Artist description We are a 4-piece army, hungry for a piece of the pie...blow up the spot any chance we can get.

Music Style High-Energy, Electronic Rock

Musical Influences Smashing Pumpkins, Crystal Method, Propellerheads, Led Zeplin, Black Sabath.

Similar Artists Hmmm....can't think of any.

Artist History This group of four from Toronto, Canada came together in the summer of 2001 and have quickly built an impressive reputation ever since. With a rapdily growing fan base from touring, Krome have managed to inspire and satisfy those who choose to test-drive the band's high energy sound wave. Achieving top ten ranking on internet music sites like Mp3.com, Trax in Space, Loudenergy.com and Garageband.com were only the first signs of their impending success with critics. Several of the bands' songs have been licenced to such U.S. National T.V. series as Fox Television's runaway hit series "24" starring Keifer Sutherland, produced by Ron Howard, M.T.V. shows such as "Road Rules", "Making The Band", and "The Real World", and the underground T.V. series entitled "Mutant X". Listening to their music, one can recognize the various influences that have inspired the bands' frontman, singer, songwriter guitarist T.J Habibi. Krome is completed by Olivia Zeilinski (samplers, keyboards), Mark Chee-Aloy (Bass) and Randy Cooke (drums). Their sound can be described as a mixture of modern rock decorated wtih electronics and rap. With their new CD self titled demo CD, Krome have succesfully integrated various styles of music, forming a dynamic and unique brand of music, a sound they can call their own.

Group Members T.J. Habibi: Vocals, programing, guitar. Olivia Zielinski: Synths, backing vocals. Mark Chee-Aloy: Bass. Randy Cooke: Drums.

Instruments Guitars, drums, electronics of all sorts(synths, drum machines, etc.), and various sequencers.

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Press Reviews 'Computer Music' magazine review of "The Other Side Of Me"(Track of the Month in issue 56)-A brilliant piece of sonic pleasure from Krome, a four-piece band all the way from Toronto, Canada. They have a Top 10 ranking on MP3.com and license deals to some major US TV shows. After listening to this offering, I could see why. Arrangement A pulsating bass intro is splattered with samples before the big guitar chorus launches in. This sets the tone for the song and introduces the main hook. The arrangement consists of a verse, half chorus, verse, full chorus, drop/break section, re-intro, middle eight and break, before it launches into the big final outro chorus and ends with a breakdown. Both verses are stripped down affairs with distorted radio vocals and lightweight bass - this gives the big guitar choruses a feeling of huge dynamics when they come in. It's a well thought-out and constructed arrangement that follows a simple, well-known formula, and the 4:15 track could easily be edited down for a single. If you're keen to learn the art of good arranging, listen to this and study how it's constructed. No section plays for too long, so the changes hold the listener's interest. Even if this song is not to your personal taste, just appreciate how it's been put together. Extra possibilities might be afforded by adding some kind of bridge section to join the verse to the chorus - there's one there lyrically, and there could be a more interesting change musically to support it. Instrumentation From an introductory drum sample, big layers of guitars and real drums were added, plus what sounds like a Reason bass, and loads of crunched up, distorted and effected samples have been thrown into the pot. Lots of late nights (and two studios) later, they have created a great mix. Listen to how the live drums add excitement to the choruses with loads of splashing cymbals. Adding to the stereo width and atmosphere, there are some nice filtered synth pulses panning around. The only letdown is the somewhat predictable synth pad in the verse and breaks; something more interesting would have been better. Engineering Impressive. At the risk of repeating what I said in my last demo review in these pages, if you're making a demo, be sure its standard is as high as this. Really, it's never been easier to make music, and there's simply no excuse for turning out something you wouldn't expect people to buy. If you want an A&R man to 'buy' it, you better be sure the public would. Some nice work has been done here: the frequency balance and levels sound punchy and dynamic and there are some nice added effects. The verse vocal has way too much delay on it, though, with feedback overlapping every line. This interferes not only with the vocal lyrics, but with the timing and groove created by the voice. If you're going to do long feedback delays, use them sparingly and filter the feedback. We suspect Krome used Logic's renowned tape delay to create this track. The effect has two filters to roll off the high and low frequencies, as an old fashioned tape delay would. If you set the filters to a narrow range of 800Hz-2k; the sound will thin out and die away. With a long vocal delay, the effect should dip underneath the main vocal, causing less confusion. If it dips away too quickly, adding a compressor to the effect will help lengthen the decay without having to increase the feedback more. The stereo width is nice, and the important high frequency stuff is nicely activated with the live drums and samples. Overall A great tune, well recorded and programmed. If I were to mix it, I would make a few small changes: create something more mysterious with the pad, tighten the live drums more with the loops, and maybe make it even more extreme, especially by the time the last chorus comes rolling along. Try mixing the effects up and using different filtered delay times for the vocal to make the verses really stand out rather than waiting for the chorus to come in and save its ass. - AB

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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