Music | Short Bio
Ryan Knowles is RepliKator, a Melbourne based hybrid edm live act using unique hardware to produce his sounds. As an established electronic producer and DJ, RepliKator reached industry heights performing as part of the popular 90’s underground rave act I.A.M – Industrial Audio Meltdown.
Along with his live performances as a live electronic dance music artist during the mid 1990s, Knowles gained respect with audiences for his uncompromising MAD acid beats. His sound intersects the genres of Acid, Disco, Industrial, edm and darkwave. He became involved in popular festivals including:
Earthcore, Rainbow Serpent, Return to the Source and more and to a large extent underground music raves to this day including; Every Picture Tells A Story, Confest, Virus Parties and more. RepliKator has supported great artists like Humate, Patrick Lindsey, Misha & Tim and Dave Clarke to name a few, and in doing so has created a cult following of loyal listeners to this day.
Biography
He’s known as a black belt of techno, RepliKator has punk in his soul and a desire to take his audience on a mad music journey. It’s electronic dance music of the future..
He has mastered over 30+ albums internationally and today continues to produce under his own name releasing tracks and producing corporate audio whilst running his own mastering business known as Witch Masters Audio. As a proud Melbourne boy, he has always contributed in many forms to the Melbourne music scene. In 2013/14 he was prime time radio host for KISS FM – Dance Music Australia with his own show called the Neo Faux radio show.`
In 2016 a music track by RepliKator was picked up by Witchboy, for a movie which was shown at blangladeshi film festival.
Knowles hosts and promotes live edm music events with the ACID JUNK TECHNO PUNK crew featuring some of Melbourne’s finest DJs. Other recent performances as RepliKator include Earthcore’s 1disco in the sky – masquerade party at Eureka towers, Bazooka Techno – Byron Bay NSW, Outdoor bush event – Return to the Source in Victoria and multiple live techno sets @ Swamplands Bar in Thornbury and many other underground parties over 2020/2021.
Tech and Skills
Knowles started his journey as a vinyl DJ (DJ MIDIAN) at the tender age of 16 entertaining party people at popular nightclubs and raves in Melbourne. Knowles’s first music production studio had a collection of amazing hardware for producing edm sounds and by working hard he successfully accomplished his dream of becoming the punk rockstar identity he desired.
The hands on element in his performances are preferred while the sound produced each time is completely original. Every LIVE gig by Knowles is unique in itself which makes it special to experience in person. He loves to make people dance and take us all on a journey into his perspective of electronic music sounds.
In the early days Replikator’s studio hardware included the: Roland MC 303 Novation Bass Station Yamaha Pro Mixer 01 – automated mixing desk Roland TB 303, 808, 707, 606 Mini Moog Roland JP8000 keyboard Knowles then formed the live techno cyberpunk group called I.A.M. which rose to top heights in the Melbourne rave scene playing at the biggest parties in front of thousands of people between the mid 90s and early 2000s.
