Kirk Degiorgio, better known as As One, is a British

techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time (4/4) and often ch ...

producer and DJ. Born in the late 1960s in

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, East London, and raised in

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, he started producing music in the early 1990s. He founded the labels A.R.T. Records and Op-Art Records and releases on them as well as B12 Records,

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, New Electronica, and others. His style is a mixture of Detroit-style techno, mixed with

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

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and

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, ...

. He is one half of The Beauty Room.

Discography

As ''As One''

*''Reflections'' (1994) *''Celestial Soul'' (1995) *''Reflections on Reflections'' (1995) (Remix album) *''The Art of Prophecy'' (1997) *''Planetary Folklore'' (1997) *''In with Their Arps, and Moogs, and Jazz and Things'' (1997) *''So Far: So Good'' (2000) *''21st Century Soul'' (2001) *''Out of the Darkness'' (2004) *''Elegant Systems'' (2005) *''Planetary Folklore 2'' (2006) *''Communion'' (2019)

As ''Kirk Degiorgio''

*''Check One'' (1996) *''Synthesis'' (1998) *''Two Worlds'' (2001) (

Far Out Recordings Far Out Recordings is a UK-based record label specialising in the music of Brazil. It was founded in the mid-1990s and is run by DJ, entrepreneur and producer Joe Davis. Music released on the label extends from samba, jazz, MPB, soul and disc ...

) *''Sambatek'' (2013) Far Out Recordings

As ''The Beauty Room''

*''The Beauty Room'' (2006) *''The Beauty Room II'' (2012)

References

External links

Kirk Degiorgio / As One
on

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RBMA Radio On Demand - Sound Obsession - Volume 15 - Electro Special Pt 1 - Kirk Degiorgio (The Beauty Room, As One)

RBMA Radio On Demand - Sound Obsession - Volume 14 - Stevie Wonder Special Pt.2 - Kirk Degiorgio (The Beauty Room, As One)

RBMA Radio On Demand - Sound Obsession - Volume 12 - Summer of '67 - Kirk Degiorgio (The Beauty Room, As One)
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