Final Selection 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...

 founded in 1993 by Mario Tews (keyboards) and Riccardo Schult (vocals) featuring English lyrics. The band produces melancholic synthpop. Their two albums and one E.P. were released on the polish label Black Flames Records, but the band is currently without a label. The band is currently working on their next album.

History

The bands first demo tapes were released in 1993-1996.

Final Selection performed at the Wave Gotik Treffen

Wave Gotik Treffen

Wave-Gotik-Treffen is an annual world festival for "dark" music and arts in Leipzig, Germany. 150+ bands and artists from various backgrounds play at several venues throughout the city over 4 days...

 festival in 1999, and at the
EuroRock Festival in 2002 in Belgium.

The band has been remixed by (amongst others) Aslan Faction

Aslan Faction

Aslan Faction is an Electro-industrial/Aggrotech band conceived and formed in mid 1999 by Anthony Mather and Lee Lauer near Oxford in the UK.-History:...

 and NamNamBulu

NamNamBulu

NamNamBulu was a synthpop/futurepop band consisting of Henrik Iversen and Vasi Vallis . After several charting albums, their 2005 release Alone reached #53 on the Deutsche Alternative Charts...

. Final Selection has remixed the band Wave in Head

Wave in Head

Wave in Head is a one man German synthpop music project, which was founded in 1993 in Magdeburg, Germany. His name is Michael Pohl.The first musical activities have been nothing more than a hobby, when he started, to make some noises with his first sampler, the Ensoniq ASR-10...

  (which was released on the US records label 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...

) and the band Epsilon Minus

Epsilon Minus

Epsilon Minus was a Canadian futurepop/trance band formed in 2000 by Bogart Shwadchuck and Jennifer Parkin. The name "Epsilon Minus" is a reference to Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World....

.

Final Selection has appeared on a number of compilations, amongst these
the "Our Voices - A Tribute To The Cure" compilation that was released on the Irond label
.

The band has received favorable reviews by Side-line

Side-Line

Side-Line is an online music magazine specialising in electronic music, and electro-goth/industrial in particular. It was founded in 1989 as a print publication, and had a circulation of 6,000 in Europe and America...

 magazine,.

Albums and EPs

• AntiHero (LP, 2003, Black Flames Records)
• Heading for Graceland (EP, 2004, Black Flames Records)
• Meridian (LP, 2005, Black Flames Records)
• Clockworks (LP 2008, FlashpopMedia)

External links

• Official website
• Official MySpace site
• ZeitGeist Magazine Interview - 2005
• Final Selection at Last.fm
  Last.fm
  Last.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
  
  
• Final Selection at Discogs
  Discogs
  Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
  
  
• Review of Meridian at Side-line
  Side-Line
  Side-Line is an online music magazine specialising in electronic music, and electro-goth/industrial in particular. It was founded in 1989 as a print publication, and had a circulation of 6,000 in Europe and America...
  
  magazine
• Review of AntiHero at The Electrogarden Network