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Years before loop-based experimental techno became a stock-in-trade for
scores of producers around the world, Finnish producer Kim Rapatti was
recording minimal productions for more than a dozen labels worldwide.
Based in Turku, he began releasing material on his own Dum Trax label
in 1990, utilizing multiple aliases including Mono Junk, Detroit Diesel, Mars
31, Coopers, Unik, Melody Boy 2000, and occasionally his own name. A
1995 Dum Trax compilation was followed by his first full-length, Gloom.
By the mid-'90s, Rapatti's rigid, isolationist sound became much-hyped
in the techno world, and he recorded for top labels, including Plug Research,
Sähkö, 12K, Neuton, Interdimensional Transmissions, Trope, and i220.
~ John Bush, All Music Guide
