As One

As One is the primary recording alias of British DJ, musician, label founder, and journalist Kirk Degiorgio. Much of his music has dwelled on a split affinity for Carl Craig/Derrick May-style Detroit gear and an ongoing commitment to the experimental jazz and funk fusions of Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis. While his visionary fusions of Detroit soul and cold, crystalline tech on albums like Reflections (1994) and Celestial Soul (1995) earned him a strong reputation as a producer, Degiorgio was equally influential on the label front. His late-'90s and early-2000s material moved progressively to the fringes of techno/jazz fusion, particularly his increasingly bold keyboard work, evident on Planetary Folklore (1997). Following the vocal-heavy R&B/broken beat excursion Out of the Darkness (2004), he returned to more techno-influenced material with 2005's Elegant Systems. Degiorgio reactivated As One near the end of the 2010s, issuing Communion in 2019.