Evilcomputergenius started back in 1998 as a live pa drum and bass side project by Don Relyea of the illbient electronic project Ropelab. After some time the evilcomputergenius through binary fission spawned 7 Vials of the Apocalypse, a heavy metal/drum and bass project. The evilcomputergenius music changed at that point to have much more distinct rock influences and became a mish-mash of rock, drum and bass, breaks, electro, dub, industrial noise. Live shows often featured guest musicians.
Eventually the Evilcomputergenius grew old, settled down, had kids and began to mellow out. While the themes of his music have remained dark and dystopian, his music slowed down in tempo from the 160-200 bpm range down to the 100-125 bpm range and he began to experiment more with more melodic downtempo, dub, chill out breaks, glitch and house grooves. While Evilcomputergenius has made the focus of his music bass and synths, the occasional guitar still makes an appearance.
Formerly a hardware snob and collector of analog synths and modular synth modules, the Evilcomputergenius now travels the world for design and technology and utilizes a very minimal mobile studio that includes a small Akai controller and a computer. His music is composed on planes and mixed in hotels all over the world.
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