Kansas

Kansas is the electronic music alias of Jason Ankeny, an American producer associated with the late-1990s experimental and IDM scene. Best known for Kansas is the electronic music alias of Jason Ankeny, an American producer associated with the late-1990s experimental and IDM scene. Best known for releases on the influential Mille Plateaux label, Kansas explored fractured rhythms, digital noise, and abstract textures that sat between ambient, glitch, and post-techno minimalism. His work favored atmosphere and structure over dancefloor function, rewarding close listening rather than immediacy. Often overlooked outside experimental circles, Kansas remains a quiet reference point for fans of cerebral electronic music from the era when laptops began reshaping underground sound.