Timothy John Gane (born 12 July 1964) is an English songwriter and guitarist who co-founded

Stereolab Stereolab are an Anglo- French avant-pop band formed in London in 1990. Led by the songwriting team of Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, the group's music combines influences from krautrock, lounge and 1960s pop music, often incorporating a repetit ...

with his then-partner

Lætitia Sadier Lætitia Sadier (born 6 May 1968, sometimes known as Seaya Sadier) is a French musician, best known as a founding member of the London-based avant-pop band Stereolab. In 1996, while Stereolab was still active, she formed the side project Monade. ...

.Gregory, Andy (ed.) (2002) ''International Who's Who in Popular Music, 2002'', Europa Publications Limited, , p. 183

Biography

Gane was born in Ilford,

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, and began his musical career experimenting with

harsh noise Noise music is a genre of music that is characterised by the expressive use of noise within a musical context. This type of music tends to challenge the distinction that is made in conventional musical practices between musical and non-musical ...

in the early 1980s, under the alias Unkommunitim, releasing self-financed cassettes on Black Dwarf Wreckordings along with fellow Unkommuniti members Kallous Boys and other noise projects. He was a key member of McCarthy from 1985 until their breakup in 1990.

Stereolab

Gane later formed

with

. For the first incarnation of the band, they enlisted ex-

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bassist

Martin Kean Stereolab are an Anglo- French avant-pop band formed in London in 1990. Led by the songwriting team of Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, the group's music combines influences from krautrock, lounge and 1960s pop music, often incorporating a repeti ...

, drummer Joe Dilworth and Gina Morris on backing vocals. In 1993, the band were signed to the American major-label Elektra and were released from their recording contract in 2004. In 2009, Stereolab announced their hiatus. Stereolab reunited for a tour in 2019 to support a series of vinyl reissues. Turn On, Gane's side project with

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, who Gane worked with in Stereolab, released their self-titled debut in 1997.

Cavern of Anti-Matter

In 2013, he released ''Blood-Drums'' under the moniker "Cavern of Anti-Matter", a band formed together with Holger Zapf and Dilworth. It was followed by the 2016 album ''Void Beats / Invocation Trex'' on Duophonic Records. It featured contributions by

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and

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and Jan St. Werner. Live the band was reduced to a duo. In January 2017, ''Blood Drums'' was re-released through Duophonic. In 2014, Gane compiled the tracks for

Sky Records Sky Records was a Hamburg, Germany-based independent record label specializing in krautrock/ Kosmische Musik and electronic music. Some of their releases could be classified as progressive rock or art rock, experimental music, industrial, ambien ...

''Kollektion 1'', a collection of tracks from the German electronic-rock label, issued by

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. In 2016, he presented FACT mix 544 for Fact Magazine. Cavern of Anti-Matter provided the original soundtrack for the 2018 British

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film ''

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''.

Personal life

Gane and

were romantically involved throughout Stereolab's early years but separated in 2002. He lives in Berlin.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gane, Tim English rock guitarists English rock keyboardists 1964 births People from Barking, London Living people Stereolab members