Austin Cesear

A native Californian who later based himself in New York City's Brooklyn borough, Austin Cesear produces downcast experimental and ambient techno. Growing up, he had no formal musical training, but a high-school course exposed him to Reason, a software program for music production. He eventually incorporated hardware into his approach. Signed to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Public+Information%22">Public Information</a>, he debuted in July 2012 with Cruise Forever, a striking album that placed the producer in the same realm as <a href="spotify:artist:1b6p8KZ14dw35fuIuDWQNV">Vatican Shadow</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6BuDxEE5rfuYeyhxQsl53K">Andy Stott</a>, with inspiration seemingly drawn from releases by the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:78x5Xzi7CUmQZtZfFYBK9m">Terrence Dixon</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5ipQlfnpRCtyOuhYqvPvQ8">Robert Hood</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:37um1uxI92g4ll61LzrtB5">Basic Channel</a>. Only a couple months later, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Public+Information%22">Public Information</a> released Cesear's Deep Breakfast Mixtape, an extremely limited CD-R of original material. In February 2014, Cesear reappeared with a more dancefloor-oriented release, There's a Crack in Everything, on Proibito. The next month brought a split release, shared with Stefan Jós, that was issued on cassette and as a digital download. Within a few months, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Public+Information%22">Public Information</a> came out with the six-track EP West Side. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi