Static Icon
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Static Icon is a synthpop
band. They started in Adelaide, Australia as a 3 piece band called "Das Concept". In their first incarnation
they were a Depeche Mode
covers band. Gradually they introduced more and more original material into their set. To complete the transition to a fully original band, they changed their name to Static Icon and dropped all but one or two Depeche Mode covers from their set.
Through association with bands in the Melbourne, Australia industrial music scene they were introduced to and subsequently signed with EBM
label Machinery Records
in Berlin, Germany, with whom they released two albums, starting with Sin Machine in 1995.
Their first album was recorded in Adelaide, but there was some issues around the master tapes being stolen. Shortly after they moved to Berlin, Germany where much of the album was re-recorded.
Their second and best known album Slave was produced by Marc Heal
and released in 1997.
Static Icon toured the better part of 1997 with the "SLAVE TOUR"
The tour can with a few problems internally with the breakdown of communication with the members and the record label. Resulting in the cancellation of the second leg of the European tour. The band need their own personal space for awhile. Alan Wicks moved to London where he would start writing the 3rd Static Icon album. Timo Bishop married his German girlfriend and moved back to Adelaide Australia and Micheal Walker moved back to Melbourne Australia.
1998 saw Alan Wicks moving back to Australia to finish writing the 3rd Album. Melbourne and Sydney both played there roll along with London in his demoing this album that was written about his own experience as a wide eyed person that moves to a mega city and how he see's that our old conditioning's as a human and our idea of wrong and right and our man made laws and beliefs don't work with this new era of the Mega city life style. The album was finally demoed at the end of 1998 and was ready for to go into the studio to be completed. Noise records were desperate for the bands 3rd Album to be released and were putting on the pressure to hand over the work to them.
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. They started in Adelaide, Australia as a 3 piece band called "Das Concept". In their first incarnation
Incarnation
Incarnation literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh. It refers to the conception and birth of a sentient creature who is the material manifestation of an entity, god or force whose original nature is immaterial....
they were a Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
covers band. Gradually they introduced more and more original material into their set. To complete the transition to a fully original band, they changed their name to Static Icon and dropped all but one or two Depeche Mode covers from their set.
Through association with bands in the Melbourne, Australia industrial music scene they were introduced to and subsequently signed with EBM
Electronic body music
Electronic body music or industrial dance is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic dance music...
label Machinery Records
Machinery Records
Machinery Records was a record label founded by Jor and Anna Rosen in 1989 and based in Berlin, Germany. The label was best known for releasing industrial and experimental acts, several of which went on to achieve later success.The label's heyday was the early 1990s...
in Berlin, Germany, with whom they released two albums, starting with Sin Machine in 1995.
Their first album was recorded in Adelaide, but there was some issues around the master tapes being stolen. Shortly after they moved to Berlin, Germany where much of the album was re-recorded.
Their second and best known album Slave was produced by Marc Heal
Marc Heal
Marc Heal is an English musician. He was one of the most prolific and influential Industrial music artists in the 1990s, mixing metal and techno with more traditional Industrial sounds...
and released in 1997.
Static Icon toured the better part of 1997 with the "SLAVE TOUR"
The tour can with a few problems internally with the breakdown of communication with the members and the record label. Resulting in the cancellation of the second leg of the European tour. The band need their own personal space for awhile. Alan Wicks moved to London where he would start writing the 3rd Static Icon album. Timo Bishop married his German girlfriend and moved back to Adelaide Australia and Micheal Walker moved back to Melbourne Australia.
1998 saw Alan Wicks moving back to Australia to finish writing the 3rd Album. Melbourne and Sydney both played there roll along with London in his demoing this album that was written about his own experience as a wide eyed person that moves to a mega city and how he see's that our old conditioning's as a human and our idea of wrong and right and our man made laws and beliefs don't work with this new era of the Mega city life style. The album was finally demoed at the end of 1998 and was ready for to go into the studio to be completed. Noise records were desperate for the bands 3rd Album to be released and were putting on the pressure to hand over the work to them.