Benny (drums), Michael (bass), Constantin (sampler & synths), Chris (voice, guitars & programming)
Influences
Travelling, Jack Kerouac, David Lynch, Charles Bukowski, Howard Hughes, Bill Hicks, Henry Rollins, Fernando Pessoa, David Fincher, Chuck D., Edward R. Murrow, Henry David Thoreau, Terry Gilliam, Hunter S. Thompson, Malcolm X, Bertolt Brecht, Mark Danielewski, Paul Auster...
Sounds Like
THE WEEPING OF A STARLET AFTER A PLASTIC SURGERY THAT WENT REALLY, REALLY WRONG.
"Loaded with aggression, Chris takes full-on rock chords, electronic elements and impassioned vocal delivery to form a new brand of electro-rock that is generally angry and aggressive but occasionally offers the odd respite in the form of a gentler interlude" (sideline.com)
"Suddenly, everything turns inside out and the frenzy folds inwards, what was once explicit is now merely hinted at, the clarity is blurred, leaving room for interpretation and active input by the listener" (Tokafi)
"...like a hardcore version of early Nine Inch Nails and if I never been involved by their music, instead, Utopia:Banished sound make me feel a lot more tension" (Chain DLK)
"A new brand of electro-rock that is generally angry and aggressive"
sideline magazine
Since 2003 utopia:banished have released three records (NANO; INNOCENT pt.II and DIRTWARD), were featured on AENTITAINMENTs Vinyl-Compilation WHITELINE Vol.I, produced remixes for several artists, composed the score for a shortfilm as well as for the theatre-play "Irrlichter".
"The act that sounds like nothing you've ever heard before"
hardwired magazine
In 2007 utopia:banished evolved to a band of four. The straight, hard and aggressive live-sound of this full force rock band includes Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Synthesizer and Sampler. It is what hardwired magazine called "The act that sounds like nothing you've ever heard before".
The story began around the turn of this century.
Utopia:banished is the brainchild of one person. Fed up with bands he played in before and unable to find soulmates to translate his ideas into music, Chris started off alone with a guitar, a synth and a computer. The attempt of combining electronics with songwriting and rock music wasn't new. "I started to explore all the great music I have missed in the 90s. Industrial, Drum n Bass, TripHop and so on... I was just a little late."
Equiped with solid musical ability and not ready to get along with other musicians who joined (and left) the project started as a selfish egotrip: building a unique universe of sounds, noises and feelings from scratch. Within this space the vocals of the selfdeclared "lyrical war correspondent" range from vulnerable honesty to brutally screaming anger. "The music is disturbing, noisy and constantly evolving. It features elements of uncertainty and it's something not to be practised at cocktail-parties. It's an attempt of leaving. A decomposition of preformated structures in an amusing way."
Until 2008 utopia:banished have released three records (NANO in 2003; INNOCENT pt.II in 2004 and DIRTWARD in 2006) and were featured on AENTITAINMENTs Vinyl-Compilation WHITELINE Vol.I. They did remixes for several artists and composed the score for a short-film. utopia:banished also made a track for the theatre play "Irrlichter" - a bandpractise to take the songs of the DIRTWARD-album to the stage.
In 2007 utopia:banished evolved to a live-band with four professional musicians. the hard and unconventional live-sound of a fully equipped electronic setup with a full force rock band is - once again - nothing new in theory. but after all it still is what hardwired magazine wrote about the band: "The act that sounds like nothing you've ever heard before".
Euer Gig in Kamen war saugeil, echt!! Nur die Leute dort waren leider sehr strange...
Ich musste noch vor 00.00 Uhr auf einer Geburtstagsparty in Dortmund-Westerfilde sein. Deshalb war ich dann irgendwann weg... Allerdings habt ihr zu dem Zeitpunkt schon knapp 40 Minuten gespielt und der Gig demnach schon fast beendet.
Ich bin schon am Überlegen, wie ich zum Radbod kommen soll, um ich dann mal in voller Länge zu erleben!!! :-)
Gruß,
Daniel (MetalMueller; Mülläh, wie auch immer..) :-)
Hey Jungs, ich denk ma ich kann das im Namen der Band nur allzugerne zurückgeben! Schreit nach Wiederholung! Wünsch euch ne schöne Woche! Take Care Mattes
is 'n bissl kurzfristig. ^^ morgen ist allerdings grillen angesagt, und dananch wird schlagstom gerockt - also ist der tag schon ziemlich verplant... aber es wird sich sicher irgendwann noch 'ne gelegenheit ergeben.
wenn ihr das nächste mal in berlin seid, lasst uns (bzw der teil von euch, der sich traut) das mit dem bungee-jumping in angriff nehmen. hier gibt's in der nähe einen ort, wo man das machen kann ;)
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