Xpander | ar
Alias of BEMANI artist Sota Fujimori, first used for the jubeat song Move That Body. According to Fujimori, the "Expander" name refers to the Oberheim Xpander, an analog synthesizer he used during his college years.
May also refer to Expander, Portuguese DJ and label owner of Soniculture .
David Lilja and Patrik Rydberg are two musicians and producers from Sweden. In 1989, they started to make music together. This was a beginning of Cut 'n' Paste recording studio. At first, they composed some italo disco stuff, then they became interested in synthdance. First mindXpander tracks have been presented at MP3.com and Spacesynth.de (back then it was Laserdance.de). Thanks to that, they started their co-operation with Hypersound Productions.
Two mindXpander tracks ("Star Runner" and "Floating Space Port") were released "Synthesizer Dance Vol. 1" compilation. After releasing cover album with Laserdance tracks in 2000, they were busy on composing and...
Featuring members of Bron y Aur and the Cue Lie, Plasma Expander were formed in 2004 in Cagliari (Sardynia). No goal was planned but to play freely and spontaneously across drums and guitars instinctive sections, merely patterned either on a mood or a slight outline. Totally unwitting and disinterested about the outcoming material identity, the band found itself moving from kraut territories to untied blues splinters. Some might call it free rocknroll. In 2005 Plasma expander performed a bunch of successful shows and in November 2005 they recorded their debut album with Simon Balestrazzi on the desk. The material was...
Andrew (aka Xpander) was born in Moscow in 1982.
He got into drum & bass about 10 years ago, and 5 years later he started making his own tunes. Now, he's more deeply works with the drum & bass sound. He makes about 2 or 3 tunes a month.
At the moment he is more into the darkside of drum & bass, making some dark tunes, but he also has some soft stuff. His favorite artists at the moment, and also most inspiring artists, are TZA, Silentkiller, Limewax, Tech Itch, Dylan and B-Key. Also he DJs, he has played at...