In this Installation we feature BT, an extremely influential but understated artist in the electronica world.


Brian Wayne Transeau is a music producer, singer and songwriter better known by his stage name, BT. He is a pioneering artist in the TRANCE genre.

In recent years he has gained additional fame for producing several Hollywood film scores and the 2001 NSync hit "Pop".

BT is known in production circles for his signature technique, the stutter edit, also known as the BT stutter. This technique consists of taking a small sample of a sound and then repeating it in a rhythmic way.

When recording with other artists, BT has used the aliases Kaistar, Libra, Dharma, Prana, Elastic Reality, Elastic Chakra, and GTB.

Transeau showed an early interest in music, playing the piano from the age of two and enjoying classical music. As an adolescent, he heard electronic music such as New Order and Depeche Mode and began to love it.

In the early years of BT's career (roughly 1995-2000), he became a pioneering artist in the trance genre. Despite the fact that he is not truly a DJ and does not claim to be, BT has often appeared on the lists of the world's top DJs. In 2006, he ranked 73rd on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ list. In 2005, he ranked 82nd, up from 92 in 2004. Additional rankings were 83rd in 2003 and 76 in 2001. More recently, in DJ Times, BT was ranked as America's second best DJ, as voted by fans.