Someone Else Biographie

Someone Else is Philadelphia's Sean O'Neal, co-founder of the Tuning Spork
and Fuzzy Box record labels. He comes from a musical family: His
grandfather was a high school music teacher and also played bass with Bill
Haley and the Comets, while his father was also in various rock bands
throughout the '50s and '60s. In his early youth, Sean lived a cheeseball
life performing in choirs and musical plays. He liked to sit with his dad
and grandfather watching and listening to Spike Jones, a comical bandleader
from the '50s who'd often make music by hitting random objects in the room.
In his teenage years, Sean was playing guitar and synths in indie rock
bands, while being a huge fan of shoegaze and krautrock.

Since '94, Sean has been the force behind ever-evolving, kitsch-driven
electro-pop outfit Flowchart, releasing dozens of albums, singles and EPs
on labels such as Darla, Morr Music, Carrot Top and his own Fuzzy Box
imprint. In around '98, O'Neal got hooked on IDM, techno and house, having
already fallen in love with artists like The Orb, Plastikman, King Tubby
and Matthew Herbert. He became intrigued by Herbert's use of field
recordings and found-sounds, which recalled a similar feeling to what he
gained from the music of Spike Jones.

As his love for minimal techno solidified, Sean teamed up with Jay Haze and
Bjoern Hartmann, and together they launched the Tuning Spork label. While
making dance music with field recordings became more and more his shtick,
Sean grew close to Kate Iwanowicz (a.k.a. Miskate) and Sylvain Takerkart
(a.k.a. Fusiphorm), and together they launched the foundsound and
unfoundsound record labels. Both labels continue to gain increasing
recognition while offering a unique facet to the modern-day minimal scene.
Throughout the years, Sean also co-produced events in Philadelphia and New
York, and spent a lot of time freelance writing for music magazines and
newspapers such as xlr8r and Philadelphia City Paper.

In recent years, Sean's production skills have garnered respect among
internationally renowned DJs and labels alike, reflected by his massive
discography of releases and remixes for labels like Musik Krause, Tuning
Spork, foundsound, Mo's Ferry, Microcosm, Nummer, Kickboxer, Sender,
Alphahouse, roman-photo, level non-zero, Mule Musiq, hello? repeat,
Revolver and many others. This was accompanied by extensive tours, taking
in Russia, Argentina, Europe, Canada, Japan and many American cities.

O'Neal is also active in Philadephia's deep house, minimal techno and
experimental communities, co-organizing various events whose guests have
included the likes of Magda, Matthew Dear, Sammy Dee, Geoff White, Jeff
Milligan and Dan Bell.