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Artist
Pete Grove
12+ albums
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Pete Grove crafts a tech house hybrid sound that embraces electro, ambient, soul, funk and nu jazz downtempo while capturing the context of both techno and house with a style that stretches minimalist musical elements into lush orchestrations. Emerging directly from a college music production program to work in publishing and admininstration for Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva's Plus 8 Records, to running his own label Woodwork Recordings, and eventually landing jobs as a live sound technician for orchestral, theatrical, world and pop music acts and full scale production shows, he brings a broad scope of industry experience to the realm of electronic dance music. Beginning in 1992, known as Sunkissed, Pete began his early musical experiments with a focus on playing live. Within a few years and several gigs, Sunkissed became known as one of several pioneers of Canada's live PA scene. With an innovative hardware-based dual sequencer setup, Sunkissed was recognized as one of the first PA acts to utilize midi fader box control as the centerpiece of his live interface. This technique logically became a revolutionary step in virtually all live pa and digital dj setups. After playing coast to coast across Canada, and after a few vinyl outings on Definitive and Woodwork Recordings, Sunkissed travelled abroad to grace european festivals such as Austria's Steirischer Herbst and Peace Parade. Other highlights include sharing the stage with influential acts such as Autechre, Richie Ha
