Artist
Steve Moore
Experimental industrial and dark ambient musician with releases on Mirage Tapes and Inner Ear Recordings since 1983.
About
Steve Moore is an experimental and industrial musician active since the early 1980s, working primarily in cassette-based formats within underground music scenes. His output spans dark ambient, noise, and experimental electronic music, with a discography marked by sparse but intentional releases across three decades. Moore's early work, including "The Return Of The Poet" released on Mirage Tapes in 1983, established his presence in the cassette underground during the formative years of industrial music. His later releases through Inner Ear Recordings, including "The Threshold of Liberty" and "The Way in" both from 1990, demonstrate his sustained engagement with experimental and ambient textures. Working primarily in the lo-fi cassette aesthetic, Moore's compositions reflect the DIY ethos and conceptual rigor characteristic of the industrial underground and experimental music communities of the 1980s and 1990s. His limited but deliberately crafted releases have maintained a cult following among enthusiasts of obscure experimental and dark ambient music.