| Keith Fullerton Whitman | |
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Keith Fullerton Whitman in 2006 |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Hrvatski, ASCIII, Anonymous |
| Born | May 29, 1973 |
| Origin | Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Genres | Electronic Ambient Drone Breakcore Experimental |
| Instruments | computer, analog modular synthesizers, guitars |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Kranky Planet Mu |
| Associated acts | Brian Alexander Whitman (Blitter) |
| Website | Official Site |
Keith Fullerton Whitman (born May 29, 1973) is an American electronic musician who has recorded albums influenced by many genres, including ambient music, drill and bass, and krautrock. He records and performs using many aliases, of which the most familiar is Hrvatski (the Croatian word for Croatian). His works under the Hrvatski moniker hewed closest to the drill and bass facet of IDM and were his primary musical outlet in the mid-to-late 1990s. Other solo aliases include ASCIII and Anonymous. Keith has been in many bands in the 1990s, including El-Ron, The Liver Sadness, Sheket/Trabant, The Finger Lakes and Gai/Jin.
Keith Fullerton Whitman started recording using his own name in 2001, and most of his work recorded today is under that name. In 2006, he performed at North East Sticks Together.
His brother, former MIT scientist Brian Alexander Whitman and co-founder of The Echo Nest, is also an electronic musician and sound artist under name "Blitter".[1]
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Whitman studied computer music at Berklee College of Music, where he was exposed to modern electronic music composition and synthesis. His moniker ASCIII has released music distributed with an academic journal.[2] His studio and live setup usually consists of a PowerBook running Max/MSP or Logic Pro, and other analogue instruments, such as guitars, ouds and synthesizers.
Whitman has released albums on labels such as Planet Mu, Kranky, Carpark Records as well on his own Entschuldigen and (now defunct) Reckankreuzungsklankewerkzeuge labels.
Whitman currently runs Mimaroglu Music Sales which offers distribution of an extensive collection of avant-garde music.