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Dr. Scissors

Real Name:
Pino Grzybowsky
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Dr. Scissors (born as Pino Grzybowsky in 1964, in Göttingen, Germany) is a German musician and DJ. He currently lives in Munich, Germany.

He started studying music in 1972 by learning to play an electric organ and joining a choir for children which appeared in different operas. He heard his first piece of electronic music, Tangerine Dream's Ricochet, in 1976, knowing from that point on that he wants to play with synthesizers in the future. He started playing keyboards in several live bands in 1980. He played Korg and Moog synthesizers, a string-machine, the Hohner D6 clavinet and the Fender Rhodes. Throughout the early 1980's he released tapes of own compositions of electronic music through fanzines. Also he co-composed some songs with different bands from the Frankfurt-Main area in Germany. In 1987, he bought an Atari 1024ST computer and started composing with it.

In 1992, he stopped playing keyboards in the bands and started to work with singers and guitarists along with a computer under the project name "Baby Tigers". A demo tape was professionally produced in a studio by Jam El Mar from "Jam & Spoon" - but failed to be signed to a major label. In 1995, he learned to deejay and his first 12" EPs were released under several aliases like T Minus 20 Sec, p-meson and Pino G., and eventually Dr. Scissors. These EP's were released by various labels, including Delirium, Elektrolux and Pod Communication.

Dr. Scissors was created as an Dub/Electro alter ego. He collected a stack of analogue gear up to mid 1997, then sold his whole studio to move to Mike Knapp (aka Xpando) in Los Angeles. Together they started to build a studio around Mike Knapp's vast collection of analogue synthesizers. Their collaboration Insect Jazz was successful, and the album Hum & Buzz was released through Elektrolux. The tracks were also featured in Germany in the TV program "Space Night".

After returning to Europe, he kept on touring and DJing. He also started to work with Andreas Kauffelt on several projects, such as Mohare, Endzeit and Mobile Space Unit. They released records through Elektrolux, , Electrocute, Aural Satisfaction and Hooj Choons. Since 1998 Dr. Scissors has been traveling regularly to Russia, he has played regularly in different cities like Irkutsk, St. Petersburg, Ufa, and Moscow. His biggest event was playing live in front of 8,000 people at an Open Air festival near Yekaterinburg. In 2003 the local fans awarded him with the title "King Of Gothic Electro".

Dr. Scissors' other achievements include the sound design for the introduction of the BMW 7-series cars to journalists for several events in 2001. In 1999, and again in 2000, he was invited to hold lectures how to create music with synthesizers and computers at the "Hochschule für Gestaltung" in Karlsruhe, Germany. His work as a sound designer with the artist collective Supreme Particles includes their interactive media-art installation R111, covering sound, vision, motion-tracking and the internet. He has also appeared in art festivals in Bremen, "Profile Intermedia 8" and in Zurich, "Go West". Russian contemporary artist Kirill Preobrazhenskiy invited him to collaborate for the "Signal/Wave" video installation in Berlin 2006 and for the sound installation "Tram 4 Inner Voice Radio" at Dokumenta 12 in Kassel 2007.

The alter ego Edgar 9000 was born in early 2005, marking the 25th anniversary of being a composer, sound designer and musician with around 100 appearances in different recordings and movies. The idea is to shape an introspective approach to music within the musical heritage of his beginnings with the means of today.

From 2007, the two alter egos have been used for different styles of music, Dr. Scissors for Electro (Broken Beat) and Edgar 9000 for Straight Beat/Ambient/Electronic.
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Discography

Releases:
Emotions Babe (2 versions)   Elektrolux 1997
Scuba Tongues (10")   Elektrolux 1998
Nursing Kit (Album) (2 versions)   Elektrolux 1999
Fade Out Of The Blue Phase (File, AAC)   Molecular Funk Guerilla 2005
Remixes:
Twist Me Up (12") Twist Me Up (Dr. Sciss... Bassex Records 1997
Bloated Fame (12") Neoplex (Dr. Scissors ... PV 1998
Elektro Codes. Two (2xCD, Comp) New Frontiers (Dr. Sci... Elektrolux 1999
System Automatik EP (12", EP) System Automatik (Dr. ... Poeta Negra 2002
Production:
Space Night Vol. III (2xCD) Passage TiS 1997
Appears On:
Space Night Vol. II (2xCD, Comp) Wildflower EastWest Records GmbH 1996
Ambient Diary.One (2xCD, Comp, Car) Scuba Tongues, Breezer... Elektrolux 1997
Elektro Codes.One (CD, Comp, Car) Insect Funk Elektrolux 1997
Hum & Buzz (CD, Album)   Elektrolux 1997
Samba Clock (EP) (2 versions)   Aural Satisfaction 1997
Space Night Vol. III (2xCD)   TiS 1997
Ambient Diary.Two (2xCD, Comp, Car) Swimming Son Elektrolux 1998
New Frontiers (12") New Frontiers (Dr. Sci... Elektrolux 1998
Royal By Nature / The Shark (12")   S3 Frankfurt 1998
Space Night Vol. IV - New Frontiers (Comp) (2 versions)   Fuel Records 1998
Teenage Secret (CD)   Caipirinha Productions 1998
Transmission From Istanbul (2x12")   Elektrolux 1998
Cheat Code E.P. (12", EP)   Elektrolux 1999
Docking -20s (CD, Album)   Elektrolux 1999
Future Grooves Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) Eruption Hooj Choons 1999
Future Grooves Vol. 1 (Disc Two) (12")   Hooj Choons 1999
Lovefield - Earth Spirits (CD, Comp, Dig) Touch Screen Free Form, CTM 1999
Space Night Vol. V (Comp) (2 versions) Penalty Dream Part 2, ... Fuel Records ... 1999
Aural Perspectives 02 (CD, Comp, Mixed)   Aural Satisfaction 2000
Elektro Codes.Three (2xCD, Comp) Penalty Dream Pt. 1, M... Elektrolux 2000
Electric Smooch (CD, Album, Enh) Netfunk Platik 2007
Tracks Appear On:
Ambient Diary.One (2xCD, Comp, Car) Scuba Tongues Elektrolux 1997
Blutmusik (LP, Ltd, Pin) Phantom Zehnkampf 1997
Dub Backups.One (CD, Comp) Luxor Elektrolux 1997
Psychedelic Beer - Potions Of The Future (CD, Comp) Last Elec High Society (3) 1997
Future Dub #01 (CD, Comp) Luxor Nova Records 1998
Elektro Codes. Two (2xCD, Comp) Touch Screen Elektrolux 1999
Lovefield - Earth Spirits (CD, Comp, Dig) Touch Screen Free Form, CTM 1999
Space Night Vol. V (2xCD, Comp) FM Therapy Fuel Records 1999
Aural Perspectives 02 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Lady From M. Aural Satisfaction 2000
Elektro Codes.Three (2xCD, Comp) Mosquito Elektrolux 2000
In Electro We Trust - A Datapunk Compilation (Comp) (2 versions) Basra Datapunk 2004
Electric Smooch (CD, Album, Enh) Netfunk Platik 2007
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