I Monster
English electronica band
I Monster are an English electronic music duo, composed of the Sheffield-based record producers Dean Thomas Honer and Jarrod Nicholas Gosling. Best known for their songs "Who Is She?" and "Daydream in Blue", both of which appeared on their 2003 album Neveroddoreven, they have also produced records for acts such as The Human League and HK119, and worked on a documentary about the origins of electronic music.
I Monster and its label Twins of Evil are both named after horror films starring Peter Cushing (I, Monster and Twins of Evil).
Early life
Gosling played in a rock band called Candy Paige as a teenager.
Honer left school at 16 and moved to Sheffield shortly after, began producing music and joined numerous bands. In 1990, he opened Neptune studio, a recording studio, together with Duncan Wheat.
Career
Formation and Daydream In Blue (1996–2002)
Dean Thomas Honer and Jarrod Nicholas Gosling first met in 1991, when a mutual friend introduced them to each other. Honer was setting up his studio and invited Gosling to make music together. Early influences included early Warp Records releases, Fad Gadget and Blancmange. They were already making techno music akin of Aphex Twin, Autechre and Black Dog together for years when they founded I Monster in 1998.
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