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citations missing|article|date=April 2007Infobox musical artist|name = Kid606|image =|caption =|image_size =|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|birth_name = Miguel Trost De Pedro|alias = The Action Packed Mentalist|birth_date = Birth date and age|1979|7|27|mf=y|death_date =|origin = Caracas , Venezuela |instrument =|genre = Electronic music Glitch (music)|Glitch intelligent dance music|IDM Ambient Techno Techno Breakcore Experimental music|Experimental Noise music |occupation = DJ , record producer|producer |years_active = 1998–present|label = Tigerbeat6 Ipecac Recordings|Ipecac Mille Plateaux |associated_acts = Cex |website = http://www.tigerbeat6.com/ Kid606 is the stage name of Miguel Trost De Pedro , an electronic music ian who was born 1979 July in Caracas , Venezuela , raised in San Diego and later moved to San Francisco . He is most closely associated with the Glitch (music)|glitch , Intelligent dance music|IDM , Hardcore techno , and Breakcore scenes.
Kid606's music is similar to the work of his friend and colleague J Lesser|Lesser , as well as hardcore and IDM acts such as Atari Teenage Riot , Autechre , Mr. Oizo , and Matmos . He is primarily inspired not by his electronic contemporaries, but by his love of the Industrial music , Death metal , and Industrial metal of the 1980s and 90s, particularly bands like Godflesh and Napalm Death . His music is known for its high tempo breakbeat s and liberal use of Noise music|noise and sampling (music)|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 ambient and glitch ("Parenthood" from Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You and the entirety of PS I Love You (album)|P.S. I Love You being good examples).
Notable releases by Kid606 include '' Don't Sweat the Technics (VC140: 1998), Down with the Scene (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 (another band)|Ariel and Disc (band)|Disc . 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)
Songs About Fucking Steve Albini ( Important Records , March 2010)
EPs
Dubplatestyle EP remixes (Vinyl Communications, 1999)
GQ on the EQ EP (555 Recordings, 2000)
The Soccergirl EP (Carpark, 2000)
Why I Love Life EP ( Tigerbeat6 , 2002)
The Illness ( Tigerbeat6 , 2003)
Die Soundboy Die ( Tigerbeat6 , 2008)
Dance With The Chorizo EP ( Tigerbeat6 , 2009)
Splits
Split Compact Disc with J Lesser|Lesser (1998)
Unamerican Activity EP with Omni Bot (1998)
Disc with Matmos and Jay Lesser (Vinyl Communications, 1999)
Kid606 and Friends, Vol. 1 ( Tigerbeat6 , 2001)
Remixes
Peaches (musician)|Peaches - " Fuck the Pain Away (Kid606 Going Back To Bali Remix)"
Collaboration
In Love With The Underground A Kid 606 mix of The Rapture (band)|The Rapture song.
External links
myspace|kid606
http://tigerbeat6.com/ Tigerbeat6 Records
http://soundcloud.com/tigerbeat6 Tigerbeat6 on SoundCloud
http://www.splendidmagazine.com/features/kid606/ Interview with Miguel De Pedro (2003)
http://www.pleix.net/sometimes.html Video Soundtrack for Pleix (2003)
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