Tim Gane

Timothy John Gane (born 12 July 1964) is an English songwriter and guitarist who co-founded Stereolab with his then-partner Lætitia Sadier.<ref name="Strong">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Gregory">Gregory, Andy (ed.) (2002) International Who's Who in Popular Music, 2002, Europa Publications Limited, Template:ISBN, p. 183</ref>

Biography

Gane was born in Ilford, Essex, and began his musical career experimenting with harsh noise in the early 1980s, under the alias Unkommunitim, releasing self-financed cassettes on Black Dwarf Wreckordings along with fellow Unkommuniti members Kallous Boys and other noise projects.<ref name="Gregory" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He was a key member of McCarthy from 1985 until their breakup in 1990.<ref name="Gregory" />

Stereolab

Gane later formed Stereolab with Lætitia Sadier. For the first incarnation of the band, they enlisted ex-Chills bassist Martin Kean, drummer Joe Dilworth and Gina Morris on backing vocals.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1993, the band were signed to the American major-label Elektra and were released from their recording contract in 2004.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2009, Stereolab announced their hiatus.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Stereolab reunited for a tour in 2019 to support a series of vinyl reissues.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Turn On, Gane's side project with Sean O'Hagan, who Gane worked with in Stereolab, released their self-titled debut in 1997.

Cavern of Anti-Matter

In 2013, he released Blood-Drums under the moniker "Cavern of Anti-Matter", a band formed together with Holger Zapf and Dilworth.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was followed by the 2016 album Void Beats / Invocation Trex on Duophonic Records.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It featured contributions by Bradford Cox and Peter Kember and Jan St. Werner.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Live the band was reduced to a duo.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In January 2017, Blood Drums was re-released through Duophonic.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2014, Gane compiled the tracks for Sky Records Kollektion 1, a collection of tracks from the German electronic-rock label, issued by Bureau B. In 2016, he presented FACT mix 544 for Fact Magazine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Cavern of Anti-Matter provided the original soundtrack for the 2018 British horror comedy film In Fabric.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Gane and Lætitia Sadier were romantically involved throughout Stereolab's early years but separated in 2002.<ref name="allmusicbiostereolab">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He lives in Berlin.<ref name=":0" />

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