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Last updated: Wednesday, 17-Mar-2004

Ten years have seen his evolution from Trip Hop and manic depressive angst to dance culture.


Case's musical catharsis began early in school with his adolescent years haunted by the new wave synthetic sounds of the 80's. A four year Canadian tertiary education opened up his darker horizons to hardcore electronic rock, industrial techno and cyberpunk outfits like Skinny Puppy and Nitzer Ebb.


The early 90's saw him releasing industrial electronica under the pseudonym of Censor. Hip2TheHype was a collaborative project involving Case which eventually became a precursor to the remixing team Quadmix in the mid 90's. These projects, together with  frequent radio airplay of the track "Trick Rider", attracted the attention of BMG and  Warner/Chappell, and Quadmix became Singapore's first major dance music signing. More singles were released following the success of the breakbeat album "Rocking The 3rd Floor" in 1996. They also went on to win Singapore's COMPASS award for 3 consecutive years.

Case's desire to remain true to his ability and moods lead him to discover a new love in deephouse and techno in 1998. Natural influences came from weekly hangouts with prominent local and foreign DJs and splurges on tracks from Thomas Chrome and Dan Curtin to anything from the label Guidance and Naked Music. Obsession was inevitable. These sounds were true to Case and its vibe cut deep.

At this stage, Case has already released tracks under San Francisco and Berlin labels Transport Recordings and Lifetime Music respectively. He has also released a solo album, 'A Deeper Shade', which brought out the best in this veteran producer. Hailed by industry maestros as the first deep/tech-house offering from Singapore, Case was still restless - pushing his own limits as a producer led him to a collaboration in 2002  with another Asian veteran, Kit Chan. The duo collaborated on an album fusing their respective strengths - Trip hop and Chinese melancholic pop.

Local in status, global in talent.

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