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Berlin's Tim Eliot represents the top percentile of European drum & bass producers. With substantial training in classical piano, he began dabbling in electronic music in 1992. Several years later he began receiving recognition on local Berlin radio stations and a series of irrefutably classic 12"s ensued. Seminal works on Don Q and Position Chrome catapulted Current Value into a literal phase of underground superstardom. Shortly thereafter, he also began playing live in his hometown and subsequently in other places in Europe and in the USA. The early Position Chrome releases like 'Creative Robot', 'Skybreaker', and 'Bass Riot' were very...

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Value Pac was started by Ryan Sheely, Isaiah Coughran, and Ben Cater while they were still in high school in 1995. They struggled quite a bit with choosing a name. At their beginning they went by One By One (already a band named this), One Bye One (appearing on the I'm your Biggest Fan compilation volume 1 by Tooth & Nail) (too close to the other bands name), Berserk (already taken by another band), and Bizzerk (still too close and the label hated it). Finally, it was Value Pack and then Value Pac. Value Pac's self-titled debut (also referred to...

The Commercials were (also a band on messthetics - link??) a post-hardcore/emo band hailing from Harrisburg, Pa. They were signed to Blackout! Records. Their most notable releases were "It's Not What You...It's How You Say It" and their swan song, a splilt ep with Florida's "Shadow Agency". Former members have since gone on to play in the band "Safari So Good" also featuring members of Breaking Pangea. .