I-F

I-F
I-F
	Ferenc van der Sluijs (2011)
Background information
Also known as	Interr-Ference
Origin	The Hague, Netherlands
Genres	Electronic, electro, electroclash, pop, Italo disco, chiptune
Years active	1996-present
Labels	Disko B; EFA; Viewlexx

I-f (also Interr-Ference) is the stage name of Ferenc E. van der Sluijs, a Dutch producer and DJ based in The Hague. He is a former member of the Dutch techno-pioneers Unit Moebius.

Overview

"Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass" (1997)

I-F's "Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass" (1997), described as "burbling electro in a vocodered homage to Atari-era hi-jinks," is "widely credited with catalysing" the electroclash movement.^[1]

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In 1997 he produced the track "Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass",^[2] which became a huge underground dance hit and is often cited as an early example of electroclash.^[1] It introduced "old-fashioned verse-chorus dynamics to burbling electro in a vocodered homage to Atari-era hi-jinks" and is the "record widely credited with catalysing" the electroclash movement.^[1]

The album Fucking Consumer was released in 1998 on the Disko B label, followed by The Man From Pack the next year. In 1999 he also made the mixed album Mixed Up In the Hague Vol. 1,^[3]^[4] which has been cited by many, including Morgan Geist, as being the catalyst that brought renewed interest in Italo disco.^[5]

I-f was featured on the seminal 2002 Ghostly International compilation Disco Nouveau. He has also recorded as The Parallax Corporation with Intergalactic Gary. I-f currently runs a record label called Viewlexx.^[6] He also ran the internet radio station Cybernetic Broadcasting System (CBS).^[7] It was closed down in 2008 but is now one of four channels on Intergalactic FM, which is also operated by I-f.