update 01.10: debut album RE:COGNITION available now :
itunes :
amazon : emusic : rhapsody : special edition CD pack coming very soon!
Nick - vox, guitars, programming, miscellaneous instrumentation.
Paul - synths, programming.
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture..." - so lets dance.
Post-Prodigy industrial pop? Broken robot funk? Depeche Mode being mugged by the Aphex Twin in a dark alleyway? Take your pick.
Mesh the emotional vocal melodies and song structures of 80s alterna-electro-pop with abstract concussion beats and miscellaneous noise, and you might have a vague idea of [ cell 7 ]. Scientific synth bleeps, the occasional orchestral instrument and some sharp but rusty machine guitars complete the picture.
Standing primarily in the darker side of the musical spectrum, [ cell 7 ] has an aggressive, industrial edge that is offset by a highly melodic and atmospheric sensibility. The themes are not necessary melancholic or negative, just introspective and sometimes a little ambiguous to the listener. The rhythms are fractured, complex: never conventional but always danceable. Sometimes entering distorted cyber-breakbeat territory, other times offering a stuttering IDM skeleton to a track. Lush layers of organic and synthetic instrumentation sit within the track, with potent yet textural vocals above. Strains of Dave Gahan, Trent Reznor and David Bowie are traceable in Nick's tones, but there is also a dirty edge that implies a few 90s Seattle influences. Bleeding, metallic guitar is not used in the traditional rock sense - more as an impact device to tear through the mix.
Paul and Nick have been friends since the age of 5, growing up in the hills of Perth, Western Australia. Both received classical training, Paul on piano and Nick with violin and viola. The obligatory teen rebellion against this led to equal parts rave, techno, electro, goth, alt-metal, pop and noise influences - these were meshed together to create the new sound of [ cell 7 ].
West Australian Music Industry [WAMI] award winners 3 years in a row, [ cell 7 ] have contributed tracks to a number of compilation records, featured on TV soundtracks and were commissioned to create theme music for short films and events. A limited edition mini-album was released, selling out in under 72 hours. Now splitting their time between Perth and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the band has finally released their debut full-length CD, re:COGNITION.
Nick and Paul have worked for years in spectacularly pedantic style: tweaking, remixing, refining then discarding and starting again, then losing half the work in hard-drive supernovas. RE:COGNITION is a mix of reinvented song fragments completed with the latest production technologies and their own personal maturity. The music possesses an almost Vernian steampunk appreciation - visions of velvet, absinthe and arcane machinery sit alongside sci-fi digital precision/corrosion and a sense of melancholic optimism. RE:COGNITION shows [ cell 7 ] as a band with the perfect blend of past and future.
Great music! Really nice cover song too. It displays the emotion of the song just as well as the original. Hope you check out my new song, "dont fight it". its killshit industrial metal, let me know what you think! hope to hear from you!
GREETINGS FROM COVINGTON, TN.
<br />Thank you for requesting to be added to myspace friend's page. I hope that our friendship will continue to grow. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your world of music. Should you get a banner, plz let me know that I can post it on my profile to help promote your music when ppl and future friends come to visit. I love electronic/industrial. Red-This mix is just awesome. He is able to see within himself, self destructive, description of how this woman makes him see red, she feels she had him, maybe a ping-pong affect. Reels himself back into himself, sees his indescretions, sees his impurities, his faults. The music and vocals are hypnotic. Love it!!!!!The reason-Love the intro.She is kept a secret, is feeding the relationship, no right/wrong way to say anything, confusion, his head continues to pound, sins darken the relationship, darkness parallels the relationship, waiting for all to see, waiting for this dream to come to life.Eye 2 eye-Has a problem finding words to tell the perfect alibi, conflict, confusion, how to tell his friends, she was like an infection, a disease, meant nothing, he never wanted to be or see eye to eye. Losing my religion-Pleads his case, overstated his case, confused about the relationship between God or a girl? Can he keep up the speed? His feeling of sadness, losing faith, what to do, what not to do, what to say, what not to say, trying to focus, thinks he is being taunted, a fool, stripped of his being, his mind playing word games, wakes up and finds he was just imagining all this. Very good remake of R.E.M.Loved it.Great job, guys..Will continue to keep in touch..Kisses, Susan
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