Miguel Trost De Pedro (born July 27, 1979), better known by his

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Kid606, is an

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ian who was raised in

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and later moved to

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. He is most closely associated with the

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, IDM,

hardcore techno Hardcore (also known as hardcore techno) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany in the early 1990s. It is distinguished by faster tempos (160 to 200 BPM or more) and a distorted sawtooth ...

and

breakcore Breakcore is a style of electronic dance music that emerged from jungle, hardcore, and drum and bass in the mid-to-late 1990s. It is characterized by very complex and intricate breakbeats and a wide palette of sampling sources played at high ...

scenes. Kid606's music is similar to the work of his friend and colleague Lesser, as well as hardcore and IDM acts such as

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, Mr. Oizo, and

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. He is primarily inspired not by his electronic contemporaries, but by his love of the industrial music,

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, and

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of the 1980s and 1990s, particularly bands like

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and

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. His music is known for its high tempo

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s and liberal use of

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and sampling, as well as its punk aesthetic, uninhibited genre-mixing, and irreverent sense of humor. However, he is equally adept at creating more serious tracks that often reside in the realm of

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and glitch ("Parenthood" from '' Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You'' and the entirety of '' P.S. I Love You'' being good examples). Notable releases by Kid606 include '' Don't Sweat the Technics'' (VC140: 1998), ''

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'' (IPC-7:2000), ''P.S. I Love You'' (MP93: 2000), and ''Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You'' (IPC-46: 2003). He collaborated or participated in the groups Flossin, Spacewurm, Ariel and

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. In 2005, he put together a band with a drummer and guitarist called Kid606 and Friends.

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Don't Sweat the Technics'' (Vinyl Communications, 1998) * ''

'' (555 Recordings, 2000) * '' GQ on the EQ++'' (

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, 2000) * '' PS I Love You'' ( Mille Plateaux, 2000) * ''

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'' ( Mille Plateaux, 2001) * '' The Action Packed Mentallist Brings You the Fucking Jams'' (Violent Turd, 2002) * '' Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You'' (

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, 2003) * '' Who Still Kill Sound?'' (

, 2004) * ''

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'' (

, 2005) * '' Pretty Girls Make Raves'' (

, 2006) * '' Shout at the Döner'' (

, 2009) * '' Songs About Fucking Steve Albini'' (

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, March 2010) * ''Lost in the Game'' (

, October 2012) * ''Happiness'' (

, 2013) * ''Recollected Ambient Works Vol. 1: Bored of Excitement'' (

, 2015) * ''Recollected Ambient Works Vol. 2: Escape to Los Angeles'' (Tigerbeat6, 2015)

EPs

* ''Dubplatestyle'' EP remixes (Vinyl Communications, 1999) * ''GQ on the EQ'' EP (555 Recordings, 2000) * '' The Soccergirl'' EP (Carpark, 2000) * ''PS I Dub Ya'' EP (Force Lab, 2001) * ''Why I Love Life'' EP (

, 2002) * ''The Illness'' (

, 2003) * ''Die Soundboy Die'' (

, 2008) * ''Dance With The Chorizo'' EP (

, 2009) * ''Happier'' EP (2014)

Splits

* ''Split Compact Disc'' with Lesser (1998) * ''Unamerican Activity EP'' with Omni Bot (1998) * ''Boy On Boy'' with Pisstank (1999) * ''DISC - Kid606 Cares'' with

and

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(Vinyl Communications, 1999) * ''Kid606 and Friends, Vol. 1 '' (

, 2001)

Remixes

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– "

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(Kid606 Going Back To Bali Remix)"

Collaboration

* ''In Love With The Underground'' A Kid 606 mix of

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song.

References

External links

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Archived Kid606 biography on Vinyl Communications
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kid606 1979 births Living people American electronic musicians Intelligent dance musicians Musicians from Caracas Wichita Recordings artists Venezuelan electronic musicians Breakcore musicians British hardcore techno musicians