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Cursor Miner - Stopism

from Step Into Dubizm (part 1) by Law & Auder

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As a child Rob Tubb aka Cursor Miner would spend hours making tapes full of stupid comedy sketches, home made sound effects and "electronic" music recorded off ceefax. Many years later little has changed but for the technology. Cursor started off playing a guitar in a rock band at school, but on moving to London was influenced by the sounds of Acid Techno, started moving away from guitar and onto drum machines and computers, whilst keeping the distortion pedals in full effect.In the late 90's Miner's first computer based creations (made by effecting and cutting and pasting sine waves, the only software available to CM at the time) came to the attention of esteemed techno funk pioneer Si Begg and he released a number of tracks on his Noodles compilation The Death of Cool. At around this time Rob's long time friend Kone-r started the label Uncharted Audio with a Cursor Miner EP "This Mans Adventure". Cm's first album "Explosive Piece of Mind" was released in 2002 to critical acclaim. A wild mixture of Beck, Bowie and Depeche Mode style songwriting meets twisted beats and Autechre style noise excursions this album seemed to bridge the divide between the dancefloor and the messed up innards of his own mind.Cursor then scored a minor viral hit with librarians the world over with the catchy track about libraries "Library", alongside a cheeky little animation this managed to be viewed by over 50000 people, probably all librarians. The next two albums traced a trajectory from the quirky songs like "I want to be a foetus" to the dancefloor stormers such as "The Sport of Kings" and Hair of The Dog", the latter two getting dropped, charted and bigged up by DJ's such as Andy weatherall, Alter Ego, Dave Clarke, The Advent, Laurent Garnier, Aphex Twin and Mark Moore.Cursor's legendary live sets at mega-raves such as Bloc weekender and Sonar festival have made many punters sweat over 8 litres a second and started a clubbing craze for wearing goggles, LEDs, green pants, tank tops and protective knee and elbow pads. Well not really but he lives in hope. Cursor Miner has been seen shouting into his distorted vintage microphone all over europe in Germany, France, Spain, Hungary, Czech Rep, Switzerland and Russia.The latest album "Requires Attention" was released last year by Uncharted Audio and proved to be as perplexing as ever. Rob Tubb is also embarking on a return to the guitar with krautrock band Standard Planets.

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from Step Into Dubizm (part 1), released July 11, 2011
Written & produced by Robert Tubb

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Law & Auder Records is a label known for its highly themed, double cd compilations combining an ear for the experimental with a broad ranging conceptual sweep and featuring many of the finest electronic music producers in the UK.

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