Icarus (band)

Icarus founded the independent label Not Applicable in 2002, which became a collective project with other improvising musicians. In 2008, Ollie Bown moved to Australia, and the band has been less active since then. Bown and Britton work in several other musical projects, but continue to produce music together as Icarus.

In 2012 Icarus released an experimental "album in 1,000 variations" called Fake Fish Distribution, which used parametric software techniques to allow the band to make 1,000 distinct versions of the record, with elements varying such as the rhythmic patterns of drums, effects parameters or the order of progression through the tracks. It was supported by

Also in 2012, they were commissioned by

• Kamikaze (1998, Hydrogen Dukebox)
• Fijaka (1999, Hydrogen Dukebox)
• Squid Ink (2001, Output)
• Misfits (2002, Not Applicable)
• I Tweet the Birdy Electric (2004, Leaf)
• Carnivalesque (2005, Not Applicable)
• Sylt (2007, Rump)
• All Is for the Best in the Best of All Possible Worlds (2010, Not Applicable)
• Fake Fish Distribution (2011, Not Applicable)
• Elektronisk Jazzjuice vol.1 (2023, Not Applicable)
• An Ever-growing Meridional Entertainment Transgression at the Edge of the Multiverse (2024, Not Applicable)

• Moth (Hydrogen Dukebox)
• Soviet Igloo (2002, Not Applicable)