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Artist
Normally Invisible
12+ albums
dutchelectronica
about
Normally Invisible was founded in 1992 by Nico, Olaf and Thiemo, students of the Institute for Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Holland. They had discovered a mutual interest in electronic dance music and started producing tracks together in the studios of the institute. In 1994, Thiemo was the first Dutch conservatory student to graduate on a live dance music performance, held at the Sonic Acts Festival in Paradiso, Amsterdam. 1994 also saw the release of Normally Invisible's first cd, called "Always Ultra With Wings", on Amsterdam based label Staalplaat. Tracks on this cd ranged from pure ambient to downtempo trance, and more dancefloor oriented material was released a short while later on the "Psychotronics" vinyl 12". Normally Invisible started touring clubs and parties in holland. In 1996, Thiemo left the band, and not much later Marcus Graf joined the Normally Invisible-forces. Marcus helped shifting Normally Invisible’s focus to more breakbeat-oriented music. Live performances grew more exciting when Marcus and Olaf, both having a history in grunge/metal bands, got out their guitars on stage and started producing an eclectic mix of ultra-fresh breakbeats and sometimes evocative, often downright brutal guitarwork. A demo with new Normally Invisible-material miraculously landed in the office of the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble (the dutch brass- and woodwind collective) in 1998, and impressed with its uncompromising freshness, the Nederlands Blazers Ensem
