more
business than art; more
politcians
than artists "Relativist,
anti-bourgeois,
anti-capitalist and activist conception of life,
of political and diplomatic intelligence, a
manifesto
of inquietude and energy in which art occupied
only a minuscule place, which would even
direct
itself against art
so long as
art
remained a profit-seeking
product
of a compact bourgeois
class."
Die
Kritik am System innerhalb des Systems mit den
Mitteln des Systems: das ist Problem und Aufgabe
innerhalb zeitgenössischer Popmusik, die
ebendiesen Anspruch an sich selbst hat. Der
US-Elektro-Vierer positioniert sich
dementsprechend, verkabelt sich mit Richard H.
Kirk und Burroughs genauso wie mit MTV und tanzt
mit Tribal-Tech-House den Widerspruchs-Tango.
Immer diese Widersprüche, aber Dialektik
kann so schön sein...
03.19.11:
FreeTrack From Society of the Spectactle
Available Tuesday
'Theme From
Cultural Unwind', an album track from the
forthcoming release The Society of The
Spectacle, will be released as a free
download via iTunes Ping from 22 March,
and elsewhere shortly thereafter. The track is
an ambient / downtempo piece slated to appear on
the album. -----
03.18.11:
3kStatic New York Live Tickets Now on Sale
Tickets for the
3kStatic Live Date / Audio Intsallation
event scheduled for New York City June 18 are
now on sale. Tickets ($15) are available at the
link below. The event will premiere tracks from
the forthcoming releases The Society of
the Spectacle and God vs
Cosmonaut.
02.08.11:
3kStatic EP 'Apokrifa Digita' Hits #1 at
eMusic
Now twelve weeks on
the Electronic/Leftfield
genre sales charts, the current 3kStatic
EP release Apokrifa Digita claims the
#1 chart position with today's chart. The
EP includes the US/Canada/Italy club hit
'Black Body Radiator', which itself has
reached #12 (US); #13 (Canada) and
#1 (Italy) Get
it now at
eMusic
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01.30.11:
3kStatic Single 'Black Body Radiator' Hits #1 on
Italy Club Chart
The 3kStatic singles
'Black Body Radiator' and 'The Big Space (2010
Re-Issue)' continue to garner chart response
from radio and club DJs worldwide. With 'The Big
Space' re-entering the Cashbox Magazine Canada
/Zip DJ Club Chart this week. Meanwhile, the
track 'Black Body Radiator' - taken from the EP
Apokrifa Digita - also continues on the charts,
having also hit #1 on the Italy (Club)
Charts.
-----
01.12:
Kevin Max Album Earns 'Album of Year
Nomination
The
2010 Kevin Max album
Cotes d' Armor (True Rebels) has earned
a nomination for 'Album of the
Year' in the twelfth
annual Jammies
Awards,
presented by
WYCE 88.1
FM,
Grand Rapids, MI. Each year, the Jammies honor
artistic achievement of bands and artists
throughout Michigan and the Midwest, with both
Listener's Choice and Critic's Choice
selections. Produced by Kevin
Max, Lynn Nichols,
Tedd Tjornhom and
3kStatic, Cotes d'
Armor also features performances and
production by Adrian Belew
and Graham Crabb (Pop Will Eat
Itself). In addition to the overall
'Album
of The
Year'
nomination, Cotes d' Armor (True
Rebels) is also nominated in the the
'Best Alternative/Indie/Electronic
Album' category. The album was recently
named among the 20-best Albums of the Year by
CMSpin.com
After recently
re-entering the Cashbox
Magazine Canada/Zip DJ
Charts , the current
3kStatic single Black Body Radiator
continues a impressive second climb,
jumping nine spots all the way back to
#15 this week
Previously peaking at #13
on the Canadian chart and #12 on the
US chart, the track - taken from the EP
Apokrifa Digita ‚has now
appeared on the charts for eleven weeks, and
marks one of the few independent label releases
to chart.
Utilized by nearly all major
labels, ZipDJ is the elite promotional pool for
the latest in club and dance releases,
and Black Body Radiator is the
third dPulse Recordings release and also the
third consecutive 3kStatic
single to chart in the Top 40.
The ZipDJ Canada
National Dance and Club Charts are
published weekly as the official national charts
in Cashbox Magazine, and also
report to Billboard Magazine.
The release is currently available in digital
format via all major download stores, and is
also available on CD
exclusively via dPulse.
-----
12.11:
Projected Tones / The Big Space (2010 Re-Issue) In
conjunction with the 12th anniversary of the
3kStatic collective project, dPulse
Recordings has released 'Projected Tones'
and 'The Big Space' as a special-edition
digital single. The release features the 'Aaron
Lee Rub-a-dub Club' Mix of 'Projected
Tones' and the Kris B. vs Nosmo Mix of
''The Big Space'. The release is available
via 3kStatic, Facebook and the dPulse Recordings
Online Store for under $2.
11.25:
Apokrifa Digita; Not Art in eMusic Top 15 3kStatic
charts two concurrent releases in
the
eMusic Leftfield
charts today, with the new EP Apokrifa Digita
at #11 (after peaking at #5), while the
2009 album Not Art jumps back onto the chart
at #15.
11.24:
Bum Bum Dada: A 3kStatic Site 3kStatic.com
has launched Bum-Bum-Dada.com,
a new site featuring previews and downloads of
3kStatic releases. Currently featured is the
just-released EP Apokrifa Digita, which
already has hit #5 at eMusic and includes
the Top 15 US and Canada Dance/Club charting
track 'Black Body Radiator'.
11.18:
New 3kStatic EP Apokrifa Digita Out Now Fresh
off productions for the legendary Pop Will Eat
Itself and KMFDM, the new EP Apokrifa
Digita finds 3kStatic in perhaps a return to
its roots. With a decidedly IDM-inflected,
proto-industrial vibe, the four track EP (CD
includes bonus track) showcases tracks set for
inclusion on the forthcoming (2010) album The
Society of the Spectacle. The EP is also
available in digital and CD formas via 3kStatic and
dPulse
Recordings.
11.15:
New 3kStatic EP Apokrifa Digita Out Tuesday Fresh
off productions for the legendary Pop Will Eat
Itself and KMFDM, the new EP Apokrifa
Digita finds 3kStatic in perhaps a return to
its roots. With a decidedly IDM-inflected,
proto-industrial vibe, the four track EP (CD
includes bonus track) showcases tracks set for
inclusion on the forthcoming (2010) album The
Society of the Spectacle. Slated for
release November 16, 2010, the EP is now available
in advance release via 3kStatic and
dPulse
Recordings.
10.20:
New 3kStatic Track Climbs Cashbox / ZipDJ
Charts
The
new 3kStatic track 'Black Body Radiator' -
taken from the forthcoming EP Apokrifa
Digita - has become the band's third
consecutive single to chart Top 25 or better on the
ZipDJ dance and Club Charts. The track is currently
#15 (Club; Canada) and #20 Dance; #23 Club on the
US charts. The ZipDJ charts represents the official
dance charts for Cashbox Magazine Canada and
are also reported to Billboard Magazine.
Releasing November 16, 2010, Apokrifa Digita
is currently available on CD and digital as an
advance release on the dPulse Recordings online
store.
09.27:
Amazon Unveils 3kStatic Store Amazon.com
has launched an expanded artist store for 3kStatic
MP3 downloads and CDs. The store also includes,
videos. photos and assorted misinformation.
Listeners can add comments, update the music wiki
and consume brain-aided audio.
09.23:
New 3kStatic EP Apokrifa Digita : Advance
Release Fresh
off productions for the legendar Pop Will Eat
Itself and KMFDM, the new EP Apokrifa Digita finds
3kStatic in perhaps a return to its roots. With a
decidedly IDM-inflected, proto-industrial vibe, the
four track EP (CD includes bonus track) showcases
tracks set for inclusion on the forthcoming (2010
album The Society of the Spectacle. Slated for
release November 16, 2010, the EP is now available
in exclusive advance release visa 3kStatic and
dPulse Recordings.
09.05:
3kStatic Voodoo Science: 112 Weeks in Top 5 at
We7.com The
2008 3kStatic double album marks 112 weeks in the
Top 5 on the Experimental
Dance
charts at music discovery site We7.com.
A sprawling, genre skipping
double album, Voodoo Science
(Cargo Records Germany / dPulse) also includes
collaborations with Vile Evils
(Graham Crabb and Adam Mole of Pop Will Eat
Itself; Professor Griff;Greg X Volz of Petra and many
others. The album was a candidate (Best Electronic
/ Dance album) in the 51st GRAMMY Awards, and was
the second 3kStatic album to be a GRAMMY candidate,
following up the 2006 release
Where’s Our Piece of the
Groovy World?, which also was the
#1 Dance Album across Europe
(iTunes) in 2006.
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08.23:
Kevin Max Cotes d' Armor (True Rebels) Out
Tuesday The
long-anticipated Kevin Max album Cotes d' Armor
(True Rebels) is released 8.24.10, and
available on CD or digital download directly from
the dPulse
Recordings
Store.
The album will also be available via all major
digital music retailers and on CD via retailers
nationwide. The album is produced by
3kStatic and Kevin Max, with
contributions and guest appearances by Graham
Crabb,Adrian Belew, Tedd
Tjornhom, Lynn Nichols and many
more. -----
08.22:
KMFDM 'Godlike 2010' Now Available 3kStatic
joins members of Prong, Static-X
and The Melvins on the 'Godlike 2010'
CD/EP, available now from KMFDM.
Available exclusively from the KMFDM
Store,
'Godlike 2010' celebrates the 20th
anniversary of this seminal release. The EP is
available for digital download, and a limited
edition 1000 CD pressing is now on pre-order for
shipping September 14. The KMFDM Store is also
featuring an extra -cool Godlike 2010 bundle
that includes a t-shirt and additional instant
collector''s items.
----- 07.24:
Work Underway For New P. Hux Project The
first 3kStatic sessions for the forthcoming
Parthenon Huxley album took place July 15-20
in the DC area. The album promises to be a fitting
follow up to previous successful collaborations
between Huxley and 3kStatic.
A single will be first on the slate and announced
soon, with the full album to follow.
-----
07.01:
Festival; First Cotes d'Armor Tour Dates
Announced The
first 3kStatic live dates of 2010 have been
announced, beginning with a late-night appearance
at the NOPHEST Summer Music Festival (Atlanta,
GA) 07.22.10. Additional confirmed dates in
association with the Cotes d' Armor Tour with
Kevin Max, include: Chicago, IL 08.20.10
with special guest Jon Anderson (Yes);
and Hard Rock Cafe Nashville, 08.24.10 with
guests Knapsackheroes!, Enjoy The Zoo and
Chancellor Warhol. Click
here
for more info as dates are added.
-----
06.08:
3kStatic Set To Announce New Album; Line-Up
Expansion Gearing
up for the fortchoming album The Society of The
Spectacle, 3kStatic will also shortly release
information on the expanded new line-up for this
project and into the remainder of 2010 and beyond.
3kStatic has also launched the new website
apokrifa
digita.
No news there yet, stay tuned.
-----
05.27:
Kevin Max 'Saint of Lonely Hearts' on New Benefit
Release Taken
from the forthcoming Kevin Max album
Cotes d'Armor, 'Saint of Lonely
Hearts' is also now featured on the
just-released benefit compilationFor
Nashville For
Haiti.
All proceeds from the release are donated to relief
efforts for both victims of the recently flooding
in Nashville, TN and also those in continuing
recovery efforts in Haiti. Cotes d' Armor is
currently scheduled for release later this summer.
The album version of 'Saint of Lonely Hearts'
is produced by 3kStatic. Original version
produced by Kevin Max and Jonathan Smith. Tracks
from Cotes d'Armor are produced by
3kStatic, Tedd T., Lynn Nichols
and Graham Crabb of Pop Will Eat
Itself
04.27:
Production Wraps on Kevin Max 'Cotes d'Armor' Graham
Crabb of Pop Will Eat Itself,Mutemath producers Tedd T and Lynn
Nichols (Lynnt Productions) and 3kStatic have
wrapped production of tracks from the forthcoming
Kevin Max album Cotes d'Armor (True
Rebels). With the Lynnt-produced first
single'On
Yer Bike!'released
today, the project draws mention in an enlightening
interview on gmclife.com.
-----
03.28.10:
Vile Evils 3-CD Set Includes 3kStatic Tracks;
Remixes The
just-released 3-CD
Vile Evils
collection
includes numerous versions of 'Council Housed
and Violent' - a 3kStatic/Vile Evils
collaboration - as well as 3kStatic remixes of Vile
Evils tracks 'The Way I Feel Inside' and
'Demon (feat. Clint Mansell)'.
The set is available as a 3-CD package, and each
disc is also available individually on CD or
download.
Lyntt Productions will produce the all-new tracks
'Get On Yer Bike' and 'Walking Thru Walls', while
PWEI will remix tracks that originally appeared on
the 2008 release Crashing Gates. 3kStatic will
produce a companion disc in conjunction with PWEI,
as well as the new track 'Unholy Triad'.
03.01.10:
3kStatic on New Vile Evils + Pop Will Eat Itself
Remix EP 3kStatic
remixes of the Vile Evils single 'Demon
(feat. Clint Mansell)' and PWEI single 'Axe
of Men 2010' appear on the 'Demon / Axe of
Men 2010' remix release, available as an
exclusive advance download at dPulse Recordings,
and out everywhere from March 2. The EP (11 track
CD version /13 tracks digital) also includes
remixes from Warp Records co-founder Robert
Gordon and many more. The Vile Evils
debut albumVive
le vileevilis
released March 23.
The Remix EP includes the 3kStatic 'In Hearing
Range' and 'In Extended Range' remixes
of PWEI's 'Axe of Men 2010' and the 3kStatic
'Kalku Dub Mix' of 'Demon (feat. Clint
Mansell)'.
The Demon / Axe of Men Remix EP will be
available everywhere from 2 March.
01.14.10.
- Vile Evils on New KMFDM Remix Album 3kStatic
collaborators and label mates Vile Evils
(Graham Crabb and Adam Mole of Pop Will Eat
Itself) appear on the new KMFDM remix album
Krieg,
along with many superstars of the industrial scene.
Krieg is out now and available only at
the
KMFDM Store.
dPulse Recordings will release the Vile Evils album
Vive le vileevil March 23, 2010. Get more info at
the dPulse
Official Site.
01.14.10.
- 3KStatic + P. Hux Back in Canada Top 15 The
3kStatic single 'Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle' featuring
ELO Part II/Orchestra alum Parthenon
Huxley re-enters the charts this week at
venerable music publication Cashbox Magazine
and the zipDJ Dance Music Promo Pool.
Re-entering the Dance Chart at #15, 'Ma-Ma-Ma
Belle' is the first single taken from the
Collaborations, 2006-2009 compilation, and the
second consecutive 3kStatic single to reach the Top
25 on the Cashbox/zipDJ charts, following the
Canada Top 10-charting single 'Projected Tones from
the just-released digital version of the Sony album
Evolver.
With vocals and guitar from Orchestra/ELO, Part
II album Parthenon Huxley, 'Ma-Ma-Ma Belle'
and 'Showdown' appear on the 3kStatic
album release Voodoo Science, with
'Showdown' previously earning distinction as
the longest-running 3kStatic #1 charting track - 31
consecutive weeks at the former
Playittonight.com
Composed by Jeff Lynne, both 'Showdown' and
'Ma-Ma-Ma Belle' appear on the Electric Light
Orchestra album On The Third Day. Both
tracks also appear on the P. Hux album Homemade
Spaceship: The Music of ELO Performed By P. Hux.
The 3kStatic + P. Hux collaboration began with
the re-recording of the P. Hux interpretations of
the classic ELO tracks.
12.30.09
- REMIXES; COLLABORATIONS OUT NOW 3kStatic
has hit #1 on digital album charts with three
concurrent releases this month, and sees the new
digital compilation of remixes Remixes,
2006-2009
released today.
In addition, 'Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle' - the
reworking of the Electric Light Orcehstra
classic and featuring Orchestra/ELO, Part II
alum Parthenon Huxley on guitar and vocals -
enters the Cashbox Magazine Canada Dance
charts at #10 this week, marking the second
consecutive 3kStatic single to chart
Top
10 at
cashbox/ZipDJ.
Meanwhile, the group's 2008 digital double album
Voodoo
Science
has again hit#1on the Experimental Dance charts at
UK-based
We7.com.
Further, Collaborations, 2006-2009 is also a
featured release at a third UK-based
AudioJelly.com, where the band last year notched 14
charting tracks from Voodoo Science.
3kStatic also is currently the overall#1
artist (Electronic IDM) and this week the #4
Fastest Rising act in electronic music overall at
lala.com, the innovative music store purchased by
Apple Computer in the past week.
Featuring tracks recorded with Huxley,
Vile Evils, Kevin Max, Professor
Griff and many more, Collaborations
2006-2009 is a veritable feast of electronic
freak-rock. Releasing on the eve of the band's 11th
anniversary on the underground electronic scene,
Collaborations 2006-2009 chronicles a
prolific period in 3kStatic studio activity,
hopefully with positive results.
Previously
available exclusively on the Sony
2-CD set Evolver: Distinctive Electronica
(including the full sound and loop library from the
album); the dPulse digital release of the 3kStatic
album Evolver debuts today at #3 at
both lala.com
( IDM)
and eMusic
(Leftfield),
and is also the featured
new release at
Rhapsody.com.
Evolver includes 11 original tracks,
featuring collaborations with Kevin Max (DC
Talk), Robert Bond (Les McCann), Randy
Garcia and David Manion (Kansas, Seventh
Key); and also features the Cashbox Magazine
Canada / zipDJ Top 10 Dance single
'Projected Tones'.
SONY FEED / EVOLVER: Evolution: a process of
formation and growth; a pattern formed by a series
of movements. In music, it describes the process of
creative reinvention, which is why we've titled
this library Evolver: Distinctive
Electronica. From nomadic techno excursions
and house music bangers to glitch guitar serenades
and crunk ruminations, Evolver opens wormholes to
electronica's storied past and gives fresh clues to
lead you into its possible futures. Souled-out
six-strings wail, 808s bounce, synthesizers attack
from all angles, and bass bubbles up from the
underworld in these ten explosive construction
kits.. Eclectic eccentrics 3kStatic are joined here
by a host of guest musicians, including Kevin Max
(DC Talk), David Manion (Kansas), and Robert Bond
(Liberty Horses). As an added bonus, Evolver
features a companion audio CD with song versions of
each royalty-free construction
kit.
11.25.09: 'MA-MA-MA BELLE (FEAT. P HUX)' HITS
DANCE CHARTS
Taken
from the forthcoming 3kStatic compilation
Collaborations, 2006-2009, the 3kStatic single
'Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle' featuring ELO Part
II/Orchestra alum Parthenon Huxley
enters the charts this week at venerable music
publication Cashbox Magazine and the zipDJ
Dance Music Promo Pool.
Entering the US Club Chart at #29 and the Dance
Chart at #22, 'Ma-Ma-Ma Belle' is the first single
taken from the Collaborations compilation, and the
second consecutive 3kStatic single to reach the Top
25 on the Cashbox/zipDJ charts, following the
Canada Top 10-charting single 'Projected Tones from
the just-released digital version of the Sony album
Evolver.
With vocals and guitar from Orchestra/ELO, Part
II album Parthenon Huxley, 'Ma-Ma-Ma Belle'
and 'Showdown' appear on the 3kStatic
album release Voodoo Science, with
'Showdown' previously earning distinction as
the longest-running 3kStatic #1 charting track - 31
consecutive weeks at the former
Playittonight.com
Composed by Jeff Lynne, both 'Showdown' and
'Ma-Ma-Ma Belle' appear on the Electric Light
Orchestra album On The Third Day. Both
tracks also appear on the P. Hux album Homemade
Spaceship: The Music of ELO Performed By P. Hux.
The 3kStatic + P. Hux collaboration began with
the re-recording of the P. Hux interpretations of
the classic ELO tracks.
Previously
available exclusively as a 2-CD set including the
full Sony
sound and loop library from the album, the 2009
release Evolver will be released in digital formats
11.24.09 via dPulse Recoridngs/INgrooves.
Evolver includes 11 original tracks, with
collaborations with Kevin Max (DC Talk), Robert
Bond (Les McCann), Randy Garcia and David Manion
(Kansas) front and center.
11.06.09: ACIDPLANET REMIX CONTEST WINNERS
ANNOUNCED
Winners
of the Official 3kStatic Remix Contest @
Sony's ACIDplanet.com have been announced, with
zodi4c taking the top prize with 'Reborn', while
Yumenomado and The Loopkitchen follow close behind
with 'Synthetic Carpet Static' and 'Bad Faith',
respectively.
Over 75 producers contributed tracks remixed from
sounds and loops from the 3kStatic Sony
release
Evolver.
Check out the winning mixes our listen to all
entries at ACIDplanet.com
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10.31.09: 3KSTATIC: NOT ART OUT NOW @ DPULSE
STORE
Following up the 2009
Sony release Evolver, the new 3kStatic
digital-only release Not Art is released
today, exclusively via the dPulse Recordings Online
Store.
Including a collection of both all-new tracks and
alternate versions initially recorded during the
Evolver sessions, Not Art is
assembled loosely as a concept album that presents
the band's recognition of the influence of Dadaist
art on earlier electronic music. Not Art opens with four new tracks that
evoke an early 90s-period retro/house approach,
interspersed with spoken word samples.
The net result is not typical dance music, but
rather a soundtrack to the band's underlying vibe -
and a departure of sorts from their recent and more
accessible output.
One notable exception is 'Identity Thieves', which
employs crunchingly atmospheric guitars from Nerd
Parade's Randy Garcia in an otherwise otherworldly
stew of tribal downtempo elements and shimmering
jazz house keys.
The album is available in DRM-free hi-fidelity
320kbps mp3 format and is priced at $8.99.
----- 10.12.09: FOUR NEW 3KSTATIC RELEASES IN 4TH
QUARTER
dPulse
Recordings will release four new 3kStatic titles in
late 2009, including the digital version
of
Evolver.
Also on the way are the compilations
Collaborations, 2006-2009 and Remixes,
2006-2009 and the EP Not
Art
(releasing 10.27.09). Previews of the tracks
'Identity Thieves' and 'Bicycle Wheel' are
available on Soundcloud.
-----
09.25.09:
FOUR 3KSTATIC TRACKS ON MTV UK; 12,090 'SPINS' -
Q1.2009
With tracks appearing on
episodes of MTV's groundbreaking reality series
'The Real World" for over five years,
3kStatic has become a staple of the show's
soundtrack.
3kStatic tracks also have been included on the
soundtrack to other Viacom programming, including
"Road Rules" and on the Gay/Lesbian oriented
Logo cable channel.
For the First Quarter of 2009, BMI reports that
3kStatic music registered 12,090 'spins'
(performances), including the tracks
'Dreamlanding'; 'Parallel Rush';
'Rail' and 'Tomorrow' appearing on
the soundtrack of "The Real World" during the Q1
program cycle on MTV UK.
These tracks are available on releases available
wherever you buy music, including the newly
expanded dPulse
Recordings
Store.
3kStatic music can also be licensed for Third Party
uses.
09.21.09:
3KSTATIC:'PROJECTED TONES' PEAKS @ #10 (CANADA); US
#24
Taken from the 2009 Sony release
Evolver,
the 3kStatic track 'Projected Tones' peaked
last week at #10 the National Dance Chart
(Canada); and on the US Dance Chart at #24.
The chart is compiled from radio, club and DJ chart
returns byzipdj.com,
North America's elite DJ pool. The ZipDJ Canada
National Charts are reported to MIS and published
by Billboard.
The Projected
Tones
(Remixed)
EP (Nightshade Music) earlier climbed into the
Top 5 at progressivehouse.com.
The original version of 'Projected Tones'
will also appear on the digital release ofEvolver,
releasing 11.24.09 An exclusive 'Projected
Tones' digital single will be released via the
dPulse
Recordings store
from 09.01.09.
Released 09.08.09, the new 3kStatic digital
singe Warkrmnl (Remixed) includes an
alternate version of the track, taken from the Sony
release Evolver.
The single is available on all major digital music
retailers.
08.31.09:
NEW SINGLE: 'SO WHAT NOW, NEW SOUL?' OUT NOW
Released 08.25.09, the new 3kStatic single/EP
So What Now, New Soul?), includes alternate
versions of the track, taken from the Sony release
Evolver.
A star-studded collaboration, the track features
Robert Bond (Liberty Horses, Les McCann) and
Randy Garcia (Nerd Parade). Virgil
Howe (Yes, Future Sound of London, Pet Shop
Boys) and David Manion (Kansas, Seventh Key,
Paul Rodgers) are featured on the alternate
takes.
The Sugar Evolver digital single includes
multiple alternate versions, a remix from Belgian
producers Suite 406, and the original Logickal
release Sugarknife. The single is the first of a
series of releases based on the 3kStatic album and
Sony Sound Library Evolver: Distinctive
Electronica.
08.14.09:
VOODOO SCIENCE HITS #1 ON ALBUM CHARTS @ WE7;
LALA
The
2008 3kStatic digital double album Voodoo
Science today jumps back to the #1 chart
position on both We7
(Experimental Dance) and Lala.com
(IDM). Featuring collaborations with Parthenon
Huxley (ELO, Part II); Greg X. Volz
(Petra); Professor Griff (Public Enemy);
Vile Evils (Graham Crabb and Adam Mole of
Pop Will Eat Itself) and more, Voodoo
Science has charted ten tracks on various
retailers since its release in early 2008.
07.27.09: SONY ACIDPLANET.COM 3KSTATIC REMIX
CONTEST
Sony
Creative
Software
has launched the Official
3kStatic ACIDplanet remix
contest,
featuring sounds and loops from the 2009 Sony
release 'Evolver'. Offered for remixing is a
demo track taken from the 3kStatic Sony Sound
Library release 'Evolver: Distinctive
Electronica', which ships with the album.
Elements from that mix are taken from various
original tracks on the album, and the demo track
was mixed by Fuzzilicious.
The first Sony release to include both an original
album and a complete sound library,
Evolver:
Distinctive
Electronica
by 3kStatic is available now from Sony Creative
Software at 25% off (for a limited time).
07.07.09: iLIKE FEATURES 'END OF THE REEL';
3KSTATIC.COM TOPS 2 MILLION
HITS
Since
moving to a new server in May 2009, 3kStatic.com
has now registered over 2,000,000 hits from over
118,00 unique users.
Meanwhile, Facebook
and iLikeare currently offering a free download of the
2003 track 'End of The Reel' which features
Drumfire of Afro-Mystik.
06.22.09: ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF SITUATIONS -
EVEN THOSE READY
MADE
It's
perhaps somewhat mystifying to be faced head-on
with the fact that some might take the creative
ideals that fuel their pursuits - and actually put
them into practice. Perhaps in a world of producing
noise for money or attention, this is somewhat
unusual.
Maybe the notion of 'anti-art' as a means of
calling attention to the inherent farce of it all -
but at the same time deploying the results as a
statement for what a group may (or may not) feel to
be the Truth - is in itself nonsensical.
This collective happens to take the principle that
rebelling against art is one method of also
rebelling against the status quo quite
seriously. The ideals of Dadaism and Situationism
are effective in this regard, just as they were in
1917 or 1957.
3kStatic exists to both deconstruct art and
construct new situations - without
separation from daily life, business, politics or
creative pursuits.
A
moment of life concretely and
deliberately
constructed
by the collective organization
of
a unitary ambiance
and a game
of events."
Should
it prove too difficult to see this is what this
collective actually does, then:
06.14.09:
3KSTATIC DECLARES HOLIDAY: 86TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
DADA RIOT
Two-time GRAMMY@ candidate electronica
collective 3kStatic have announced the declaration
of 07.06.09 as a global holiday to commemorate the
86th Anniversary of the 1923 Dada Riot, the
impending 2 millionth hit to the band's official
site at 3kStatic.com
and the 07.21.09 release of the digital single
'Sugar Evolver (featuring Kevin Max)'.
The new single will include alternate versions,
remixes and the original Logickal version
'Sugarknife'.
Beginning today and thru 07.06.09, 3kStatic will
transmit Dada-encoded messages exclusively via
Twitter.
The band's followers are being coerced to do the
same....rebelling against art and keeping the
spirit of the Dadaist movement alive in the 21st
Century by sending random, Dadaist tweets.
3kStatic.com will select the best of these messages
quite by chance....and the selected message will
enitle the "tweeter" to a free copy of the new
3kStatic album & sound libraryEvolver,
recently released by Sony Creative
Software.
Evolver
is the first original album to be released by Sony
to include a complete sound library, and is
currently on sale @ Sony for $39.95.
About
the Riot:
Seen by some as the moment that the Dada movement
fractured and gave rise to Surrealism, the volatile
evening of 07.06.23 was highlighted by a
performance of The Gas Heart by
Tristan Tzara....elements of which will be
included on 3kStatic.com and especially via Twitter
during the next month.
Owing to a dispute between the Dada factions
gathered for the event, and the reaction of the
theatre patrons present, The Gas
Heart provoked a disturbance that would
become a riot before police could intervene, and
later spilled into he streets around the
Théâtre Michel.
Fueled by a detachment from pop culture, an
anti-capitalist and anti-art worldview, Dadaist
artists and poets viewed their work as weapons
against the status quo, pioneering concepts such as
'ready made art' and 'cut-up montages'.
Carried on by modern artists such as Wiliam
Burroughs, the application of Dada in media - and
specifically audio and video production - was key
to the early cyberpunk and industrial electronic
artists of the 1970s and 80s, and a major influence
on fellow travellers who came later, such as
3kStatic.
Declare 07.06.09 a national (insert nation of
choice) holiday.
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