SCNTST

Munich-based electronic producer Bryan Müller creates bright, jagged music as SCNTST, constantly shifting in style and approach and encompassing genres including house, techno, trap, hip-hop, disco edits, and ambient electronics. His other predominant pseudonym is <a href="spotify:artist:2qwi0hBvI2GrbkurOnw3hZ">Skee Mask</a>, who has a far more focused sound, taking the atmosphere of techno and pairing it with forward-thinking drum patterns. SCNTST, however, began making straight-forward electro-house, before releasing a debut album, 2013's Self Therapy, which switched genres track-to-track with a buoyant energy stitching it all together. His second record as SCNTST, 2015's Puffer, took on a more ambient bent, while intervening EPs experimented with numerous off-kilter production styles.

Müller was raised in a small village just outside of Munich, where he played in several bands and even performed in a musical stage production. By 2010 he had taught himself to use Ableton, almost immediately putting together tracks in his bedroom. On a whim, Müller connected with <a href="spotify:artist:62k5LKMhymqlDNo2DWOvvv">Boys Noize</a> through social media, impressing him enough that he signed him to his eponymous label. In under a year he had released his debut single, "Monday," for <a href="spotify:artist:62k5LKMhymqlDNo2DWOvvv">Boys Noize</a>, but it wasn't until his debut album, 2013's Self Therapy, that his sound blossomed. After the album's release, Müller hit a prolific streak with the release of two EPs, Forever 16 and Keep on Giving, on top of a mixtape titled F.Y.A. Although much of the material was created during his early experiments as a producer, they varied vastly and drew comparisons to the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:0IVcLMMbm05VIjnzPkGCyp">J Dilla</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:29XOeO6KIWxGthejQqn793">Flying Lotus</a>. In 2014 he added another notch to his belt by anonymously creating the <a href="spotify:artist:2qwi0hBvI2GrbkurOnw3hZ">Skee Mask</a> alias. His second moniker resonated with the <a href="spotify:artist:7cf2POBHeZly4brGaVWl2p">Zenker Brothers</a>, going on to release cerebral techno on their label <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Ilian+Tape%22">Ilian Tape</a>. The following year, SCNTST took another left turn by releasing Puffer, his second full-length which consisted of mostly ambient cuts. In the three years after Puffer, there was a distinct focus on <a href="spotify:artist:2qwi0hBvI2GrbkurOnw3hZ">Skee Mask</a> material, including a debut album, 2016's Shred, and a string of EPs on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Ilian+Tape%22">Ilian Tape</a>. In 2018 his output dovetailed, with a full-length album arriving from both aliases within weeks of each other; Scenes and Sketches from the Lab was SCNTST's third album, while the critically acclaimed Compro was <a href="spotify:artist:2qwi0hBvI2GrbkurOnw3hZ">Skee Mask</a>'s second, marking the release of 13 EPs and five albums from both aliases in an eight-year period. ~ Liam Martin, Rovi