tuomas rantanen comes from finland and his musical style is modern percussive techno. prior to his own techno music productions he studied classical guitar and theory of music at tampere conservatory. in 1995 he started co-operation with finnish techno producers tommi yliruusi (detunez records) and sami heikkila (spinni and oikosulku records). soon they set up production studio together and new idea of underground techno culture in tampere started developed. in 1999 he signed a record contract by a top british techno producer glenn wilson (planet rhythm and template). later on in the same year came out the templ8.9 written and produced by tuomas rantanen. at present he studies theoretical philosophy at tampere university, creates modern techno music and also broadcasts his own radio programme on the university radio station radio moreeni. main topics in his techno-philosophical program include quantum theory of david bohm, miletian cosmology and ancient metaphysics of plato and aristotle.