Main image



Dr. Scissors (born as Pino Grzybowsky in 1964, in Göttingen, Germany) is a German musician and DJ. He currently lives in Munich, Germany.

Grzybowsky started studying music in 1972 by learning to play an electric organ and joining a choir for children. He heard his first piece of electronic music, Tangerine Dream’s Ricochet in 1976, knowing from that point on that he wants to play with synthesizers. In 1980, he started playing keyboards in several live bands. Throughout the early 1980’s he released tapes of his own compositions of electronic music through fanzines. Also he co-composed some songs with different bands from the Frankfurt-Main area in Germany. In 1987, he bought an Atari 1024ST computer and started composing with it.

In 1992, he stopped playing keyboards and started working with singers and guitarists under the project name Baby Tigers. A demo tape was professionally produced in a studio by Jam El Mar from Jam & Spoon - but failed to be signed to a major label. In 1995, Grzybowsky learned to deejay and his first 12 EPs were released under several aliases: T Minus 20 Sec, p-meson and Pino G., and eventually Dr. Scissors. These EP’s were released by various labels, including Delirium and Elektrolux.

Dr. Scissors was created as an Dub/Electro alter ego. He moved to Los Angeles to work with Mike Knapp (aka Xpando). Together they started to build a studio around Knapp’s collection of analogue synthesizers. Their collaboration Insect Jazz was successful, and the album Hum & Buzz was released through Elektrolux. The tracks were also featured in Germany in the TV program Space Night.

After returning to Europe, he kept on touring and DJing. He also started to work with Andreas Kauffelt on several projects, such as Mohare, Endzeit and Mobile Space Unit. They released records through Elektrolux, , Electrocute, Aural Satisfaction and Hooj Choons.

Dr. Scissors’ other achievements include the sound design for the introduction of the BMW 7-series cars to journalists for several events in 2001. In 1999, and again in 2000, he was invited to hold lectures how to create music with synthesizers and computers at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe, Germany. His work as a sound designer with the artist collective Supreme Particles includes their interactive media-art installation R111, covering sound, vision, motion-tracking and the internet. He has also appeared in art festivals in Bremen, Profile Intermedia 8 and in Zurich, Go West. Russian contemporary artist Kirill Preobrazhenskiy invited him to collaborate for the Signal/Wave video installation in Berlin 2006 and for the sound installation Tram 4 Inner Voice Radio at Dokumenta 12 in Kassel 2007.

The alter ego Edgar 9000 was born in early 2005, marking the 25th anniversary of his career. From 2007, the two alter egos have been used for different styles of music, Dr. Scissors for Electro (Broken Beat) and Edgar 9000 for Straight Beat/Ambient/Electronic.

APPEARANCES +


Dr. Scissors
Capri File - Jes II EP
2022, 3xFile, FLAC, EP, RE, Klangschmiede
Dr. Scissors
Fade Out Of The Blue Phase
2005, 12xFile, AAC, Album, Molecular Funk Guerilla
Neuro D*
System Automatik EP
2002, 12", EP, Poeta Negra
Various
Elektro Codes.Two
1999, 2xCD, Comp, Elektrolux, ,
Electro/Ambient
Ultratubes
Bloated Fame
1998, Vinyl, ,
Techno
Metro L.A.
Twist Me Up
1997
Various
Aural Perspectives 02
2000, ,
Techno/Electro
Toby*
Electric Smooch
2007, CD, Album, Enh, Platik, ,
Tech House
Various
Elektro Codes.Three
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Elektrolux, ,
Electro
Pascal F.E.O.S.
PV LAB.COM. 1
1999, CD, Comp, Mixed, PV, ,
Techno
Mobile Space Unit
Cheat Code E.P.
1999, 12", EP, Elektrolux, ,
Electro
Various
Lovefield - Earth Spirits
1999, CD, Comp, Free Form, CTM
Supreme Particles
Light As Skin
1999, CD, Album, Enh, Elektrolux, ,
Ambient
Aural Float
Space Night Vol. V
1999, 2x CD, ,
Downtempo/Ambient
Various
Future Grooves Vol. 1
1999, ,
Progressive House/Progressive Trance
Various
Ambient Diary.Two
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Elektrolux, ,
Ambient/Electro/IDM/Downtempo/Dub
Syrinx 2600
Docking -20s
1998, CD, Album, Elektrolux, ,
Experimental/Electro/Dark Ambient
Our Man In Cairo
Royal By Nature / The Shark
1998, 12", S3 Frankfurt
Aural Float
Space Night Vol. IV - New Frontiers
1998, 2x CD, ,
Electro/Ambient
Various
Future Dub 1
1998, CD, ,
Dub/Jungle/Drum n Bass
Aural Float
New Frontiers
1998, ,
Electro
Various
Elektro Codes.One
1997, CD, Comp, Elektrolux, ,
Electro/Ambient
Various
Ambient Diary.One
1997, 2xCD, Comp, Elektrolux, ,
Ambient
Various
Space Night Vol. III
1997, 2xCD, Comp, Eastwest, ,
Downtempo/Ambient
Various
Dub Backups. One
1997, CD, Comp, Elektrolux, ,
Dub
Insect Jazz
Hum & Buzz
1997, ,
Electro/Acid
Various
Space Night Vol. II
1996, 2xCD, Comp, Eastwest, ,
Leftfield/Downtempo/Ambient
Various
In Electro We Trust (A Datapunk Compilation)
2004, ,
Techno/Electro
Various
Psychedelic Beer (Potions Of The Future)
1997, CD, Comp, High Society (3)
Various
Blutmusik
1997, LP, Ltd, Pin, Zehnkampf, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Dr. Scissors
Live In Moscow/Живу в Москве
2006, File, MP3, Unofficial, 160, Not On Label