At that time he formed a band, Acustisk Ungdom, from which he later took his name. He formed

Future 3 Future 3 is a Danish ambient music trio, consisting of Anders Remmer, Thomas Knak and Jesper Skaaning. Their music is, like many other Scandinavian ambient artists such as Biosphere, characterized by a cold and bright sound. Except for their ...

with Anders Remmer (a.k.a. Dub Tractor) and

Thomas Knak Thomas Knak is a Danish electronic musician who has also produced work under the name Opiate. He worked with Björk on her ''Vespertine'' album and has produced remixes for Bomb the Bass and Coldcut. He also produced original music for the 2003 ...

(a.k.a. Opiate) in 1994. He is also a member of People Press Play and Jesper & Anders, also known as Recycler 202.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''No 1'' ( April Records, 1996) * ''Star Quality'' (April Records, 1998) * ''Welcome'' (CD)(Rump Recordings, 2005)

Singles

* "Tease" (12”) - (

Flex Records FLEX Records is a Danish record label. Label founded by Scandinavian Records in 1994 to release various electronic music (mainly - dance genres). It was sold to the Danish branch of the EMI group in 1996. FX Records is a sublabel of FLEX Records w ...

, 1995) * "No 2" (12”) - (April Records, 1997) * "Split" (12" with

Goodiepal Goodiepal or Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen, whose given name is Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester, is a Danish/Faroese experimental electronic musician, performance artist, composer and lecturer, as well as a fully educated horologist. His work engag ...

) - ( Hobby Industries, 2000) * "Split" (12” with RJ Valeo) - (Hobby Industries, 2002)

References

External links

*
Jesper Skaaning at DiscogsAcustic at MySpace
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