Emile Strunz has been played on NTS shows including Bahamian Moor, with Bubastis first played on 10 March 2018.

Cause and effect. Love and lust.

Four dominant forces that created Emile Strunz, the alter ego of Neil James Smith. Years of exposure to disco, post-punk, and synth pop led Neil to New Order and other European Rhythm invaders, before converting to the Balearic Beat. 1989 was Year Zero, with Belgian New Beat, Acid house and Electronic Body Music having a profound influence. Cause and effect. He then fully committed himself to Joining in the Chant following a near riot at the Astoria in 1990 where Chelmsford's New Funk Brutalists gave a lesson in hard uncompromising electronic dance music that he would never forget, and which led to him contributing to Nitzer Ebb Produkt's official propaganda literature.

Cause and effect.

A move to London followed, where he would spend the week working in press and public affairs, arranging interviews for Newsnight, appearing in The Times, Cosmopolitan, and the Guardian, and familiarising himself with the corridors of power in Parliament. The weekends were spent in pilgrimage to Ibiza, to Craig Richards' legendary Georgie Parties, and under the arches at the Cross. At some point here, Emile Strunz was born. The synthesis of teutonic stoicism and a Balearic aesthetic made perfect sense.

But Emile Strunz would have to wait. A move back to the North and university saw him create the position of Clubs and Dance Music Editor at the Student Union's magazine, and he sought out interviews with Richie Hawtin, Moby, Lee Burridge, and Depeche Mode's Alan Wilder to give the publication a sense of prestige. London came calling again, and following a (very) brief stint contributing to Mixmag, and writing press releases for Seb Fontaine and the Cream empire, he found himself managing marketing campaigns for Hollywood blockbusters and Japanese indie horrors, whilst promoting personal appearances for the likes of Ray Park (Star Wars Episode I - Darth Maul), Terry Pratchett, and Mary Woronov, the cult Hollywood actress who spent her formative years at Andy Warhol's Factory. Synths came and went - Oberheim, Roland, and Yamaha, before Korg came knocking and the Emile Strunz sound began to take shape as nightclubs from Berlin to Barcelona were successfully negotiated in the pursuit of pleasure.

His debut single, 'Shields' released on the respected London-based label World Unknown alongside Last Waltz' 'Lovebites', is an immediate introduction into his insistent, urgent sound - that of driving, hypnotic, physical and sensual electronic body music. 'Shields' was Number 1 on June Records' Electro House Chart and described as "quite excellent".

Record of the Week at Piccadilly Records and "guaranteed to demolish all proper dancefloors".

Featured on staff chart at Phonica "stunning mid tempo body music sleaze"

Double A side 'Sin City/Acid Reign' incoming on Tusk Records' Porn Wax imprint

North Sea Body Music EP out in November on Flight Recorder

Rheum Palmatum out on the Rothmans Mario Kempes EP Description Visceral, driven, pure, precise, amoral, electronic body music