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Chris Jeffs, known by the stage name Cylob, is a British electronic musician and producer. He has produced seven albums, three compilations and a number of remixes.[1] Previously signed to Rephlex records, Jeffs started his own digital label Cylob Industries in 2007.[2]

Career

His career evolved after he gave a demo tape to Aphex Twin at a gig in early 1993, who subsequently signed Jeffs to his Rephlex label. For a while the two were working and living in the same building.[3] Since his debut, he has released 13 singles and 5 albums on Rephlex, in addition to the EP Spider Report for Breakin' Records. Then followed the harsh dancefloor sonics of Cylob's Latest Effort and Lobster Tracks (with its Chris Cunningham-illustrated sleeve), pop pastiche with "Living In The 1980s", meditative bells and gongs on Mood Bells and the electronic funk and braindance of Cylob Music System Volumes 1 & 2. Although Cylob's music is predominantly instrumental, using a drum machine patch with sequencers, that evolved into digital compositions which included "midi style sequencing".[2] In 2007 he launched his own label, Cylob Industries, to release his material, while licensing it to various labels for hard-copy prints on CD and vinyl.[2] In 2014, the compilation Cymply The Best 93-01 was released, while much of the Rephlex material was re-released.

Discography

Albums

  • Empathy Box as Kinesthesia, later re-released as Cylob (Rephlex, 1996)
  • Loops and Breaks (Rephlex, 1996)
  • Cylobian Sunset (Rephlex, 1996)
  • Previously Unavailable on Compact Disc (Rephlex, 1998)
  • Mood Bells (Rephlex, 2001)[4]
  • Trojan Fader Style (Cylob Industries, 2007)
  • Formant Potaton (Cylob Industries, 2007)
  • Ambient News as Ambient News (Cylob Industries, 2009)
  • Bounds Green (Cylob Industries, 2007)
  • Catastrophic as nonprivate (Alku, 2010)
  • Zweite Sendung as Ambient News (Cylob Industries, 2011)
  • The Quantum Loonyverse (mp3/flac only) (Cylob Industries, 2015)
  • 54 Minute Mirage (Cylob Industries, 2020)
  • One Less Pitch (Cylob Industries, 2020)
  • Live 060708 (Cylob Industries, 2020)
  • PLACEHOLDER (Cylob Industries, 2021)

Singles and EPs

  • Kinesthesia Volume 1 as Kinesthesia (Rephlex, 1993)
  • Kinesthesia Volume 2 as Kinesthesia (Rephlex, 1995)
  • Industrial Folk Songs (Rephlex, 1995)
  • Empathy Box Remixes as Kinesthesia (Rephlex, 1996)
  • Cylob's Latest Effort (Rephlex, 1997)
  • Diof 97 (Rephlex, 1997)
  • Are We Not Men Who Live and Die (Rephlex, 1998)
  • Rewind! (Rephlex, 192/99)
  • Lobster Tracks (Rephlex, 197/99)
  • Living in the 1980s / Sex Machine (Rephlex, 1999)
  • Cut The Midrange, Drop The Bass (Rephlex, 2001)
  • Cylobotnia (with Astrobotnia) (Rephlex, 2003)
  • Cylob Music System Volume 1 (Rephlex, 2004)
  • Cylob Music System Volume 2 (Rephlex, 2004)
  • Spider Report E.P. (Breakin' Records, 2004)
  • Private Life (With DMX Krew as Private Lives) (SoulJazz Records, 2007)
  • Rock The Trojan Fader (Cylob Industries, 2007)
  • Late In The Day (Cylob Industries, 2008)
  • Alpine Acid (mp3 only) (Cylob Industries, 2008)
  • Pepper Spray (Cylob Industries, 2010)
  • Inflatable Hope (Power Vacuum, 2015)[5]
  • Tomorrow Foolish Logic (Cylob Industries, 2021)

Remixes

  • Bochum Welt, Scharlach Eingang (Rephlex, 1994) – "Phlughaven Alphard (Kinesthesia Mix)"
  • Aphex Twin, Ventolin (Warp, 1995) – "Ventolin (Cylob mix)"
  • Immersion, Remixes Volume 3 (Swim, 1995) – "Envelope (Cylob remix)"
  • DMX Krew, Nu Romantix (Rephlex, 1998) – "I'm All Alone (Cylob's mix)"
  • The Jones Machine , "You're The One (Part Two)" b/w "(I'm The) Disco Dancing" (Rephlex, 1999) – "You're The One (Part Two) Cylob's mix"; "(I'm The) Disco Dancing (Cylob's mix)"
  • Soulwax, Saturday (Hotline mix) (Play It Again Sam, 1999)
  • The Mike Flowers Pops (Lo Recordings, 1999)
  • Christian Vogel, "Whipaspank (Cylob mix)" (Novamute, 2000)
  • "Synclair (Cylob Mix)" (Areal Records, 2007)

References

  1. ^ Listing of Cylob releases on Discogs.com, (accessed 9 January 2015).
  2. ^ a b c Wade, Alistair (12 July 2007). "Cylob: Cut the Middleman, Drop the Bass". spannered.org.
  3. ^ Danluck, Meredith (14 January 2001). "Richard D. James interview". indexmagazine.com.
  4. ^ Leone, Dominique. "Cylob: Mood Bells". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Cylob - Inflatable Hope · Single Review ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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