Timothy John Gane (born 12 July 1964) is an English songwriter and guitarist who co-founded

Stereolab Stereolab are an English people, Anglo-French avant-pop band formed in London in 1990. Led by the songwriting team of Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, the group's sound incorporates repetitive motorik beats with the use of vintage electronic keybo ...

with his then-partner

Lætitia Sadier Lætitia Sadier (born 6 May 1968), also known as Seaya Sadier, is a French musician best known as a founding member of the London-based avant-pop band Stereolab. She was born in the east of Paris and spent time in the US as a child. In 1996, whi ...

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Biography

Gane was born in

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, and began his musical career experimenting with harsh noise in the early 1980s, under the alias Unkommunitim, releasing self-financed cassettes on Black Dwarf Wreckordings along with fellow Unkommuniti members Kallous Boys and other noise projects. He was a key member of McCarthy from 1985 until their breakup in 1990.

Stereolab

Gane later formed

with

. For the first incarnation of the band, they enlisted ex-

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bassist Martin Kean, drummer Joe Dilworth and Gina Morris on backing vocals. In 1993, the band were signed to the American major-label Elektra and were released from their recording contract in 2004. In 2009, Stereolab announced their hiatus. Stereolab reunited for a tour in 2019 to support a series of vinyl reissues. Turn On, Gane's side project with Sean O'Hagan, who Gane worked with in Stereolab, released their self-titled debut in 1997.

Cavern of Anti-Matter

In 2013, he released ''Blood-Drums'' under the moniker "Cavern of Anti-Matter", a band formed together with Holger Zapf and Dilworth. It was followed by the 2016 album ''Void Beats / Invocation Trex'' on Duophonic Records. It featured contributions by

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and Peter Kember and Jan St. Werner. Live the band was reduced to a duo. In January 2017, ''Blood Drums'' was re-released through Duophonic. In 2014, Gane compiled the tracks for

Sky Records Sky Records was an independent record label specializing in krautrock/Kosmische Musik and electronic music. They were based in Hamburg, Germany. Some of their releases could be classified as progressive rock or art rock, experimental music, indust ...

''Kollektion 1'', a collection of tracks from the German electronic-rock label, issued by Bureau B. In 2016, he presented FACT mix 544 for Fact Magazine. Cavern of Anti-Matter provided the original soundtrack for the 2018 British horror comedy film '' In Fabric''.

Personal life

Gane and

were romantically involved throughout Stereolab's early years but separated in 2002. He lives in Berlin.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gane, Tim English rock guitarists English rock keyboardists 1964 births People from Barking, London Living people Stereolab members Musicians from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham