Vert is an electronic music

Electronic music

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 producer who has been active since 1996. His music incorporates elements from various electronic genres (earlier drum and bass

Drum and bass

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, subsequently glitch

Glitch

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 and idm

Intelligent dance music

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), as well as other genres, such as jazz

Jazz

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 and hip hop

Hip hop

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.

His first album, The Köln Konzert, was a remix

Remix

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 cover

Cover version

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 mash-up

Mashup (music)

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 of Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett

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's original album, The Koln Concert

The Köln Concert

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.

Recently he has moved to a more song-based sound, using his own vocals in songs that have similarities with Tom Waits

Tom Waits

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 and make use of ragtime

Ragtime

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 piano and big band

Big band

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 horns.

History

After a first 12", Broken Breakbeat Bebop on the Bovinyl label in 1996, Vert was picked up by the label Sonig, where he has been ever since. After living in several different cities in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, he moved to Cologne

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, Germany

Germany

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in 2001.

Discography

• Broken Breakbeat Bebop 12" (1996, Bovinyl)
• Mewantemooseic 12" (1999, Sonig)
• The Köln Konzert CD/LP (2000, Sonig)
• Moremooseicforme 12" (2001, Sonig)
• Nine Types of Ambiguity CD/LP (2001, Sonig)
• Small Pieces Loosely Joined CD/LP (2003, Sonig)
• Some Beans & an Octopus CD/LP (2006, Sonig)