<p>Aetherius is an <span class="bbcode_tag">independent</span> <span class="bbcode_tag">electronica</span> artist, hailing from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has self-produced more than four albums worth of original material since 2001.<br /> <br /> It is a mixture of <span class="bbcode_tag">dark ambient</span>, <span class="bbcode_tag">industrial rock</span>, <span class="bbcode_tag">downtempo</span>, and trip-hop. Emphasis on melancholy moods and spacey atmospheres.<br /> <br /> <span class="bbcode_artist">Aetherius</span> (a.k.a. Rab Townsend) began at the age of 14 as <span class="bbcode_artist">Dj_StarChild</span>. When he was even younger, Rab liked music that made his heart &lsquo;splode. This was all well and good until the heart-&lsquo;sploding music stopped in 2001.<span> Delving into the collective consciousness that is probably the intarweb, Rab discovered the proper utensils and skills with which to make his own heart &lsquo;splode.<br /> This led to the composition and production of two albums&rsquo; worth of piano driven ambient dance music entitled &lsquo;Multi-Coloured Breakfast&rsquo; and &lsquo;Empty Box of Happiness,&rsquo; the latter of which exposing a more experimental edge.<br /> By 2004, after having changed his alias to &ldquo;Aetherius,&rdquo; taking plenty of time to improve his skills, and allowing for several changes of influence and style, he composed and produced a third album entitled &lsquo;<span class="bbcode_album">The Inevitability of Pain (and the stupidity of those who don&rsquo;t expect it)</span>&rsquo; which was a more structured, yet still experimental collection of piano driven ambient songs.<br /> From 2005 to 2006, He worked on his fourth album of original music, which is titled &ldquo;<span class="bbcode_album">An Experiment in Orbital Displacement," and scheduled to be complete in mid 2009</span>.</span></p>