Vector Lovers is the moniker used by British
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 ...
producer
Martin Wheeler. Wheeler, as described by
Soma Records (his current label) is a "computer nerd" and "80s-obsessed knob-twiddler" and creates music which falls into the
intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music (IDM) is a style of electronic music originating in the early 1990s, defined by idiosyncratic experimentation rather than specific genre constraints.''"…the label 'IDM' (for avant-garde, 'intelligent dance music') see ...
(IDM) and
electro genres. His music has been compared to and is influenced by such acts as
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk (, ) is a Germany, German Electronic music, electronic band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered innovators and pioneers of electronic music, Kraftwerk was among the first successful a ...
and
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music, electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the line-up of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band currently consists ...
.
As Vector Lovers, Wheeler has released several singles and
EPs
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...
, as well as four albums. Early Vector Lovers' releases were through his own
Iwari record label (one very early release was made as 'Balloon' - the name was changed to Vector Lovers when he discovered that there already was a band called
Balloon
A balloon is a flexible membrane bag that can be inflated with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, or air. For special purposes, balloons can be filled with smoke, liquid water, granular media (e.g. sand, flour or rice), ...
). Music has also been released under the names
Rosenbaum and
Badly Born Droid.
In 2006, Wheeler contributed production duties to
Tracey Thorn
Tracey Thorn (born 26 September 1962) is an English singer, songwriter, and author. She is best known as a member of the duo Everything but the Girl, active from 1982 to 2000, and again from 2022. She was in the band Marine Girls from 1980 to ...
's album ''
Out of the Woods'', released in March 2007.
Discography
Albums
*''Vector Lovers'' (2004)
*''Capsule For One'' (2005)
*''Afterglow'' (2007)
*''Electrospective'' (2011)
*''iPhonica'' (2013)
*''Capsule For One (Special Edition)'' (2022)
EPs
*''Roboto Ashido Funk'' (2003)
*''Electrobotik Disco'' (2004)
*''Suicide Android'' (2004)
*''Comptrfnk'' (2005)
*''Boulevard'' (2005)
*''Microtron'' (2005)
*''Piano Dust'' (2007)
*''Raumklang'' (2008)
*''Ping Pong'' (2008)
*''Remixed & Remastered 01'' (2011)
*''Solistice'' (2015)
*''Carousel'' (2016)
*''Pale Blue Star'' (2017)
*''Road / To Ruin'' (2018)
Singles
*"Post Arctic Industries" (2006)
*"A Field" (2007)
*"Late Shift" / "Babette" (2008)
*"Night Train Memories" (2012)
*"Kissing Princess Leia" (2015 mix) (2015)
*"Night Riding (Crash Premonition)" (2017)
References
External links
Vector Lovers on MyspaceVector Lovers Official SiteVector Lovers Bandcamp
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British electronic musicians
British record producers