Currently based in the UK in the unlikely town of Huddersfield, 1-man sleep pioneer Chano weaves his dirty electronic style using nothing but his trusty Evolution midi controller and a small collection of computer software.

First introduced to the idea of composing music through the medium of computers in the late-nineties with the purchase of an Atari STe at a car-boot sale, then 14-year-old me was fascinated with the myriad of bizarre and conventional music alike that was achievable with the aid of computer sequencers.

Graduating to “proper” computers some years later, I became acquainted with the likes of ReBirth, Reason, Cubase, Logic amongst others. My musical style mutated through Happy Hardcore (I was young ok!), House, Hip-Hop, Rock, Dub, Ambience and even Pop before crash-landing at my own blend of filthy yet melodious electronica. Delicious!

Discarding my headphones and friendly relationship with the next-door neighbours in one fell swoop, the purchase of a set of studio monitors, amp and keyboard marked the start of my home studio. Since then I have been teaching myself the subtle nuances of various electronic synthesis techniques, production and recording methods as well as honing my digit skills on the old ivories!

As I became more and more disillusioned with university (I was under the impression that I might actually learn something… BZZZT WRONG), I stopped caring and I’m now making my way as a contracting web-site designer/programmer sans-degree. That is until of course I get a multi-million dollar recording contract… … any minute now… -------------
No loops. No samples. No prisoners. 100% original (for better or worse!).

Air, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Daedelus, Daft Punk, Engineers, Funkstörung, Four Tet, Gorillaz, M83, Múm, Isan, Mouse on Mars, Minotaur Shock, Mr Oizo, Lusine, Luke Vibert, Prefuse 73, Solvent, Vitalic... Ed Alleyne-Johnson... many more!