b. Carl Finlow, England. Under his Random Factor alter-ego, the fêted UK producer Finlow explores the grey area between house and techno, creating a music that is simultaneously funky, stylish and seductive. Finlow clearly states his intentions for Random Factor with the opening track of 2004 debut album Convergence : ‘I'm breaking down the barriers/Remember how it used to be?/This isn't just a point of view/So tell me, are you listening?' (‘What I Need'). Working to the principal that electro's ‘very essence is machine-based', Finlow adeptly commands his implements to create ...