Cyborg Attack
Encyclopedia
Cyborg Attack is a musical group formed in 1995 in Germany
near Leipzig
. The music style are generally categorized as a symbiosis of EBM
and Electropunk. Their more recent material has incorporated a disparate set of influences, notably the musical symbiosis of EBM
with influences of punk
, creating a more accessible and inventive output but remaining reasonably under the umbrella of industrial music
.
) and Raik Wild (Vocals). Inspired through the revival of EBM
in the middle of the 90s and through bands like Front 242
, Cat Rapes Dog
and Tyske Ludder
they started to produce songs like "Paranoid", "Kalter Stahl" and "Orange Sector".
Soon after this, Cyborg Attack started receiving requests for live gigs and Uwe Schimmel (Keyboard
) alias Zerindi joined the band. Their first produced songs went well within the scene
so they got the chance to prove their live ability once more again on different gigs throughout Germany
.
The first demo tapes were produced and released in 1996. But at this point it wasn't possible for Cyborg Attack to find a label that was willing to release an album with such an extreme and aggressive sound.
In fact the first official release of Cyborg Attack was the CD TOXIC in 1997 produced in own production and released and distributed through OMB, a distribution of the German
Synthie-Pop project Obscyre.
Raik Wild the co-founder and at that time frontman of Cyborg Attack left the band overnight to attend himself to a more Pop
music oriented project. More as 2 years should it take until the band was always completed with the new singer and frontman Sandro Franz alias Punisher.
. The most important gig was in 2000 on the 9th Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival in Leipzig
. Marco Gruhn, the label head of NoiTekk saw the show and was swept off his feet as was the audience. So he offered the band a record contract and the deal with Noitekk - a sublabel of BlackRain (the label of Feindflug
) - was executed. The first LP BLUTGELD was released in the beginning of 2001. The Longplayer BLUTGELD was re-released after the change-over in early 2003 to the main label BlackRain. Through the label BlackRain also the latest Longplayer for now STOERF***TOR was released in 2006.
, surreal
end of time-forebodings, as well as socio-critical facts.
, Germany
.
In Summer of 2004 the band was invited to perform on the BlackRain / NoiTekk Birthday Tour through Middle Europe
.
In early 2007 the band was invited to perform on the BlackRain European "Wintergewittertour" through Middle and North Europe
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
near Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
. The music style are generally categorized as a symbiosis of EBM
Electronic body music
Electronic body music or industrial dance is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic dance music...
and Electropunk. Their more recent material has incorporated a disparate set of influences, notably the musical symbiosis of EBM
Electronic body music
Electronic body music or industrial dance is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic dance music...
with influences of punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, creating a more accessible and inventive output but remaining reasonably under the umbrella of industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
.
The beginning
The band was founded in the early part of 1995 by Tino Weidauer, alias Euscha, (KeyboardMusical keyboard
A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
) and Raik Wild (Vocals). Inspired through the revival of EBM
Electronic body music
Electronic body music or industrial dance is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic dance music...
in the middle of the 90s and through bands like Front 242
Front 242
Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. They are known for being the premier pioneer of electronic body music and as a major influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.-Formation:...
, Cat Rapes Dog
Cat Rapes Dog
Cat Rapes Dog is a Swedish electropunk-, ebm- and heavy metal band, formed in 1984 by Joel Rydström and Magnus Fransson.-History:Cat Rapes Dog started out in the mid 80s with some demo releases...
and Tyske Ludder
Tyske Ludder
Tyske Ludder is a German EBM band. Their members include Claus Albers, Olaf A. Reimers and Ralf Homann. In 2008 they appeared at the Infest in Bradford. And in May 2009 they appeared at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig and the M'era Luna Festival in Hildesheim Germany...
they started to produce songs like "Paranoid", "Kalter Stahl" and "Orange Sector".
Soon after this, Cyborg Attack started receiving requests for live gigs and Uwe Schimmel (Keyboard
Musical keyboard
A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
) alias Zerindi joined the band. Their first produced songs went well within the scene
Subculture
In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a group of people with a culture which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong.- Definition :...
so they got the chance to prove their live ability once more again on different gigs throughout Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
The first demo tapes were produced and released in 1996. But at this point it wasn't possible for Cyborg Attack to find a label that was willing to release an album with such an extreme and aggressive sound.
In fact the first official release of Cyborg Attack was the CD TOXIC in 1997 produced in own production and released and distributed through OMB, a distribution of the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Synthie-Pop project Obscyre.
Raik Wild the co-founder and at that time frontman of Cyborg Attack left the band overnight to attend himself to a more Pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
music oriented project. More as 2 years should it take until the band was always completed with the new singer and frontman Sandro Franz alias Punisher.
New territories
In early 1999, the band added new songs, promotional material, and successful reunion gigs through GermanyGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The most important gig was in 2000 on the 9th Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival in Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
. Marco Gruhn, the label head of NoiTekk saw the show and was swept off his feet as was the audience. So he offered the band a record contract and the deal with Noitekk - a sublabel of BlackRain (the label of Feindflug
Feindflug
' , is a controversial German electro-industrial band founded in 1995. Translated, the name means "attack-raid" or literally "foe-flight" ; it corresponds in military use to the French/English word "sortie".- Style and themes :...
) - was executed. The first LP BLUTGELD was released in the beginning of 2001. The Longplayer BLUTGELD was re-released after the change-over in early 2003 to the main label BlackRain. Through the label BlackRain also the latest Longplayer for now STOERF***TOR was released in 2006.
Style and themes
Cyborg Attack developed step by step their typical harsh but charismatic sound. Mainly it could be called electronic cyber punk sound. The sound was going to be the figurehead of Cyborg Attack. The lyrical main topics of Cyborg Attack basically themes like warWar
War is a state of organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political...
, surreal
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
end of time-forebodings, as well as socio-critical facts.
Career highlights
The band was invited to perform at the 9th (2000), 11th (2002), 13th (2004), 17th (2008) Wave-Gotik-Treffen music festival in LeipzigLeipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
In Summer of 2004 the band was invited to perform on the BlackRain / NoiTekk Birthday Tour through Middle Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.
In early 2007 the band was invited to perform on the BlackRain European "Wintergewittertour" through Middle and North Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.
Studio albums
- 1997 TOXIC own production / OMP
- 2001 BLUTGELD Noitekk (release edition) - Black Rain (re-release, 2003)
- 2006 STOERF***TOR Black Rain
Compilation appearances
- 1998 The Nightingale Compilation (Track "Warrior") SPV / Steady Beatz
- 1999 Maschinenwelt Compilation III (Track "Kalter Stahl") Maschinenwelt Records
- 1999 Black Rain Compilation - A Collection Of Underground Tracks3 (Track "Warrior") BlackRain Rec.
- 2000 Black Rain Compilation II (Track "Bitch") BlackRain Rec.
- 2000 Triton Volume 3 (Track "Agony") Triton
- 2001 Forgotten Dreams: Machines And Electric Beats (Track "Cyborg Attack V.2") Emmo.Biz Records
- 2002 Elegy - Numéro 21 (Track "Bitch") Elegy
- 2002 Störsequenz (Track "Blutrausch") Black Rain Records
- 2004 Different ( DVD Cyborg Attack - Live on 13th WGT) Black Rain Records
- 2005 Aderlass 3 (Track "Dunkle Visionen") Totentanz
- 2006 10.ELEKTRISCH FESTIVAL (Track "Stoerf***tor") Emmo.Biz Records
- 2006 A Compilation 2 (Track "Stoerf***tor") Black Rain Records
- 2007 Extreme Sündenfall 5 (Track "Born Dead") UpScene
External links
- Official Website
- MySpace
- Labelsite Black Rain
- at German Wikipedia