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About Me

Klute is really great. He's been making music one way or another for quite a long time now and some people think he's got quite good at it. At one point in time enough people thought him good enough that he decided to quit his job and become a fulltime Klute. He is now d&b's leading fulltime Klute. That was after he was in a Hardcore Punk band when he was a kid - in the 80's, called THE STUPIDS. They were really good at first too, but then got boring and fell apart, not after some juicy ego clashes. Anyway, Klute - Tom Withers, started back in 1994, i think when he was asked for a name to keep exclusive to Certificate 18 records when they agreed on 2 tracks to be his first single. It was there he stayed until 2000 when he delivered his 2nd final album for Cert 18 called FEAR OF PEOPLE. At this point in time Tom decided to make a change and realising no one else was interested in releasing his music decided to set up his own label COMMERCIAL SUICIDE. With his own platform set up he realized anything was possible, he could even release music by other idiots. Which he did. Perhaps too much. An interesting fact no one knows about Tom Klute is that he is the world's leading composer of Airport music. Most of you who've travelled the friendly skys will have unknowingly heard his works at one time or another. Now we come to 2007 and Klute is ready for fucking more, and more it is with his 5th album "The Emperor's New Clothes". Check it out

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Member Since: 2/5/2007
Band Website: commercialsuicide.org
Band Members: Tom Withers - Klute
Influences: In no order whatsoever, UK Subs, Brian Eno, Keith Moon, Baby Ford, Cocteau Twins, Stewart Copeland, 999, Gyorgy Ligeti, Electric Wizard, Gussie P, The Stranglers, JJ Burnell, The Beatles, Om, Noise Factory, Schoolly D, G Flame & Mr G, Enslaved, Steve Reich, Discharge, Archie Shepp, The Pretenders, Earthride, My Bloody Valentine, Alan Lamb, Hamilton Bohannon, Dennis Bovell, SS Decontrol, Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Earth, Kevin Saunderson, James Pennington, Alice Coltrane, Jonny Trunk, Flora Purim, Harold Budd, Karen Dalton, Slayer, Klute, Walt Dickerson, The Scientist, Doc Scott, J Dilla, Ibiza Records, Ultra Magnetic Mc's, Sex Pistols, Nile Rogers, very early Photek, Black Sabbath, React 2 Rhythm, Young Marble Giants, The Stooges, Pierre Schaffer, Edgar Froese, Stockhausen, David Crosby, Gang Of Four, 23 Skidoo.
Sounds Like: just like everybody.
Record Label: Commercial Suicide
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

KLUTE - Limited Edition White Vinyl!

Out in a few select stores next week is the seriously limited edition 4 track 2 x 12" E.P. on white vinyl. suicide lp007/2ltd. Songs included are; Escape Let Go, Toiler, Shirtless and Why we Fight.Thi...
Posted by Klute on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:48:00 PST

.....and for our North American listeners...........

Klute in association with Commercial Suicide and Breakbeat Science are proud to announce the release of the US edition of the runaway multi platinum hit The Emperor's New Clothes.The special edition c...
Posted by Klute on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:34:00 PST

ALBUM FOR SALE NOW - INFO RIGHT HERE.

The brand new KLUTE album, "The Emperor's New Clothes" is fnally available for purchase from the Commercial Suicide web store.www.commercialsuicide.orgAvailable on both CD and Vinyl - its sure to plea...
Posted by Klute on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:56:00 PST

BRAND NEW KLUTE ALBUM

FUCK!!!Did you know that ive got a new album about to come out??Amazing isnt it. It's called The Emperor's New Clothes and its quite good - lots of music and its coming out on vinyl AND CD on 9th Apri...
Posted by Klute on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:50:00 PST

KLUTE 30 minute radio mix for Mary Ann Hobbs

thos lovely people at the BBC commissoned me to do a mix for them, and here it is - 30 minutes of Techno and D&B. I think you'll really like it.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/and click "Lis...
Posted by Klute on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:27:00 PST

ALBUM PROMOS - 50 AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW!

THESE PROMOS ARE NOW SOLD OUT - SORRY!Due to popular demand-ation Commercialized Suicidation are happily announcing that theyre doing what they did the last time they done a KLUTE album.......50 hand ...
Posted by Klute on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:03:00 PST

KLUTE Discography

F. P. O. P. / Survival (12") Certificate 18 1995Leo 9 / Blackout (12") Certificate 18 1996Right Or Wrong (12") Certificate 18 1996Perceptron (12") Certificate 18 19...
Posted by Klute on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 06:24:00 PST

The Emperor's New Clothes LP - 9th April 2007

It is with great pleasure that i announce the forthcoming release of my fifth album as KLUTE, entitled "The Emperor's New Clothes". Released on COMMERCIAL SUICIDE on 9th April, it will come as a 4 x 1...
Posted by Klute on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:14:00 PST