Autocreation

Autocreation formed in 1994 as the trio of Kevin Hector, Tara Patterson, and <a href="spotify:artist:7mEHndkM91rEPLkC8LfYx3">Mark Van Hoen</a> (the latter of whom also records as <a href="spotify:artist:5kytvmQqoeunOLa2LtIt1N">Locust</a> for R&S ambient sublabel Apollo). Originally recording as Sine Bubble, Autocreation are a somewhat dancefloor-friendly blend of ambient, techno, and hip-hop-esque breakbeat, and have released two singles (on Template and Op-Art) and a full-length album (on former <a href="spotify:artist:5HAtRoEPUvGSA7ziTGB1cF">Orb</a>-owned ambient label Inter-Modo), as well as performing remixes for <a href="spotify:artist:0jyH4jtanxaysaxwDVhR6f">Seefeel</a> ("Plainsong"), <a href="spotify:artist:2xSGfjPjDPr8c9UvPhASAt">As One</a> ("Mihon"), and Wallstar ("Gurnigan"). Following the release of the Mettle full-length, <a href="spotify:artist:7mEHndkM91rEPLkC8LfYx3">Van Hoen</a> left the group to focus on his solo work, with Patterson and <a href="spotify:artist:5QBCiKjgFTznZwKUiiDTXA">Hector</a> continuing on with the name, releasing the Sauce EP on their own Template label and contributing an original track, "Justice Loop," to the second installment of Volume's Trans-Europe Express compilation series. The following year also brought the release of "Caught Short," a three-track minimalist breakbeat meditation released by <a href="spotify:artist:2Dcqwokizs4vSMXCVFqfQs">Kirk DeGiorgio's</a> celebrated Op-Art label (the title track was also included on the Op-Art label compilation Objets D'A.R.T. III). Although Autocreation remain a duo project, both Patterson and <a href="spotify:artist:5QBCiKjgFTznZwKUiiDTXA">Hector</a> have continued to work in sporadic combination with <a href="spotify:artist:7mEHndkM91rEPLkC8LfYx3">Van Hoen</a> (both live and in the studio), with <a href="spotify:artist:5QBCiKjgFTznZwKUiiDTXA">Hector</a> contributing most recently to the latter's Last Flowers From the Darkness LP (Touch, 1997). <a href="spotify:artist:5QBCiKjgFTznZwKUiiDTXA">Hector</a> also records under the name Shanq, although to date his output under that name has included only one remix (<a href="spotify:artist:5kytvmQqoeunOLa2LtIt1N">Locust's</a> "Your Selfish Ways" single, released by Apollo in 1997). Patterson and <a href="spotify:artist:5QBCiKjgFTznZwKUiiDTXA">Hector</a> plan a revival of their Template label in 1997, with several releases scheduled to appear. ~ Sean Cooper, Rovi