Alternative indie rock from the land of snow

<p>recrea33 aka bob wardrobe was one half of recreational research (the other erstwhile member being <a href="http://soundcloud.com/puffingbillyarchibald">puffingbillyarchibald</a> aka mr matherson). of course there were other collaborators, who shall remain nameless.....
after matherson's cult acid rock band 'citizen wayne' imploded in the summer of 95 and wardrobe moved back down south, mad as a bag of frogs, having loved and lost in manchester, recreational research began to crystalize in an unlikely squat in pimlico. they had a tascam 4 track, an alesis hr-16 drum machine, a classic dod fx90 delay pedal, and a trusty roland jx-3p.
in the autumn of 97, after wardrobe returned, energised from an enlightening 3 month stint in the graveyard slot at pirate station, radio tonka(104.7, blauwe aanslag, den haag) clutching a cd full of radium software and a bag full of ambient drum &amp; bass in one hand, and an mc-303 in the other, the operation shifted to the computer...
using recrea33's extensive charity shop vinyl collection rrf carved out a mashtastic niche for the 'and finally' tune. bells rung and phones were ringing...but no-one was home...hiho.
software/instruments: acid, fruity loops, hohner melodica 26, squire stratocaster, zimmermann upright piano, roland mc-303, DOD delay fx90, ts 404, rebirth rb-338, superwave p-8, wavosaur, ohmboyz delay, steinberg magneto, waves reverb, tc native reverb, tc native eq, bpm calc, wavedrop, vst host, loopBe, sanford arpeggiator, <a href="http://sampleswap.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sampleswap.org</a>, oblique strategies...
techno funk, funky techno, trancey breaks, techhouse chillbreak, deep funky house, trancey techhouse, hard chill, deep chill, deep hard chill, iberian chill, ambient tribal, drum & amp; bass, dub, breaky techstep, hip-hopstrumental, funk hop, housey broken beats, jazzy broken breaks, alien bossanova, bouncy grime, bouncy garage, wonky dubstep, chilltronica, ambient incidental, post modern classical, experimental broken pop, soundtrack, minimal, mashup...
rrf enjoy having a crack at twisting anything that tweaks their noodle.
in a cheesy nutshell: eclectronica.

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