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Scandroid
Scandroid is an American electronic music project created by Klayton, which previously included Varien in 2013. The project released its debut single, "Salvation Code", on August 6, 2013. Scandroid can be described as encompassing the retro synth melodies of the 1980s while still adapting to modern production, thus creating a new retro sound. Biography Pre-album release (2013–2015) An image was teased of a skull-like logo via the Celldweller Facebook page on July 16, 2013, hinting at an incoming project. On July 24, 2013, an official announcement was posted to Celldweller, simply titled "What is the Salvation Code?" In continuation with the teaser, their website SalvationCode.com launched, requiring a password for entry; this password could be found using hints from previous videos as well as from a riddle sent out to users who submitted a "forgotten password" form. After entering the password ("2513"), the users could access an extended preview of the unreleased song use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klayton
Klayton Albert (born Scott David Albert; June 17, 1969) is an American multi-instrumentalist from New York City who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Klayton has led several bands and has performed under a variety of stage names since the early 1990s. His current projects are Celldweller, Scandroid and FreqGen. Personal life Albert grew up in an Italian-American conservative Christian household in New York, where he attended church with his younger brother Dan and friends Buka and Klank (who would collaborate with him on a number of future music projects). Albert never had formal training on an instrument, instead picking up whatever interested him and learning it himself. He graduated from Farmingdale High School. He took one semester of music theory in college but dropped out, explaining that "all they wanted to tell me is what I could and couldn't do according to the laws of music and I couldn't have cared less." He eventually led to characterizing himself as b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
End Of An Empire
''End of an Empire'' is the third vocal studio album (fifth overall) from electronic rock project Celldweller; it was released in "chapters", like most of Celldweller's previous works. The first of four chapters, ''Time'', was released on September 16, 2014. The second, ''Love'', was released on December 5, 2014. The third, ''Dreams'', was released on March 13, 2015. The fourth and final chapter, ''Death'', was released on July 17, 2015. The full album was released on November 6, 2015. Concept ''End of an Empire'' is a concept album, set in the world of "Atiria". The narrative focuses on "The Emperor", who is dealing with a failing civilization, brought about by conflict between "Pro-bots" and "Robophobes". Other characters are introduced in each chapter; "Overseer", "Siren", "Dreamcatcher" and "Gatekeeper" (in that order). Other locations include "Deltar", a city within Atiria, and "Helion", home to the "XR-87 Prison System". Currently, little is known about the relationships bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celldweller
Celldweller is an American electronic rock project by multi-musician Klayton. Celldweller songs have been featured in many films, movie trailers, television shows and video games. Career Precursors: Circle of Dust and Angeldust (1992–1999) The name Celldweller was derived from a nickname his mother gave him when he was a teenager, dubbed "Cellar Dweller", as he made all of his music in his parents' basement. Klayton had gained a devoted cult following in the mid 90s because of his industrial metal band Circle of Dust. After the dissolution of Circle of Dust, Klayton concurrently released both a posthumous collection of reworked Circle of Dust leftovers titled '' Disengage'' and an album for a new project, Angeldust, created in conjunction with illusionist Criss Angel. Both albums demonstrated Klayton's shift away from industrial metal and towards more electronic-modern industrial rock influences, incorporating richer electronic instrumentation and greater emphasis on melody. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waveshaper (musician)
Tom Andersson (born 26 September 1984), known professionally as Waveshaper, is a Swedish electronic musician specialising in synthwave. Inspired by artists like Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk and Daft Punk, as well as 80s movie soundtracks, his music is retrofuturistic and is composed with a variety of hardware synthesizers, including the ARP 2600, Roland Jupiter-4, and Korg MS-20. He released his debut album ''Tracks To The Future'' on the label Lunar Boogie in 2013, and the EP ''Sounds That Kill'' on Telefuture Records in 2014. In 2015, he released the four-track vinyl record ''Solar Drifter'' on the Swedish synthwave label Rad Rush Records. Andersson also featured in the 2019 documentary film The Rise of the Synths which explored the origins and growth of the Synthwave genre, appearing alongside various other composers from the scene, including Carpenter Brut. John Carpenter also starred in and narrated the film. Discography Singles * Dangerous Love (2013) * So French Disco (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shout (Tears For Fears Song)
"Shout" is a song by English pop/rock band Tears for Fears, released as the second single from their second studio album, ''Songs from the Big Chair'' (1985), on 23 November 1984. Roland Orzabal is the lead singer on the track. The single became the group's sixth UK top 40 hit, peaking at No. 4 in January 1985. In the US, it reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on 3 August 1985 and remained there for three weeks; also topping the ''Cash Box'' chart. "Shout" became one of the most successful songs of 1985, eventually reaching No. 1 in multiple countries. It is regarded as one of the most recognizable songs from the mid-eighties, and is recognized by Chris True of AllMusic as a "Tears for Fears signature moment". Background While Tears for Fears' previous single " Mothers Talk" had showcased a new, more extroverted songwriting style, "Shout" was completed with power chords, heavy percussion, a synth bass solo and a vocal-sounding synth riff. The song even has a lengthy guit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle Of Dust
Circle of Dust is an industrial music project from New York City created by Klayton, who later became known as Celldweller. The project was active from 1988 to 1998 and then re-started in 2015 after Klayton gained back ownership of his old albums. The project has released five studio albums: ''Circle of Dust'' (1992), ''Brainchild'' (1994), a re-recording of ''Circle of Dust'' (1995), '' Disengage'' (1998), and '' Machines of Our Disgrace'' (2016). History Formation, ''Circle of Dust'' and ''Brainchild'' (1991–1995) Klayton formed Circle of Dust in New York City after the disbandment of his former late '80s thrash metal outfit Immortal. Signed to R.E.X. Records in 1991, Klayton self-recorded and self-produced all of the Circle of Dust material. The self-titled debut album, released by R.E.X. in 1992, has been described as "post-''Pretty Hate Machine'' industrial pop". That same year, Klayton, using the pseudonym Tox, teamed up with R.E.X. president Doug Mann that same ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varien
Nikki Kaelar (born May 15, 1990), better known by her stage name Varien, is an American composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Varien has incorporated or experimented with such styles as industrial, metal, orchestral, neofolk, and ambient music. She is known for her work on film soundtracks, along with her unconventional approach to electronic music, including many live instruments not normally found on tracks within her genres. Early life Kaelar was born on May 15, 1990, in Tampa, Florida. She had a connection to music from a very young age, and her family supported her passion. At the age of 11, Varien began playing the guitar and attempting songwriting, and she joined a number of bands experimenting with genres of rock, grindcore, metalcore, and jazz. Kaelar developed perfect pitch when playing the keyboard at age fourteen. Kaelar was in multiple bands in high school, playing grindcore, metalcore, screamo, post-hardcore, and power metal before joining her schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FiXT Music
FiXT (pronounced "fixed") is an American independent media company with several divisions including a record label, an online music store, and a film/TV/video game music licensing arm. FiXT was founded and is owned by Klayton, the sole member of the electronic rock project Celldweller. History FiXT started in 2006 as an outgrowth of Esion Media, the name under which Klayton published his earliest Celldweller material. After years of trouble with distributors over how to properly handle Celldweller's unique brand of music, Klayton decided to take the same approach to record labels as he did with his music and handle the matter himself. Some of the first releases on FiXT were remix compilations for Celldweller tracks that were called the Take It & Break It series. The remixes were solicited from fans who could download and remix the song files for free. Out of this series grew FiXT Remix, a separate site that regularly hosts remix contests for artists signed to FiXT or carried i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Wars Day
''Star Wars'' Day is an informal commemorative day observed annually on May4 to celebrate the ''Star Wars'' media franchise created by founder, former chairman and CEO of Lucasfilm, George Lucas. Observance of the day spread quickly through media and grassroots celebrations since the franchise began in 1977. The date originated from the pun "''May the Fourth'' be with you", a variant of the popular ''Star Wars'' catchphrase "May the Force be with you". Even though the holiday was not created or declared by Lucasfilm, many ''Star Wars'' fans around the world have chosen to celebrate the holiday. It has since been embraced by Lucasfilm and parent company Disney as an annual celebration of ''Star Wars''. Additionally, the release date of the original ''Star Wars'' movie on May 25, 1977 is also celebrated as Geek Pride Day. History The first recorded reference of the phrase being used was on May 4, 1979, the day after Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister of the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Stanley
Ian Christopher Stanley (born 28 February 1957) is a British musician, songwriter and record producer. He was previously a member of the English band Tears for Fears for most of the 1980s, and played a key role in the making of their multi-platinum selling second studio album ''Songs from the Big Chair''. Biography Career After offering them free use of his recording facility, Stanley became a member of Tears for Fears, contributing on synthesizers, drum machines, organ, pianos and backing vocals on their first three albums. He also co-wrote (with Roland Orzabal) many of their songs from the period 1983–1985, and was a part of the production team during this era as the band worked with producer Chris Hughes at their studio, The Wool Hall, in Bath. He has appeared in several Tears for Fears music videos, including ''Change'' (in which he plays one of the two masked musicians), '' Mothers Talk'' (version 1 & 3), ''Shout'', ''Everybody Wants to Rule the World'', ''Head ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller (song)
"Thriller" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records in the UK on November 5, 1983, and in the US on January 23, 1984, as the seventh and final single from his sixth studio album of the same name. "Thriller" is a funk song produced by Quincy Jones and written by Rod Temperton, who wanted to write a theatrical song to suit Jackson's love of film. The music and lyrics evoke horror films, with sound effects such as thunder, footsteps, and wind. It ends with a spoken-word sequence performed by the horror actor Vincent Price. "Thriller" received positive reviews and became the album's seventh top-ten single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching number four. It reached number one in Belgium, France and Spain, and the top ten in many other countries. "Thriller" is certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America. In the week of Jackson's death in 2009, it was Jackson's bestselling track in the US, with sales of 167,000 co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Star Wars
The music of the ''Star Wars'' franchise is composed and produced in conjunction with the development of Star Wars, the feature films, television series, and other merchandise within the epic film, epic space opera franchise created by George Lucas. The music for the primary feature films (which serves as the basis for the rest of the related media) was written by John Williams. Williams' work on the series included the scores of nine feature films, a suite and several cues of thematic material for Solo and the theme music for the Galaxy's Edge Theme Park. These count among the most widely known and popular contributions to modern film music, and utilize a symphony orchestra and features an assortment of about fifty recurring musical themes to represent characters and other plot elements: one of the largest caches of themes in the history of film music. Released between 1977 and 2019, the music for the primary feature films was, in the case of the first two trilogies, performed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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