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. It was founded in 1993 by Eric Eldredge (keyboards, sequences, and vocals). Its career has been lined with a steady output of songs and dance remixes for other artists and several lineup shifts. Each of its three albums to date display a blend of various styles of electronic music, most notably

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and aggrotech, with a strong sense of melody and songwriting.

Band history

The project became a serious entity when Eldredge left another group, Valve, in 1997. The band's inaugural lineup also included Joseph Destry (guitar, vocals) and Mike Cummings a/k/a DJ ANGZTEK (drums). In total Interface released four demo tapes between 1993 and 1998, with little interest from record labels or the music press. DJ ANGZTEK (Mindsett, Absolution) and Destry left Interface in 1998, leaving Eldredge as its sole member. Interface self-released the first LP '' The Artemis Complex'' in January 1999. New Brunswick, New Jersey based label Tinman Records signed the group, picked up the album and released it that summer. A rather ordinary sampling of Industrial and EBM aesthetics of the time, it did win Interface a small cult following, helped immensely by the mp3.com music website. The onstage lineup expanded to Eric's brother Evan Eldredge (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Jon Billian (keyboards) that summer. The second release, July 2002's '' Angels In Disguise'', proved to be Interface's breakthrough into the dark electronic world. Besides a vastly improved overall sound, singles like "Wasted Time" and the title track saw heavy club, indie radio, and webcast play throughout North America and Europe. The higher profile landed them better remix work and live support slots (such as a 2003 show with

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). Despite the album's runaway success, Tinman fell into financial trouble, washing out a follow-up remix companion to ''Angels''. Tinman finally shut down in 2005, just as the group announced a new album was in the works. In 2005, after recording the album, titled ''Beyond Humanity'', Interface began an exhaustive search for a new label, finally landing with Nilaihah Records, a Columbus, Ohio-based label founded by Kristy Venrick of

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. Finally released in March 2006 as an expanded edition with extra tracks added on, the album once again solidified the group's songwriting and production ability. The album's tracks "Age of Computers" and "Doubts and Fears" found their way onto top compilation CDs (Cryonica Tanz 4 and The State of Synthpop 2005, respectively). Evan Eldredge left the group in 2006 to pursue other interests. In 2006, the band collaborated with fellow New Yorker Viral Consciousness on a remake of

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's "Never Let Me Down Again" for the Cryonica tribute album ''Bright Lights, Dark Room''. 2007 saw the debut of the band's most current touring lineup at the Black Sun Festival in August, now adding J. Joseph Dobise as an additional keyboard player and drummer Justin Parker. In addition, they finally recorded a cover of "

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for the Sigsaly Media compilation ''Machines Against Hunger'' (according to the Interface website, they have performed it live since 2003 and it was a fan favorite at concerts). The Cryonica Tanz V5 compilation was announced on March 28, 2008 as including a new Interface song called "Destination", as remixed by Mindless Faith. On a Myspace blog on December 24, 2007 the band announced that a new album ''Destination Focus'' will be out in 2008, preceded by an EP called ''Modern Life''. However, these names appeared reversed upon the release of ''Destination Focus'' as the EP on October 28. ''Visions Of Modern Life'' was released February 24, 2009 on Nilaihah. The first 200 copies sold from Nilaihah's mail order site also included a free copy of the ''Transit'' EP via digital download card. Interface has spent much of 2009 and 2010 with more tour dates and festival appearances as well as the release of an EP for the song "Body Flow", making it the third single pulled from ''Visions of Modern Life''.

Members

* Eric Eldredge - lead vocals, programming/sequencing, production, keyboards * Jonathan Billian - live keyboards, live guitar, programming/sequencing, sampling, vocoder * Justin Parker - live electronic drums

Former members

* Evan Eldredge (1999–2006) - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, additional production * Joseph Destry a/k/a DJ CYN (1997–1998) - guitars, vocals, keyboards * Michael A. Cummings a/k/a DJ ANGZTEK (1997–1998) - drums

Discography (Albums & EPs)

* 1999: '' The Artemis Complex'' (Tinman Records) * 2002: '' Angels In Disguise'' (Tinman Records) * 2003: ''Wasted Time EP'' (Internet limited edition) * 2003: ''Disguised As Angels'' (Tinman Records, Companion remix album to Angels In Disguise) * 2004: ''Doubts And Fears EP'' (

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