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{{Short description|American electronic musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Kid606
| image           = File:Kid606 cropped, 2011.jpg
| caption         = Performing in 2011
| birth_name      = Miguel Trost De Pedro
| alias           = The Action Packed Mentallist
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1979|7|27|mf=y}}
| death_date      =
| origin          = [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]
| instrument      =
| genre           = [[Electronic music]]<br/>[[Glitch (music)|Glitch]]<br/>[[intelligent dance music|IDM]]<br/>[[Ambient techno]]<br/>[[Techno]]<br/>[[Breakcore]]<br/>[[Acid]]<br/>[[Experimental music|Experimental]]<br/>[[Noise music]]
| occupation      = [[DJ]], [[record producer|producer]]
| years_active    = 1998–present
| label           = [[Tigerbeat6]]<br/>[[Ipecac Recordings|Ipecac]]<br/>[[Mille Plateaux (record label)|Mille Plateaux]]<br/>[[Wichita Recordings]]
| associated_acts = [[Cex (musician)|Cex]], Spacewurm, Ariel, Flossin, [[Disc (band)|Disc]], Kid606 and Friends
| website         =
}}
'''Miguel Trost De Pedro''' (born July 27, 1979), better known by his [[stage name]] '''Kid606''', is an [[electronic music]]ian who was raised in [[San Diego]] and later moved to [[San Francisco]]. He is most closely associated with the [[Glitch (music)|glitch]], [[Intelligent dance music|IDM]], [[hardcore techno]] and [[breakcore]] scenes.
Kid606's music is similar to the work of his friend and colleague [[J Lesser|Lesser]], as well as hardcore and IDM acts such as [[Atari Teenage Riot]], [[Autechre]], [[Mr. Oizo]], and [[Matmos]]. He is primarily inspired not by his electronic contemporaries, but by his love of the [[industrial music]], [[death metal]], and [[industrial metal]] of the 1980s and 1990s, particularly bands like [[Godflesh]] and [[Napalm Death]].<ref name="ITM">{{cite web|last1=Downtown|first1=Chris|title=Kid606: Still killing them with sound|url=http://inthemix.junkee.com/kid606-still-killing-them-with-sound/3826|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122073344/http://inthemix.junkee.com/kid606-still-killing-them-with-sound/3826|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 22, 2016|website=inthemix.junkee.com|publisher=In The Mix|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref> His music is known for its high tempo [[breakbeat]]s and liberal use of [[Noise music|noise]] and [[sampling (music)|sampling]], as well as its punk aesthetic, uninhibited genre-mixing, and irreverent sense of humor. However, he is equally adept at creating more serious tracks that often reside in the realm of [[ambient music|ambient]] and glitch ("Parenthood" from ''[[Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You]]'' and the entirety of ''[[PS I Love You (album)|P.S. I Love You]]'' being good examples).
Notable releases by Kid606 include ''[[Don't Sweat the Technics]]'' (VC140: 1998), ''[[Down with the Scene]]'' (IPC-7:2000), ''P.S. I Love You'' (MP93: 2000), and ''Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You'' (IPC-46: 2003). He collaborated or participated in the groups Flossin, Spacewurm, Ariel and [[Disc (band)|Disc]].<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|last1=Bush|first1=John|title=Kid606 Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kid606-mn0000085847/biography|website=allmusic.com|publisher=Allmusic Guide|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref>
In 2005, he put together a band with a drummer and guitarist called Kid606 and Friends.
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
* ''[[Don't Sweat the Technics]]'' (Vinyl Communications, 1998)
* ''[[Down with the Scene]]'' (555 Recordings, 2000)
* ''[[GQ on the EQ++]]'' ([[Tigerbeat6]], 2000)
* ''[[PS I Love You (album)|PS I Love You]]'' ([[Mille Plateaux (record label)|Mille Plateaux]], 2000)
* ''[[PS You Love Me]]'' ([[Mille Plateaux (record label)|Mille Plateaux]], 2001)
* ''[[The Action Packed Mentallist Brings You the Fucking Jams]]'' (Violent Turd, 2002)
* ''[[Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You]]'' ([[Ipecac Recordings]], 2003)
* ''[[Who Still Kill Sound?]]'' ([[Tigerbeat6]], 2004)
* ''[[Resilience (Kid606 album)|Resilience]]'' ([[Tigerbeat6]], 2005)
* ''[[Pretty Girls Make Raves]]'' ([[Tigerbeat6]], 2006)
* ''[[Shout at the Döner]]'' ([[Tigerbeat6]], 2009)
* ''[[Songs About Fucking Steve Albini]]'' ([[Important Records]], March 2010)
* ''Lost in the Game'' ([[Tigerbeat6]], October 2012)
* ''Happiness'' ([[Tigerbeat6]], 2013)
* ''Recollected Ambient Works Vol. 1: Bored of Excitement'' ([[Tigerbeat6]], 2015)
* ''Recollected Ambient Works Vol. 2: Escape to Los Angeles'' (Tigerbeat6, 2015)
===EPs===
* ''Dubplatestyle'' EP remixes (Vinyl Communications, 1999)
* ''GQ on the EQ'' EP (555 Recordings, 2000)
* ''[[The Soccergirl]]'' EP (Carpark, 2000)
* ''PS I Dub Ya'' EP (Force Lab, 2001)
* ''Why I Love Life'' EP ([[Tigerbeat6]], 2002)
* ''The Illness'' ([[Tigerbeat6]], 2003)
* ''Die Soundboy Die'' ([[Tigerbeat6]], 2008)
* ''Dance With The Chorizo'' EP ([[Tigerbeat6]], 2009)
* ''Happier'' EP (2014)
===Splits===
* ''Split Compact Disc'' with [[J Lesser|Lesser]] (1998)
* ''Unamerican Activity EP'' with Omni Bot (1998)
* ''Boy On Boy'' with Pisstank (1999)
* ''DISC - Kid606 Cares'' with [[Matmos]] and [[Jay Lesser]] (Vinyl Communications, 1999)
* ''Kid606 and Friends, Vol. 1 '' ([[Tigerbeat6]], 2001)
===Remixes===
* [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]] – "[[Fuck the Pain Away]] (Kid606 Going Back To Bali Remix)"
==Collaboration==
* ''In Love With The Underground'' A Kid 606 mix of [[The Rapture (band)|The Rapture]] song.
==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://myspace.com/kid606 Kid606] on [[Myspace]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/19991111055909/http://www.lsr1.com/vc/artist/kid.html Archived Kid606 biography on Vinyl Communications]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070824162212/http://www.pleix.net/sometimes.html Video Soundtrack for Pleix (2003)]
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[[Category:American electronic musicians]]
[[Category:Intelligent dance musicians]]
[[Category:Musicians from Caracas]]
[[Category:Wichita Recordings artists]]
[[Category:Venezuelan electronic musicians]]