Microstoria is an experimental

Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

 electronic

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 ensemble from Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

, Germany

Germany

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Microstoria was founded in 1994 by Markus Popp (of Oval

Oval (band)

- Work history :The band's original members were Markus Popp, Sebastian Oschatz, and Frank Metzger, although Oschatz and Metzger left the group in 1995. All three are regarded as pioneers of glitch, a genre of music that embraces the sound of damaged audio produced by the failure of digital...

) and Jan St. Werner (of Mouse on Mars

Mouse on Mars

Mouse on Mars is a duo from Germany who have been making electronic music since 1993. Their music is a sometimes quirky blend of IDM, krautrock, disco, and ambient with a heavy dollop of analog synth sounds and cross-frequency modulation...

). Their first full-length arrived in 1995, released in Europe on the Mille Plateaux

Mille Plateaux

Mille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...

 label and reissued in America on Thrill Jockey

Thrill Jockey

Thrill Jockey Records is an American independent record label established in 1992 in New York City by former Atlantic Records A&R representative Bettina Richards.-History:...

. Three further efforts followed on both labels, and the pair continued working together through 2002.

Discography

• Init Ding (Mille Plateaux
  Mille Plateaux
  Mille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...
  
  /Thrill Jockey
  Thrill Jockey
  Thrill Jockey Records is an American independent record label established in 1992 in New York City by former Atlantic Records A&R representative Bettina Richards.-History:...
  
  , 1995)
• _snd (Mille Plateaux/Thrill Jockey, 1996)
• Reprovisers (Mille Plateaux/Thrill Jockey, 1997)
• Model 3, Step 2 (Mille Plateaux/Thrill Jockey, 2000)
• Invisible Architecture 3 (Audiosphere Records, 2002)
• Improvisers (Sonig Records, 2002)