Klute is the primary recording alias of Tom Withers, a

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producer and DJ from

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, UK. He is also the drummer, vocalist and songwriter of the English

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band

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. Klute first turned to electronic production in the early 1990s, experimenting with

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before turning to drum and bass. He released two 12" singles under the 'Override' alias in 1995 and 1996, as well as appearing on

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compilations. In 1997 he released the 12" single ''Deep Control'' under the alias 'The Spectre'. In 1998 the debut Klute LP '' Casual Bodies'' was released on the

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imprint; ''

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'' followed in 2000. In 2001 he established the label Commercial Suicide. This released his own material, including the albums ''

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'' (2003), '' No One's Listening Anymore'' (2005), ''

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'', (2007) and '' Music for prophet'' (2010). All of these albums are double CDs with one drum and bass disc and another of downtempo

and

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and received widespread acclaim in the electronic music community. The track "Time 4 Change" from ''No One's Listening Anymore'' was the last tune played on-air by

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. Commercial Suicide has also released tracks from

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, SKC, Gridlok,

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and Chris Su. As well as releasing music on his own label, Klute has releases on

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, 31 Records, Soul:R, Shogun Audio,

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, and Breakbeat Science Recordings. Tom Withers has been married (and divorced) four times and has six children. He currently lives with his six children and manicurist partner (originally from Cambodia) in a two bedroom flat in Luton.

Discography

Albums

* ''Casual Bodies'' – Certificate 18 (1998) * ''Fear of People'' – Certificate 18 (2000) * ''Part of Me'' –

(2002) * ''

'' – Commercial Suicide (2003) * ''No One's Listening Anymore'' – Commercial Suicide (2005) * ''The Emperor's New Clothes'' – Commercial Suicide (2007) * ''Music For Prophet'' – Commercial Suicide (2010) * ''The Draft'' – Commercial Suicide (2013) * ''Read Between The Lines'' – Commercial Suicide (2017) * ''Whatever It Takes'' – Commercial Suicide (2019)

References

External links

Commercial Suicide official site

Commercial Suicide – MySpace Page

Klute – MySpace Page

Klute – RA DJ Page
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Living people English record producers English drum and bass musicians English electronic musicians 1968 births {{DnB-stub