The Azoic is an electronic music band that was formed in Columbus, Ohio in February 1996.

History

In October 1996, they received a record contract from

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and released their first CD, ''The Divine Suffering'', in April 1997. Shawn left the band in early 1998 to pursue an alternate musical direction. Their second CD, ''Where Broken Angels Lie'', was released in May 1998 with

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, which was started by Kristy to promote talented, original electronic bands. ''Forward'', The Azoic's third CD, was released on Nilaihah Records in 2001. They also released th
Conflict EP
in 2003 on Nilaihah Records and a video for the title track on YouTube
Conflict Video
. In 2003, the band signed a record deal throughout Europe with Infacted Recordings of

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. In 2004, Infacted released ''Forward+Conflict'', which went to the fourth spot on the DAC and number 2 on the DUC Dutch Alternative Chart. That release completely sold out within 6 months. The Azoic's 4th CD
Illuminate
was released in 2004 on Nilaihah Records and Infacted Recordings (Europe). Xbox (Konami/Microsoft) released their hit game

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; in March 2005 which featured The Azoic track "Conflict (Turmoil Mix)." In early 2008, ''Re:Illumination he mixes' came out on Nilaihah Records. The album holds remixed version of "Illuminate" material by DJ Delobbo, GASR,

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, and more.Remix treatment for The Azoic's 'Illuminate' album - news, torrent, Wikipedia, free MP3, download, lyrics
/ref> In late 2012, The Azoic released a video for "Corruption" on YouTube
Corruption Video
and in early 2013, they released an album on Nilaihah Records also calle

Members

*Kristy Venrick (1996–present)- Based in

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, she is responsible for vocals, lyrics, melody, keyboards, and programming. *Andreas Kleinert (2008–present) - Based in Columbus, Ohio, he is responsible for melodies, programming, guitar and keyboards *Nikademus (2012–present) - Based in

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, he is responsible for some production and mastering. *Lawrence Zalewski (2008–present)- Based in

, he is responsible for live keyboards, guitar, and video. *Eric Eldredge (2008–present)- Based in

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, live keyboards. *Steve Laskarides (1996-2006) - His contributions were music, keyboard, programming, effects, some vocals and some lyrics. He is in a band called Access Zero. *Shawn Lower (1996–1998) - He is in a band called Only Flesh.

Discography

''Contort'' (MP3.com DAM release, 1997) ''Past Afflictions'' (MP3.com DAM release, 1997)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Azoic, The