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Bitstream   / artists (B) Real Name: Steve Conner & Dave Conner Profile: Bitstream AKA brothers Steve and Dave Conner, from Northamptonshire UK. The brothers only began releasing music a few years ago due to a friend’s insistence to ‘get something out’. Their initial work was released on Signal Recordings. URLs: http://www.myspace.com/pylonmusic Aliases: Monsters From ID, The Members: Dave Conner, Rob Holloway, Steve Conner Name Variations: All | Bitstream | Bit Stream

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md, Jul 06, 2006

I became hooked on the Bitstream sound the first time I heard their amazing "Spatial Lobe" track on a DJ mix. It took some time to identify the artist and then track down all of their records as some of the early releases are very difficult to find these days. It's worth it though. Some of their scarcer material on Signal and Pylon made it onto the "One Third Standard Lux" retrospective CD on Modern Love.

I think that one of the reasons that Bitstream have such a unique sound to their tracks is they rarely if ever use any of the "traditional" sounds that permeate the electro genre. Outside of their very early material (the first two releases on Signal) you seldom hear any tracks dominated by TR-808 sounds, for example. Synthesised bleeps and blurps take the place of hi-hats, snares and bass drums. Where other artists roll out the same stereotypical analogue electro riffs, synth patches and structures, Bitstream obviously take time and care to produce something intricate and different, that stands out from the crowd.

There's no element of haste in Bitstream's release schedule. While I'd love them to release a record every month, these guys are accomplished proponents of the "quality, not quantity" philosophy.

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