Bryon Adamson: (keyboards, programming, drum programming, song composition)
Phil Eaton: (keyboards, programming)
Steve Weeks (vocals, keyboards, programming, drum programming, song composition)
Influences
Covenant, Ultravox, VNV Nation, Nine Inch Nails, Garbage, Suicide Commando, Visage, Depeche Mode, Apoptygma Berzerk, Front 242, Combichrist, Melotron, John Foxx, Funker Vogt.
Sounds Like
We've been told we sound like a cross between Ultravox and VNV Nation, but with the material for the "City Lights" album, and even newer songs which should appear on a 2nd CD, we're not sure who we sound like anymore. Perhaps we're just RBN.
EBM/synth act RBN comprise of Steve Weeks, perhaps better known as the longest serving DJ at Londons famous Slimelight Club, and long time musical collaborator Bryon Adamson. Alongside keyboardist Phil Easton they form the current writing team of RBN.
RBN are currently working on their full length album, City Lights, with production duties due to be carried out by Kriscian Wesenburg of Rotersand. You can currently hear demo versions of a few songs due to appear on the album on on this page. We hope to release the album in mid 2009.
RBN have completed a remix for Straftanz. It's a remix of the club hit "Straftanz" titled "Straftanz UK (featuring RBN)" - and our version features the names of UK clubs and cities. It should be available on release in 2009.
Reaper's CD EP "The Devil Is Female" went to number one in the German DAC chart in January 2008, and featured RBN's remix of the track X-Junkie.
RBN played London shows with Pride And Fall and Auto Aggression in April 2008, with XP8 and Uberbyte in London at the end of May 2008, with Rotersand and Reaper in October 2008, and with Suicide Commando in November 2008.
The band supported Rotersand at the sold out show in the Slimelight club, London at the end of November 2006.
RBN also supported Pride And Fall and Covenant on the May 2006 UK "Skyshaper" tour, with the London show at the Islington Academy due a special mention for it's amazing atmosphere: packed out for all 3 bands, and an absolutely stunning show from start to finish.
Other gigs in 2006 and 2007 include The Electric Ballroom, London (alongside Mesh and De..vision); support to Assemblage 23 at the Slimelight, London; Turin, Italy; Dark City, Edinburgh (supporting Combichrist, Psyche, Controlled Collapse and Insekt), and the Summer Darkness Festival, Netherlands, supporting VNV Nation, Frozen Plasma and Faderhead.
Released in Germany in June 2003, the FAITHLESS EP features remixes by Ronan Harris (VNV Nation) and Tom Shear (Assemblage 23). The version of Faithless mixed and produced by Ronan Harris is considered by many to be one of the most accomplished remixes he has done.
RBN became the first UK scene band since Mesh and VNV Nation to seriously dent the DAC (the German Alternative Charts), with the EP hitting the number 14 slot. At the same time RBN played at the Agra Halle at Leipzig WGT. Faithless also reached number 3 in the Side-line Magazine singles chart and featured on a large number of DJ play-lists around the world.
The Faithless EP track Schadenfreude appeared on a cover CD of Sonic Seducer, and the video to this track was released on the German Crazy Clips DVD.
The band have appeared alongside many acts from the scene including Covenant, Decoded Feedback, VNV Nation, Combichrist, Rotersand, Assemblage 23, Neuroticfish, Mesh, Psyche, Deine Lakaein, Frozen Plasma, The Cruxshadows, Funker Vogt, Suicide Commando, Pride And Fall, XPQ21, and L'ame Immortelle.
DJ Steve Data File...
Steve has worked the decks at the infamous Slimelight Club in London for over 14 years and has built up an international reputation as a top scene DJ.
He runs an internet radio station called ::: Darkwave Radio UK ::: - check out his website at www.empires-and-dance.com where you can find out more about the radio station and the current playlist.
He often guest DJs at alternative clubs and events outside of the UK. New York, Amsterdam, Vienna, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Salzburg, Turin and Hamburg have all appeared on his schedule, as well as large scale events such as the Zillo festival (1999), The Invitiation festival in Belgium, M'era Luna (2004) and Leipzig Wave-Gotik-Treffen 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Steve DJd at the WGT 2003 Official AGRA Halle Aftershow Party in Leipzig alongside members of Covenant and Accessory, in 1999 he DJed at the "Black Wings Over Zillo" event in the main Agra Hall with Michael Zoller and Scary Lady Sarah. In 2002 he played alongside DJ Rexx Arkana from New York and the band "Bruderschaft".
Steve played a marathon 5 hour closing party set in the Ratstonne, Mortitzbastei at WGT 2004 to an enthusiastic crowd, with an even longer 9 hour set in the same location and night at WGT 2005, as well as an audience which Steve considers to be the best he's ever played to. In 2006, it was yet again a successful 9 hour set in the packed out Ratstonne room for the 3rd year running. 2007 was a co DJ set with Peddy from Neuwerk Promotions at the AGRA 4.2 where an enthusiastic crowd danced the night away. WGT 2008 featured Steve DJing at the AGRA 4.2 alongside Krischan from Rotersand and Mike Saga from PA, USA.
One of his most memorable sets was a special Halloween event in 2003 at the world famous Victoria & Albert Museum, in London to an audience of 4000. The evening was recorded by BBC television cameras and featured in the London Tonight news show.
30 May 2008 Paradiso Amsterdam (NL) 8 August 2008 Summer Darkness festival Utrecht (NL) 12 October 2008 Camden, London (UK) 29 November 2008 Exhaus, Trier (DE)
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