 What do you get when you mix big beats, bass grooves, new wave and electronica? You get an eclectic, melodic, and energetic dance music with a rousing stadium sized sound. Lana Mini of the Observer/Eccentric newspapers describes it as "electronic new wave music that is melodic and beautiful". The beats are funky, the bass is groovy and the loops are trippy, creating a retro-organic sound new to electronic music. is an electronic musician native to Detroit who has been busy blurring the boundaries between Techno, funk, trip-hop and rock into beautiful sonic journeys. His varying influences range from such artists as the Chemical Brothers, Beck, the Beatles, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Massive Attack and Dr. Dre. According to the Internet Underground Music Archive's reviewer "Bulldog", Reid's latest release "Electric Karma Music" is "An excellent CD full of multiple textures and tones, clever song writing and a masterful job of recording, producing and musicianship." John Pruett of LISTEN.COM describes the music as "Seemingly inspired by Macphisto era U2 as well as newer Drum 'n' Bass records, Reid recreates a fluid mix, tracks attempt a marriage of stadium sized neo-psychadelia with processed break-beats." In 2001, the single "Thank you, goodbye" was voted number one on Mp3.com's electronic genre and featured on the front page of mp3.com receiving more than three thousand downloads. _The 2000 single "Wide Awake Fast Asleep" from "Sing along acid test" went to number three on MP3.com's experimental genre. Soon thereafter Reid began contributing his talents to Swedish pop star Peggen's Midwest tour, performing at notorious venues such as "The Magic Bag", "The Emerald Ballroom" and "The Magic Stick" in Detroit. Based on this work, he was asked to produce a song for the Swedish movie Baldarar's soundtrack. Reid is a veteran of the Detroit music scene and can be seen and heard performing regularly around the metro Detroit area. Reid is currently busy booking shows and mixing and mastering his new c.d.
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