{{Short description|Danish musician, producer and composer}} {{redirect-distinguish|Acustic|Acoustic (disambiguation){{!}}Acoustic|Acustica (disambiguation){{!}}Acustica|Acustico (disambiguation){{!}}Acustico}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jesper Skaaning | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = Acustic<br/> Altra<br/> Skaaning | origin = Copenhagen, Denmark | instrument = | genre = Electronic music, ambient, IDM | occupation = electronic musician<br/>producer | years_active = 1980x - present | label = April Records<br/>Hobby Industries<br/>Rump Recordings | associated_acts = Future 3<br/>People Press Play | website = | current_members = | past_members = }}
'''Jesper Skaaning''' (a.k.a. '''Acustic''') is a Danish electronic musician,<ref name="Bogdanov2001">{{cite book|last=Bogdanov|first=Vladimir|title=All music guide to electronica: the definitive guide to electronic music|url=https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetoe00vlad|url-access=registration|access-date=22 September 2011|date=2001-05-24|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=978-0-87930-628-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetoe00vlad/page/217 217]–}}</ref> producer and film composer. He started his career as a guitarist in various experimental punk bands in the early 1980s and was inspired by European electropop and early electronic music, especially Kraftwerk. At that time he formed a band, Acustisk Ungdom, from which he later took his name.
He formed Future 3 with Anders Remmer (a.k.a. Dub Tractor) and Thomas Knak (a.k.a. Opiate) in 1994. He is also a member of People Press Play and Jesper & Anders, also known as Recycler 202.
== Discography == === Studio albums === * ''No 1'' (April Records, 1996) * ''Star Quality'' (April Records, 1998) * ''Welcome'' (CD)(Rump Recordings, 2005)
=== Singles === * "Tease" (12”) - (Flex Records, 1995) * "No 2" (12”) - (April Records, 1997) * "Split" (12" with Goodiepal) - (Hobby Industries, 2000) * "Split" (12” with RJ Valeo) - (Hobby Industries, 2002)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{IMDb name|id=1320143}} *[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jesper+Skaaning Jesper Skaaning at Discogs] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721180130/http://www.thesilentballet.com/reviews/acustic.html '''Welcome''' album review] *[http://www.myspace.com/acusticdk Acustic at MySpace]
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