Droom (band)
Encyclopedia
Droom were an electronic music
duo from Vancouver
, Canada
that combined elements of futurepop, synthpop
, post punk and gothic rock
. The band had two club hit singles and enjoyed success on college radio charts. The musical style has been likened to that of Images in Vogue
, and The Province
referred to the duo's style on 128 ½ Days as "the darker side of Depeche Mode."
The band toured parts of the US with A Different Drum
's touring festival in 2003., but continued to spend the majority of their time on writing and recording new material. When "128 ½ days" was released it charted on many online and college radio charts in North America and around the globe. It also received glowing reviews from many critics.
Finding doors repeatedly slammed in their faces by the established music machine, Droom decided to pave its own way in order to bring their music to their fans. When they felt that they had recorded enough material to comprise a 2nd full length album, Droom formed their own record label to release their future material in North America and signed a deal with Black Flames records to release and promote their music in Europe.
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
duo from Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, Canada
Canada
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that combined elements of futurepop, 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...
, post punk and gothic rock
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
. The band had two club hit singles and enjoyed success on college radio charts. The musical style has been likened to that of Images in Vogue
Images in Vogue
Images in Vogue was a Canadian New Wave group in the 1980s.The band was formed in 1981 in Vancouver, and originally consisted of vocalist Dale Martindale, guitarist Don Gordon , synth players Joe Vizvary and Glen Nelson, bassist Gary Smith and percussionist Kevin Crompton...
, and The Province
The Province
The Province is a daily, tabloid format newspaper published in British Columbia by Postmedia. It has been a daily newspaper since 1898.According to a recent NADbank survey, The Provinces average weekday readership was 520,100, making it British Columbia's most read newspaper...
referred to the duo's style on 128 ½ Days as "the darker side of Depeche Mode."
Biography
Droom was formed in the summer of 2002 by Graham Jackson and William Winslow-Hansen from the smoking ashes of aLUnARED. They immediately began working on tracks for their debut album, "128 ½ days". They enjoyed the success of two club hit singles, "While We Can" and "Stay!", and they quickly gained a growing fanbase in the underground music scene.The band toured parts of the US with A Different Drum
A Different Drum
A Different Drum is an independent record label and online store based in the US state of Utah, specializing in synthpop and related genres...
's touring festival in 2003., but continued to spend the majority of their time on writing and recording new material. When "128 ½ days" was released it charted on many online and college radio charts in North America and around the globe. It also received glowing reviews from many critics.
Finding doors repeatedly slammed in their faces by the established music machine, Droom decided to pave its own way in order to bring their music to their fans. When they felt that they had recorded enough material to comprise a 2nd full length album, Droom formed their own record label to release their future material in North America and signed a deal with Black Flames records to release and promote their music in Europe.
Discography
- While We Can EP (2003)
- Stay! EP (2003)
- 128 ½ Days (2004)
- Blood Culture EP (2004)
- Ten Songs (2005)
- The Voice of Ghosts (2006)