Artist description Heavy industrial influenced mayhem with a usual consitency of complicated low-fi beats and ambiant sound scapes & melodies.

Music Style Indijunglambianoise

Musical Influences Download, Skinny Puppy, Gridlock, Snog, VAC, Hocico, Front Line Assembly, SMP, Cubanate, :wumpscut:, XMTP, Ministry, Joy Division, Autechre, The Cure, Sqaure Pusher, Project Pitchfork, Haujobb, Aube, David Bowie, Throbbing Gristle, Juno Reactor, Klinik, D' Headbanga, SPK, Aphex Twin, Dj Curse, Fist Eater, Pathetic Patterns, Dj Food, PIG, Das Ich, and many others

Similar Artists Gridlock, :wumpscut:, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly

Artist History Gross National Produkt started out as a nameless idea that two friends shared. This idea concisted of a desire to create a hyrid of electronic, industrial music that always incorporated new elements and always strived to make each track different from the next. Not too long after the 'birth' of GNP one of the 'parents' had to move to a location where further involment in the 'raising' of GNP was pretty much impossible. Since then Rik, now the only member of GNP, has carried out this idea on his own for the last four years. In 1999 GNP released a promotional album limited to 500 copies in Europe under the label AVA/ES1. This release was non profitable and was only a promotional deal that was cut out of friendship between GNP and the owner of AVA/ES1. In 2001 GNP independantly released it's second album dubed Disturbed Spaces. This album was a turning point in the evolution of GNPs sound as it showed that he had broken away from his more minimal ambiotic experimental textures and was now showing a more harder edge while still maintaining an ambiant backbone. The incorporation of jungle, drum and bass, break-beat and other percussion driven genres added a new dimension to the sound and further built upon the idea that was incubated in 98. In 2002 Gross National Produkt released it's most ambitious title thus far through Meat Market Industries, Ricks own independent label. The album was entitled Enslave and it encompasses most fans favorite GNP tracks. The reason for this might be that it's the most vocally involved title by GNP to date, with more than half of the songs having vocal tracks. This was a major progression for GNP. As a whole the Enslave album is a medley of electronic and mechanical intensity put together in a very intriguing way. Later in Decemeber of the that same year Gross National Produkt appeared on the Trinity Compilation, launched by Darkcell Digitial Music with the likes of Spahn Ranch, Goteki, Fiction 8, and Others. Currently Gross National Produkt is working extremely hard on the fourth album. This one is a lot more vocal driven than the last and the production is something else. There are a few more vocal tracks to be recorded and artwork must be done before it's ready but other than that this release is pretty much ready to go. And it's pretty damn good if i do say so myself. A summer release date is what is planned. Hopefully everything else will be done by then to make that possible.

Group Members Richard Bakos - Everything and Anything.

Instruments Roland Juno-6, Sequential Circuits Six, DM2, Roland S-50, Boss Dr. Groove DR-202, Boss Dr. Sample SP-202, Korg Kaoss Pad, Guitars, Avlex AVX80 Condensor Mic, 1Ghz 256MB SDRAM PC running Cubase VST & Fruity Loops 4 Producer.

Albums Meat Market, Disturbed Spaces, Enslave

Press Reviews Gross National Produkt Review by Mario Shaumacher Gross National Product is the solo project of Richard Bakos who has already released numerous tracks under the name Analytic Cubism and is also involved in the projects Brother Cement (http://www.mp3.com/cement) and Extropy Nervosa (http://www.mp3.com/xtn). Gross National Produkt incorporates several styles of electronic music, especially Industrial, Electro, Ambient, Drum & Bass and Illbient. Exposer (Instrumental Mix) This instrumental track starts with sweeping effects. Nice groove, dub influences, strange creeping horror movie-like melodies mixed with acid-like synth-lines. Brain Waves The song description mentions that this track features synth pad sounds made from actual brainwave patterns in different states. Very weird idea, but the track sounds a little too chaotic to my mind in some passages. Field Nice atmospheric synths and strings, catchy melody, deep creaking basses. Because of the great use of panning, this track sounds very wide - amazing use of percussion samples and effects on the synth sounds. ‘Field’ reminds me a bit of horror film soundtracks and is livened up by a couple of well-placed chaotic outbursts. One of my favourite GNP tracks. Intrude (Instrumental Mix) Tremendous grinding percussion, trancy lead sounds. After 2 minutes, the track gets more ambient - with a lot of swirling little synths and at about 3:00 another beat sets in. In parts, the arrangement sounds a little chaotic. ‘Intrude’ starts as a killer track, but regrettably, there’s not much progression in the 2nd half of the track. Dead Heaven (Instrumental Mix) A rather melancholic tune with church bell samples and driving distorted beats reminding me a bit of Nine Inch Nails. I really like the main theme as well as the slower part in the last part of the track where the atmospheric strings are introduced. In this part, the song sounds kinda disharmonic from time to time, but that adds well to the vibe of this track. One of my favourite GNP tracks. The Hacker This heavy Industrial track is a cover version Clock DVA’s ‘The Hacker’ - based on minimalistic sequences, great machine rhythms and alienated vocals. Nice dark atmosphere. I just wish the vocals were a little louder and the beats more driving - Rik has told me that he’s going to release a reworked version of this track in the foreseeable future. On The Indside (Instrumental) An experimental Jungle track with a picked guitar jamming around, excellent combination of drums, bass & guitar. The exotic climax, in which drums, bass, synth and guitar are accompanied by atmospheric and wide strings, is very well executed. Out of ordinary, but absolutely worth a listen. I haven’t heard any tracks of Rik for about one and a half year I think and the development he made in this time is quite impressing. In some tracks, the sound of the different instruments could be more balanced and some sound a bit too chaotic after my fancy. All these tracks sound pretty spontaneous - like a bunch of zombies brapping around with synths and industrial percussion in a dark abandoned factory. *g* It seems to me that Rik has spend a lot of time on programming the layered lo-fi rhythms, which are very impressing, but he could have put a little more work in the melodic arrangement. Nevertheless, all of those tracks are definitely worth checking out as they combine weird ideas with excellent lo-fi rhythms. One to keep an eye on. To see the full review goto: http://rezinunts.tripod.com/gnp/official/rev_si_1.html Here's some links to some interviews: Tomorrows Musician Interview / Trax In Space (June 2000): http://rezinunts.tripod.com/gnp/official/inter_tis_1.html The Violet Collection interview with GNP 4/18/01: http://rezinunts.tripod.com/gnp/official/inter_tvc_2.ht

Location St. Petersburg, Florida - USA

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