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Tangent 38 by herd
Herd is the musical alias of Jason Thomson from Corby, Northamptonshire. The Herd sound is inspired by the electronic band The Future Sound of London, especially their 1994 ambient masterpiece Lifeforms. Initially, Herd created music using Sony ACID and showcased these tracks on the private bit.torrent site TheMixingBowl.org. After receiving positive feedback from members of the site he submitted some tracks to the American netlabel Future State of Rhythm (FSOR). This release Tangents 1 - 19 was the start of the Tangents project which currently sits at over 47 tracks. Nationwide radio exposure followed this release with support from Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC Radio One as well as a 35-minute mix on an up-and-coming new electronic music podcast entitled Electronic Explorations hosted by Rob Booth. Further netlabel releases followed with the Tangents ep on the Japanese netlabel Bumpfoot as well as Tangents 32 - 39 on the entity netlabel based in Belgium. This was followed by the release of Tangents 41 - 47 released in 2011 on The Future Sound of London's online label FSOLdigital.com.