User

User

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UK
Label operated by the pseudonym Dean Cole who is also the fake identity behind the releases as artist User (4).
User has an offshoot label 00A where the releases with catalog numbers ending with the letter 'A' belong. According to the distributor, Integrale Muzique, the releases are 'with huge support from worldwide DJs' - sounds like remixing.
Some releases on User were produced by a different pseudonym Richard Harvey.
Sublabels
00A, Abuser, Utility Plastics

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Vinyl and CD

Releases

Status Catalog Number  Image Artist Title ( Format) Label Catalog Number  Country Year Actions
001 User (4) - One Break - One Loop - One True Religion User (4) One Break - One Loop - One True Religion ‎(CD, Comp) User, User 001 UK 2000 Sell This Version
MRCD02-2 Various - Bio Molecular Rhythms Volume Two Various Bio Molecular Rhythms Volume Two ‎(CD, Comp, Enh) Molecular Recordings MRCD02-2 UK 2000 Sell This Version
USER01 User (4) - 01 User (4) 01 ‎(12") User USER01 UK 1998 Sell This Version
USER02 User (4) - 02 User (4) 02 USER02 UK 1999 Sell This Version
USER03 User (4) - 03 User (4) 03 USER03 UK 1999 Sell This Version
USER04 User (4) - 04 User (4) 04 USER04 UK 1999 Sell This Version
USER05 User (4) - 05 User (4) 05 USER05 UK 1999 Sell This Version
USER06 User (4) - 06 User (4) 06 USER06 UK 1999 Sell This Version
USER07 User (4) - 07 User (4) 07 USER07 UK 2000 Sell This Version
USER008 User (4) - 08 User (4) 08 USER008 UK 2000 Sell This Version
USER09 User (4) - 09 User (4) 09 USER09 UK 2000 Sell This Version
USER010 User (4) - 10 User (4) 10 ‎(12") User USER010 UK 2001 Sell This Version
USER010 User (4) USER Vol 10 ‎(12", W/Lbl) User USER010 UK Unknown Sell This Version
USER 011 User (4) - 11 User (4) 11 USER 011 UK 2001 Sell This Version
USER 012 User (4) - 12 User (4) 12 USER 012 UK 2001 Sell This Version
USER 013 User (4) - 13 User (4) 13 USER 013 UK 2001 Sell This Version
USER 014 User (4) - Fourteen User (4) Fourteen USER 014 UK 2001 Sell This Version
USER 15 User (4) - User 15 User (4) User 15 USER 15 UK 2002 Sell This Version
USER 016 User (4) - 16 User (4) 16 ‎(12") User USER 016 UK 2002 Sell This Version
USER017 User (4) - Stolen And Contaminated User (4) Stolen And Contaminated USER017 UK 2002 Sell This Version
USER018 User (4) - 18 User (4) 18 USER018 UK 2003 Sell This Version
USER019 User (4) - 19 User (4) 19 USER019 UK 2003 Sell This Version
USER 008.2 User (4) - 08.2 User (4) 08.2 ‎(12") User USER 008.2 UK 2001 Sell This Version
USER 910 User (4) User 09 & User 10 ‎(2x12", RE) User USER 910 UK 2003 Sell This Version
USER 1114 User (4) User 11 & User 14 ‎(2x12", RE) User USER 1114 UK 2003 Sell This Version
USERCD001 User (4) - One Break - One Loop - One True Religion User (4) One Break - One Loop - One True Religion (Comp) USERCD001 UK 2000 Sell This Version
USERCD02 User (4) - USERCD02 User (4) USERCD02 (Comp) USERCD02 UK 2001 Sell This Version
USERCD003 User (4) - User Live In Tokyo @ Mount Fuji User (4) User Live In Tokyo @ Mount Fuji ‎(CD, Mixed) User USERCD003 UK 2000 Sell This Version

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Unseen

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March 9, 2022
UTTERLY ESSENTIAL LATE NIGHT SWEATY DARK ROOM HIGH VOLUME BANGERS.

If you raved in the late 90s you danced to these cuts, period. Distinctly techno, but many of them fit perfectly into the peak moments of a good house set, too.

And for a moment, can we appreciate that to this day (March 2022), nobody has ever owned up to writing even one of them? It was one thing to be anonymous in 98/99, but to keep the identity hidden for 20 years is pretty impressive indeed.

If the detective considers the distributor (Integrale Muzique), their location (Birmingham) and overall sound of the EPs ... it's always pointed to the Integrale Muzique / B'ham crew and extended family/friends as the producers of the User EPs. At that point, a lot of the Birmingham et al. stuff was made in a single studio (read this in an interview back when) and the signal chain from drum machine/synth through effects through the main board played a large role in giving it a somewhat similar sound. If you ask me there is unmistakable crossover, and several of the samples and drum sounds used in the User tracks are nearly identical to tracks released about the same time from Regis / Female / Surgeon / Function / Sims / Jarvis / Vernol / Turner / Cole / etc. (esp. Function, if you ask me). Dean Cole definitely played a role, but I think the named "Richard Harvey" is an alias for all the other producers.

I've looked for answers to this question for years. If anyone reading this knows more about it, or knows for a fact I am WRONG, please message me.
dylaf

dylaf

July 29, 2015
edited over 8 years ago
Having bought User 1, 2 & 3 back in 98/99, and at the same time as 'Killa- Bite' 1 & 2 (Simms/Vernon/Jarvis) I was, and still am, fairly convinced that one of those guys is behind these, or someone hopping on the bandwagon. Either way, their solid early house sampling raw techno cuts. Nice.
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