Todd Sines Artist Bio

Todd has long been a staple of the regional, national, and international electronic music scenes, with his first release as ENHANCED on Planet E in 1993’s elements of and experiments with sound, as well as the minimal tech house releases on UK’s Peacefrog Records and Detroit’s Seventh City with Dan Bell as .xtrak. He’s also recorded for locally based, internationally respected labels Residual [1998’s Hi8us LPand 2001’s static EP], as well as 2122 [compilation appearances as ENHANCED and solo electro EP as cron]. He has been played by everyone from Danny Tenaglia to Richie Hawtin [and featured on his 1996 Mixmag compilation], and named as one of the Urb Magazine’s top 100 to watch for in 1996. Amidst it all, he co-founded ele_mental with like-minded individuals Ed Luna, Charles Noel, Titonton Duvante in 1993, and was involved in organizing events with the FIREXIT collective of Dan McMahon, Matt Clausen, Jesse Will, Gabrielle Stephens, and Ed Luna from 1999-2001. Throughout these events, they brought such acts as Claude Young, Shake, Marumari, Beta Bodega Coalition, Sutekh, Safety Scissors, Kit Clayton, Chessie, Monolake, Datathief, Joshua Treble, Twine, and Stewart Walker to Columbus.

Todd plays a selection of deep, sensual house, broken beat, jazz, funk + techno, with Latin, Brazilian, + tribal influences and an eclectic, minimal edge. His has recordings for many labels in the US [Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, NYC], Canada [Toronto], Germany, and England; including Peacefrog, Planet E, Seventh City, Background, 21/22, Residual, PTR, Chair, etc. in addition to working with Dan Bell, Carl Craig, Titonton Duvanté, Charles Noel, and female vocalist Natacha Labelle over the last 8 years. He has toured Europe several times, playing in Barcelona + Vigo, Spain; Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Germany; Feldkirch + Vienna, Austria; Thun, Geneva, Friborg, Bern, and Zurich, Switzerland; Nijmegen, Holland; Copenhagen, Denmark; not to mention many dates in North America: Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Toronto, NYC, Miami, and SF, as well as performing live at the 2001 Detroit Electronic Music Festival, and the Planet E “all access 2.0” DEMF party live with Natacha Labelle.

His future plans include releases on Planet E, Philpot, Peacefrog, Tuning Spork, and a full-length album of deep tech house on Germany’s A Touch of Class]. He has just released a critically acclaimed EP with Natacha Labelle on Planet E, with two singles and an album out later this year. His remix credits include Soul Bossa Trio [Irma], Moonstarr [Compost / PTR / P-Vine], txt [21/22], Hyperactive [Contact] and Ultra Red [beta bodega coalition]. In the works are remixes for Charles Webster [Furry Phreaks, Presence, Miso Recordings], Albanek [Soul Seduction], Memory Systems, and Boogie Wall Soundsystem [Play Records]. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.