Minotaur Shock is the stage name of David Edwards, a

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-based

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to r ...

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. His 2005 album ''

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'' was his first album released through

4AD Records 4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name "Axis" (after the Hendrix album) by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980 as an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records. The name was changed to 4AD af ...

, having previously released work via Manchester based

Melodic A melody (from Greek μελῳδία, ''melōidía'', "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a combinat ...

. Edwards returned to Melodic for the release of his 2012 album, ''Orchard''. He also plays drums in Bronze Age Fox, a band from the

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area of Bristol. Since 2010, he has also released music under the stage name Principal Participant.

Discography

Albums

*''

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'' (2001) *'' Rinse'' (2003) *''

'' (2005) *''Amateur Dramatics'' (2008) *''Orchard'' (2012) *''Music from 'The Noise (2014) *''MINO'' (2019) *''Salina Pulse Streams'' (2020) *''Chaff Probes'' (2021)

Albums as Principal Participant

*''Principles'' (2010) *''Particles'' (2013)

Singles and EPs

*''The Bagatelle'' (2001) *''Motoring Britain'' (2001) *''Rockpoolin'' (2003) *''Vigo Bay'' (2005) *''Muesli'' (2005) *''Qi'' (2020)

Compilations

*''Rinse'' (2002)

Remixes

* 2000 2 Amigos - "The Great Freight Escape" * 2001

His Name Is Alive His Name Is Alive is an American experimental rock band/project from Livonia, Michigan. After several self-released cassettes, they debuted on 4AD Records in 1990, starting a long run at the label. Throughout the band's long history, leader Warre ...

- "One Year" * 2002

Badly Drawn Boy Damon Michael Gough (born 2 October 1969), known by the stage name Badly Drawn Boy, is an English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Gough chose his stage name from a character in the show ''Sam and his Magic Ball'', which he saw ...

- "Pissing in the Wind", "The Shining" * 2002 Normal Position - "Big Tits" * 2003 Hint - "Count Your Blessings" * 2003 Lucky Pierre - "The Heart of All That Is" * 2003

Mojave 3 Mojave 3 were a British rock band consisting of former Slowdive members Neil Halstead (vocals, guitar), Rachel Goswell (vocals, guitar) and Ian McCutcheon (drums) alongside keyboardist Alan Forrester and former Chapterhouse guitarist Simon Ro ...

- "Bluebird of Happiness" * 2004

Bloc Party Bloc Party are an English Rock music, rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, sampler), Russell Lissack (lead guitar, keyboards), Justin Harris (bass guitar, keyboards, saxophones, backing vocals) and Loui ...

- "Tulips" * 2004 Lunz - "Uferlose Sea" * 2004

Super Furry Animals Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band formed in Cardiff in 1993. For the duration of their professional career, the band consisted of Gruff Rhys (lead vocals, guitar), Huw Bunford (lead guitar, vocals), Guto Pryce (bass guitar), Cian Ciaran ...

- "Cityscape Skybaby" * 2005 Diefenbach - "Glorious" * 2005

The Longcut The Longcut are an English rock band, formed in 2002 in Manchester. Career The Longcut formed in Manchester in 2002, while attending the University of Manchester. Originally a four-piece, their vocalist left soon after the band started and the ...

- "Transition" * 2005

Wolf & Cub Wolf & Cub are a psychedelic rock band from Adelaide, Australia. Three of the original members hail from Port Augusta. The four-piece were signed to record label 4AD, which make use of two drummers. This allows the percussive elements of thei ...

- "Targets" * 2006

Hard-Fi Hard-Fi are an English indie rock band, formed in 2003 in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey. The band's most recent lineup before going on hiatus consisted of Richard Archer ( lead vocals and guitar), Kai Stephens (bass guitar and backing vocals) an ...

- "Hard to Beat" * 2007

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- "The Big Fight" * 2009 Deastro - "Toxic Crusaders"

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial MySpace Page
4AD artists

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