Active since: 1998

Members: Ben Jacobs; a whole bank of electronic doodads.

Latest release: 2008’s zany Parallax Error Beheads You, which took six years to make.

Why you care: Ben Jacobs—who records, sings, and dances under the much-more-fun-sounding alias Max Tundra—is like a pint-sized mix of Aphex Twin’s Richard D. James and Scritti Politti’s Green Gartside. Since debuting with a single for Warp Records in 1998, Jacobs’ output has been sporadic but always original. Onstage he’s a nonstop hyperactive ball of energy, bouncing between keyboards and spazzing out on the mic, arms flailing like he doesn’t realize that a crowd is watching. If Jacobs doesn’t have ADD, then his music sure sounds like it: Both 2002’s Mastered by Guy at the Exchange and the recent Parallax Error Beheads You take everything and the kitchen sink (electronic glitches, buzzsaw guitars, classical piano breaks, disco beats) and crams it into four-minute pop songs. Parallax Error’s “Number Our Days” is the poppiest thing he’s ever written, filled with Jacobs’ self-deprecating, tongue-in-cheek lyrics and a synth-rock playground that would make Hot Chip jealous.

Sounds like: 30 years of rock, pop, soul, disco and experimental music thrown in a blender.

For fans of: Architecture in Helsinki, Prince and genre-bending music in general.

SEE IT: Max Tundra plays Friday, Nov. 27, at the Doug Fir with Deastro. 9 pm. $10. 21+.