released February 12, 2024

American-born electronic producer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist, thruoutin, has been based in China since 2009. His work varies from project to project but often revolves around the combining of different genres with a focus on organic and digital sounds. As a DJ, thruoutin showcases music that influences him as a producer including left-field club genres that float around footwork, gqom, bass music, amapiano, deconstructed club, and ambient music. He has extensively toured through North America, Europe, and Asia; releasing music on several labels along the way. Most recently he has put out work with Chengdu-based labels New Noise and Beijing’s Daft Pop Unicat Attack Series, and Aud-Art. He has also performed on Boiler Room China and played at festivals such as the Wuzhen Theatre Festival and Chunyou. The musical works of thruoutin are best listened to on Bandcamp where there is a comprehensive collection of EPs, splits, and albums. There are three recommended releases: Ghost Lineage (New Noise), Perseverance Selects feat. Abbe Shushu (Daft Pop Unicat Attack), and Contingent of Outlying Territory (Ran Music). 

Additional Information:

Brad M. Seippel aka thruoutin was born on November 16th, 1984 in Metairie, Louisiana, USA. Being the son of American and Brazilian parents, he was constantly exposed to a wide range of musical styles throughout his childhood. His father played (and continues to play to this day) drums and conga in New Orleans-based rock and soul bands, and introduced him to his first bass guitar. Besides the bass, his home was full of instruments of all ilk, and childhood friends and family unceasingly introduced new music to him which he absorbed rigorously. His first recordings were made at his parents' house around the age of 13. He soon fostered an interest in stringed instruments while playing in punk bands in high school in Louisiana. Later on, like many young adults expanding their musical horizons, he formed an interest in electronic music production and field recordings while living in Mobile, Alabama during university. Seippel played in various local bands and ensembles, before turning his focus on electronic music around the time of junior year in college. Using computers, he began to produce his music and connected with a community of like-minded musicians over the internet (especially on the p2p file-sharing software Soulseek). He started his solo project, thruoutin, during his final two years of university, between 2004 and 2005. In 2006, at the age of 22, he released his first record as thruoutin, I know you’re my voicemails.

After graduation, Seippel lived in New Orleans for a year before immigrating to Ningbo, China to learn Mandarin Chinese and later to Beijing, China to pursue music production and audio engineering. Once again connecting with the community of musicians and artists in his new surroundings, he soon became involved with the local music scene, joining Dongcheng District-based boutique label Jingweir, and has since collaborated with such musicians as Shen Lijia, Michelle Proksell, Anita Pan, and Song Zhao among others. Seippel played bass guitar for the bands Yantiao (2011-2012), Secret Knives (2012), Mammals (2015-2016), and Social Boar (2016). He has opened for such performing artists as Daedalus, Telefon Tel Aviv, Branko, Jamie Woon, Japandroids, and Subs, among others. Seippel currently resides in the Chaoyang district of Beijing and runs the production studio Brevity of Motion Sounds.

China Social Media:
music.163.com#/artist?id=1209012
weibo.com/2367607701/profile?rightmod=1&wvr=6&mod=personinfo&is_all=1
i.youku.com/u/UNDk5MDA5Mzg0OA==?spm=a2h0k.11417342.soresults.dname
site.douban.com/thruoutin/

International:
thruoutin.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/thruoutin/
twitter.com/thruoutin
open.currents.fm/current/5fL8LOtt1hFaglyDhUuQ
www.youtube.com/user/thruoutin/videos
www.mixcloud.com/thruoutin/
vimeo.com/thruoutin
thruoutin.tumblr.com
linktr.ee/thruoutin