Kone is a side project of Phil Western known for his solo projects (including Floatpoint, Off And Gone, Frozen Rabbit among others), as well as work with cEvin Key in Download and PlatEAU. Kone is DJ and producer from Varka Kru, Riga, Latvia. (kone.varka.org).|Together with DJs Betons, Ginnz and MC Dr_Ups, the core of famous Varka Kru, he was responsible for developing drum’n’bass culture in Latvia during 1996-2000. Later Kone has widened his musical spectre a lot. Now he influenced mostly by minimal and nu’jazz sound. Producer aliases: Nominal, Soika & Kone, Drumstorm. Kone performed together with Paul Murphy (Afro Art), Roni Size (Full Cycle), Future Prophecies to name a few. As DJ, Kone incorporate many styles into his sets, depending on audience. By 2009, he concentrates on two main directions: minimal, house, techno and nu’jazz, bossa nova, funk, reggae, latin. Kone’ most famous mixes:|Air, 2008 (minimal / techno / neotrance)|This Is Rock’n’Roll, 2005 (breakbeat / rock / electroclash)|…Let Them Fly Away…, 2005, (nu jazz / downtempo / lounge)|COUNTING DOWN TO SOMETHING, 2003 (hypno strong drum+bass)|FOR ACOUSTIC SPACE MAGAZINE, track 1, 1997(?), (dub) ———————————————————————————————————————- KONE is also an Electrobass / breakbeat producer from Malta. His tracks can be heard at myspace.com/konebass. He is also responsible for the Underwater Adventure Mix which is a tribute to James Stinson and Gerald Donald. www.myspace.com/konebass |
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