Neil Landstrumm (real name: Neil MacPherson Sutherland) is a Scottish electronic music producer and DJ, who initially started making techno music in the 90's and then later experimented with various genres of electronic music including dubstep. Throughout the '90s and early 2000s, Landstrumm released several albums and EPs for classic techno labels Peacefrog and Tresor, including 1995's Brown by August, 1997's Bedrooms and Cities, and 2001's She Took a Bullet Meant for Me. His late-'00s releases on Planet Mu, such as 2009's Bambaataa Eats His Breakfast, leaned closer to dubstep and experimental hip-hop. During the 2010s, he released the full-length Dragon Under on Sneaker Social Club, as well as dozens of techno, electro, and acid EPs on labels such as Central Processing Unit and Unknown to the Unknown.
Links to Peel[]
Peel was one of Neil Landstrumm influences in terms of making music. In an 2016 interview with Attack Magazine, Neil mentioned JP introducing dubstep to him via his show:
"I was a bit bored with the way techno had ended up. It had become very stale and limited in its ideas. Then in the early 2000s John Peel started playing Jon E Cash and all this eight-bar and sublow – it wasn’t even called dubstep then – and I was just like, ‘Wow, this sounds like the early Sheffield stuff’. I felt that what I could do was fuse that with my passion for British rave. That was the first album on Planet Mu." [1]
Neil also mentioned Peel's name on his Bandcamp website [2], where the Scottish DJ covered the Visitors' Electric Heat track and referred to JP financing some of the band's recording and giving them a session for his show.
Sessions[]
1. Recorded with Tobias Schmidt: 1998-10-08. First Broadcast: 08 October 1998
- Live Techno DJ Set
Other Shows Played[]
- 24 February 1996: Piezatric (split 12" with Tobias Schmidt - Split EP) Sativae
- 29 June 1996: ‘Pirate (2xLP – Understanding Disinformation )’ Tresor
- 18 August 1996: Praline Horse (LP - Understanding Disinformation) Tresor
- 06 October 1996: The Glasvegas Experience (album - Understanding Disinformation) Tresor
- 03 September 1997: The Fool (12" - Mockba EP) Sativae
- 11 September 1997: August 12th 1997 (12" EP – Mockba) Sativae
- 11 September 1997 (BFBS): 'The Fool (12"-Mockba EP)' (Sativae)
- 18 September 1997 (BFBS): 'The Fool (12"-Mockba EP)' (Sativae)
- 08 October 1997: Stretch Copenhagen (album - Bedrooms And Cities) Tresor
- 09 October 1997 (BFBS): 'Tension In New York (2x12"-Bedrooms And Cities)' (Tresor)
- 21 October 1997: Monaco Grand Prix Wash Out (album - Bedrooms And Cities) Tresor
- 06 November 1997 (BFBS): 'Adam X (12"-Scandinavia Sessions)' (Tresor)
- 20 October 1998: Down On The A (LP – Pro Audio) Tresor
- 16 December 1998: Trademark (12" - Pro-X-ess) Scandinavia
- 20 December 1998 (BFBS): 'Ponytail (12"-Pro-X-Ess)' (Scandinavia)
- December 1998 (FSK): Digital Vandalism (12" - Pro-X-ess) Scandinavia
- 05 January 1999: Ponytail (12" - Pro-X-ess) Scandinavia
- 07 January 1999 (Radio Eins): Pony Tail (12" - Pro-X-ess) Scandinavia
- 02 September 1999 (Radio Eins): Gigolos Trapped In Retro Hell
- 17 May 2001 (Radio Eins): unknown
- 14 June 2001 (Radio Eins): Maintaining it
- 17 October 2001: Indulge Me (LP – She Took A Bullet Meant For Me) Tresor
- October 2001 (FSK): Indulge Me (CD - She Took A Bullet Meant For Me) Tresor
- 13 November 2001: Mute Hop Robo Cop (LP – She Took A Bullet Meant For Me) Tresor
- Blue Arsed Fly (Neil Landstrumm & Christian Vogel)
- 15 March 1996: ‘Blue Arse (12 inch )’ Mosquito
- 23 March 1996 (BFBS): 'Blue Arse (12")' (Mosquito)
- Sugar Experiment Station (Neil Landstrumm & Tobias Schmidt)
- 08 December 1996: ‘New Standard World (12 inch – Ultimathule EP )’ Scandinavia