Distorted Reality
Encyclopedia
| Distorted Reality | |
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| Formation: | 1997 |
| Genre: | Electro-industrial Electro-industrial Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups,... |
| Website: | http://www.distorted-reality.com |
| Founder members / current members | |
| Singer: | Martha M. Arce |
| Keyboard Keyboard instrument A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... / Synthesizer Synthesizer A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones... : |
Christian Kobusch |
Distorted Reality is a synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
band from 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...
/ USA.
Band history
Distorted Reality is the synthpopSynthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
band formed in 1997 by a collaboration between Martha M. Arce from Miami, USA and Christian Kobusch from Bielefeld
Bielefeld
Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
, 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...
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Distorted Reality's debut album, The Fine Line Between Love and Hate, was released on May 17, 2002, on Accession Records. The band produced the album along with Bruno Kramm from Das Ich
Das Ich
Das Ich is a German electronic music group formed in 1989. The group, fronted by Stefan Ackermann and Bruno Kramm, were one of the prominent founders of and contributors to "Neue Deutsche Todeskunst" a musical movement in the early 1990s...
. It also contains re-mixes by Propaganda
Propaganda (band)
Propaganda is a German synthpop group, formed in 1982. They were one of the initial roster of acts signed to Trevor Horn's ZTT label, between 1984 and 1986, during which they released the critically acclaimed album A Secret Wish....
, Sabotage QCQC and Noyce
Noyce
Noyce, an English surname derived from the more common surname Noyes, may refer to:* Dora Noyce, Scottish brothel keeper* Graham Noyce, English motocross racer* Jonathan Noyce, English musician* Phillip Noyce, Australian film director...
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Distorted Reality has also signed with American label Nilaihah Records
Nilaihah Records
Nilaihah Records is an American independent record label, currently based in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1999 by Kristy Venrick of The Azoic, after Oneiroid Psychosis asked her to release their next album. Though she did not have a record label at the time, Oneiroid Psychosis was...
. The Fine Line Between Love and Hate was released in the US and Canada May 13, 2003. This version contains additional remixes by Assemblage 23
Assemblage 23
Assemblage 23 is an electronic act from the United States, currently based in Seattle. It was founded in 1988 by Tom Shear who writes the music and lyrics and does the recording himself.-1980s–1990s :...
, Forma Tadre
Forma Tadre
Forma Tadre is a German musical project that can best be described as electro with a feel of soundtracks and ambient but has also been categorized as industrial or electronic body music...
, Cut.Rate.Box and Null Device
Null Device
Null Device is an electronic pop band from Wisconsin, USA.-Band history:Null Device is an electronic band formed in 1995 by Eric Oehler, William Annis, and Tom Lawrence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After the amicable departures of Annis and Lawrence, Dr. Eric Goedken joined as a...
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In 2003 and 2005 Distorted Reality performed live gigs at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen 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...
, 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 October 2005 Distorted Reality played at the Electronic Pleasures 3 Festival in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany. Further live gigs are planned.
From 2004 to 2006 Martha and Christian worked on their current album ‘Daydreams and Nightmares’, together with the producer Andreas Meyer (Forma Tadre
Forma Tadre
Forma Tadre is a German musical project that can best be described as electro with a feel of soundtracks and ambient but has also been categorized as industrial or electronic body music...
). Remixes from Haujobb
Haujobb
Haujobb is a German musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to IDM and techno...
, Dust of Basement
Dust of Basement
Dust of Basement was an electronic music band originally from Berlin, formed in 1991. They combine elements of electro-industrial music and gothic pop. The final members were Sven Wolff, Birgitta Behr and Peer Lebrecht...
and In Strict Confidence
In Strict Confidence
In Strict Confidence is a German electro-industrial band. Formed in 1989/1990, they were known as Seal of Secrecy until 1992. In Strict Confidence has been signed to several record labels, including Metropolis Records and WTII Records.-History:...
are included.
Discography
- Daydreams and Nightmares (2006; US/Canada release, Nilaihah Records)
- Never Change
- Get a Clue
- Forever
- I Am Waiting
- Those Eyes
- Tag FÜr Tag
- Will You Love Me?
- Something Wicked
- Into the Night
- Rebel Yell
- Something Wicked (In Strict Confidence Remix)
- Never Change
- Something Wicked
- Never Change (Dust Of Basement remix)
- Will You Love Me? (Sea Of Love Remix By Das Ich)
- Rebel Yell (Live Mix)
- Daydreams and Nightmares (2006; EU release, Dark Dimsn (Soulfood Music))
- The fine Line between Love and Hate (2002; EU release, Accession Records)
- Super Crush
- In my Dream
- Fever
- Haunted
- Your only Jewel
- You want me, you hate me
- Hate Factor
- Sleeper Awaken
- Fear
- Drop
- Fieber
- In my Dream (The Context Mix) - remix by Propaganda
- Fear - remix by Sabotage qcqc
- Dance Factor - remix by Noyce
- The Fine Line between Love and Hate (2003; US/Canada release, Nilaihah Records)
- Super Crush
- Fever
- You Want Me, You Hate Me [split] - remix by Assemblage 23
- In My Dream
- Dance Factor - remix by Noyce
- Drop
- Haunted
- You Want Me, You Hate Me
- In my Dream (The Context Mix) - remix by Propaganda
- Super Crush (clip) - remix by cut.rate.box
- Fever (Analog Mix) - remix by Forma Tadre
- Your Only Jewel
- Hate Factor
- Fear - remix by Sabotage qcqc
- Super Crush (ND Sodium Mix) - remix by Null Device
Honors
- 2002: 4th place ‘Newcomer of the year 2002’ at Grenzwellen.de