| Jesper Skaaning | |
| Alias: | Acustic Altra Skaaning |
| Origin: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Genre: | Electronic music, ambient, IDM |
| Occupation: | electronic musician producer |
| Years Active: | 1980x - present |
| Label: | April Records Hobby Industries Rump Recordings |
| Associated Acts: | Future 3 People Press Play |
Jesper Skaaning (a.k.a. Acustic) is a Danish electronic musician,[1] producer and film composer.He started his career as a guitarist in various experimental punk bands in the early 1980s and was inspired by European electropop and early electronic Music, especially by Kraftwerk. At that time he formed a band, Acustisk Ungdom, from which he later took his name.
He formed the Future 3 electronic trio together with Anders Remmer (a.k.a. Dub Tractor) and Thomas Knak (a.k.a. Opiate) in 1994.He is also a member of People Press Play (which is Future 3 plus Sara Savery) and has a duo project with Remmer,Jesper & Anders a.k.a. Recycler 202.
With his sense of harmony, and his consciously minimalist approach, Skaaning constructs a sound which is forthcoming without trying too hard to please.
At the moment Jesper is working together with guitar and bassplayer Djon on the side project Spring, which is a return to more guitar oriented material with discrete use of vocals.