Chris Jeffs, known by the
stage name
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Cylob, is a British electronic musician and producer. He has produced seven albums, three compilations and a number of remixes. Previously signed to
Rephlex records, Jeffs started his own digital label Cylob Industries in 2007.
Career
His career evolved after he gave a demo tape to
Aphex Twin
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at a gig in early 1993, who subsequently signed Jeffs to his Rephlex label. For a while the two were working and living in the same building. Since his debut, he has released 13 singles and 5 albums on
Rephlex, in addition to the EP ''Spider Report'' for Breakin' Records. Then followed the harsh dancefloor sonics of ''Cylob's Latest Effort'' and ''Lobster Tracks'' (with its
Chris Cunningham
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-illustrated sleeve), pop pastiche with "Living In The 1980s", meditative bells and gongs on ''Mood Bells'' and the electronic funk and braindance of ''Cylob Music System Volumes 1 & 2''. Although Cylob's music is predominantly instrumental, using a drum machine patch with sequencers, that evolved into digital compositions which included "midi style sequencing".
In 2007 he launched his own label, Cylob Industries, to release his material, while licensing it to various labels for hard-copy prints on CD and vinyl.
In 2014, the compilation ''Cymply The Best 93-01'' was released, while much of the Rephlex material was re-released.
Discography
Albums
*''Empathy Box'' as Kinesthesia, later re-released as Cylob (
Rephlex, 1996)
*''Loops and Breaks'' (Rephlex, 1996)
*''Cylobian Sunset'' (Rephlex, 1996)
*''Previously Unavailable on Compact Disc'' (Rephlex, 1998)
*''Mood Bells'' (Rephlex, 2001)
*''Trojan Fader Style'' (Cylob Industries, 2007)
*''Formant Potaton'' (Cylob Industries, 2007)
*''Ambient News'' as Ambient News (Cylob Industries, 2009)
*''Bounds Green'' (Cylob Industries, 2007)
*''Catastrophic'' as nonprivate (Alku, 2010)
*''Zweite Sendung'' as Ambient News (Cylob Industries, 2011)
*''The Quantum Loonyverse'' (mp3/flac only) (Cylob Industries, 2015)
*''54 Minute Mirage'' (Cylob Industries, 2020)
*''One Less Pitch'' (Cylob Industries, 2020)
*''Live 060708'' (Cylob Industries, 2020)
*''PLACEHOLDER'' (Cylob Industries, 2021)
Singles and EPs
*''Kinesthesia Volume 1'' as Kinesthesia (Rephlex, 1993)
*''Kinesthesia Volume 2'' as Kinesthesia (Rephlex, 1995)
*''Industrial Folk Songs'' (Rephlex, 1995)
*''Empathy Box Remixes'' as Kinesthesia (Rephlex, 1996)
*''Cylob's Latest Effort'' (Rephlex, 1997)
*''Diof 97'' (Rephlex, 1997)
*''Are We Not Men Who Live and Die'' (Rephlex, 1998)
*''Rewind!'' (Rephlex, 192/99)
*''Lobster Tracks'' (Rephlex, 197/99)
*''Living in the 1980s / Sex Machine'' (Rephlex, 1999)
*''Cut The Midrange, Drop The Bass'' (Rephlex, 2001)
*''Cylobotnia'' (with
Astrobotnia) (Rephlex, 2003)
*''Cylob Music System Volume 1'' (Rephlex, 2004)
*''Cylob Music System Volume 2'' (Rephlex, 2004)
*''Spider Report E.P.'' (Breakin' Records, 2004)
*''Private Life'' (With DMX Krew as Private Lives) (SoulJazz Records, 2007)
*''Rock The Trojan Fader'' (Cylob Industries, 2007)
*''Late In The Day'' (Cylob Industries, 2008)
*''Alpine Acid'' (mp3 only) (Cylob Industries, 2008)
*''Pepper Spray'' (Cylob Industries, 2010)
*''Inflatable Hope'' (Power Vacuum, 2015)
*''Tomorrow Foolish Logic'' (Cylob Industries, 2021)
Remixes
*
Bochum Welt, ''Scharlach Eingang'' (Rephlex, 1994) – "Phlughaven Alphard (Kinesthesia Mix)"
*
Aphex Twin
Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), known professionally as Aphex Twin, is a British musician, composer and DJ active in electronic music since 1988. His idiosyncratic work has drawn on many styles, including techno, ambient music, ambi ...
, ''
Ventolin'' (Warp, 1995) – "Ventolin (Cylob mix)"
*Immersion, ''Remixes Volume 3'' (Swim, 1995) – "Envelope (Cylob remix)"
*DMX Krew, ''Nu Romantix'' (Rephlex, 1998) – "I'm All Alone (Cylob's mix)"
*The Jones Machine , "You're The One (Part Two)" b/w "(I'm The) Disco Dancing" (Rephlex, 1999) – "You're The One (Part Two) Cylob's mix"; "(I'm The) Disco Dancing (Cylob's mix)"
*
Soulwax
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, Saturday (Hotline mix) (Play It Again Sam, 1999)
*
The Mike Flowers Pops
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History
Formed in 1993, the Mike Flowers Pops can have up to four ...
(Lo Recordings, 1999)
*
Christian Vogel, "Whipaspank (Cylob mix)" (Novamute, 2000)
*"Synclair (Cylob Mix)" (Areal Records, 2007)
References
External links
*
ChrisJeffs.com*
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
English electronic musicians
English record producers
Intelligent dance musicians
Rephlex Records artists