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Thomas Kiehne started out in 1991 as a DJ for college radio KUCB in Boulder, CO under the moniker 'Net Noise'. He developed an all-electronic music specialty show named 'Transmission-X' and sought to expose the listening audience to a wide spectrum of electronic music from ambient to danceable to abrasive. During his time in Colorado, he founded the label SDS Productions, initially as a platform for recordings of 'Transmission-X', but later as a vehicle for locally produced abstract electronic music. After a relocation to Austin, TX in 1995, he continued under the 'Net Noise' moniker while DJ-ing industrial dance, EBM, and hard techno at local dance clubs. By 1999, focus shifted away from SDS and into Last Laugh, LLC, a group that produces diverse electronic music-oriented events. The shift away from SDS mirrored the shift from 'Net Noise' to '0x86' and an emphasis on a broad variety of intelligent and experimental electronic music.