3kStatic
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3kStatic is an electronica
music group founded in 1999.
The German radical newspaper Die Terz described their 2004 album, Perversion: for Profit, as 'working within the system to defeat the system...'
The group has released over 200 original tracks on 18 independent CDs, and are in recurring rotation on FM outlets in the USA, Europe, the UK and Africa. They, also, logged in more than 225,000 downloads on the former MP3.com, and were named 2003 Artist of the Year by the Mixdown, a weekly broadcast of WRVU FM in Nashville, Tennessee.
The group's work is featured on the soundtrack of the new season of MTV's Real World, and has also being licensed for various television commercials and independent films. Perversion: for Profit; uses audio sampled from the 1965 propaganda film Perversion for Profit
, an anti-pornography diatribe hosted by George Putnam (newsman)
and also garnered favorable reviews especially in Germany, where the band's often aggressive political comment was seen as a throwback to the earlier days of post-punk electronic and industrial music, influenced in part by the Situationist International as well as Dada
.
The band's subsequent release The Great Republic was released in 2005, and distributed by Cargo Records (Germany)
In addition to the ardently leftist 'anti-art' and 'art as subversion' political statements that have become a centerpiece of the band's output, the band has been said to fuse an "eclectic sound scape" into their sound, which incorporates elements of art rock, trip hop, funk and house into an often densely produced collage reminiscent of dada
art. Due to this clash of sounds and activist stance, their work has been described as "anarchist disco" and "post-industrial house".
Although their recordings could be considered album-oriented electronica, their college and independent radio singles include Drumbeat Litany, All The Way Alive, Shattered and The Music, which charted #1 on various underground dance charts in late 2004.
The band's 2006 album release Where's Our Piece of the Groovy World, and 2007 effort Voodoo Science were entry candidates (Best Electronic/Dance Album) for the 50th and 51st GRAMMY Awards, respectively. Both albums also include collaborations with artists outside the electronic music genre. Both albums also reached #1 on various digital music sales charts, with Where's Our Piece of the Groovy World hitting #1 on iTunes Europe, and Voodoo Science also seeing 12 tracks from the double album chart on various digital music retailers.
In February 2009, Sony Creative Software
released the 3kStatic album Evolver and the companion sound library Evolver; Distinctive Electronica, the first Sony release of an original album and sound library.
On August 28, 2009, the 3kStatic track 'Projected Tones' entered the National Dance Chart(Canada) at #12 (#16 overall). The Canada chart is compiled by zipdj.com, North America's leading DJ pool for Dance/Club and Urban music.
The single 'Ma-Ma-Ma Belle', a reworking of the Electric Light Orchestra
song recorded with Orchestra/ELO.Part II alum Parthenon Huxley
also charted to #10 on the Cashbox Magazine Canada dance charts in December 2009.
The band recently completed post-production and remix work on the Vile Evils album Vive le vileevil and the Pop Will Eat Itself
single 'Axe of Men 2010', and is producing remixes or tracks with P. Hux, Claudja Barry and Kevin Max
.
The Kevin Max
album 'Cotes d' Armor (True Rebels)' was released August 24, 2010. Produced by 3kStatic in association with Kevin Max, the album also features guest performances and contributions from Graham Crabb, Adrian Belew
, Tedd T., Lynn Nichols
and others.
A new EP 'Apokrifa Digita' was available in advance release from September 7, 2010 ., and was officially released November 16, 2010. 'Black Body Radiator', a single from the release, charted on the Cashbox Magazine Dance and Club charts for Canada. The band's remix of the KMFDM
track 'Godlike 2010' is released September 14.
A new album - The Society of the Spectacle - is planned for 2011, the twelfth anniversary year of the 3kStatic collective. Theme From Cultural Unwind, an ambient track from the upcoming album was released as a free download via iTunes Ping, Amazon.com and iLike on March 21, 2011. The music of 3kStatic also appears in the 2010 theatrical release of the film Crackhead Jesus.
The 3kStatic 'Suburban Secrets Remix' of the single 'Little Mighty Rabbit' by iconic techno/acid house band Lords Of Acid
was released September 27, 2011 by Metropolis Records
.
3kStatic has also recently completed remixes for Army of the Universe and Ku-Ling Bros, a project of Cabaret Voltaire
founding member Stephen Mallinder
.
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
music group founded in 1999.
The German radical newspaper Die Terz described their 2004 album, Perversion: for Profit, as 'working within the system to defeat the system...'
The group has released over 200 original tracks on 18 independent CDs, and are in recurring rotation on FM outlets in the USA, Europe, the UK and Africa. They, also, logged in more than 225,000 downloads on the former MP3.com, and were named 2003 Artist of the Year by the Mixdown, a weekly broadcast of WRVU FM in Nashville, Tennessee.
The group's work is featured on the soundtrack of the new season of MTV's Real World, and has also being licensed for various television commercials and independent films. Perversion: for Profit; uses audio sampled from the 1965 propaganda film Perversion for Profit
Perversion for Profit
Perversion for Profit is a 1965 propaganda film financed by Charles Keating and narrated by news reporter George Putnam. A vehement diatribe against pornography, the film attempts to link explicit portrayals of human sexuality to the subversion of American civilization, and briefly draws a...
, an anti-pornography diatribe hosted by George Putnam (newsman)
George Putnam (newsman)
George Putnam was an American television news reporter and talk show host based in Los Angeles. He was known for his catchy phrase "See ya at ten, see ya then" intro prior to a broadcast of the news.-Biography:...
and also garnered favorable reviews especially in Germany, where the band's often aggressive political comment was seen as a throwback to the earlier days of post-punk electronic and industrial music, influenced in part by the Situationist International as well as Dada
Dada
Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a...
.
The band's subsequent release The Great Republic was released in 2005, and distributed by Cargo Records (Germany)
In addition to the ardently leftist 'anti-art' and 'art as subversion' political statements that have become a centerpiece of the band's output, the band has been said to fuse an "eclectic sound scape" into their sound, which incorporates elements of art rock, trip hop, funk and house into an often densely produced collage reminiscent of dada
Dada
Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a...
art. Due to this clash of sounds and activist stance, their work has been described as "anarchist disco" and "post-industrial house".
Although their recordings could be considered album-oriented electronica, their college and independent radio singles include Drumbeat Litany, All The Way Alive, Shattered and The Music, which charted #1 on various underground dance charts in late 2004.
The band's 2006 album release Where's Our Piece of the Groovy World, and 2007 effort Voodoo Science were entry candidates (Best Electronic/Dance Album) for the 50th and 51st GRAMMY Awards, respectively. Both albums also include collaborations with artists outside the electronic music genre. Both albums also reached #1 on various digital music sales charts, with Where's Our Piece of the Groovy World hitting #1 on iTunes Europe, and Voodoo Science also seeing 12 tracks from the double album chart on various digital music retailers.
In February 2009, Sony Creative Software
Sony Creative Software
Sony Creative Software is a subsidiary of Sony, focused primarily on their line of media production software...
released the 3kStatic album Evolver and the companion sound library Evolver; Distinctive Electronica, the first Sony release of an original album and sound library.
On August 28, 2009, the 3kStatic track 'Projected Tones' entered the National Dance Chart(Canada) at #12 (#16 overall). The Canada chart is compiled by zipdj.com, North America's leading DJ pool for Dance/Club and Urban music.
The single 'Ma-Ma-Ma Belle', a reworking of the Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...
song recorded with Orchestra/ELO.Part II alum Parthenon Huxley
Parthenon Huxley
Parthenon Huxley is an American musician, singer, songwriter and producer who is known for his solo albums and for his involvement in ELO Part II and The Orchestra, both of which are latter-day offshoots of the 1970s-80s orchestral rock band Electric Light Orchestra...
also charted to #10 on the Cashbox Magazine Canada dance charts in December 2009.
The band recently completed post-production and remix work on the Vile Evils album Vive le vileevil and the Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself are an English alternative rock band, originally formed in Stourbridge in 1986, with members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. Initially known as a Grebo act, their style changed to incorporate sample driven indie and industrial rock...
single 'Axe of Men 2010', and is producing remixes or tracks with P. Hux, Claudja Barry and Kevin Max
Kevin Max
Kevin Max Smith is an American singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known for being a member of the Christian pop group dc Talk...
.
The Kevin Max
Kevin Max
Kevin Max Smith is an American singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known for being a member of the Christian pop group dc Talk...
album 'Cotes d' Armor (True Rebels)' was released August 24, 2010. Produced by 3kStatic in association with Kevin Max, the album also features guest performances and contributions from Graham Crabb, Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...
, Tedd T., Lynn Nichols
Lynn Nichols
Lynn Arthur Nichols is an American songwriter, producer, and musician from New York who now resides in Nashville, Tennessee.In 1977, Nichols was a member of the Phil Keaggy Band, with Phil Madeira, Terry Andersen and Dan Cunningham. The band released one album together, entitled Emerging...
and others.
A new EP 'Apokrifa Digita' was available in advance release from September 7, 2010 ., and was officially released November 16, 2010. 'Black Body Radiator', a single from the release, charted on the Cashbox Magazine Dance and Club charts for Canada. The band's remix of the KMFDM
KMFDM
KMFDM is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project...
track 'Godlike 2010' is released September 14.
A new album - The Society of the Spectacle - is planned for 2011, the twelfth anniversary year of the 3kStatic collective. Theme From Cultural Unwind, an ambient track from the upcoming album was released as a free download via iTunes Ping, Amazon.com and iLike on March 21, 2011. The music of 3kStatic also appears in the 2010 theatrical release of the film Crackhead Jesus.
The 3kStatic 'Suburban Secrets Remix' of the single 'Little Mighty Rabbit' by iconic techno/acid house band Lords Of Acid
Lords of Acid
Lords of Acid is a Belgian-American post-industrial/techno band, led by musician Praga Khan. They debuted with the controversial new beat single "I Sit on Acid" in 1988...
was released September 27, 2011 by Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....
.
3kStatic has also recently completed remixes for Army of the Universe and Ku-Ling Bros, a project of Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire (band)
Cabaret Voltaire were a British music group from Sheffield, England.Initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk and Chris Watson, the group was named after the Cabaret Voltaire, a nightclub in Zürich, Switzerland that was a centre for the early Dada movement.Their earliest performances...
founding member Stephen Mallinder
Stephen Mallinder
Stephen William Mallinder was a founding member of Cabaret Voltaire, Sassi and Loco and the Ku-Ling Bros. While in Cabaret Voltaire he contributed lead vocals, bass and occasional keyboards.-Biography:...
.