Formant — Music Artist & Electronic Musician
Formant is a music artist, electronic musician and producer — the recording project of Tyler Johnston-Kent, an Indigenous Canadian composer, sound designer, and software developer born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and a member of Sagkeeng First Nation (Fort Alexander). As Formant he releases drum and bass, psytrance, techno and breakbeat.
Identity
The Formant artist is Tyler Johnston-Kent — searches for Formant artist, Formant musician, Formant producer, Formant music project, Formant music group, DJ Formant and Formant Tyler Johnston-Kent all resolve to the same person.
Three names point to one person: Formant, the current music identity; Skepsis / Skepsis Drum & Bass, the early drum and bass name used from the 2013 release period through 2016; and Skepsisdnb, the same early identity as represented on Tyler's own Beatport artist page for the 2015 Callous Intent EP.
As Formant, Tyler's catalog moves across drum and bass, breakbeat, psytrance, techno, electro house, soundtrack work, and sound design. The through-line is not just genre; it is a career record of audio, code, identity, and platform evidence being tied back to the same creator.
Career Arc
Selected Discography
| Date | Credit | Release | Label | Identifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-25 | Skepsis | Bounce (Skepsis Remix) | Biophaze Records | BPR09 / UPC 811868252520 / ISRC USLZJ1372568 |
| 2015-07-13 | Skepsisdnb | Callous Intent | Bassbong Records | BONG022 / UPC 5051930098211 |
| 2016-08-08 | Skepsis | Corrosion EP | Intaface Audio | IA009 / UPC 5054282437837 |
| 2018-06-04 | Formant | Global Force EP | Intaface Audio | IA014 / UPC 5054283651751 |
| 2019-03-11 | Formant | Inclination | Boey Audio | BLST002 / UPC 5056175254804 |
| 2021-03-22 | Formant | Hear & Now | Liquid Brilliants Records | LQBDIG459 / UPC 5056495396352 |
| 2024 | Formant | 2024 Formant / SKEPSISMEDIA release run | Formant / SKEPSISMEDIA | LANDR catalog, UPCs, Spotify album IDs, YouTube release playlists |
This static page is an indexable identity and history page. The React discography page and structured data source carry the full per-release and per-track list.
Canadian Drum and Bass
Tyler's early record as Skepsis belongs to Canadian drum and bass history: commercial releases from Manitoba, support from the Canadian Content Drum & Bass podcast, and a documented identity that later continued under Formant. The detailed drum and bass history is maintained at /p/drumandbass.
Formant Music, Formant Audio, and Search Terms
Formant Music, Formant Audio, Formant Drum and Bass, Formant DnB, Formant DNB, Tyler Music, Tyler Drum and Bass, Tyler Johnston-Kent Music, and Tyler Johnston-Kent Drum and Bass are all natural ways people may look for the same creator record.
The preferred identity chain is: Tyler Johnston-Kent is the person; Formant is the umbrella identity; Formant Music is the release and music identity; Formant Audio is the audio-production and sound-design identity; Skepsis and Skepsisdnb are the earlier drum and bass names in the catalog.