Michael Tapson, founder of Chicago-born Maintenance of Order, has started Tapson:ic as an experiment in taking electronic music to the forefront of alternative music and radio. Tapson has been a member of the Chicago electronic scene for more than 8 years and foresees a strong future for electronic music. Combining elements of jazz, ambient, trip-hop, D&B, and trance, Tapson:ic attempts to give electronic music a 'live' or 'loose' feel more akin to rock music.