In the early 90's, a young suburban kid in Portland, Oregon was avoiding his piano lessons in favor of recording himself making noise on an antiquated Casio keyboard. The ivories were completely abandoned upon his introduction to the drum set. Cutting class to practice with rock bands by the time he was in middleschool, Seth Norman had started along a path in music that was simultaneously rocked and redefined by DJ culture and the artistry of electronic music production. As a teenager, Seth put drumming gigs on hold to experiment with turntables, a stack of records, and his computer.

At 16, Seth was frequenting the DJ booth at parties in Oregon's underground scene. He would work on his own productions after coming home from playing trance, breaks, techno, house and drum 'n bass at warehouses and clubs around Portland. His tracks were quickly picked up by local artist compilations, fellow DJ's and radio stations around the nation.

A longtime fascination with hip hop, an intense enthusiasm for all varieties of music and a growing fetish for old vinyl in dollar bins and garage sales culminated in the sound that characterizes Seth Norman's debut solo release, a 5-track EP whose seemingly academic title suitably describes the experience of listening to it. Concatenation is a sprawling, fluid intersection of styles, where the sounds of jazz, experimental electronics, psychedelic rock, hip hop breaks, movie soundtracks and epic metal riffs collide recklessly yet smoothly.

This description is largely in line with Seth's assesment of himself as being "completely incapable of focusing on any single musical pursuit," as he puts it. While producing Concatenation, he also played drums on and co-produced Portland band Matilda Catches Fire's self titled album (considered by many to be a breakout release on the west coast indie scene) as well as two releases by the pop-rock prodigy band Paper or Plastic. This genre-defying passion for art is evident in all of his musical pursuits and embodied in his latest release. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.